Jake

Hopefully they're using his off-time wisely. Things are often a crapshoot at his age/level. We could see him with few at-bats, no production, and suddenly he's sent to A-ball and does well. Hard to say without any media inquiring.

We all know what the standard is in high school baseball, though the hay is really made in club ball. We see these kids at events like Area Code Games and elite club tournaments where they often match up against other draft talent. Even when not, scouts know how good a given American player's competition is. Look at Tim Anderson, who may be a high-high-first round talent but there was too much uncertainty about his competition to know for sure. Now imagine a 16-year-old who has only played against a bunch of exploited kids in a country where there are many fewer scouts and eyeballs in a bunch of simulated games.

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 3m The White Sox have been asking for major-league ready or near-ready prospects in their trade talks.

That sounds awesome to me. I wish I had MLB Network

I would like Ellsbury. I have a feeling we'll sit back and try to see what FAs are hanging around after the largest dollars are thrown about. Ellsbury will likely get some of those big dollars. I have a feeling he will get paid more than he can earn.

I think the area he could have had the most improvement is running the offense. When teams go balls out to stop Derrick, he never had an answer. This is why you would often see us go on scoring runs against teams like Heat with Derrick out of the game. Without Derrick, we run an offense that is something other than "stand around and see what Derrick does"

We can "get by" with Santiago? What are you smoking?

Good God, giving Monta Ellis fairly big, long-term money would have been a horrible move for this franchise. At least as we're constructed now, they have the opportunity to basically press the reset button after the season. Monta locks you into salary hell without making you any better.

I think if the Cards had Wong on the table during a negotiation for Alexei, the negotiations would not last long. We'd scout their system for throw-ins and call it a deal.

Castro was comfortably above 90 the first two innings he threw for us. I almost wonder if underuse is the issue

Shoot, bad luck! Conor roped that thing

All the luck coming back to us in the span of two innings. Can't we spread this around a little bit?

LOL

Dunn! My fantasy team loves you

And we're openly cheering scoring decisions. This is our season

Alexei screened him nicely

Call it a hit!

Hit a bomb you prick!

Well, this was the most fun game to watch in quite a while /jinx

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 09:18 PM) Phegley has a lot of work to do on his receiving skills I can't believe the reports were accurate. He can't catch balls on the fly. What a silly problem

Alright Q, finish this thing! #ThingsRobinWouldSay

Phegley sucks. 3/14 we want Flowers!!!

Phegley sucks. 3/13

It's Tank time baby!!!

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jul 9, 2013 -> 08:55 PM) I saw Verlander go up against Darvish in the beginning of year. His velocity was way down and he was throwing a ton of change ups. It doesn't look like that's changed. I think his arm is ouchie. I wouldn't want him being my number 1 starter in the playoffs. He's obviously got something going on. His stuff is so good that he's still a good pitcher, but that contract may look horrible in a couple years