Rowand44

Lions gonna Lions

Don't f*** with Justin Tucker.

Don't stop now boys!

Those what if lineups never even come close to working out. I'm as happy and excited as anyone but let's not get ahead of ourselves. #captainbuzzkill

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 03:36 PM) Keep thrusting until she tells you to stop. Best advice I've ever heard on any topic.

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 05:17 PM) Each one of those guys is going to be as expensive as all get out...We don't need them. This. I know we have money to spend but I'm not wasting it on a closer. Jones or Webb or Petricka or Shingo or Hermanson or Jenks will do.

I feel like Law was more of a Kenny hater than a White Sox hater but I'm sure Wite will correct me on that.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 04:32 PM) It was more of wtf, Seahawks? That's total bandwagon. You do the wave now too? Ha I do not. You know how obsessed I am with fantasy and I've had Marshawn on my team for 3 years straight so I like this version of the Seahawks. Like I said in my last post, I didn't mean to say I was a Seahawks fan but they're my favorite team in the NFC this year, and yes it's definitely bandwagon, oh well.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 03:36 PM) What? Ha, how long have I known you? I couldn't care less about the Bears and have been on the Seahawks bandwagon the last few years. Maybe I should have said I like the Seahawks better than the Bears at the moment.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 03:15 PM) I'd bet it is Abreu, Johnson, Hawkins, Davidson. You're probably right as far as what they have. How someone could have Hawkins higher than Davidson or Semien I'm not so sure but this isn't the right place to discuss that.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 03:12 PM) I would say that is an indication that the top of the White Sox system has improved dramatically over the last 12 months. Eaton and Avi aren't eligible, right? So Abreu, EJ, Semien and Davidson I assume is how they have it. Ya, not bad.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 03:06 PM) I like the trade, but if we lose 100 games I'll be insanely furious. We all know.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 02:53 PM) They lost Floyd too. I am a Floyd fan, but I could not care less about that. From my point of view I thought of our pitching "core" as Sale, Q, Hector and EJ. So at least from my point of view this offseason we lost one of those guys(the one I was personally most willing to trade, even though I do like Hector) and have added Abreu, Eaton and Davidson.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 02:53 PM) No offense to anyone, but not only Soxtalk, just about every Sox message board. Scary. This has never ever happened before. Scary indeed.

This trade has the 100 percent Soxtalk seal of approval. Damn it, Davidson is going to suck.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 02:40 PM) I honestly won't care if we see exciting baseball from young players who progress and grow and get better throughout the season. Exactly. We're not going to lose 100 games but even if we do, who cares as long as our young hopefully core players progress the way we all hope they do.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 02:30 PM) No more Kid Rock in the 9th Most over looked part of this trade, what's our next closer's entrance music?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 02:18 PM) With all due respect, who gives a s*** about Connor Gillaspie? With Davidson coming in, he isn't the 3B of tomorrow. He isn't even the 3B of today anymore. Unless Davidson isn't ready, you send Connor to Charlotte. If someone claims him, oh well. I don't think anyone is going to freak if Connor is gone, I know I won't, I'd just rather have him on the roster than Keppinger. And that has nothing to do with hating Kepp, I think Connor just makes more sense on this roster.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 02:18 PM) Here's what you do, you focus on the nacho helmets. Who can argue with that?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 02:11 PM) He's played 2 games in LF in his professional career and never played any mid-IF position in professional ball (including minors). He can cover 3b and 1b...2 positions where we're loaded. What does Keppinger provide though? Garcia plays every position plus more that Kepp can plus Jeff has no platoon partner at the moment. What's he going to do? Ph for Dunn? At least Connor's bat can be somewhat useful off the bench.

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 02:05 PM) Hate to use a total cliche but strikeouts are just another out. K's become a problem when you aren't getting on base and you are k'ing often with runners in scoring position. I can't find his minor league #'s with RISP at the moment but his obp is just fine. Adam Dunn managed to be a darn good player for quite a few years despite K'ing a ton, and I could list a whole bunch more too. If he can stick at 3rd with at least average D and hit .265/.330/.500 with 30 hr's on a yearly basis he will be just fine. Great move by Rick. Balta knows that, it's just the worry that those k's equal a hole in his swing that gets exposed at the major league level.

Ya it's definitely the kids can play part 2 or however he wants to go about saying that.

The way Hahn is doing things I wouldn't be surprised if Viciedo is the next one gone for some type of high ceiling/hasn't been very good yet catcher.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 01:53 PM) They already have one named Daniel Webb. Well Webb and/or Petricka can certainly do it, they just haven't proven anything yet so I'm not going to say they're there yet.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 01:48 PM) Worth stressing that he does have the stuff to be significantly better than those numbers. They've clearly been impacted at least by him tiring out, esp. at the end of 2012 during his rookie season. He was definitely learning how to be a better pitcher in 2013 and that could be seen quite readily if you watched him. (That said, this is still a fair deal, I just want to make sure Addy isn't downplayed too much). Relievers are relievers. I liked Addy but I'm sure this organization will churn out another Addison Reed or two this year.