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QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 09:04 PM) Conor jogs when Prince is bobbling the ball? That's ok on this team, our manager doesn't care. Other teams that might not fly.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 08:51 PM) Nope hit 497 today. Which makes it tough to figure out how Adam Dunn could be the active HR leader.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 08:28 PM) Dunn, active MLB HR leader, dumps one into the outfield. Albert Pujols retired today?

GIDP with the run scoring, 1-1 game.

And another nice piece of work by Viciedo.

And a nice piece of work by Dunn.

A nice piece of work by Abreu.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 08:01 PM) The difference is that the odds of Buehrle being as good as he has been in 2014...well, I don't think anyone (other than Greg775) went out and placed an O/U bet on Mark having a sub 1 ERA heading into May, let's just leave it at that. Tanaka's the 26 year old you anchor the front end of your rotation around for a decade...or nearly so. Buehrle's the veteran pitcher who might come across a wounded dog in the field and decide to devote the rest of his life to an animal shelter or farming life..that you don't have as part of the core of your rotation in 2016-2017-2018 when the team simply has to be competing for playoff spots. And I still didn't think it was worth paying for him to pitch for this team in 2014 when he's surrounded by rookies and kids and a roster not otherwise built to compete. The White Sox could have competed with him for 4 seasons if things went right (and to note, Garcia's injury already is one part going wrong), the Yankees can compete with him for 5 seasons.

Nice to see that we still haven't practiced how to do a rundown.

This mayor of a South Carolina town fired the local police chief for being gay for whatever excuse he came up with after he realized she was gay. I'd just like to stress...firing her for no other reason than being gay is 100%, completely legal in that state and in more than 1/2 of this country.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 12:18 PM) When's the last time Boras represented a collegiate pitcher in the Top 5-10 picks and it really worked out well/fortuitously for that team to have drafted that pitcher? In other words, if they had it to do it all over again, how many of his clients have turned out to have been worth the headaches and hassles for their acquiring clubs? i think the Nationals are content with the pitcher they got.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 05:09 PM) You must be tickled the Sox didn't sign Tanaka. They apparently wouldn't have been able to add to the team for years. You get to choose...same cost per year for the next 2, Tanaka or Buehrle. Pick one? That said, I didn't think Tanaka was a good buy for the White Sox at this point in time, not at all.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 05:06 PM) I have been told bullpens are the easiest things to build on a baseball team and you should use very little coin doing it. Well, it wasn't me who told you that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 05:02 PM) Balta said Toronto would happily take Paulino for Buehrle. Absolutely. He's paid nearly $40 million this year and next. Add him and that's literally the only roster addition you get next year other than guys from our minors. Our bullpen is ready to go as-is, right?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 05:00 PM) What was the high reward with Paulino? Please use common sense. His career high in innings pitched was 139. What are the chances he blows through that after only making 7 starts in 2012 and 5 horrific minor league startd last season? And even if he was decent, what are the chances someone would give you something decent for him? That's why there's a 2015 option on him. If he pulled off a couple solid months, you can decide wehther to move him or whether you think he could contribute to a team that cared in 2015.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 19, 2014 -> 04:46 PM) As someone said earlier, it's fine the depth is bad because this team isn't trying to compete this year. At some point I just got tired of repeating this.

White Sox's Team OPS the last 7 days: .620.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 05:40 PM) Of course, that's also assuming he stays healthy and pitches to his capability, which is not a given either. $8 million versus $5 million versus nothing right now is the bigger difference in this equation, but it's something Boras has advised his clients to do in the past. That injury could also strike at any point between now and 14 months from now as well. If the Sox know they can get Rodon for a fair price, then I have no problem with it, but that's assuming a lot. Key thing I mean to stress there: the entire bonus pool for the top 10 picks of the team picking 4th is $8,352,200. If he's insisting on $8 million, it literally becomes impossible to draft him anywhere but the top. If he doesn't go #1/2 and he insists on $8 million, he cannot be drafted this year.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 04:36 PM) He simply might not be ready for that. The ball in the minors and majors is far different than it is in college with recessed seams. Here's where I'm at: if you view Rodon as a 65 but he will only sign for $8 mill, and Hoffman as a 60, but Hoffman is willing to sign for $5 mill, you take Hoffman because that additional $3 mill will allow you draft others later in the draft who fall rather than taking signability guys or below slot guys because you have to without being penalized. And if Rondon will only sign for $8 million, if he's not picked #1 he'll be going back to college for another year, potentially costing him a year of free-agency down the road.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 04:29 PM) It happens multiple times pretty much every year in the major leagues. Last year Casper Wells pitched an inning for us. After we released him and the Phillies picked him up, he pitched in a game for them. In 2012 Dewayne Wise pitched an inning for us. He had, earlier in the year, pitched in a game for the Yankees when he was with them. So what you're saying is that Robin has this problem every year?

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 01:42 PM) The fact that you think nothing was going on is funny in itself. Glad you thinnk that what they did was just fine. No complaints from you then when the IRS turns the other way sometime in the future. And by "Future" you mean "past" right? Because otherwise you're clearly indicating you have paid no attention to any of the details of that "scandal" whatsoever.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 12:33 PM) With Beckham now rehabbing in AA and Semien going cold, I'm all in favor of handing the job to Beckham one more time and sticking Semien in Charlotte. I think Semien's process at the ML level has been really good, some time in AAA should boost his confidence and get him in a groove. Beckham gets one more hail mary, but I think he ultimately gets waiver-traded or DFA'd/ And all we ought to take from this is that the jump from AA to the big leagues is large and we should have people do that jump with caution. Circumstances may cause you to do so, but it's a move likely to be met with some struggles and some risk of legitimately screwing a guy up

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 10:58 PM) If they are getting a government paycheck, at least think twice. Maybe we should sell them all guns. That will make them trustworthy.

Now that he's struggling the real worry ought to be that he'll lock himself into the same cycle of overcompensating and making bad adjustments we've seen several guys get into.

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