Princess Dye

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 02:38 PM) Danks gave up 4 homers to Sox minor leaguers Puckett, Smith, Thompson, Shoemaker . 66 pitches. Trayce Thompson hitting a homerun off you is acceptable.

No one will want to hear it, but there's actually a case to be made that, once accounting for luck, last year was a bounceback offensive year for Beckham Could we finally get that collision of 2011 fielding and 2012 with the bat, and with the luck uptick..? The thing with Gordon is the results we've seen are particularly shocking and depressing because of expectation and build-up. But lets remember the stakes for a guy like that at 2B are not deadly. Plus his rookie season already hit that ceiling that Gillaspie is aiming to even get near-- and it's a win-now roster. CG will get at-bats for sure to diversify the lineup, but i think Gordon is firmly in place on opening day and will have a long-sized leash as well.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 14, 2013 -> 04:21 PM) Danks got crushed today by the Angels. In my opinion, I wish he could rehab a bit more in AAA and let Santiago start in the rotation. Derrick Rose treatment i see

People get down on Flowers, but power like that with defense? Absolutely play him and reap the benefits of that cheap labor. AJ earned way too much to justify defense that substandard

The realities are we're built for win now. So Carlos S. for Alexei goes in the face of that. Plus it's a sell-low moment for Alexei, so there are a few angles not to like on it. As with all things of course, for a legit haul there's obviously some point where we wouldnt say no.

Seth Loman seems like a guy who should've gotten a chance before he got to this age. Switch-hitter. Granted I know it's 1b/LF and so many fall through the cracks at those spots. Maybe this is our cheap labor Dan Johnson by midyear.

Only something by Rob Neyer should be titled this Maybe not even then

It feels like it took 5 years to appreciate Wise for what he is-- nothing more, nothing less. For awhile here in the past, he was talked about like the scourge of baseball In my experience, generally the 24th, 25th man takes an absolute undeserved beating on message boards. It'd be nice if maybe this rare extended experience we've had with one guy could serve as kind of a template for going forward. The 24th/25th man, by definition, can't really be that great. There aren't enough quality players to go around, but it is possible for said guy to have something to offer..and can still be appreciated

My thoughts exactly

Glad to hear it. The following must've been totally wrong on rotowire this morning 3/4/2013: Gillaspie leads the White Sox with two home runs and seven RBI this spring, but he is unlikely to break camp with the major league roster.

Requesting your opinion: are chances higher than 25% Conor Gillaspie doesnt make the Sox?

misspeltin' bill melton

if i remember right he says "Corner"

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 3, 2013 -> 02:47 AM) Fun thing is that the topic of discussion is about neither. I'll bring us back to topic. Is anyone else worried about how Hawk tends to pronounce the name "Conor"

That debate changed generations of sports fans

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 28, 2013 -> 02:25 PM) Ehh....we hope. Those strikeouts could be a quick mechanism for making him come out lower than .700 OPS. He's got to actually be hitting HR to overcome that, since he'll almost certainly have a low average. If teams can figure out how to keep him from going deep... I feel like all our conversations go this route: Me"here's some stuff that might happen" Balta"Here is why it might not happen, bam here are some reasons out of thin air" Morel debate, fairly or not, is what hops into my mind first..just because you went in so hard on that one

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 28, 2013 -> 11:21 AM) I welcome him to prove me wrong, but Flowers is a terrible baseball player and there was even speculation he would be cut from the team midseason last year. That's right, he couldn't cut it as a backup at the time, but here we are few months later with him as the starter. He was good in the minors and has had 270 major league at-bats. Does every point really have to be made with tons of exaggeration and hyperbole? If he's a 700 OPS catcher with good defense, making peanuts, you already have a victory there in terms of payroll management. And that's basically his starting point.

Tyler Flowers! Give me your career 700 OPS with some defense, your minor league penchant for making pitchers throw a bunch of pitches.... and I'll prefer you to a 36 year old making a ton of dough. That is all.

QUOTE (BlackJack @ Feb 22, 2013 -> 11:38 AM) What happens to Morel? he is melted and converted into recycled aluminum

He reached the majors at age 20

Evidence of a new emphasis on contact rate with stable OBP It's not at all a stretch to say Gordon Beckham should take notice. After all, Keppinger was not etched in stone at 3B from the organization's comments. And they need a lefty bat somewhere, no question. I'd love to know what they really really think about Keppinger at third versus second..defensively

maybe the Sox forgot they have a team

Gonna go back into the memory banks for this one: '11-'12 offseason

QUOTE (YASNY @ Feb 8, 2013 -> 11:56 AM) The failure to incorporate the skyline is a HUGE mistake. From-- a link that is apparently now dead: .......The Whitesox attempted unsuccessfully to purchased the tall brown building behind the scoreboard. It was owned by the state, and was a senior services building. To have the ball park face the skyline, they would've needed to demolish that building. I've read the original plans were supposed to have the skyline behind the scoreboard. .........

2010-2011 Tyler Saladino had its phasers set on extreme tantalize