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QUOTE (RaySox @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 02:23 PM) Let's do it Sounds like Mets, if it happens.

If we don't buy at the deadline, does that mean Kenny Williams really isn't in charge after all?

Give a name right now... What is the best offer you would make as Rick Hahn for Cespedes. GO

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 5m5 minutes ago Confirming: #Dodgers discussing Alex Wood to #Cubs, as first reported by @joelsherman1. “Sounds like a longshot,” one source said.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 02:03 PM) That's pretty damn good, I think I would struggle. Do you remember disco demolition night as a kid? I don't, but I do know my dad had tickets to the game the next day and is still pissed off almost 40 years later about it getting forfeited.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 02:15 PM) Well I feel quite certain that Sox fans for years will bemoan the fact we didn't get the ultra-massive, franchise-changing prospect packages that we surely passed up on Sox fans hold grudges? No way? #WhiteFlag

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 01:51 PM) The #WhiteSox would love to add a bat, but unless they move position player off their 25 man roster, they have no room. https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/627189253835862016 My guess on how this translates is that they are looking for someone to pick up one of their salaries, before adding more to the payroll.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:24 PM) Like I said...the presentation will be awesome. I have no doubt that the actual benefits will not be awesome. That said, China has all kinds of ghost towns anyway...helps keep their economy propped. Well until the last couple of weeks. The bubble might be bursting there.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:12 PM) I kind of agree with both of you. Yes, a player that plays good defense is more valuable, but a player should not be penalized for not contributing something that is not a requirement of the position. That's his point. If they don't penalize pitchers for not hitting (not a requirement of the position), why should they penalize DH's for not fielding (not a requirement of the position)? I feel the same way about closers.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 01:18 PM) Probably not real. His bio: Jayhawk Journalist ROCK CHALK Class of 2018 @KUSoftball beat writer @KUGolf beat writer @785Live producer and host @KJHKsprts studio host and play by play Why not? I am sure you hear lots of White Sox news on the Kansas U golf beat.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 01:39 PM) He still has had a lot of at bats in the minors and majors to show who / what he is. Agree he is young for his experience / talent, etc. If Trout stunk for 5 years but came up when he was 19 or 20, I wouldn't just say, well he's still super young for his age, I'd eventually say, look, the tools aren't going to play (this is just using Trout as an example). Problem with Trout is he could have stunk offensively (production wise...with tools that remained) and I'd have been more then patient with him because of what he could do on the basepaths and in the field at a premium position. If he was American, he would have had a ton of ABs in high school, college, fall ball, travel leagues etc, we just wouldn't have statistics on them like we do with the MiLB. He would have still been getting tons of ABs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 01:36 PM) The other big difference...if he went that route, he wouldn't be headed to his first arbitration contract this offseason, so he'd have time before a raise was due. For payroll, sure. For his potential ceiling, and odds of reaching it? No. That is irrelevant.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 01:23 PM) LOL I think you and I are the most negative nannies on ST. :eeyore

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:45 PM) This. Jake's post is spot-on without context, but Avi blows. It isn't about young players in general, it's about continuing to pretend that Garcia is some high-end prospect, despite not a single sign of improvement as he approaches his first 1000PA in the MLB after ~2000PA in the minors. Still can't pick pitches to swing at, still can't react to balls hit to him, still takes the most confusing routes we've seen since Manny Ramirez. It is all prespective. If Garcia were the same age, but went the traditional US route of playing 3 years of college ball, and was at the same point, no one would blink an eye. He'd be in his third year after college. He has a long history because he was signed as a 16 year old, and brought to the US at 17 for rookie ball. In terms of age an experience, he is still pretty young.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:15 PM) Is that the one where Thomas hoists him on his back like a fireman? I love that highlight. That is probably my absolute favorite non-playoff related highlight.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 12:54 PM) Same here except I was 11. Winning Ugly!!! I can still name the starting line up like it was still 83.

QUOTE (bulokis @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 11:36 AM) I still trade Shark if we get a good package of players a SS, C . Maximize the Shark's value by trading him and signing him in the offseason If we get a Price or Cueto like return that centers around a 3B, C, or potential front line starter, I am in.

To my point... Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 5m5 minutes ago Shockingly, Padres one of just five teams that haven't made a trade with deadline in 3 1/2 hours. Others: Cubs, White Sox, Twins, D'backs.

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 7m7 minutes ago The #Brewers are getting Malik Collymore from #Stlcards for Jonathan Broxton and cash, reports @AdamMcCalvy

Jerry Crasnick ‏@jcrasnick 1m1 minute ago The Gerardo Parra for Zach Davies deal is official. Medicals all cleared. Party on, #Orioles fans.

I do believe the White Sox have been careful. Seeing at who has been discussed, there have been plenty of chances for the Sox to jump in and throw caution to the wind. But they haven't.

SportsCenter ‏@SportsCenter 1h1 hour ago BREAKING: Russell Wilson and Seahawks reach contract extension for 4 years, $87.6 million. (via ESPN and @SINOW)

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 06:05 AM) I didn't install it yesterday. Maybe I should wait to make sure there are no bugs for most other people. This is exactly where I am at. When it comes to Windows, no way am I a first day guy. You know there will be problems, let those problems get fixed first.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 10:10 AM) Many top prospects never sniff AAA. They go from AA to the majors. AAA is for fillers and guys trying to make it back to the majors. Also very true.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 09:46 AM) https://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prosp...s/all-time#1990 Dominating the minors would probably put you in the top 20 prospects in all of baseball. I'm not saying EJ is a top 20 guy (he was #63 in 2014), especially because his dominating stretch is still a pretty small sample size, but I was more making an overall point about dominant minor league numbers. I went through that list from 1990-2000 and 45% of the prospects ranked in the top 20 played at least 1000 games (goes over 50% if the cutoff is down to 900 games instead of 1000) and that's not even counting all the pitchers who don't get that high but definitely did enough to stick around. 900-1000 games is 6+ seasons, I think that qualifies as sticking at the major league level. What you need a list of guys who dominated AAA. A top prospects list leaves off guys like Jeff Bajenaru and Andy Wilkins who destroyed AAA, but flopped at the majors. There are lots and lots of guys who do exactly that who never show up on lists like that.