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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 10:44 AM) If you had seen Penny during the last 3-4 years, I don't know if he was sitting in the low 90's. I'd be impressed if he was sitting in the low 90's (would mean he's healthier and stronger), let alone if he's hitting 94. I presume he won't be able to sustain that over a long season but the goal of the 5th spot is probably a stop gap until Rodon is ready so I could see where Sox could say, Brad, let her fly and than we'll move you into the pen when its done (obviously he'll say, I'll fight and fight to keep the spot and Noesi will battle it out as well). Going off of fangraphs, I think he must be about where he was during the season last year. They had his average fastball at 91.7, which if a guy is "touching 94" sitting at 91-92 makes sense to me. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playe...&position=P Now he is he touching 94 now, does that mean he has room to move up as he gets into shape this year? I have no idea.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 07:31 AM) I agree. I thought the Sox had turned a new leaf with Hahn, but the Beckham signing showed it's still kind of the same old White Sox. Might the other 25th man options suck too? Sure. But I'd rather watch someone else swing as hard as they can and pop it straight up, than see Beckham do it for the 485th time. He's the poster boy for the Sox struggles the last six years and their inability to develop any position players whatsoever, yet they don't want to get rid of him This is it exactly. The reality is the Sox don't care if Gordon stinks as 25th man. This allows Saladino and Sanchez to play every day as starters in Charlotte and work on their games. They don't want them rotting on the bench for 150 ABs over the course of a season. The other reality is that if a player is good, he wouldn't be a 25th man. No matter who you bring in to do that job, they are going to have some major holes in their game. I am guessing with Gordon, the Sox went back to him because they know him, they know he won't cause problems in the clubhouse, they know his teammates like him, etc. Looking at another similar player in Jeff Keppinger, there were a few hints that he didn't meet a few of those things. The Sox like their stability, so why bring someone in from the outside who might upset the applecart?

The link is from another story, but this was worth posting separately. http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/new-yor...res-vibe-031715

Great work NSS... compelling piece for sure.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 09:08 AM) Ken Rosenthal notes from around the league including micah johnson. http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/new-yor...res-vibe-031715 I like reading this... This is fixable.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 09:31 AM) Well there's their salaries... WINNER! That is kind of the point of this article. Guys like Trout have HUGE contracts. Kris Bryant doesn't. Is it better to have Kluber and more cash to spend, or Felix? That is why a guy like Chris Sale is desirable. All things equal, even Chris Sale's mom would rather have Clayton Kershaw pitching for her life... but when salaries are taken into account, would you still rather have Clayton Kershaw?

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 11:35 PM) fastball and maybe a slider..... dang, i really hope for more work on his 2nd and 3rd pitches. we all know about his fastball. Yes, but repeating mechanics is the big problem for Montas. It makes sense to me that they are working on keeping it simple for him.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 18, 2015 -> 06:06 AM) http://feeds.boston.com/c/35022/f/646890/s...tml/story01.htm Yoan Moncada...hopes to be in the big leagues one year from now. D Backs already considering giving up on Tomas as a 3b. Parallels with Viciedo? http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/9850/ Pretty much everyone except AZ knew he wasn't a 3B.

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 04:35 PM) Surkamp isn't making this team He wasn't going to do so without an insane spring, plus an injury to someone else.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 02:52 PM) What injury concerns did Jared Weaver have coming out of the draft? He fell in the draft due to high bonus demands. He's also been relatively durable during his career (making 30 starts or more in 6 out of his 8 full seasons in the bigs). I am excluding his rookie season where he made only 19 starts (and in reality, his 2nd season he was limited due to Angels being conservative, but he made 28 starts). Weaver was one of the more dominant college pitchers of the past 10-15 years. I don't know that anyone in this years draft would be deserving of that comp. Between him and Verlander, that draft was loaded with front end pitching prospects. For Weaver I mean now, versus then, and the effect it might have on a guy with a similar body and current injury issues.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 02:07 PM) 100% agree, which is my beef with Beckham. I'm fine with him as a reserve infielder, but I'd rather have used the money on a legit 4th OF that could also fill in for LaRoche against tough LHP and settled for Sanchez or Saladino in Gordon's role. I love Bonafacio as a pure utility guy, who provides value through his speed and versatility that WAR can't fully account for, but I'm terrified of him being an everyday OF if someone goes down. Our lack of OF depth is our biggest risk on the position player side IMO. There was this Viciedo guy...

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 02:22 PM) When's the last time you guys can remember when the Sox seemingly went so far out of there way to promote one young player for a starting position in the face of other candidates? Struggling to find a similar example. To be fair, the other "candidates" we are talking about here are a bunch of no hit infielders. Johnson's speed at least has the chance to be a game changing skill. NONE of the other possess anything like that.

The one advantage is that Bryant is even more cost controlled that either Abreu or Sale. The advantage that Sale and Abreu have is proven production.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 01:57 PM) This is part of the problem. So far the research has shown the concussion issues are no worse in individuals that have played pro football and those who haven't. There are far more issues in people that have been in car accidents than pro football players. So, it's really difficult to determine if playing football as a child really effects much of anything. Logically, it stands to reason that they have more trauma than someone who doesn't but it's really hard to determine that in later life. Did you watch the PBS Frontline episode on concussions? If so what did you think? They sure offered evidence that the instance of CTE in football players was WAY higher than outside of football.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 12:11 PM) Eaton said Micah Johnson approaches his craft "like a different Jose Abreu. Works hard, very professional, always bouncing ideas off guys. https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/577877964387328001 Dare I say... A Grinder?

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 12:37 PM) Beckham's back after Hahn reconsidered http://t.co/85a8xvFcvM https://twitter.com/ESPNChiSox/status/577885337130700800 Interesting that even Hahn feels there is extra attention for Gordo because of who he is.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 11:50 AM) If anyone wants to read some comedy, here is Eric Zorn's Marriotti Year in Review article from 2005. Jay appears to be all over the place. Of course he knows all, and when he is ultimately wrong and can't spin that, he uses the "nobody thought they could win" so it's OK he was totally wrong in what he was writing route. http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_colum...ariottis_y.html That piece is a classic. It shows how much his peers even hated the guy.

The line up gives me goosebumps.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 04:50 AM) I would comp Michael Matuella to Jared Weaver, but with more velocity. They have very similar frames, both stand at 6'7 and have similar profiles as pitchers. Same injury concerns as well?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 08:37 AM) Parents are also going to keep their kids from playing. I live in a town that has a Pop Warner program that perennially goes to national finals, and I am already seeing parents switching their kids to things like basketball. It has happened very quickly over the last couple of years.

Tyler Danish ‏@danish_Tyler7 2m2 minutes ago Everything is good! Just alittle bruise I'll be okay! Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers.

Lyle Mouton.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 16, 2015 -> 05:52 PM) Bruised right tricep for Danish. Should be ok. Whew.

I am quite OK with Rodon not having the greatest spring. It makes it easier to send him back to the minors for a couple of months.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 16, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) I say Shuck -- get the lefty OF bench bat who may still have some upside. There's room for one of Saladino/Beckham, but not both. So I think Saladino is again sent to the minors. The team won't want Sanchez or Saladino rotting on the bench. Beckham, no big deal. Those two will probably form the 6-4 down in Charlotte.