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QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 24, 2015 -> 11:35 AM) I'd say he got Eaton right -- don't forget that Eaton has had wRC+ of 101, 124, and 126 in the months since his dreadful April and now carries a season number of 98. He's a really important part of our team now and going forward. Davidson certainly isn't some big win and doesn't look like it will ever be, but it's worth mentioning that Addison Reed is pitching in AAA. The person we sent away was not good, so that's important to consider. Hahn was correct to try to trade away Reed. At first I thought you were referring to Leury Garcia and I was going to say that it probably wasn't some "this is who we thought was their best" evaluation. But Avisail has been disappointing, especially in one crucial way IMO --> if they thought he was going to be a competent defender, it appears they were very, very wrong. Given where he is developmentally, he can only be successful in a very specific way, which is carrying a strong average with good power numbers. He will subtract value with his defense and he walks so little that he'll have to earn everything he gets at the plate. yes, it was referring to Avi. Hahn sold that he found future core of young players to build around. Eaton looks like a starter, but it does not look like Avi will be anything other than a DH. Peavy was a prime piece of a trade, we really had to find some impact talent there.

Sincerely hope Connor finds a future as an MLB regular.

I want to reiterate how great it was seeing a 3-run home run.

Considering Levine's crap knowledge of our own prospects, I do not put much stock into his theories of returns from others.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 24, 2015 -> 09:45 AM) Pretty equally terrible imo but yeah both should be more. I believe they are suspended without pay, so keep in mind it's also a 20% dock into their salary.

I feel like Fulmer requires way more development time to build up arm strength than Rodon needed.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 09:50 PM) Braxton Miller official to H-back/WR. His shoulder injury just wont get better. Labrum's continue to be the worst possible injury to the arm. That's a shame.

I missed home runs. Home runs are great. Lift and pull! Lift and pull!

ugh, please don't give up 6 runs in the first.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 04:22 PM) I don't trust Hahn's ability to identify/evaluate talent. He has a poor track record so far. He has done a much better job drafting (albeit in much more favorable circumstances in both draft rules and slots), but he certainly struck out on the Eaton/Davidson/Garcia evaluations

An obvious problem is also a shrinking market.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 01:19 PM) I'll third this. The Sox would surely have targeted different kinds of returns than an A-ball catcher. However, it is a little discouraging that the Sox may not have engaged the Astros seriously because they weren't sure they were sellers.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 01:14 PM) This thread is what's embarrassing. Scott Kazmir was traded to Houston. Scott Kazmir also plays for a Billy Beane ran team. Maybe Houston could get Kazmir cheaper than any other pitcher. Oakland operates in a strange way. The lack of backbone in this thread is laughable. Disagree, Kazmir may certainly have come cheaper than Smarj. But houston was clearly scouting Samardjiza hard and viewed him as a viable alternative to giving up bigger spects for Cueto and many spects for hamels. Now there are the Jays and the Royals, and we likely won't trade to Royals. So we have the Jays, who are more interested in Cueto. By all accounts, they moved from Sox because Sox apparently don't believe they are sellers yet. That's an amazing feat to continue to surprise me at our ineptitude this late into this crap season.

Blue jays/royals all-in on Cueto.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 12:58 PM) It will be interesting to see what the Sox get for Shark vs. the Kazmir return. Personally, I hope they get a more advanced prospect. Do you really want the Sox to acquire a guy who needs to go through their system for a few years? If it's a pitcher, maybe.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 12:53 PM) Jerry Crasnick ‏@jcrasnick 55s55 seconds ago The #Astros also had Jeff Samardzija on their radar, but couldn't afford to wait for #WhiteSox to decide on a course of action. https://twitter.com/jcrasnick Well there's some good news(major sarcasm) Honestly embarrassed

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 12:39 PM) I'm not sure what this post actually means? Nottingham will bust because Flowers did? Nottingham is a poor prospect because he's a catcher? Dick Allen Translation you can use forever: X won't work because y marginally-related event in past happened and z (whom was not you) had a differing opinion about it!

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 23, 2015 -> 12:18 PM) or that teams really won't give up much for a rental They wait too long. The "sellers" market became "not that much of a sellers market" pretty quickly. We will late until last day and get some reliever in AA and be like "well you don't know what the market was like!"

Confirms that I have 0.0% confidence that Hahn will swing a good deal.

Deeeep sighhhhhh

Watched this in a library.

Nobody is going to let good hitting leave anymore. It will still be a crap offense or 2nd contract guys.

Nooooooooo

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 04:31 PM) Im actually surprised they can showed such restraint with him TBH, I think there is some changes happening. That Futuresox article with the pitching coach at Kanny talked about how they think prospects need to stay in their level to learn how to adjust. Seems like everyone in lower levels is on that page. I'm wondering if the Courtney Hawkins saga actually caused some changes with promotions, though the radical changes for getting all hitters on the same approach ain't happened.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Jul 22, 2015 -> 03:46 PM) Top 10 guess 1. Anderson 2. Fulmer 3. Adams 4. Montas 5. Danish 6. Micah 7. Michalczewski 8. Hawkins 9. May 10. Adolfo D'oh, starting to question whether I just read yours and thought i came up with an original thought.