fathom

Supposedly Nola didn't look good in the 1st inning. BTW, didn't notice that Reinsdorf is supposedly there also. Seems like Nola has a great shot of being picked by the Sox.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ May 22, 2014 -> 11:08 PM) Potentially. He's not a top 3 talent. More like top 10. To me, he should be in the top 6 with Rodon, Kolek, Aiken, Gordon and Jackson. FWIW, Kiley McDaniel continues to report that all the Cubs brass has been in to see Pentecost of late.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 22, 2014 -> 11:07 PM) Is Nola someone they could make a deal with that's on the cheaper side to spend more later on? You would hope so. I wouldn't be too upset with Nola, as his stuff is much better than the likes of Broadway. I would prefer Aiken over him, but I still can't imagine the Sox taking a high school pitcher with the 3rd pick of the draft.

QUOTE (kevo880 @ May 22, 2014 -> 09:25 PM) Is there even the smallest chance the Sox decide to resign Beckham if he keeps it up and decide to have Micah spend the offseason getting adjusted to the outfield and put him in LF, with Viciedo at DH? That would insert a much needed LH bat into the lineup. But, between Johnson, Eaton, and Garcia that's not a very powerful outfield. FWIW, I don't see this happening. More curious to see other peoples opinion as to if this would even be thought about by the higher ups in the organization. I was going to start a thread in PHT about Beckham playing 2nd the next few years with the Sox and moving Johnson to LF. The only way I'd want the Sox to do this is if they're using all their resources on pitching. Theoretically, you could propose a lineup of all returning players with: Eaton- 8 Beckham- 4 Abreu-3 Viciedo-0 Gillaspie-5 Garcia-9 Ramirez- 6 Flowers- 2 Johnson- 7

Why would Semien be untouchable? His best position is 2nd base, and I would argue that Micah Johnson is a superior prospect to him. I don't think the Sox view Semien as a future SS, and he would be third on the depth chart behind Gillaspie and Davidson.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 22, 2014 -> 04:48 PM) This exactly. Unless we get a stupid offer for Gillaspie, he is the starting 3B until Davidson proves otherwise. Yep, the ideal situation is Gillaspie continues to hit well this year and Davidson puts up good numbers in AAA. From there, it gives you probably the 2nd best trade chip after Alexei. I don't think you go into next year with both in your organization though. For me, I think Gillaspie is a much better fit, due to his left-handed bat and his ability to make contact. To me, Davidson seems like he'd really struggle to make contact against the tough righties in the division.

Bullpen is in shambles. Where is Webb

Bad pitch location

Eaton just doesn't have much rhythm at the plate right now

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ May 22, 2014 -> 02:34 AM) God, Eaton down to .261 He's not hitting enough line drives

Need to get Eaton going. That average is fading.

ADA is getting too many ABs

Hawkins starting to strike out a ton again. 0-8 with 6K this week

Easy win

Why don't teams pitch out there

Safe

Should have been a strike

QUOTE (bmags @ May 21, 2014 -> 03:18 AM) It was more the lack of bullpen warming up I was upset about. But Putnam warmed up very quickly. I thought he was going to leave frank in there forever like he has in and Few games. Agreed, and Hawk/Stone were stressing no one was warming up

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 21, 2014 -> 03:12 AM) I'm surprised you'd say this. I am not a Ventura advocate at all but when you have a 3-4 run lead and you used your 2 best guys 2 innings each last night who did you expect to pitch ? Downs and Francisco have to pitch when a lead is semi-comfortable. I'm fine with Downs starting that inning. However, once the rally started, I would have preferred Webb over FF

So where was Webb in the 8th

Alexei!!

Great sequence...one more

Ventura caught sleeping in the 8th

This is insane. Why is worst reliever on the roster pitching here

QUOTE (flavum @ May 21, 2014 -> 02:45 AM) At the very least, Hawk needs to say something like, "It's a risky pick, and not something I would do, but our guys (Hahn/Laumann, etc) love this kid and think he's going to be a good one." Something like that. He can't go all apes*** excited about a 17-year-old pitcher. If it's Aiken, I think he can talk about how he has 4 pitches and doesn't rely on his fastball. If it's Kolek, then it basically goes against everything he said.