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Winston-Salem Dash ‏@WSDashBaseball 17m17 minutes ago ROSTER MOVES: - OF Keenyn Walker promoted to Double-A @BhamBarons - OF Nolan Earley activated from disabled list Dash: 24 active/6 on DL

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 01:03 PM) I agree with you for the most part that it's mostly on the players but the manager and coaching staff have to take some responsibility also. Are they doing what's necessary to put the players in the best position to attain success? I usually agree that a coach/manager is only as good as his players but there are guys that are better managers than others. I don't get into micro-managing every move RV makes like some do. My biggest peeve with Ventura is his reluctance, or stubborn nature, when it comes to making changes in the batting order. I get that players want to settle into their perceived roes but, if something is not working after a while, try something else. I'm not saying overreact and make changes after every mini losing streak but Adam Dunn failed miserably for 3 years in the middle of the order, Melky has batted #2 for about 1/3 of the season with limited success, and it seems no matter how much he struggles, Adam Eaton is going to be in the 1 hole. Just sitting back and waiting for guys to return to norm is, to me, asking for trouble and not being a very pro-active manager. Eaton rebounded after a bad April. He hit .262/.325/.402/.727 in May. Eaton actually had a league adjusted OPS+ of 104.

Kiley McDaniel ‏@kileymcd 8m8 minutes ago Brady Aiken's medicals are out, but situation still murky. Only some teams have them, most are still processing them http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/brady-aiken...s-still-cloudy/ …

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 12:01 PM) I wonder if Hamilton knows the Pabst brothers? Hearing the stories, I'd imagine Hamilton to be more of a friend of the 3 wise men.

Committed Indians 18 mins · Your practice lines: 20-19-88 - 29-91-81 - 10-80-86 - 11-16-65 -

Now it is obvious. The Bulls are hiring Sepp Blatter.

Phil Rogers ‏@philgrogers 56m56 minutes ago Jose Abreu homered once every 17.3 ABs that ended on fastballs last year. He's done it every 34.3 ABs this year, according to Inside Edge.

Greg Wyshynski ‏@wyshynski 18m18 minutes ago Yzerman on Toews, in comparison to himself: "He's bigger, stronger, better"

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 11:29 AM) I think this is a very realistic scenario given that Fulmer is on the board at #8. While I don't have any indubitable evidence to think this is the case, I think there is a possibility the Sox were using Fulmer as a pawn so their scent wouldn't be on Jay. Jay has just happened to pitch so well he might not get out of the top five. Correct me if I am wrong but I think it's just Keith Law, arguably the biggest the MLB Draft pundit, saying the Sox are all over Fulmer and they would take him if he's there. No one else was reporting that but a lot of mocks were really just going off of Law's seemingly certain prediction. That was about two weeks ago and what I was hearing at the time, on good merit in this case, was the Sox absolutely love Jay and he was the guy they covet at #8. Since then, Law has really cooled his tone on the potential Sox-Fulmer marriage and now acknowledges the Sox love Jay. It's conjecture, but I think there's a possibility that Law was manipulated by the Sox. I don't know if you should betting on Fulmer holding up as a starter for 6 years. There is very few scouts who are warm to him being a starter at all. If there is anyone I trust to figure this out, it is our organization.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 11:08 AM) There's also appropriation reasons that would make it more financially feasible than other years. The Sox draft pool is 5.35 million which is good for 25th in the MLB. Last year they doled out nearly 10 million in draft spending. I would love to see them pour in some assets to mitigate the weak #8 pick and lost 2nd/3rd round slot values. The really nice thing about dipping into Cuba is you have years of growth and development that you don't have to guess at. Most of these kids are much older than the Latin America kids signing on July 2. You have a much more accurate look at a Eddy Martinez at age 20, then you do Fernando Tatis Jr at age 16.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 11:32 AM) Don't think this is anything more calculating than Williams letting off steam, verbalizing what most fans are feeling. My guess is they are greatly surprised that LaRoche and Cabrera have not been better. Other than Avi, not one guy has performed at or above expectations on offense. I feel like this hasn't been said enough.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 10:57 AM) It's not correct to assume we could have had Donaldson for the price of Samardzija. I am not sure whether you're suggesting that or not but it's really a cost benefit analysis. Alex Anthopoulos (AA) called Billy Beane and inquired about Donaldson and was told he wasn't on the market. They were talking about another player, when AA again brought up Donaldson and only then did they work out a framework for Donaldson. No teams knew Donaldson was on the market according to what the media has reported. Franklin Barreto - Who knows how the A's/Jays valued Barreto but Anderson is probably valued a little bit higher. Brett Lawrie - Lawrie is a plus defender on his rookie contract for three years. If the Sox had someone comparable, they would value him too much to move. He was very likely a key to this deal for Beane. Getting cheaper with in imitation player who has untapped potential. Sox had nothing to offer like Lawrie. Kendall Graveman - MLB ready, almost dominant at every level and pitched 170+ innings in 2014. He was a step below a Daniel Hudson type prospect - again something we couldn't emulate. Sean Nolin - Very effective lefthander who is just about ML ready. Cracked the top 100 prospect list in 2013. We have nothing like that. Not that the Sox even had a chance to make an offer, what would you expect them to put together that would beat the Jays' package? It would probably be something like Anderson, Garcia, Danish and Jace Fry (PTBNL). I don't know if Billy Beane would take that but I know the Sox would be taking a big risk. So if you're going to state the obvious and say you'd rather have Donaldson than Samardzija, I will counter with I would rather have Anderson/Garcia/Danish/Fry than Semien/Bassit/Phegley/Ravelo. Takes me back to the Sergio Santos stuff.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 10:47 AM) i really do not want this to sound bad. but who cares what they, the press wants or thinks. Obviously you do, or you wouldn't be talking about it.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 10:27 AM) But this is why teams go over. Under the current system a team can amass four years worth of bodies while taking two years of penalties. Penalties which do not prevent you from signing anyone, only cap what you can sign them for. The Yankees this year can sign nine more guys at $250K each to go with their huge haul of highly rated talent from last season. The problem for the Sox is that you have to really hit on a lot of targets to make it worth your while. There are a couple Cubans that will put the Sox over by themselves if the Sox sign them, but they don't really have enough deals in place with the LA group to make as large of an impact as you should when considering taking on the penalties. This might be the year to go over. With the crazy outflow of talent that is happening all at once in Cuba, this would be the year. I don't know if it is the US relations changes or what, but it seems like every other day someone is leaving Cuba.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) and a No Comment! works really nice. And then everyone would complain that he is either dodging the media, or lifeless.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 25, 2015 -> 02:58 PM) Playoff hockey and Labatt Blue, can't go wrong there. (And it's very cheap) QUOTE (farmteam @ May 25, 2015 -> 02:59 PM) Love Labatt. We just call Blue Lights "Canadian Water." Nothing beats a real LaBatt's 50/50.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 09:45 AM) the point is, why make any announcement. was this suppose to be a supportive msg, was this suppose to be "don't loose faith" msg... why make this announcement. Because reporters ask questions. It is what they get paid for.

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QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 09:07 AM) another mock https://mlbdraftcountdown.wordpress.com/201...draft-6-1-6115/ From the sounds of it, there is zero chance the White Sox pass on Fullmer if Jay is already off of the board.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 09:17 AM) JR said it once, and was roasted for it. Anyone who thinks this team (3 games back) can catch Cleveland is crazy. And still, 20 years later, White Flag is brought up any time the Sox look to sell players.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 07:18 AM) That's about the 15th straight year he he has said that. So far he has been right twice, so I don't think the odds are ever in his favor. No front office will ever say, "yeah, this team sucks" on April 1, or even June 1. If you are looking for that, you will never see it. Even last year the Cubs had Theo in front of camera's talking about competing.

QUOTE (glangon @ Jun 2, 2015 -> 08:15 AM) As bad as we've been and we've been bad from the bad base-running to the bad infield defence to the bad hitting and the bad catchers, the strange thing is that we're only 3 games off .500, 3.5 games off the Wild Card and 7 games off the division lead. This is doable. All it takes is for the players to tighten up, two or three of the hitters to start to find their bat again, a few series wins and we're there. We've already beaten the Astros and the A's on the road, so we see how this team can perform and so far against the terrible AL East, we've only played the Orioles and the Blue Jays on the road. The last couple of season's, it was June that defined our season. Last season we had a series of games where we went 0-3 to the Royals, 1-1 against the Giants, 0-4 to the Twins, 1-2 to the Orioles. 2-10 in the space of 14 days and we never recovered from it. We were treading water around .500 before that happened. The season before last week in May and Early June it was 0-3 to the Cubs, 0-3 to the A's, 1-2 to the Mariners, 2-2 against the A's. 3-10 in the space of 14 days and we never recovered from it. We were treading water around .500 before that happened. This season if we can stay around .500 in June, we can push on after the All-Star break but the fear is that another collapse similar to the last two seasons would kill us. This team has been too tight.

http://www.csnchicago.com/bulls/report-fre...es-headed-bulls Jeff GoodmanVerified account ‏@GoodmanESPN Fred Hoiberg now on a plane to Chicago and source told ESPN he has already informed several staff members and players he is gone to Bulls.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jun 1, 2015 -> 06:38 PM) Oh, c'mon! Why not. Could be a "Director of Player Development" role for you somewhere in this scenario! Yeah, I'd much rather see that group running the Cubs or Tigers.