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QUOTE (Cali @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 03:14 PM) Fine let me rephrase, he wont be with the White Sox in 2011 Haha Cali. At least we agree that there is a lot of reason to be excited about the Southsiders (Flowers/Becks/Danks/Poreda/Hudson/Carter).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 03:11 PM) Well, the good news is...hypothetically speaking, this gives Anderson one last chance. Possibly. Anderson will play in CF until Danks is ready and than at that point, if Anderson still hasn't produced, who knows who our other outfielder would be (I can't imagine it will be Pods at that point, but maybe).

Interesting. Things are going to be very interesting this month.

The foot injury is just that a long term injury. I don't know what other injuries he's really had aside from the arm trouble which goes back to his college days. I'm not predicting another 2008 season, but he'll have a few ASG in a Sox uni.

Quentin isn't going to get released people. He'll be just fine.

Its easy to plug it, haha. I could plug my nude photos too since its my site, but I wouldn't want to blind everyone, LOL.

This is a very telling post and something that I think we need to make a thread on. Speaking of which, when is the ASB?

I think we all realize Wise isn't a major league starter. The sad thing is he might be an okay 5th outfielder and I definately see him as a good fit in the NL. The guy is doing his best and doesn't deserve to get booed. If you want to boo someone, boo em cause they aren't trying, not because they don't have the talent. Boo Ozzie when they call his name cause it is him and obviously Kenny responsible for who is on the roster and who plays.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 02:27 PM) I'm sure Jason would agree with me.....if you go into the FutureSox forum, that's some of the best discussion on this website. It is the thing I'm always most proud of. Partly because of my love of being an amateur scout who has had job offers to make it a career. Unfortunately, it wouldn't pay the bills, lol.

You also have to note that to the media, Ozzie is doing his best to actually temper expectations. With Poreda it was him telling what he expected, with Beckham, he basically did everything he could to try to take some of the pressure off the kid. Look at Ozzie's track record. I can think of one, maybe two players that were you that didn't get playing time when they might have deserved it. McCarthy and Brian Anderson. Anderson has never really hit so that might not really be a bad thing and by most peoples account he wasn't mature enough to handle the show. Garland was still young when Ozzie took over and he pitched at his best with Ozzie as his manager. Danks and Floyd are another two young pitchers who developed nicely under Ozzie. Bobby Jenks came up in the heat of a penant race, Ozzie shielded him from the pressure early and than as he produced he earned that bigger role and was our stud reliever during that magical post-season. Getz hasn't really been jerked around, Alexei and Quentin both developed. Someone might point out that Quentin wasn't supposed initially start the season, but you know what, he got his at bats. Really our only legitimate grief is at the way CF has been handled and that more or less also falls heavily on the GM who never gave the Sox a legitimate guy to use (Wise/BA/Owens...none our starting Cfers).

A loss here might be the straw the breaks the camels back and leads Kenny to make another move or two towards the future. 6.5 back is a decent amount, especially when your past June and the team is still struggling to hit and pitch. Usually by June to the middle of June you got a pretty good idea of who your club is, unless of course you haven't had a healthy squad (the Sox have had injuries, but I still think they have a pretty good idea that they are a mediocre club at best).

To reiterate, we aren't looking for a hunky doory attitude. Just look back to the middle of May where I made a post to blow this team up. I don't believe in the 2009 White Sox, but it is how you handle your belief. Don't be a constant b**** fest of nothing, make suggestions, point out the flaws in an articulate and non-obsessive manner (ie, don't post it 100 times or 1000 times, cause it will get old, we get the drift).

I want to put it out there, Ozzie is handling Poreda good. He let him know what Poreda needs to do to stick and thats a good thing. If you were going to a new job (in this case the bigs), wouldn't you want to know what is expected of you. I mean, sure, it is relatively obvious that you need to produce, but Ozzie telling Poreda that he's here to help the club win, etc, etc, basically lets him know that a the organization is confident in you (thus they called you up) and b lets you know that you need to make a pretty immediate impact. I'm excited to see Poreda pitch and wish him the best of luck. He's got a great arm.

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One more pick is left right? Than draft restarts tomorrow?

Seastrunk is giong back to school. No one is going to give him big money since he has limited upside, imo. If you give big money to a guy later in the draft it has to be someone with a lot of upside, imo.

I thought there was one guy the sox took that people said would be converted to catcher or had the possibility of moving to catcher.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 01:31 PM) Hopefully they'll just sign them both and Williams...I'm being way too optimistic there, right? Probably but they easily have the money to do so. Problem is the Sox don't go well over slot because you have to basically talk to MLB who frowns upon it.

I wonder if the Sox took Goodwin with the intent to make a hard push on him if they can't get Thompson signed?

Dexter Carter and Luke Hudson are two RHP prospects to get excited about. I wouldn't say overly excited because they are both still in A ball, but they both have big league arms and stuff and are progressing quite nicely. I woudln't be shocked if both end up in Bham by seasons end (AA).

23rd round pick Goldy Simmons, RHP, SDSU Simmons has been previously drafted two different times, both in the 40's (Round wise) by the Braves and A's and has a power right handed arm. Profiles as a reliever. Player Profile: http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/m...ns_goldy00.html

22nd round selection, Zach Davidson, was a finalist for the Brooks Wallace Award, which goes out to the nations finest collegiate shortstop. Hits for average and played good defense in college. Below is a link to some video of him hitting a double off a 94MPH fastball. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=...ASQQndMFl-9QHSw College Profile: http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=130