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Scouting report from a Pirates scout.

The background noise on these videos is loud. Adjust your volume down before playing them. Chris Sale #1 - March 26, 2010 from Joe Hamrahi on Vimeo. Chris Sale #2 - March 26, 2010 from Joe Hamrahi on Vimeo. Chris Sale #3 - March 26, 2010 from Joe Hamrahi on Vimeo. Here is the scouting report to go with those videos.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 10:40 AM) http://www.mlbtraderumors.mobi/4289/show/d...4805093841303bf At least to my readings, the way that was asked/worded still puts me at "Strongly suggested". He didn't explicitly say he'd veto any trade, he said they can't trade me. Hard to know how the question was asked there too...and that was before the season imploded.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 10:34 AM) It is important because AJ said he won't allow a trade after that date. I would say AJ has "Suggested" as much, rather than explicitly stated, unless you've read something I haven't.

Chris Sale's AAP page has magically appeared and is currently filled with a roundup of his stats and scouting reports.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 10:19 AM) Re-inking PK to a 3-year deal at a reduced salary would make sense on a number of levels. I have difficulty seeing any 34 year old 1b getting a 3 year deal this offseason (he'll be 35 by opening day next year).

Project Prospect has a ton of details on Sale, and concludes that they're more worried about his mechanics than impressed by his numbers. They think long term he winds up a closer.

BA's draft summary on Sale:

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 07:52 AM) Do we get an extra pick for not signing him, will have to check that out. Yes, the Sox have a compensation pick in the 3rd round this year for not signing Morgado last year.

Link to full article

Here's his list of FGCU accomplishments.

Here is :47 of him from MLB.com, and their scouting report.

Here is extensive video of Sale's pitching. More video can be found here. Here's the scouting report from that same site.

The White Sox made left handed pitcher Chris Sale their first pick in the 2010 MLB draft, taking him at #13. For starters, here is his scouting report from the good people at Futuresox.com Sale has been making a name for himself at Florida Gulf Coast for several years. In 2009 he was ranked as the top prospect in the Gulf Coast league by Baseball America. Prior to the 2010 draft, he was listed as the #4 prospect on the entire draft board by Baseball America. In 2010, he was named Collegiate Baseball Magazine's player of the year after posting stellar numbers. Here's a nice personal get-to-know him sort of story about him growing about 6 inches practically overnight.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 09:13 AM) I pay $57 a month for Geico and its by far the cheapest ive been quoted. Even my friend who works at Liberty mutual couldnt even come close even with cutting corners and giving me deals. I pay about 50% more than that, also with Geico, that was the cheapest I've found.

It warms my heart to know that, exactly like in Arizona, there is zero racially motivated hatred driving the protests against building a mosque near the site of ground zero.

Are you particularly young or is this a particularly expensive car? Or do you have a history of traffic violations?

The Financial Crisis commission today issued bipartisan subpoenas aimed at Goldman Sachs today. They flat out ripped them while doing so.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 08:34 PM) there are plenty of people who said crazy things when they got old and it didn't become their legacy. W.E.B. Du Bois, etc. Helen Thomas has announced she has a new plan to keep her job. She is going to change her name to "Pat Buchanan" and instead of occasionally saying something anti-Semitic, every other sentence will blame the Jews for something. "Mr. President, why are you keeping troops in Afghanistan. Is it the fault of the Jews?"

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 08:43 PM) Don't worry, not even close to the same type of pitcher as Royce Ring. I thought that post referred to Poreda.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 08:15 PM) FANTASTIC PICK! Is fathom being serious here? Someone other than Fathom answer for me?

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 06:16 PM) Coming into the season i had the White Sox offense pegged to be worse then last years. I was never a fan of gambling on such a great pitching staff with an offense composed of wishful thinking, retread types. Even now i still don't think the pitching staff being terrrible is a good enough reason to excuse our pathetic offense. And I don't think the offense being somewhat worse than predicted is a good reason to excuse the pitching staff being hugely worse than expected.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 06:10 PM) Right, it's not up to him if he is traded, but he is open to it. Do you think people should be pissed at him for that? I'm not pissed at him for not wanting to leave. I'm pissed at him for hitting .218 for the first 2+ months of the season.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 06:04 PM) The key reason for all of this is that Ozzie wanted to try to win with this offense. That is the reason Kenny and Jerry let us go into the offseason this way. Gotta disagree with you shack. The key reason for all of this is that we needed Beckham and Quentin to produce. You have those guys producing and this offense is probably in the upper part of the league, even with the other guys struggling. The DH spot hasn't been the problem. It's been the guys they've been rotating with.

I'll say it again...I'll agree that we needed to upgrade at the DH slot. I'll disagree though that we were needing Teahen to have a bounce-back year. We were needing him to be average for Teahen (he's been that with the bat but not the glove). The calculus was simple; the Sox were below average defensively at 3b last year and below average offensively at 2b last year. If you move Beckham to 2b, which is where you'd in theory want him anyway, then if Teahen is average at 3b defensively like he has been the last couple years, you're replacing Getz's .650 OPS with Teahen'.750 OPS. Teahen's glove has fallen off a cliff this season, but he's given us exactly what we were looking for with the bat; more than Getz. I don't think anyone was hoping for a career year from Pierre. I'd be more than happy with a career average year from Pierre. He hasn't even done that. The reality to me is...unless you were willing to dump Beckham, Quentin, or Ramirez in the offseason, or you really miss Getz's .516 OPS this year, the only spot where there was a legitimate upgrade to be had was DH by bringing in Thome. We weren't spending the money on Vlad, although that would have worked nicely too, but if we spent a little more on DH, we'd have been just as likely to be stuck with Matsui as we would have been with Vlad (maybe more likely since we needed a LH bat). And frankly, we've gotten better production out of the guys brought in to DH than I expected. You're ignoring each and every one of the real issues here and harping on the minor ones. This team was built to pitch and put together a decent offense. The offense hasn't been decent, but until you can point out for me where you though dumping Beckham and Quentin was a good idea in the offseason, you're focusing on guys who really don't matter. And you're arguing that a team with a $100 million salary shouldn't have on paper an average/mediocre offense, when half the league is in exactly that boat.