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QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 05:14 PM) I look at it this way....in 13-14 years when the lease is up, you never know what the landscape of the world and MLB will be. Nothing is impossible, but for now, enjoy the rebuild and hope the Sox are the team of the 2020's. Unless Chicago has turned into Gary, I can't see it.

670 The Score‏Verified account @670TheScore 1h1 hour ago White Sox haven't yet confirmed Jose Quintana as their Opening Day starter but likely will soon http://cbsloc.al/2nG0SKr via @MLBBruceLevine

Daryl Van Schouwen‏Verified account @CST_soxvan 1h1 hour ago No #WhiteSox prospect has been more impressive this spring than Reynaldo Lopez, now taking his warmup tosses before facing KC.

Dan Hayes‏Verified account @CSNHayes 40m40 minutes ago This is the case Jose Abreu testified in. Jeff PassanVerified account @JeffPassan Longtime agent Bart Hernandez and one of his business partners, Julio Estrada, were convicted today of smuggling baseball players from Cuba.

Jeff GoodmanVerified account @GoodmanESPN Cuonzo Martin has agreed to 7-year deal with Missouri, source told ESPN. Done deal. http://es.pn/2n0Xi0r

CSN Chicago‏Verified account @CSNChicago #WhiteSox taking a big picture approach to evaluating Yoan Moncada - http://bit.ly/2mugiBc

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 03:27 PM) Only mild surprise to me is Soto, who I thought had a shot at the last bullpen slot. Looks like now it's either Ynoa or Luebke. Chris Beck sure has fallen off the radar. Crumbles when facing MLB hitters, though in his defense he is also coming off an injury and lots of missed time. Beck seemed like a candidate for the pen as much as he was up last year. He didn't even make it past the first cut. To me that is a pretty big surprise with all of the other guys that could have been sent out.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 01:15 PM) I doubt the Yankees would make a 5 for 1 or 6 for 1 trade for Q. Besides, I want a couple really good prospects instead of a bunch of decent ones. Those players would be better than just about anyone in our system that wasn't acquired since the 2016 draft.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 02:34 PM) Million dollar arm, ten cent head. Not that's necessarily the case here as I haven't heard that about him, but players talented than him have busted. This is my number one fear about him. Guys like that tend to be boom or bust, and not much in between.

QUOTE (gatnom @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 03:03 PM) Obviously the usual caveats about internet rumors apply, but this is something that's been floating around: now that would be interesting. That is a guy leaving a pretty good job to come to IL.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 01:51 PM) So much for not serious....this sucks. Mark Lazerus‏Verified account @MarkLazerus Following More Anisimov out 3-4 weeks. so it was high ankle, not low.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 02:24 PM) Sounds like Mizzou is about to land Cuonzo Martin for an eye opening 3.5 per. This means either two things (or both): - The prices of coaches are inflated this hiring season due to a number of schools with money to spend (u of I, mizzou, nc st) - Mizzou way over spent on Martin, a good, solid, not spectacular hire now being paid like the best in the game. I wonder where he places in the Illinois top 5?

Scott Merkin‏Verified account @scottmerkin 8m8 minutes ago White Sox optioned RHP Chris Beck, RHP Tyler Danish, OF Willy Garcia, RHP Brad Goldberg and LHP Giovanni Soto to Triple-A Charlotte.... White Sox optioned C Alfredo Gonzalez to Double-A Birmingham. Reassigned LHP Aaron Bummer and RHP Blake Smith to Minor League camp.

I think there is still plenty enough to get a deal done. If you clean out almost all of the rest of their top 10, I think you still win. Even without Torres and Frazier that still leaves position players like Mateo, Rutherford, Andujar, McKinney, Judge, and Garcia. I think every single one of those guys would be in our 3-5 top position players. That also doesn't touch their pitching depth. We could absolutely load up on quality and quantity.

Michael Talbert Kopech Nice.

For those who don't venture into the subforums, the annual Soxtalk bracket challenge is here. First prize is a Connor Gillaspie autograph. The grand prize is not getting a Connor Gillaspie autograph. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 13, 2017 -> 05:35 PM) I set up this one. PW:soxtalkrules1 https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/...amp;soc_trk=lnk

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 09:25 AM) I think they will be up early. Melky SHOULD be traded at some point (no reason to hold onto him the rest of the season) so there should be an opening in LF at some point. I think the opposite. I think the reason they brought in all of the fringe guys that they did (Liriano, Asche, Burjos, Garcia) is that they knew these kids weren't ready, and they wanted to buy them potentially as much as a season for them to either be ready, or for new prospects to supplant them.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 09:16 AM) Even without reading the dateline on this article, this is how you know how old it is: ""This is the most transparent administration in history," Obama said during a Google Plus "Fireside" Hangout." His admin was hypocritical on this after his initial campaigning and even what they claimed during their time in office. It is his "Mission Accomplished" moment as far as I am concerned.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 07:58 AM) Has anyone really been referring to them as particularly transparent? This has been a maddening slide during his administration, which continued a slide under Bush. The general performance of both parties' leaders in this area has been s***ty to say the least. Obama and his admin were terrible about being transparent. It is how Obama referred to his own administration. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-roo...tion-in-history

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 15, 2017 -> 08:09 AM) Maybe not, but I don't think Leury is anything more than a AAAA player and I would be highly surprised if he was a long term piece in this rebuild. May and Engel probably won't become MLB regulars either but I'd rather give them a shot since they've never had one. Leury is what he is at this point. Rushing kids who are not ready is the worst possible thing you can do in a rebuild. I'd rather start a line up of 4A players, than kids who still have more to learn in the minors.

QUOTE (Tony @ Mar 14, 2017 -> 09:54 PM) Q says not serious, thank god. Which means twisted ankle. Thank you God.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 14, 2017 -> 07:31 PM) Uh oh, Anisimov got trapped on the boards by Radulov, couldn't put any weight on his left leg, didn't look good. Looked like they were looking ankle for sure, but probably high ankle.

The most transparent adminstration ever. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/obama-...-foia-requests/

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 14, 2017 -> 04:59 PM) Bears 2017 - Not Historically Bad! The Bears and White Sox could share marketing materials.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 14, 2017 -> 04:37 PM) If you are freaking out about Giolito's velocity during a spring game on March 13th, good luck making it through the next 2 or 3 years. Totally.