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QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 5, 2017 -> 09:41 AM) I agree with all of this. however, the odds of it happening aren't good because he doesn't do it often. As you said, hopefully he does see this as an exception. Even if he contemplated it whoever is left in the bidding will push the contract into untouchable limits. If the Sox sign him you can all say I was wrong but it ain't gonna happen. Now if the Sox trade for some extra money I may change my tune.

The day the White Sox do anything outside of the rules and regulations set forth by MLB regarding spending on amateurs will be the day the world ends . They will not go over allotment and incur penalties. The end.

Hope springs eternal...

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Mar 4, 2017 -> 06:21 PM) At what point do we start discussing the Sox as the best team in baseball? If not all time? Seriously though, enjoying watching us this spring, for whatever its worth. You mean we're not discussing it already. ? It's spring, baby, they are awesome... until the season starts.

QUOTE (Two-Gun Pete @ Mar 4, 2017 -> 06:27 AM) 1. He's injured right now. He can't even get through Spring Training, because of an arm issue, or a tummy ache, or God knows whatever is causing him to have to "go slow" at the tender age of 24. 2. He actually will be 28 when Boras has him sign elsewhere. 3. 6-12 WAR over 3 years is a wide spread. 2 WAR/year is "just a guy," or an average starting MLB player, or roughly what Rodon has been hereto fore. 4 WAR/year is very much a difference maker, a stud, or slightly less than early Chris Sale as a SP or slightly less than what Quintana is now. Clumping the Gavin Floyds & Carlos Rodons together with the Chis Sales and Jose Quintanas over rates our now-injured SP, IMO. YMMV. And, I have to re-state that I was very much a fan when he was drafted, & I very much want him (and ALL Sox players) to do well. I simply don't get why he's considered by fans to be a core player. It's hard to convince you of anything when you believe in your own narrative that isn't as accurate as you'd like to think. You said he is "oft" injured , I told you he had one disabled list trip that was non pitching related and offered you a chance to prove he was oft injured and all you did was cite his current status which has not been confirned as any type of injury. Rodon is a free agent in 2022 and while I said he will be at or near 30 and you said he will be 28 when Boras has him sign elsewhere technically you are closer to correct. However 2022 will be his age 29 season since his 29th birthday is in December of 2021. 2017 (24) 2018 (25) 2019 (26) 2020 (27) 2021 (28) 2022 (29). SO he will be 29 for the entire season but if he signs with someone else before Dec. !0 he would still be 28 when another team signs him but for all intends and purposes in 2022 he will be 29 . For the last 2 season he has flashed his upper abilities late in the season which you have called "garbage time" but I would wager that you have not looked up the box scores for those games to see which teams he faced or if the lineups were full of prospects . in 2015 his last 8 starts he had a 1.81 ERA. After his DL stint in 5 starts in August he had a 1.47 ERA. Now you might say big deal 5 starts but here is a link to a Fangraphs article that might give you some hope that he will become the ace we all hope he will. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/carlos-rodo...a-step-forward/

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Mar 4, 2017 -> 09:10 AM) Was at the game, Moncada looked explosive. Ball jumps off his bat and he is faster than advertised imo. He really is built like Trout, he is going to be fun. And he's kind of got the Bryce Harper hair. Don't know if I'd call him faster than advertised, his speed always graded out pretty high and Moncada himself said it's his best tool.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 4, 2017 -> 02:50 PM) Eddy Alvarez pop up to LF, turned into an inside the park homer. Spring training in Arizona. You make it sound bogus . That pop up hit the top of the wall in LF and the LF'er got his foot caught under the chain link fence when he fell down after jumping and missing the fly ball. That was funny .

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Mar 4, 2017 -> 03:48 PM) Hayes is surprising some people. Wouldn't mind to see him get 1B/DH duties if Davidson doesn't do well to begin the year Hayes hit that bomb off a lefty and so did Delmonico a few days ago. Both are lefties so that's encouraging.

QUOTE (Two-Gun Pete @ Mar 3, 2017 -> 07:57 PM) Not at all. I'm speaking more to the perception among this fanbase. Look, he's on the banner here, and we routinely have posters regarding Rodon as untradeable, as he's part of this team's core. Never did I call him "bad." Never did I state that the Sox have to identify him as anything, despite your post to the contrary. I'm asking posters to convince me that a mediocre SP, whose once again hurt, and repped by Boras is a "core player." So what's the big deal with Rodon being gone or with any player being gone for that matter. I don't understand your point. He was a high draft pick and he has shown steady progression. Rarely do pitchers just dominate from the beginning of their careers. A number 2 or 3 starter is always very valuable to the team unless his stats show ineptitude. He's the Sox Number 2 starting pitcher and will be No. 1 as soon as Quintana gets traded. Also you called him oft injured. I don't view that as accurate. He did have a DL stint when he tripped on the dugout stairs but can you name others times ? Maybe your definition and others of a core piece differ. It's usually a good young player who you keep through his peak value years . If he is going to be a very good pitcher it should happen during the time the Sox have him . He will be at or near 30 when he becomes a free agent. What do you think a core piece is ? Is it someone putting up 4 and 5 WAR seasons for how long ? Free agency is a fact of life in baseball and not many pass it up and a player or his agent is not greedy for doing it. You seem to have a problem with the system. He will get payed what he is worth some day. That's not a terrible thing for the Sox since if he becomes very good I doubt it happens any time after he turns 30. Not many players put up very good seasons for very long. If you get 6-12 WAR for a 3 year period that is a very valuable player and I consider it a core piece. It's nearly impossible for most but the richest teams to keep core pieces together for very long. The Yankees did it with a few guys Jeter, Posada, Pettitte and Rivera but also surrounded them with highly paid talent that came and went.

Video of the Moncada triple http://m.mlb.com/video/v1229801783/cwssd-m...?game_pk=509893

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Mar 3, 2017 -> 08:06 PM) Not worried about his ks yet How is collins doing 0-2 2 K's

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 3, 2017 -> 08:10 PM) Just set up Panarin for his left wing one timer, it's bound to go in. That overtime was everything that's right and wrong about 3 on 3. It was exciting but mostly.cause guys were so tired and nowhere to be found. So why do they play " I Am the Walrus" when Panarin scores ? I know the lyrics pretty well and there's nothing about a Breadman (Eggman yes) . Btw good call if you wrote it before it actually happened .

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 3, 2017 -> 09:26 AM) Mark Lazerus‏Verified account @MarkLazerus 57s57 seconds ago More Anisimov out tonight. Schmaltz likely out, too. Both could play tomorrow in Nashville. Kero likely 2C for tonight. #Blackhawks More Hjalmarsson should start skating in the next day or so. Still targeting March 9 for his return. #Blackhawks Without Schmaltz and Anisimov Hawks can't generate anything at home against the Islanders.

Moncada hit a triple to drive in Anderson . 1-0 Sox. Covey 2 innings 1 hit 0 K's 0 BB's. Danish 1 scoreless inning 2 K's .

Moncada just tripled driving in Anderson. Would be fun to see him fly around the bases .

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 3, 2017 -> 10:55 AM) I wouldn't be surprised if Lawrie sues the Sox or the Player's Association does something considering all of the complaining about the orthotics. Exactly what I was thinking.

QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Mar 1, 2017 -> 03:13 PM) Chicago White Sox @whitesox now Nate Jones suffered a bruised right knee. He is day to day. He's ok but looks like somebody needs to proofread the captions of the video since it says "Pitcher Adam Jones and manager Rick Renteria discuss the comebacker that hit Jones on the knee, causing him to leave Wednesday's spring game.

Liriano, Engel and May all stole a base.

I'll wait to hear the extent of the injury before thinking Boston's misfortune is the White Sox fortune. Price won't be the only pitcher to go down. Hahn will get what he wants ,maybe even before the season starts after the WBC.

El'Hajj M Muhammad with the 1 out save. Who

QUOTE (Tony @ Mar 1, 2017 -> 07:26 PM) I've seen enough. Nick Schmultz is absolutely the real deal. He's going to be a very good one. You're right. Schmaltz is fast , a good passer and seems to have learned from Hossa and Toews the art of lifting the stick and stealing pucks.

QUOTE (daggins @ Feb 28, 2017 -> 04:54 PM) I was (and am) a big advocate for the rebuild but i'm all for signing Alvarez. If the money is right (like 2-3 mil) then he could be flipped if he's hot, and released if he's not. He isn't blocking any stud prospects and he has a track record of being decent. He also isn't going to be so good that the team will win 6 extra games or something. It doesn't seem like there's any market for him, but who knows. Sign him don't sign him. I don't care. All these nobodies will all have low OBP's and batting averages. To get some runs we'll have to hit some bombs and not enough guys hits bombs. Alvarez hits bombs. Would be nice to have a few exciting wins this year. Not going to go 0-162 . But anyway Sox aren't going to sign him so it's all moot.

QUOTE (kwill @ Feb 27, 2017 -> 11:23 PM) I am actually more interested in Lopez's start than Kopech. For some reason, I am rooting the most for him to succeed as a starter. Are you short , too ?

The Toews and Kane show continues as each have a goal against the Blues in the 1st. Toews also assisted on the Kane PP goal.

Roberto Pena looking solid . 2 for 2 with an RBI and showing off a strong and accurate arm. 7-3 Sox