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Good choice for closer. The rest of the pitchers are better suited to getting us out of jams. Lindstrom had closing experience and can handle clean innings. Good way to dress him up for a nice July trade.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 09:37 PM) Or Heath. Or that lefty who gave up the bomb against Adrian Gonzalez in late 2012...can't remember his name now. Think he was injured last season. Or Purcey, although his stats were actually quite decent in an Ehren Wasserman type of way... Don't forget Troncoso.

Strange batting order.

I see Omogrosso was released and the Sox have sold off a few organizational pitchers in the last week.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 30, 2014 -> 04:01 PM) They're not going to just dump or completely bench DeAza and Beckham. Hahn will wait until/unless he can get a reasonable return, if possible. As he should. This idea of giving players away, which would require a rush-job with Semien to accomplish, is daft.

As of now, I'd go for his top 2 HS pitchers or the Vandy pitcher.

Law's top 6 are pitchers, with Rodon now at 3 (stuff way down) and Hoffman at 6 (breaking ball not there).

so did the Sox move Molina to the pen, or is his status that of an organizational minor leaguer at the tender age of 24.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 30, 2014 -> 08:17 AM) The White Sox rotation is basically in place to win, if not now, at least in 2015. The White Sox can't afford to have the worst catcher in baseball again that season if they realistically hope to compete. Yes they can, if he handles the position defensively and we get quality production out of 2B, 3B and LF, which we haven't in a while. Anyway, if he hits 190 again, a marginal upgrade won't be hard to find....just no reason to use resources for a mediocre player at this point.

Rasmus is basically De Aza with 7-10 more homers. I wouldn't load the truck for that. Ideally we'd like more power in LF anyway

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 30, 2014 -> 01:25 AM) Maybe a future pen arm from what I hear. High upside no control. Just as soon wait it out and see if we can do better. We don't know what Semien will do in the majors and Beckham actually improved some last year.

I wouldn't sign a pitcher because I think the marginal productivity from a 2nd number 1 isn't as great as the marginal productivity from other investments, including plugging some holes (perhaps including lower in the rotation - we'll see) and getting another real hitter on this team.

Last year, the Sox were 40-60, and scored 377 runs in the first 100 games. Record and runs scored after 100 games? 47-53; 421 Who will represent the Sox at the All Star Game? Sale, Eaton Paul Konerko total plate appearances 217 More starts at 2B this season--Gordon Beckham or Marcus Semien? Semien More starts at 3B this season--Conor Gillaspie or Matt Davidson? Gillaspie Date of Matt Davidson's first game with the Sox? 9/2/14 How many total homers will the Sox hit? Last year was 148. 169 Jose Abreu's traditional numbers AVG-HR-RBIs in how many games played? .294 - 27 - 94 148 Number of Felipe Paulino starts 31 Chris Sale's win total (yes, I know it's a reflection of the team. Save it.) 15 Will John Danks be on the White Sox in August--yes or no? Yes Will Adam Dunn be on the White Sox in September--yes or no? No Will Adrian Nieto stay on the 25-man all year (DL counts)--yes or no? Yes

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 07:18 PM) De Aza is a much better baseball player. Likely has more trade value, too. He does, but the teams interested in him have nothing to give or don't want to (like the Twins). We need some fat teams interested in him. If he has a good 2 months, this should open up. No hurry.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 05:25 PM) Quintana will always be a victim of Buehrle-itis. While Jose throws harder, the majority of scouts and baseball people would argue that 2's should have dominating stuff and miss tons of bats. Part of it is stubborness, the fact that the Yankees missed so badly on him that other teams are waiting for the other shoe to drop...not in Phil Humber fashion, but they think there will eventually be some type of regression, instead of more continued improvement. He's supposedly the hardest worker on the team, or one of the top 2-3. That bodes well, going forward. Just from going by the discussion over the last couple of days, most would argue he was definitely a 2 last year (in terms of his overall body of statistics) and even a 1 on the bottom 5 teams, but that the contract he signed would work out just fine if he slipped back to a 3 or even 4 type, meaning an ERA much closer to 4 than to 3. Then if he's a 2 and others view him as a 3, why in the world would you trade him for the return of a #3, especially as he's signed to a contract of a #4? Heck, why do we want to trade him anyway? Sox don't do long rebuilds.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 05:07 PM) The Brewers have a legit shot at the wild card. Sure, if everything falls apart, maybe they go down that road...but then picking him up for just 1 1/2 seasons, that's not in the current Hahn model of sustainable success either. Simply because of the fact that you'd probably be losing him precisely at the time you would most need him...going into the 2016 season. Then, if they did blow things up, they'd be looking for young prospects, which is precisely what we don't have in abundance, since we need the best prospects for the rebuild. They're going to need a lot more than Rienzo, Carlos Sanchez or Trayce Thompson types. For example, would we be willing to part with Beck and Semien for 1 1/2 years of Gallardo? It's a bit like the Wil Myers for James Shields move, then, although Myers was/is 5-10X the prospect of Beck or Semien. If you were the Brewers, would you trade him for Micah Johnson and Beck, for example? No, I wouldn't trade all that for a #3. Sign one if we must. I trust our ability to develop and find pitchers though. We're going to need at least 2 more real hitters. I think teams missed the boat not offering something decent for De Aza this spring...I think he has a good year, and will have a higher price in July. Then again, if he does hit well, and A Gracia and M Davidson develop, we may have a quality core and then can concentrate our big move on a Catcher. I don't see the Brewers contending - they have a staff of #3s...that won't cut it.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 02:21 PM) Again, if they have this possible 1-2 starter in the minors, which you are putting in the Sox rotation as early as next year, why would that team want to deal that starter for only 4 years of Quintana, instead of building around him. It is simply shortsighted and terrible management of assets. The Os and Blue Jays aren't gonna jump past the Yankees with a move like that. Because they are getting a virtual sure thing. You aren't going to get a #1 starter for a prospect with #1 potential. Plus if you're ready to win now, you need a capable starter now. And for the Sox to trade Quintana for a prospect with 2/3 potential would be clownish. But I agree, a GM is unlikely to offer what he is worth. Here's a good article on Q: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/what-is-a-jose-quintana/

Agree - he needs another big year. Right now, career OBP of .317

No.

This Webb may have to go down for a while to make room for this pitcher we picked up on waivers, but he's going to be good.

Cleto just threw 3 balls in the dirt and struck this cub out.

I hope Beckham comes back, looks good for a month, and we trade him. Ditto De Aza and Dunn and maybe Alexei. As for Keppinger, they probably just told him to stay injured for a while.

Looking good; looking good. I'm ready. Hope the Sox are!

Looks like our real SP prospects are Birmingham and below. A few interesting guys in Birmingham. I also note that while Montas has gotten the pub out of that Peavy trade, Wendelken seems to be ahead of him, per the list above.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2014 -> 04:48 PM) No. Marcus Semien should get >500 PA's this year. If some of those are at the big league level great, but him getting 300-ish PA's as a backup while Beckham and Ramirez take most of the time would be an utter, utter failure. Agree. If it's a sub we need, that should be L Garcia and Marcus in the minors. Re Guerra, his spring stats don't look too sporty. I assume they've been able to scout him pretty well.