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QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 7, 2015 -> 09:52 AM) The White Sox win the division in 2002, 2003, 2004 and probably a couple other years I'm forgetting if they could've done exactly what the Cubs are doing this year: skullf*** bad teams. If it were 2002/3/4, the Cubs wouldn't be in the playoff hunt.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 07:16 PM) This will forever be known as the series that cost Greg his house Or three.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Sep 6, 2015 -> 11:38 AM) I kinda want the Cubs to get to the WS just to see the board implode. lol. I can't believe how many people here have the Cubs living rent free in their heads. Which is funny, because you are the one performing verbal fellatio on the team...

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Sep 5, 2015 -> 07:02 AM) FYI, Fulmer was most compared to Lincecum (who I like as a comparison alot) and Rodon with Price. Mike can figure out which pitcher he thinks is better if he wants, but I'll take a poor man's version of both. The draft even agreed with me. Rodon went #3 in a much stronger draft. If he had been out this year, he would have been #1. Fulmer slid to the sox at #7.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 03:56 PM) This movie was so unbelievably hyped...it has a HUGE Internet "nerd" following, and it was flat out stupid. It's an old story that's been told over and over in FAR better ways. It seemed like it was trying to take the general idea of revolution of the poor and downtrodden from like a Hunger Games or Divergent, and then added the ending from Wall-E where the stupid humans stumble into the waiting earth.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 03:49 PM) Focusing too much on cutter caused his fastball to not be ready out of Spring Training? Also, I've said all year his mechanics are different than last season. He's pitching less over the top, which has caused his splitter to not have the same movement from last year. If you listen to the interviews with the Sox minor leaguers, and with guys like Chris Sale, the White Sox pitching mantra is always stand tall and pitch downhill. They don't really try to drop guys angles, they try to keep their arms up high.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 02:21 PM) Stats wise, Fulmer's fastball comes in harder than Sonny Gray's when he was drafted per scouting reports and Fulmer's numbers at Vandy are better than Sonny Gray's were. Both have generally similar knocks of being undersized and their motions are even somewhat similar. Fulmer's ceiling I see as comparable to Sonny Gray, who is in the top 5 in the Cy Young race in the AL this year. Whether he will make that ceiling I don't know, but you asked that standard. I think you are depending way too much on college stats, and not enough on scouting and stuff.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 02:14 PM) FWIW, I think you're's significantly underrating Fulmer here. Both Fulmer and Rodon have seriously dominant stuff, mid 90's fastball for Fulmer paired with power curveball in the mid 80s, both of them needed to work on a changeup as a 3rd pitch, Fulmer probably has a more violent motion than Rodon but that also makes him possibly harder for the hitter to pick up. Their senior year, Fulmer actually pitched more innings than Rodon, had a worse walk rate (2.8 per nine compared to 3.5) but Fulmer had a better K rate and gave up fewer hits per inning. Hell, Fulmer threw 30 more innings than Rodon and gave up fewer hits overall. Given the choice between the two yes, you take the lefty, but both of them are showing some absolutely dominant numbers and skills, and if you like K rates and shutting down hitters, Fulmer wins those stats. I think Fulmer's ceiling is around a #2 starter. I think Rodon's is a workhorse version of Chris Sale.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 12:51 PM) Not really, the expected WAR is about 1. Yes maybe the Sox can make a good pick, but the chances the guy ever even makes MLB is 50/50 at best. Kenny Williams like this post.

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QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 12:49 PM) Could that be that even though Fulmer might of been behind in terms of development than Rodon, that they were thinking about bringing up Rodon last September? Just because it has differed, doesn't mean that he won't start in AAA next year, so he can come up around the same time as Rodon did this year. Rodon was one of the closest things you will ever find to a major league ready college arm. Hell, the Sox could have called him up on the day he signed as a closer. I don't think Fulmer is there at all. I also don't think he has anywhere close to the ceiling that Rodon has. I am not saying that Fulmer isn't good, but Rodon has a special type of ceiling.

If you want a movie that is an absolute waste of two hours, check out snowpiercer. I can't even explain how bad it was.

QUOTE (RegionSox @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 12:51 PM) I think the comp pick is worth it at the very least because of the extra bonus pool money. At the very least it opens up the possibilities of looking at a draft like the Astros have done the last couple years where they draft someone and get some savings with their top pick, and then pull a player who has slid from the middle of the first round with the savings.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 12:13 PM) No way, I can see them with the same path as Rodon next year. Rodon started the year in AAA and bypassed AA. Rodon was at Charlotte by this time last year. Their paths have already diverged.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 12:35 PM) On the other hand, it could also give us a result such as Keenyn Walker, the White Sox most recent comp round pick. Walker was also chosen about 15-20 picks past where this one would be.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 11:19 AM) Do you think Fulmer will start the year in AA or AAA next year? I think Clark should start in AA next year as well. I think he starts right where he is now.

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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 09:17 AM) i bet his source is Samardzija if it is anyone Now that would make much more sense.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 09:16 AM) You dish dirt to the dirtiest people. Scott Merkin wouldn't write about it. Why would he make it up? The Sox have people who do that. Kaplan is not one of them.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 09:09 AM) This is where we speculate, because I feel that while we weren't going to receive a top return; judging by what Kazmir received (and figuring Shark would command less) we could have still picked up atleast one teams Top 10 prospect. I'll never believe that they were going to trade Shark in the WC position they were in unless blown away with an offer. This is my issue, because many of us knew the true nature of the team and didn't want the illusion of competing to cloud their judgement. That's why I hope if they ever find thenselves in a similar circumstance they don't hesitate to trade We are looking at something like the 30th pick in the draft. Not only would that pick enter our prospects list somewhere around the top 5, it could very well also add enough draft pick dollars to be able to sign another later pick or two depending on how the first couple of picks go. A team would have had to outbid that by enough that it was worth all of the black flag press that would have accompanied any trade off of players by the White Sox.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 09:03 AM) I don't doubt it. What we have to wonder is, how common is it for a pitcher and pitching coach to dislike each other? I'd guarantee it's not unheard of among baseball circles. There are probably endless combinations of players who hate coaches, players who hate players, etc., that we just never hear of. It was leaked at this moment for a certain reason. You really think Kaplan has White Sox sources that he is serving? If the team wanted something leaked he is about the last guy I think it would come from.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 08:41 AM) If there relationship was really that contentious, it's yet another stupid reason to have held onto him at the trade deadline. I could see Shark start to lose his patience with Cooper once the death spiral began in August and he realized 20+ million disappeared from his upcoming contract. Cooper, meanwhile, often has an arrogant demeanor to everyone in the media not named Hawk. I'm sure if a player acts disrespectful (in his mind) he wouldn't have any of it and leaked the info out to Kaplan. This and the source make me doubt the story though.

QUOTE (glangon @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 07:29 AM) $14 million odd over one year says that he'll cope. Probably more like $16 to 17 million.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Sep 3, 2015 -> 10:47 PM) Through 33 games at A+ he's hitting .319, .412 OBP, .877 OPS, 19 walks to 17 strikeouts. He was 42 of 50 in SBs at A, but only 11 for 18 at A+. This dude has game. Is his physical advantage that great over these kids he's playing against at A+? He is more physically mature, but he has less experience in baseball than all the guys he is playing against/ I would guess that his biggest advantage comes between the ears. First off, the guy has succeeded against the best in the world in his former sport. He has to have a level of confidence going into baseball that not many others have. Second, with speed skating being his other sport, his sense of the speed of the game must be much better than his peers. Think about the level of reactions and error he is used to in speed skating. Baseball is probably a much slower sport for him, allowing him a much better sense of reaction time.