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QUOTE (oldsox @ Mar 26, 2017 -> 07:58 PM) Who has seen Moncada up close? Does he look overweight? I hope he doesn't room with Courtney Hawkins. He's fine. Now if you want to see a Red Sox prospect with a bad body just research the next in line for Red Sox stardom, minor leaguer, Rafael Devers.

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Mar 26, 2017 -> 08:41 PM) The Cuban Twinkie. Very good or just Twinkie.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 26, 2017 -> 08:21 PM) I don't take anything out of spring training good or bad. If they wanted to give Davidson a shot this year, nothing that happened during spring should affect those plans. Then on what are you basing thinking Asche makes the team ? Surely as a non roster invitee if he had sucked there wouldn't be a chance at him making the team. His spring numbers, both power wise and OBP, have been the most impressive of all the Sox .

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Mar 25, 2017 -> 06:39 PM) Don't think it'll happen because of options but Danny Hayes has more of a chance at being something at DH than Matt Davidson imo. People sleep on Hayes a bit. .283/.381/.440 in A-ball. .248/.388/.360 in AA. Then the power came. .250/.358/.489 in AAA. That's also how I see it. Hayes has always drawn his fair share of walks . His lack of defensive versatility hurts him when comparing him to Delmonico who has garnered most of the attention and playing time this spring . Physically they are almost spitting images of each other. Both are big, white , bearded , sweet swinging lefties who throw right. Hayes fits in more with the Sox new OBP philosophy. Delmonico is 2 years younger than Hayes .Hayes also leads the team in RBI this spring . However both are more than likely sent back down.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 25, 2017 -> 10:30 PM) Again...his swing looks good. That HR was crushed today. I don't know how he can hit off speed stuff / outside pitches, but he's crushed some inside pitches. At least 2 perhaps 3 of his 4 HR's have been off lefties which I consider a good sign . He also has the most AB's of any Sox player on the spring, so he is definitely being given a long look.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 23, 2017 -> 12:02 PM) Why does that matter though? Given how little we've spent in Latin America over the last 12 months, I'd wager we have more cash available for a move like this than any of the clubs we're up against. If ownership & the front office decide that enduring the penalties is worth it, then I think we immediately become the favorite to land Robert. And I put a lot of faith in Badler considering us one of the favorites. IMO, it just seems too much of a coincidence that we haven't been linked to any of the major targets in next year's class. There really appears to be smoke here. While I have discounted the Sox chances at getting Roberts somewhere in this thread, it is odd and potentially very bad if the Sox are indeed "in" 100% on Roberts. To put all your eggs into one basket is extremely risky. If they don't get him then what ? Then they get table scraps or nothing and that is totally unacceptable at any time but especially now when they have the money to spend on international prospects.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 24, 2017 -> 07:35 AM) KATOH is a statistical modeling system. Most scouting tends to avoid stats or only take them into account as a smallish part of the picture, so KATOH will often show very differently than scouting type views. But one of the lists is Katoh+ which does take some of those things into consideration.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Mar 23, 2017 -> 06:29 PM) FWIW, the KATOH system on Fangraphs actually has him as the 93rd best prospect in baseball. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/katohs-2017...-100-prospects/ With all the talk about our prospects we really never hear about Charlie Tilson except that he has had bad luck with injuries . Yet surprisingly I see him 89th on the one list and 55th on the other. Question: Why would he be on these KATOH lists and not others ?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 22, 2017 -> 05:47 AM) Yeah, I went into ST thinking he was a near-lock, but now I'm 50/50 on him making the roster. Purke hasn't given up a run so far. I know we have been there ,done that but I think Purke has the Clark Kent thing going on now wearing glasses on the mound. Don't recall hm wearing glasses with the Sox last year.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 21, 2017 -> 08:43 PM) Matt Davidson homered tonight. Shields 6 shutout innings. Get your tix! Shields also was facing all the regulars of the Rangers lineup. In the 4th he K'd Choo, Beltre and Odor . 3 hits, 1 BB, 6 K

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 06:55 PM) The only significant turnover on the Sox offense is Eaton. The Sox still have Abreu, Frazier, Melky, Soto and Avi that are familiar with Verlander. Also Anderson and Saladino.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 20, 2017 -> 05:43 AM) He played for Yale, not Harvard. He scored on 3/11 vs. Harvard. Harvard made the NCAA tourney, so I don't think he would have been signed called up yet. My bad . I got mixed up.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 19, 2017 -> 08:08 PM) Didn't really think 1b was an org need. Seemed like we had a AA and AAA logjam. I don't think he has ever made it out of A ball and at 24 yrs old is pretty much the definition of filler/non prospect. Maybe this was some form of repayment/favor or Dulin has some connection with some one in the organization .

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Mar 19, 2017 -> 02:59 PM) The #WhiteSox have acquired minor league 1B Brandon Dulin from Kansas City in return for either a PTBNL or cash considerations. THE Brandon Dulin "Banjos" ?

QUOTE (Two-Gun Pete @ Mar 4, 2017 -> 07:27 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. Hopefully today taught you not to believe in your own misinformed narrative which I gave you ample chance to prove otherwise on your oft injured rants.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Mar 19, 2017 -> 02:12 PM) I am definitely with you guys. I've been saying all winter long that the cubs make a ton of sense. Jimenez is a few years away, Candelerio is blocked at 3B, Happ is blocked at 2B/LF/RF. The cubs could trade all three and would not miss them in the least bit. Jimenez/Happ/Candelariowould be a nice haul for Q and that haul should be in between the Sale/Eaton trades as far as value is concerned. Hopefully Rick and Theo see it the same way. Those are the guys I also like though losing those three would leave the Cubs pretty barren. But with as much young talent they already have on the field they could win several more World Series with Q while the Sox are still molding their players and roster. Then we can all get crazy for a Sox/Cubs World Series. Bing Bang Boom. Baseball nirvana exists in Chicago.

One more BANG with 6:41 left Toews gets his 2nd goal .

BANG BANG BANG. Hawks turn a 3-1 3rd period deficit into a 4-3 lead with 3 quick goals halfway through the period. Hayden on the ice for the 1st 2.

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Mar 19, 2017 -> 03:58 PM) No tank...beer. Sox look too good for last place. Spring training . The Diamondbacks looked great last year in ST then the season came and they reeked.

All in the family game notes. Torii Hunter Jr. pinch ran, played CF and got a few AB's for the Angels though he has never played a minor league game. He struck out twice on breaking balls once corkscrewing himself to the ground while also gift wrapping Moncada's 1st double . Moncada hit it decent enough but Hunter, Jr. failed to read the warning track and let it go over his head. The sun and high sky don't help in AZ.and even Trout didn't look all that good on the nearly 420 foot drive by Davidson earlier in the game that went for a triple. Jake Dunning, brother of Dane Dunning, whom the Sox signed recently , pitched an inning and gave up a run. Matt Cooper of the Dash and nephew of Don Cooper ( nah I made that up) also pitched and gave up a run in an inning.

Burdi comes in with bags juiced and 1 out and gets a K and a broken bat ground out.

Leadoff double by Engel, E. Cabrera single. M. Cabrera single drives home Engel. With Asche K'ing Melky steals second and hthrow skips into CF allowing Everth to score and Melky to take 3rd. Saladino singles Melky home . Saladino steals 2nd . Davidson K's and Moncada HR ! 7-0 Sox

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Mar 19, 2017 -> 02:20 PM) I think Rodon is hurt. He actually gave up a hit in three innings so far I like the sarcasm from you. Engel responding to the Jacob May good game yesterday by going 2 for 3 , single and a double and a nice catch.

In the 4th Rodon lost the zone a little . Walked Trout, went to 3-1 on Pujols before he flied out but K'd Maybin looking to end the frame. He should be done .65 pitches after 4 innings. Over all a very very positive outing.

Gamecast is faster that the broadcast I am watching here in California on the Angels network. 2 outs on Gamecast before Davidson made the 1st out on the broadcast. Gamecast also had Narvaez walking on 4 pitches when it was actually 7. Nice AB by Narvaez.