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QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 8, 2014 -> 04:03 PM) I actually prefer second half Abreu. He's been hitting like Miguel Cabrera. Sure I'd like to see a few more homers, but you can't complain about a .438 OBP and .534 SLG. I think he's tired and is trying to pace himself. Next year he'll have a full offseason to train knowing how long the grind is. He came into camp probably about 10-15 lbs overweight (not even saying he was out of shape just a little overweight for a 162 game grind) so next spring I think he'll show up a little lighter on his feet and that will help. Seems like he's also "just missed" a couple HR that earlier in the year he was getting a bit lucky on. And yea, there is nothing wrong with a .438/534 split -- as you said, that's Frank Thomas -- one of the 20 best hitters of all time. And Jose is doing this in a relative dead ball era.

Anyone that thinks a kid that his .199 in AAA would have magically been a 250 hitter in MLB is f***ing delusional. Furthermore, if the kid is that upset about the demotion how in the hell is he going to have the mental toughness to perservere through his first 2 for 50 streak? Some of you guys are nuts, seriously.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 4, 2014 -> 09:09 AM) The last thing I am going to worry about is how many home runs go into making up a player's .983 OPS. Abeu leads the AL in SLG, OPS, OPS+, and I wouldn't trade any of those to have him lead the league in HR. No kidding. So he's turned from Mark McGwire into Frank Thomas -- no problems here!

The problem is that he SUCKS against LHP. It's an obvious platoon situation and Robin doesn't see it. An idea that could easily work is to use Semian as a true super sub next year (he was playing SS in AAA) as a platoon 3B against LHP for Conor and a day off sub for Alexei, Sanchez and whoever if in LF. That would get him 300 or so PA and it protects Conor's value because he loses a lot of it against LHP.

good job Tank, up that trade value!

Well at least Avi looks good.

anybody need any laundry dried? Like, maybe you own a small country? Because that's how much rope has been laid out against Danks so far. good god the Twins announcers DO THEY DO ANY RESEARCH? John Danks had a f***ing major surgery you idiots he hasn't been the same since. He's not "that type of pitcher" anymore. He sucks!

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 07:39 PM) Wow, I guess they don't throw offspeed pitches in AAA Yea welcome to the bigs. Wilkins hardly walks at all, he's going to have to hit like 270-280 to have any value. Not gonna happen IMO.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 07:27 PM) That is fine by me because nobody in the Sox dugout has any faith in him anymore other than Jordan. I think only one Soxtalk regular still thinks he's a plausible starter next year and that's Dick Allen.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 07:24 PM) Danks is so F'N bad...............no way he can be counted on to be a starter next year, If Sox are serious in trying to win. Make him the BP pitcher, that should give the SOx a lot of confidence heading into the games.

John Danks f***ing sucks.

Conor slumping, blah. Got a cookie and popped it up. He's been dropping the head of the bat and pulling that pitch hard all year. Maybe he's tired.

Wilkins, Phegley, Simien. Yikes. Good luck boys.

The FA market sucks, is what it is. Might actually benefit the Sox if someone is desperate in January and Danks is still around.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 10:12 AM) That is actually a really good thought. I said a few days ago they might find someone in the Rule 5 they like. Again, they will be rather high up in the picking order not sure how many of the half dozen teams in front of them will have an extra 25 and/or 40 man spot but the Sox could take a flyer on a SP candidate.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 12:39 AM) http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/white-...&ocid=yahoo Article explaining rationale for not promoting Rodon this September. Money quote at the very end (pun intended): "it’s (MLB promotion) going to be put off until some time in 2015.” They are going to (smartly imo) have him enter spring with "a chance to make the team" and he'll be brought up in May or later to try and avoid super 2 while continuing to work on his command in AAA. There's no rush on this kid, Sox play it right they will have a 1-2 starter for the next 7+ years to pair with Q and Sale. I like that they aren't going to rush him. He's only been going 3-5 innings in AAA and he's thrown some high stress innings this year already so a bullpen role in MLB doesn't make much sense for a team long out of contention.

keep it up the Chi Sox online presence is greatly improved by your work! Love Soxtalk I rejoined this site as my primary posting site this season and it's better than I remember from a few years ago.

QUOTE (Señor Ding-Dong @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 12:11 AM) Flowers is the greatest catcher of all-time. Too bad he'll be left out of the hall once word of his PEG use gets out. Performance enhancing glasses. Viciedo is such a tease. How about Sanchez? A lot of you guys are ready to hand the job to Semien or Johnson and write off Sanchez as trade bait, but I like what I see out of the kid. Let those three battle it out for the job in ST then decide who to trade. Sanchez is the real deal why people wrote him off as on the outside looking in is beyond me. He's still extremely young and has a defensive position at 2B locked down if he can hit 40 points above his weight. What I'm saying is of all the Sox' middle infield prospects it's Sanchez that has the glove to start in MLB right now. If he hits 280/310/390 and runs the bases a bit he's a 2 WAR player, easily better than Beckham. He played well in AAA this year and is holding his own in his brief MLB audition this year.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 12:09 AM) Thrown out arguing balls and strikes. nice, i gotta see that!

why did eaton come out is he injured again?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 2, 2014 -> 11:54 PM) That's a pretty excellent first sentence. Can't argue with that, except some of those Sunday games where they looked like dead fish and that recent homestand where they sucked eggs. Again, you said it all in one sentence. Back when in May Hawk's "our guys won't quit" was actually pretty spot on. But it just meant this year they actually have an offense with a pulse and guys that can get on base and guys that can hit it out. They have a lot of superstars, they need a few more scrubs (relatively). It's a good approach to team building IMO there are more average players around then stars, and having a few superstars means you can get below average players in your everday lineup and still win.

One of the most exciting bad Sox teams of all time probably. Flowers is earning a chance to continue to start in '15 imo. Granted his high BABIP early on masks alot of suckitude but defensively and durability wise he's solid and that's important, especially if the Sox are trying to break in Rodon next year. Not saying they can't do better -- they can -- but he's at least an option, that's positive.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 2, 2014 -> 11:43 PM) If we can't snag Victor next year, I'd love a Wilkins/Viciedo DH platoon with Andy getting the occasional 1B start and Tank the rare LF/RF start. that would be awful. If Viciedo isn't a full time starter (and he's not on any team trying to contend in 15 as the Sox have indicated they are) then he should be moved. Wilkins isn't even on the radar at this point unless they completely fail to find anyone else intriguing. That would a failure. As a 1B only he'd have to really rake to earn a spot and I just don't see it they can find a higher floor DH. WIlkins floor is Dunn like production in '11, that's not acceptable.

God I forgot how much I hate the stupid ignorant ass Twins announcers. Avi's ISO is like 200 dumbass a lot of his hits are not singles.

lol why in the world does tank continue to hit cleanup. If anything freaking move him down to 6th and let Avi do it for a night.