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QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 1, 2017 -> 07:05 AM) I think you just got to hope Frazier goes on an extended hot streak between now and July 31st. That's it. His OPS is .667; his batting average is .184. He's played 2 games at first base this season...give him some more work there could help some. Decent chance someone will take a flier in an August waiver deal, with the only risk a month or 2 of salary. I guess it could help the Sox recoup some of the money they will have to pay forward on Robertson in order to get good deal for him. Frazier makes $12 million; he will take a big pay cut next season...probably one of those 1 year deals to recoup value.

QUOTE (Footlongcomiskeydog @ May 31, 2017 -> 12:37 AM) Robertson is the only guy listed who has a chance to bring back a top 100 prospect. The rest of those guys have little to no trade value. I agree that Robertson is the only guy with a chance to bring back a top 100; but other guys could bring back prospects with potential who could develop into top 100s. Sox need a lot of those type of prospects too. Holland, Melky, Frazier, Swarzak et al need to be traded.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 30, 2017 -> 08:25 AM) This would be a nervy pick, like taking Alec Hansen in the second round last year (he was a likely top-of-draft guy who fell due to performance, not injury), but with the higher risk of taking Kendall at 11 when there are lots of good college bats such as Logan Warmoth still on the board. Except this is taking him with pick 11 instead of 49. Not a ton of premium in there to be squeezed, versus the risk.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 29, 2017 -> 04:30 PM) True team effort by the White Sox. Need Jones, Putnam and Petricka back before the bullpen burns out...but only thing to do is enjoy it for now. Where are you going to put them? Nobody in the pen is pitching poorly, although I'm sure they can find room for Jones and probably Putnam. To keep the pen from burning out, the starters need to pitch longer.

QUOTE (ventura_abreu @ May 27, 2017 -> 09:48 AM) The White Sox should start blending in their young pitchers into the bullpen rotation, but they probably should not do it all at once. If by bullpen rotation you mean bullpen, they've been blending young pitchers (or at least inexperienced pitchers) into the bullpen all season.

The major league team is competitive against most teams and interesting to watch. Cheer for them.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 27, 2017 -> 11:53 AM) Lol, don't flatter yourself. I don't respond to you as much as I could, you just get a little more hurt when I point out your contradictions As I pointed out a week ago, you're approaching Wile E Coyote territory with your "gotcha" posts, so keep trying. you haven't found one yet, but not for lack of trying. Follow Dick - he's better at it than you - he actually finds posts where I whiffed (Kahnle, e.g.). I freely admit, as any non-redboarder should - there are many.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 27, 2017 -> 11:16 AM) I must have missed all of the fawning over Davidson while you were complaining about Adam Eaton and saying that he would never get any better I don't pine over your posts, you are contradictory and irritating. Do you think you know more than GM's in the game, and you say it all the time while touting your Ideas as if they are revolutionary. More Saladino amirite Of course you do. You can't get enough of them. And when did Eaton ever need to get better? He was a hit from the start. The only thing I didn't like about him was he clowned a bit much for my tastes. Yea, I suggested trading him, but not because he was a bad player. You have to give something to get something - that's one of my revolutionary ideas. I fawned over the Davidson trade, not Davidson. I'm no scout. I don't know if these prospects are good or bad; I just go by the rankings, and if you trade a replaceable reliever for a top prospect, that's a good thing.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 27, 2017 -> 11:19 AM) They should be building the team around Trayce Thompson and his .589 OPS in AAA. It is amazing how wrong he has been but still posts like he knows everything. While I was ripping Kahnle, you were ripping Swarzak. You've also ripped Davdson. While I was asking to play young players, you were demanding more Fraziers. And, yes, I credited Hahn with both the Davdison and Eaton trades, while you redboarded, picking and choosing the ones that worked out well AFTER the fact. I consistently pointed out that his best trades were for young players...and questioned why he didn't do more of it.

Wow! Why not.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 27, 2017 -> 10:07 AM) JFC, always a backhand compliment about Hahn. Who else would get the credit? The rebuilding process. You have to bring somebody up, Ahab. As much as you pine on my posts, I'm sure you realize that I've consistently given Hahn credit for the Reed-Davidson, well before Davidson's breakout.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 25, 2017 -> 08:48 PM) I just want to take credit for NOT jinxing Giolito's no-hitter by bringing it up prematurely, lol... (Although it was amusing that some Q fans argued recently they'd rather have him strike out 8-10 with ER's than put up numbers similar to Giolito's in terms of BB's/K's). As far as trade value for Q, yes, and as far as projection and development for Giolito, also yes, the 8-10 run exaggeration obviously excepted.

If Danish can hold up to the Charlotte call-ups who have preceded him this season, that would be something. Why not - Beck can do it, so can Danish.

Do a team a good turn, it creates good will and pays off in the long run.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 25, 2017 -> 12:43 PM) Hahn is a great rebuild GM but it remains to be said if he can build a sustainable winner. So far he's done well, hopefully by this time next year we are seeing the fruits of his labor. Agree (although "great" may be a stretch). We already are seeing fruits....if not Hahn's, of someone's labor or good fortune. It's getting on 2 months (and a sample size is building), and Avi has been great (including emerging from a mini-slump), Davidson has been quietly consistent as heck, and Leury and perhaps Yolmer are useful players who would be productive on a 25. On the pitching side, Kahnle and maybe even Beck look like keepers. In toto, this rebuilding club has as the best run differential in the division.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 23, 2017 -> 05:40 PM) This may have been a joke / clickbait but he has a very long track record of openly disparaging anything concerning the organization. He did in the old days when Williams was running the operation; he's been favorably disposed to Hahn, overall. I will say, I thought his analysis of Robert was a little macro; too much "cuban players in general" stuff in his ESPN review of the signing, the type of analysis he normally eschews (for good reason).

QUOTE (steveno89 @ May 23, 2017 -> 03:52 PM) Quintana comes with an additional season of control, which you certainly cannot discount that value. Bleacher report proposed: Quintana for Fisher, Paulino, Perez and Cameron Certainly a very interesting proposal due to the depth, but not getting Tucker or Martes is curious. It's 4 top 100s (by some counts) and if you get Tucker/Martes, you won't get much else. If Sox don't think thatd Tucker/Martes are that far ahead of the other group, then do it.

That Robertson return was reasonable at the time. Don't be so sure that we're flush with pitching prospects. It's hard to turn those prospects into major league starting pitchers. Most flame out. This year their are bright signs from the youth on the major league roster, but that's from position players and relievers. And you'll need plenty of depth, else you have another year of Noesi. Take the best talent we can get.

Seems like most of the contenders are pretty solid at closer, unfortunately. Nats are a big exception, perhaps the NL Central teams too, but at this point, supply may exceed demand.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ May 22, 2017 -> 01:00 PM) Sure would, as long as a full psychiatric evaluation of Rick Hahn came with the deal. Burdi and Robertson for Robles would be a fantastic move by Hahn.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ May 21, 2017 -> 01:06 AM) 1) We're going to be bad for a while. Depth is not a concern when your team is not competitive 2) If we were playing to win, our system ranking would only be moderately important That was the mistake the Sox have made for years. Quality of system ("ranking" is unimportant in itself in whatever place the org is) is very important to fill holes, cover injuries, replace the decliners, and the July trade. It's a lot easier to trade a prospect when you have 2 or 3 just like him.

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 21, 2017 -> 06:33 AM) Matt Albers is the glue holding the Washington bullpen together. I watched the epic Albers-Flowers duel on MLB TV yesterday. Flowers went deep. And yes, the Sox will have to throw in some $ to more Robertson. I would hope they are willing to do that. That's how money is spent in rebuilding (v signing veterans).

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 21, 2017 -> 08:52 AM) $48 million for four years, how soon before we'd regret that deal for Garcia? It's almost twice as much as we're guaranteeing Tim Anderson. Anderson's contract was on the come; if he ever starts hitting like Avi is, then we can lament it. He's paid Alexei-level money, which is appropriate.

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 10:00 PM) With Avi becoming one of the best hitters in all of baseball, should we make the move now to secure him long term? 1)Good question; he becomes a FA in 2020, the year, I assume that the Sox will be loaded and ready to roll; but sometimes it happens earlier than expected. 2)Brian Kenney had a good analysis of him on his show; says that his approach hasn't changed so there may be some luck involved; but the trajectory of his hits has, which suggests sustainable improvement. 3)His turnaround reminds me of JD Martinez; Martinez was about like Avi, suddenly got good (albeit on a new team) and sustained it. 4)If the Sox hadn't decided to rebuild, would Avi even be on the team? Would they have gone another year with him in "go for it mode?" Perhaps another benefit to rebuilding. And certainly the Sox were due for some good fortune in player development.

QUOTE (ventura_abreu @ May 20, 2017 -> 05:59 PM) Our International Scouting director, Marco Paddy, is a big believer that, while signing your share of big time international prospects needs to be part of the mix, a lot of good players will come out of the lower priced 15 and 16 year old players that you sign. (I copied a quote below from an interview he did related to that topic.) With the hard bonus cap, good players will be available for 300K and the Sox should still be able to get several of those...during the penalty years.