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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 08:31 AM) I'm really disappointed in this Dem field. Way too thin, and just poor candidate depth. You've got a Clinton, a guy whose ideas are wholly impractical (Sanders), O'Malley, and... anyone else? Really? The Dems have the advantage in that they don't suffer from the MUST FOLLOW PARTY LINE problem nearly as badly as the GOP does. But the Dems have a real lack of leadership bench. Like Joe Lieberman?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 01:33 PM) Just did some checking to make sure what a 5 dWAR 3b would be. Brooks Robinson had 1 season where he put up a 4.5 dWAR at third. Manny Machado did it once over there. The highest dWAR season ever recorded by Baseball Reference is Andrelton Simmons with a 5.4 dWAR season at short. Basically, if Tyler could do that for 1 season, it would rank among the top 10 defensive seasons in history regardless of position. If you are expecting him to do that every year....Brooks Robinson couldn't do that. So even if he fielded at half that pace, but improved his stick to somewhere just under what he was doing in the minors, you have have a very good 3B.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) I was just saying in another thread that his defense and base running alone was enough to keep him at 3rd since his hitting didn't negate any of that. I didn't know about the DRS stat but I did sight his .9 WAR which is damn good for the amount he has played. I think the Sox need to have a Salad Dino wherever in the ballpark they serve salads. If he's of Italian heritage maybe some kind of anti-pasta with a nice garlic and red wine vinaigrette. A 0.9 dWAR in 31 games is pretty damned impressive. That is basically a 4.5-5 dWAR player over the course of a full season. Yes, that means we are talking about a kid could be a 5 WAR 3rd baseman, and totally drafted and developed by the White Sox.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 01:04 PM) Suck it up old man. Take a nap so you can stay up late. The early morning work then is what kills that.

QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 12:59 PM) How old was Crede when he came up hitting in the low .200's but had a great glove? I dont know enough about Davidson to say he is anything close to Crede but he sounds like he is somewhat on the same path as Joe was? Could be totally wrong I admit. Joe always carried a pretty high batting average and was a two time MVP in the minors.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 01:00 PM) I also wonder if there wasn't a confidence-blown thing in there. IIRC prior to the injury he was looking really good in that ST. Wouldn't shock me at all, especially if that injury changed how he could play the game. It is hard to have confidence when you have it in your head that you can't do what made you successful up to that point.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 12:45 PM) Saladino is already 5th in DRS among all 3B this year, which is very impressive when you consider it's a counting stat and he's only played 30 games. The 4 guys ahead of him have all played at least 96 games there. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/...-fielding.shtml He has been pretty amazing over there. It blows my mind that he had only played like 5 games ever before he got here.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 12:07 PM) Garbage. 89 AB's mostly in the middle of the order is not a low number since you face lefties a lot less often than righties. It is regular AB's in a key position in the lineup . It seems as if the Sox ignored the splits both in the signing and the playing time. Don't make it seem like it was a mere 89 AB's .Abreu and Alexei don't have many more . Not hitting , playing time and his acquisition is what caused him, Ventura and Hahn to be scorned. The problem is that any of the guys who could have soaked up those ABs haven't hit any better.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) I see what you are saying, but with Mitchell, his approach was whacked and he refused to change it. He wouldn't take his bat off his shoulder for extended periods, then he'd swing wildly for a little bit, and go back the other way. Did his foot/ankle injury cause those mental blocks? Probably not, but maybe - though if it effected him for YEARS like it did, the excuse loses weight in my eyes. If he had to change his approach due to injury, or had problems with certain approaches because of pain, range of motion, etc, it is very understandable to think that those problems could also affect his mental game.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 11:56 AM) Doing it in Rookie Ball is iffy though. If he was a top prospect in AA or AAA, it might be a more positive impact. Gay male pro athletes need a top guy as an example. Not just borderline guys like Denson, Bean, Burke, Collins, Amaechi, and Sam. You have to start somewhere.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 10:35 AM) The effects will not be an5thing like Mitchells. He ruptured the posterior tibialis tendon which primarily give support to the arch of the foot. He almost surely had residual foot issues due to the structural weakness of the arch. That is a devastating injury to a speed guy. So the injury really did derail his career. Sad. I had such hopes for him. He was supposed to be the first non-safe guy we drafted for a long time.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 10:16 AM) Cool... https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/632700334926725120 Yeah, that is some work put in right there.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 10:32 AM) That is fine hindsight. We all wish they hadn't signed him now. If he simply hit how he did last year, a good overall season playing every day despite bad splits, no one would be complaining. The fact that he can't hit lefties this year isn't the main problem, it's that he hasn't hit righties. Great post.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 03:43 PM) Maybe the Sox should tear down the player development personnel and start all over, too. It is getting better. Don't forget we have three complete White Sox products added to the roster this year who are contributing, two from the draft, and one from Latin America.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) Your information is ALWAYS appreciated. Thank you sir. So true, and worth repeating. Thanks P!

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 15, 2015 -> 09:19 PM) If you guys didn't see, LeBron is putting 1100 Akron kids through college at the University of Akron. The tuition cost would be roughly $41.3M. It's not out of pocket supposedly (he has an agreement with the school) but DAMN if that isn't amazing thing by him. I'll always sports-hate him, but holy s*** he really is an amazing person. To me, this means more than The Decision. He is literally changing, and maybe saving, some kids lives forever. The basketball stuff is what it is. It is entertainment. Putting 100+ kids through college, that is real.

QUOTE (juddling @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 10:00 AM) Just got the whole first season of Vikings today. Damn if I won't have time to watch them till friday I love Vikings. Great show. You'll enjoy it.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 09:50 AM) For a one-year deal? yes. It's obviously worth it to try and get comp pick. Yeah, baseball has placed a premium on one year deals, especially with a comp pick tied to them.

I think my crazy prediction this year was that we would see the first openly gay baseball player. I am glad to see this, and hopefully it goes well for him.

Ugh. I hate west coast starts.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 11:10 PM) Q: Would you approve of this move? Robin gets fired Monday and Ozzie signs a 2-year deal with easy out-clauses for the team regarding behavior issues of him and his family. I would take it, though I would feel sorry for Robin. He seems like a good guy and no doubt he knows baseball. It's just not working out on the South Side for him as manager. Is hahahahahahahahahahaha an acceptable answer?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 16, 2015 -> 10:17 PM) The signing did make sense at the time. Then they signed Beckham and there went all the playing time for Bonifacio. Would he have beat Gordon's -0 2 WAR with more at-bats? Who the heck knows, but the pity signing of Beckham doomed him from the start so it's not completely fair to simply judge people's initial reactions before Beckham was added. Beckham didn't doom Bonifacio. Boni doomed himself by not hitting at all, and not being as good in the field as Gordon.

I have seen a lot of sox pitchers over my time. Peak Chris Sale is better than all of them. He has the competition of a Jack McDowell, the cunning of a Mark Buehrle, and the pure stuff of a Bobby Jenks. If he can keep this up for a decade or so, I would call him the best I have ever seen before. All time is a tough comparison because of the different eras, but he would be in the discussion for sure.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 17, 2015 -> 08:16 AM) Wasn't Ozzie Jr. still fairly young and actually drafted/playing in the minors up until Ozzie's last year or two? Or am I mixing up the kids? Jr is the oldest.

So does Frank Montas get to have his day with the BP cup even though he was only on the roster for one day?