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QUOTE (Knuckles @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 03:29 PM) Paging PTAC! I'm sure they will try to calm the inflammation down with rest and meds. If not, it's 3-4 weeks after surgery.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 03:01 PM) Oooo like what I'm reading here. Don't see anything on defense/athleticism but seeing great bat speed and raw power. The one report said he will start at SS but probably need to switch to 3B where he will be above average.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 02:52 PM) White Sox select with their 6th RD pick... SS Luis Curbelo, Cocoa HS, Florida Sounds like a good pick from the MLB scouting info.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 10:57 PM) I predict we lose the Sale game, lose the Quintana game, win the TBA game. Because White Sox. Excellent! I will be there to watch TBA pitch on Sunday.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 02:19 PM) He was coming off his first when they drafted and has a second since. Ah.. OK.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 02:15 PM) Fry was one that was signed for slot value that has never been healthy enough to know what the Sox have in him. Austin has been a disappointment for a guy that was a sandwich round pick at one time. They did get some more value, it just hasn't panned out. Wasn't he they guy who already had 2 TJ surgeries when they drafted him?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 02:11 PM) As John Kruk once said when a woman criticized him for being a professional athlete and smoking in public, lady I'm no athlete. I'm a baseball player. I laughed hysterically when I saw that interview. Working in the league in the late 80's-early 90's it was true. It really changed now though.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 01:59 PM) I'm starting to wonder if Alec Hansen is more expensive than we thought. Yeah, you kind of wonder.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 01:48 PM) IIRC the pick after that change of philosophy was Poreda. He wasn't the high floor low ceiling. Turns out he was just as bad though. Lately though, everyone has to like Sale, seems a lot like Anderson, a lot like Rodon, a lot like Fulmer. Many are missing guys like Semien, and Thompson. So what is a KW draft and what is not, when all the players are different kind of confuses me. They've really stayed with college guys though. Isn't Thompson the only high school kid on your list? Although last year they took some high school guys as I recall. Zangari and crew I believe.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 01:47 PM) They have never, ever had this approach in drafting position players. Yes, with pitching I'll grant you that they had a philosophy change about 5 years ago. But they hadn't offensively. No not necessarily hitting but with safe high floor college players as opposed to low floor athletic types. Hopefully, they took who they thought was the BPA not just that type of hitter because they wanted one.

Now you're talking! They really shouldn't let me off for the summer. I spend WAY too much time on the computer. I need to go read. Edit: where did that post go that I was responding to?

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 01:43 PM) Well this approach has been a complete 180 degree turn around from the way KW used to operate. So I guess i should have said that either KW has completely changed his approach, or he has much less of a say. Sorry won't make the mistake again Which was 180 degrees from the drafting approach he had before that one.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 01:38 PM) Doesnt seem like a KW draft to me. I'm going to suggest that KW, Hahn and Hostetler have had a mutual change in philosophy. Kind of like a few years ago when they changed from High floor-low ceiling guys like Broadway and McCullough to athletic guys like Anderson and Mitchell.

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 01:31 PM) Good read on Fisher http://theadvocate.com/sports/latestsports...batting-average You have to like a guy whose roommate is named Webb Bobo.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 01:31 PM) Is there some inside joke with the unbelievable comments when KW gets mentioned? Sorry, it's just me. I'm tired of every time something happens that people like it's Hahn doing it and KW not having any input. Conversely, everytiime something happens they don't like it's KW doing it and Hahn is just a guy siting in a corner playing solitaire collecting a check. People just don't think that they can work together and make decisions together. It HAS to be only ONE of them making the decision at separate times.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 01:23 PM) there has been a clear change in direction in the approach drafting position players. I think KW has much less of a say. And that's a good thing Unbelievable.......

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 01:02 PM) If they are going to pay over-slot somewhere else, fine, but otherwise, don't see the point of a clear reach. no need to use round 3 for org. minor leaguers. That's exactly why they did it. Save money for the others, maybe Fisher as some experts had him as high as the 3rd round.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 12:04 PM) But there's another bias you're missing - the guys who have the big salaries are also typically older and therefore are more likely to hit the DL anyway. That would interesting to look at. Who has the bigger salary 26-31 or 31-36? I would put the latter group in the more likely to be injured but not the former.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 12:47 PM) OK, sorry for misquoting you. My short term memory may be off for some reason. Teenage kids and age are contributing to mine.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 12:46 PM) Yes. I'll add the Anderson callup to the DO SOMETHING category, as there's a definite downside if it doesn't work out that's been covered here very well. But it also has upside too. The Shields trade was just garbage. I think we're gonna be hating that for a long time. I hope not. If so, they both should be fired. I hope they they did it because they think he is ready.

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 12:38 PM) There's a difference between making smart moves and making moves for the sake of making a move. Shields was a "DO SOMETHING!" move that probably won't help the team all that much. Erik Johnson and Latos could've done Shields' job at a fraction of the cost. Morneau is a smart move that has a chance of actually helping the team. He's older and coming off of an injury, but will probably be more productive than Avi after his rehab stint. That remains to be seen. He has a better track record than either of them.

QUOTE (MEANS @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 12:42 PM) I can't take you seriously when you keep spelling this word like this. I understand. I've never been good with the written word. I have to give my research articles to many different people before I can submit them.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 04:57 PM) One of my friends has a 25 year old daughter living at home with no prospects of moving out cause she can't find a good job. I do feel the pain of Millenials in a lot of ways. They are inheriting a work force that a.) does not want to pay them medical benefits. b.) that does not want to ever give them performance bonuses or heaven forbid, raises in pay according to merit. c.) that requires overtime with no overtime pay, basically threatening them with termination if they don't play along and do the work for no extra pay and finally d.) they are the generation that in college was expected to do unpaid internships which should be illegal. If somebody does work, they deserve pay. So I ask ... can we blame Millenials for moving back in with mom and dad? Are there any hope for millenials that don't become doctors in terms of them ever making a fair, decent buck? Best wishes to all new grads BTW and best of luck in finding suitable employment! Also I would like to ask those Soxtalkers who have a say in management of their companies ... do you have unpaid internships and what is your justification for having kids come in and work for NO PAY? Unpaid internships anger me beyond no end. Pay The Worker, don't hide behind the fact it's an internship. This has always been the practice in allied health professions. The clinical instructor mentoring the student doesn't get extra pay and the student doesn't either. The theory is that the time spend mentoring is time away from patiet care so the student is costing the company money already.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 27, 2016 -> 10:36 AM) Yeah if you don't get a scholarship, paying for two years of CC isn't terrible but the kids need to bust their asses so they can get scholarships. I had a scholarship and still had to take out loans. My sister got a scholarship and still had to take out loans. College is just too damn expensive these days. It's a big business now. Yes, you can thank most states for decreasing their funding. Private schools have always been expensive.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 12:24 PM) Our front office is behaving like they're in danger of losing their jobs. Whether they actually are can be debated, but they've shown all the telegraphs of a desperate group since the Shields trade. Do you really thinks that's it or are they trying to improve a team that isn't playing well? If making moves is desperate, what would say if they didn't make any moves?