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QUOTE (DirtySox @ Mar 1, 2018 -> 03:10 PM) BA bringing back the draft tracker feature. Kind of a stock up stock down report. Bi-weekly. Subscriber only. https://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/2018-...arnach-helping/ Awesome.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 1, 2018 -> 01:52 PM) Following Aaron Leming on Twitter, it's all Albert Wilson all the time. I'm good with it, fine with him or Taylor Gabriel. One thing that stuck out last year, it was really hard to tell apart our WRs. They were all very samey, same height, speed. Inman came in, looked the part and I would like to re-sign him. He's not a #1 receiver but I think he's a good #4!

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Mar 1, 2018 -> 01:49 PM) Scouts are absolutely raving about chisox prospect Luis Robert. That team has more 4-star prospects than anyone. (Yanks, padres, braves just behind) https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/969297918367752192?s=19 Heyman is good again.

Heyman sure has tied the sox to a lot of players that they haven't acquired this offseason.

Subscriber only, but I thought this was a good piece by Durkin criticizing of sorts Pace missing opportunity to embrace cleaning the slate and starting over. https://www.theathletic.com/257578/2018/03/...s-faith-in-him/ One thing that continues to bother me as he harps on FA being dangerous, for someone that wants to build primarily through the draft he does not prioritize accumulating draft picks. For all of his trade-ups he has netted out about the same (20 picks in 3 years), but a lot of that has been 4-7th picks, and never getting more than 3 picks in rounds 1-3.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 1, 2018 -> 12:04 PM) But we can't sign him for quite a while, right? When does free agency begin? When can teams talk with agents? Next Tuesday starts the legal tampering period. The Chiefs GM basically said "well matt's in Chicago now", I think it's just an acknowledgement that they've heard from Wilson that he'll want to follow Nagy.

Robert had a double in the B game.

QUOTE (GenericUserName @ Mar 1, 2018 -> 10:26 AM) We should do a monthly poll to see who we would pick if all candidates are available. I would love to see what the support is for each guy and how that changes in the next 4 months. I would make the poll myself, but I don't know how to so I would probably mess it up. Could be fun to use a non-site tool which we could track in one place easier (rather than 5 separate threads). Google forms or something.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Mar 1, 2018 -> 10:11 AM) I feel very comfortable with the pitching at the top. The Sox are guaranteed one of Hankins/Liberatore/McClanaan/Rolison at this point The pitchers intrigue me much more than the hitters, even though I want a hitter much more.

QUOTE (Two-Gun Pete @ Mar 1, 2018 -> 09:57 AM) I don't get why some posters over here fall all over themselves to overlook all of Engels clear flaws, while other CF candidates strengths are ignored. I mean, I question Engels purported strength as a defender, given his inferior defensive metrics. (Yes, he made some highlight reel plays last year, but the fact remains that his DRS was negative last year.) At the same time, despite Engel having sucked at hitting at virtually every stop in MiLB, posters still have this insane "hope" that he'll magically start hitting in The Show. Meanwhile, Tilson and Cordell have both out hit Engel at every stop. For me, the depth chart @ CF should be: 1. Leury (better metrics in every way than Engel last season) 2. Cordell/Tilson (better bats than Engel) 3. May/Engel as injury replacements & Charlotte placeholders. Baseball Savant's Outs Above Average rated Engel very favorably last year: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/outs_above_average White Sox also prefer a very shallow CF to take away weak hits, and Engel is maybe our only defender who can do that while still recovering well enough going back.

While I'm glad Powell came out with his second statement, I think US will miss out on what the second term from Yellen could have done. Powell isn't going to prematurely kill the economy or anything (hopefully), but she had done such a good job at beating down the hawks and moving toward a more reasonable view of the inflation target range.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 1, 2018 -> 08:08 AM) It needs to have Federal backing. That is the only way to make change. Illinois can change it some, it will help but the federal government needs to do something similar to Illinois at a minimum. I'm the first person to say their should be fewer federal regulations and the states should have more autonomy. But something like this is just reasonable for safety. Automatic weapons and high capacity magazines, while fun to play with, are just too tempting for the wrong people to cause massive damage. For whatever reason more and more people are thinking this type of action is a good idea so unfortunately these changes need to be made. We will never be able to stop all incidences. If someone really wants to do this they will find a way such as bombings instead of automatic weapons. However, it should be made as difficult as possible. I think related is some really great reporting the Tribune has been doing on the gun that was used recently to kill Commander Bauer. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/b...0228-story.html Legally bought in a gun store in wisconsin, then sold to a friend in a gun club. That friend then sold it through a website that doesn't demand identification of the buyer. The whole story is very well done, I highly recommend if you have access.

I have a lot of things set up and monitor my debit cards a lot but one thing incredibly annoying to me is not being able to log-in to the accounts for which I'm an authorized user. We have 2 diff credit cards we use for different rewards, it's hard to keep track of them when only one can view the other. I know statements from mint, but, it's dumb (and probably necessary, but still dumb!)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/201...fraudulent-icos In not shocking developments

White Sox legend Carlos Tocci strides to the plate - per James Fegan’s twitter. Made me lol

He started off really slow last spring. Finished with a .900 ops.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 28, 2018 -> 01:24 PM) I think it is more that from Columbine to now, the voting base that has been effected by stuff like this is much larger than ever before. I truly believe a wave of change is coming as it relates to a lot of these matters. Not sure how drastic the change (if any) will be, but I think we are getting closer to seeing bigger change. I think this is a big part of it, and two other things: - The use of social media by the students and forwardness demanding change is so different than most shootings which obssess over the murderer's motives and tactics. And I think this is a big development because it does not allow the framing to j ust be "man this guy was crazy", it's "why have we not done everything possible to protect us?", from the victims, from kids. - Much of the population has incurred consistent restriction of freedoms in an effort to prevent these massacres, either foreign terrorism or mass shooters. And have and still do willingly put up with this because preventing loss of life is important. But to me it feels like it has been 15 years of gun groups saying "no, no, I can't sacrifice, it's this ,it's that" and people are fed up that they refuse to be part of the sacrifice to find a solution.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 28, 2018 -> 10:17 AM) Royals acquire Duda, so they are out on Moose I was going to post that but wasn't sure. Doesn't that just replace Hosmer?

I know these guys all want to be the best and I don't begrudge them but man Glennon was annoying. That one terrible moncada thread actually applied to Glennon, whom after being paid a cushy contract demanded that everyone treat him as a starting QB without ever showing he could be one. Bye bye Glennon. Glad you could get everyone lined up so well it bought you 4 games as a terrible starter.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 28, 2018 -> 09:59 AM) Maybe it's like saying Yolmer was a 2 WAR 3rd baseman but he wasn't at 3rd base all the time accumulating that WAR so wasn't really a 2 WAR 3rd baseman but a 2 WAR player. He played 52 games at 3rd and 92 at all other positions. But he's still in the pool of players you could acquire to be 3b.

Sounded like Quenton Nelson, the notre dame guard, has tackle size, which makes him even more attractive.

It was the trying him at 3b that really intrigued me. We get into some "where will they play" discussions, but look at the playoff teams last year. More starting players than positions, but they found them all playing time. If Cordell can show to be passable at 4 positions (3 OF, 1 3b), that really gives him a boost as a regular MLB player. Excited to see him develop, he's much bigger than I pictured.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 28, 2018 -> 09:25 AM) Not sure what stats you are using but Nunez and Headley barely played 3B last year and Nunez had a WAR of .9. Only 5 teams in the MLB last year accumulated 2 WAR at 3B. They aren't that easy to find. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=...=&players=0 Nunez across two teams had a fWAR of 2.2, but also was not a part of qualified batters in the list above. Only 5 teams in the MLB last year accumulated 2 WAR at 3B. Where is this from, you just said 19 teams had a 2 WAR 3b? Even if they played off 3b for a portion, someone else could not be such a net negative that it drags all those teams down.

I am going to regret this but I really think Mizzou locked up a tourney trip last night.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 27, 2018 -> 05:27 PM) That's weird. Since there were only 19 in all of the MLB that means 1/3 of all teams didn't have one. That doesn't sound easy to find to me. But I was never good at math. Right but I don't expect them to be waiting outside the stadium. Of those 1/3, how many were trying to contend? So how much surplus was available to acquire fairly cheaply. In the last year, 2 WAR or borderline 2 WAR players Evan Longoria, Todd Frazier, Chase Headley and Eduardo Nunez were moved cheaply. There are others that I could imagine would be available for an affordable price. If we need one, we will be able to get one without paying through the teeth.