Princess Dye

Massive crowds forming around the '05 team, but even bigger ones forming at the Felipe Paulino Dunk Tank

QUOTE (Sockin @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 04:15 PM) Already completely disorganized. They're holding people who want autographs in the seminar room and not letting them go to the autograph sessions until after the opening ceremonies. Being held in the William Ligue Jr. Memorial Holding Cell

There's a chance this is the org's best catcher. Not saying a ton of course. I'm happy we have some depth now.

Absolutely love Soto's reaction here when Ozzie's kicks his mask lol http://m.mlb.com/chc/video/topic/8878834/v...sixth/?c_id=chc

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 21, 2015 -> 04:35 PM) I've been saying Conor since last July. I am sticking to it. Interestingly, we have some padding at 3b with Bonifacio and even Matt Davidson, who actually has MLB success...but has been nearly forgotten about What's frightening about Avi is that RF is so completely and thoroughly his. It's a situation where he will get every last chance...he'll go unchallenged all year for that slot and the only thing stopping his PA #s will be injury.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jan 21, 2015 -> 04:06 PM) I do think he'll start to flash more power this year The power is actually one of the few things in the this-works-right-now category. The things we need dramatically improved are..nearly....all the rest of it.

The Avi thing has completely changed now. This is a below average fielder based on metrics (awful routes to balls....hideous-to-awful, roughly), and he's not an on-base guy. The positives are only the power potential and that ability to take the second base w/ his speed. This was all absolutely great to plug into RF before the recent acquisitions. But we're now win-now. What is frightening is that this goes from being a positive situation (we know how mercurial this board can be)........to becoming a scapegoat thing if next year falls short of expectations. 2015 expectations will be high, no matter what we tell ourselves. Conor or Avi are prime candidates for becoming the soxtalk whipping boy if things aren't going wonderfully. The hope you hold onto with Avi is that he's been young at each stage of the MLB/MiLB development. Sadly last year was really important. Something salvaged at the end. But to have our win-now track means expectations for AG are sky high now. Pressure is up and that's what the gig is, of course. But it's twofold now.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 14, 2015 -> 05:40 PM) Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 5m5 minutes ago From BA: "I’m more excited to sign right now than I was when I got drafted in the first round." good god. revealing. BA was very into the outer trimmings of being a pro athlete. giving tickets away to the right female fans etc

I really miss all those threads about how He Was Really Good - We Just Mishandled Him

We have already restocked the Chicago Sports Nikola quota

Glad we're finally getting back to putting that 05 roster back together.

Frighteningly, his career OBP wouldve been amongst our team leaders last year

Semien replaced, and now less can be expected of Sanchez and even less of Micah J. Love it.

Insta-depressing. Makes one want to think trade ASAP. while mystery remains. what the hell happened to the CF notion? all the tools

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 23, 2014 -> 08:13 PM) C: Kottaras or Brantly IF: L. Garcia or Saladino (if him, then he platoons at third) OF: Danks Until: Bonifacio signing (platoon 3B, jack of all trades) platoon at 3b? It's Conor's full time

i actually might have preferred Sierra to Danks next year. Were we already in the playoffs. But for the season long grind, 4th OF has to be glove first and Sierra is not well-rounded in that dept.

avi's gonna hit for power. defense is frightening.

their last christmas party was so wild i barely survived it

i do want MD getting atbats tho, at least most the year. incidentally...who's backup first base? laroche and abreu isnt enough depending on situation.

Not saying i have an answer for Davidson's year last year, but aberrations do happen. It is not worthless to mention the following: the major league at-bats he HAS had..actually went well. Davidson would be in the mix if Conor went down. And as someone else said maybe Saladino

The moves we've made this offseason were done on the backs of our cost controlled guys being in place and ready-now. Conor is one of those guys, so he's basically a definite as our 3b. And then Davidson is not forgotten either. 3b is set because it has to be.

CG is one of my favorite guys on the team. That said, he is a prime candidate for being someone who gets blamed and targeted hard by fans if his season or our season go south early

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 18, 2014 -> 10:17 AM) Viciedo will never play 3B again. feels like a movie scene by a hospital bed 'dayan has been in a tragic accident and...'

Seeing what Rios and other 1 WAR players make in free agency, i just honestly cant believe some team isnt willing to take a chance on the remaining DV upside. He's not old.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Dec 17, 2014 -> 03:31 PM) Didn't Viciedo jack 25 HRs his first full season? 0.4 WAR is a sad best season