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Fangraphs predicts QO's for pitchers. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/predicting-...ffers-pitchers/

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 7m7 minutes ago Chip Hale hired a dbacks manager. @BNightengale 1st

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 10:53 PM) Don't take any slight to it, it wasn't intended as such. It's just that if the White Sox keep graduating players and that's what keeps them from having a top rated farm system, so be it. afterall of the point of a farm system is to produce major leaguers. Not to win BA awards.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 13, 2014 -> 09:10 AM) 2 points. 1. Was Arizona 2013 really a more veteran loaded clubhouse than the 2014 White Sox? 2. That statement suggests a "lack of leadership" from the supposed leaders in that clubhouse and I can't help but read it that way. Leading questions, of course. There are different ways to be a leader. Some do it by example. Some get up on a soapbox. Some do both.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 10:12 PM) With Kershaw, Greinke, Ryu...their closer, Haren, Puig, Kemp and Adrian Gonzalez, that's 8 players right there who would be desired by almost every team in baseball. If you include Pederson/Seager/Urias, that's 11. Not the worst position to be in. I'm not sure why they would HAVE to cut salary, as the financial value of their broadcast deal isn't decreasing or being affected by the squabbles with the local carriers/providers. IIRC, they lost something like $80 million last year.

Some clubhouses that Eaton personality doesn't play well. In clubhouse with a lot of kids, and one that doesn't really have vocal leadership prior to Eaton getting here, he is exacty what was needed. On a veteran team, I can see a guy like that pissing off some vets.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 07:21 PM) I think there were some big hits that had the Falcons pass catchers hearing footsteps, so the Bears deserve a little credit for that. Yeah, not all of those drops were "drops". There were some that a dude got the snot knocked out of him and he couldn't hold on to the ball.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 09:30 AM) I love not hearing Boozer screaming anymore I got a laugh at Stacey King trashing him in one of the preseason games.

Illinois deserves whatever governor they get.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 12, 2014 -> 11:29 AM) Your RHSP for the 2015 White Sox is starting for San Fran tonight His name was actually one of the first that came to mind, after Masterson.

Now LaPorte County just issued an arrest warrant for the passenger.

QUOTE (bear_brian @ Oct 11, 2014 -> 11:55 AM) Under the shaky assumption that Uncle Jerry will accept a $95 M payroll, would like to see the Sox do the following: 1. Sign Melky Cabrera (a switch hitter) to be the every day left fielder and #2 hitter in the lineup. Figure 12.5M per year, tops. 2. Sign Gregerson to be our closer at $7M (or less) per year 3. Sign Kendry Morales (another Cuban and switcher, tho a Boras guy) to be a DH/1B and cleanup, hitting behind Abreu. He is a big bounce back candidate based on his previous hitting history. 4. Sign one of the following: Brandon McCarthy, Chris Young, Jason Hammel as a RH SP; put Bassitt in the bullpen. 5. Sign Andrew Miller as the LH relief pitcher. Surkamp becomes the second lefty. 6. Trade Viciedo Figure these moves would cost us about $45M, but would absolutely allow us to contend. I know it's probably not going to happen, but each of these moves is doable if we were to be aggressive. All indications are that he is getting a $15 million qualifying offer from TOR, so his price probably starts there.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Oct 11, 2014 -> 11:10 AM) Kenny Williams is as fiercely loyal to Jerry Reinsdorf as the rest of the inner circle. He has stated numerous times that the only scenario leading to his departure from the Sox is to go be the GM of the Raiders. A few million dollars a year could change anyone's mind.

So what happened to all of the "value" guys when it comes to Viciedo?

jon greenberg ‏@jon_greenberg 3h3 hours ago When I'm running CubsNet, there will be a show consisting solely of Cubs fans asking dumb questions. @thekapman will host.

Meredith Marakovits ‏@M_Marakovits 2h2 hours ago Cashman said Girardi had conversation with Arod about getting some reps at 1b #Yankees

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 1h1 hour ago Besides Andrew Friedman #Rays, other names surfacing in LA include Billy Eppler #Yankees,Kenny Williams #WhiteSox, Mark Shapiro #Indians.

White Sox Talk ‏@CSNWhiteSox 31m31 minutes ago Cardinals add A.J. Pierzynski to NLCS roster - http://ift.tt/1xzuXul #WhiteSoxTalk

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 04:09 PM) No, and he is an incredibly talented player, you can see that, it's just the failure of getting those results out of him on a consistent basis that has done him in. 2.8 WAR for his career with the Sox vs $12.6 million. Last I saw that $/WAR was rated about $5 million per win, so even by that, the Sox are ahead.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Oct 9, 2014 -> 01:44 PM) From everything I've seen and read Tomas ~ Viciedo. So far the Sox are 2-for-3 in the Cuban department. Let's not bring down that GM WAR by making it 2-for-4. For what we paid for Viciedo, we won that one too. $10 million over 4 years is nothing.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 02:13 PM) LOL, yeah, it was kind of made tongue in cheek. Basically if they have a full rotation and other guys capable of starting in the high minors (say a Montas, Danish, Jablowme, whoever) then they can move him to the bullpen. My personal favorite prospect.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 10, 2014 -> 01:37 PM) I think Strange and bmags have sufficiently proven that they're some of the good white people I can't wait until we see the story about the cop that gets told "yeah I live here" and let's the place get robbed blind.

Peggy Kusinski 14 mins · iOS · ‪#‎Bears‬ injury report includes: Briggs, Boggs, Bushrod, Dixon, McClellin all ruled OUT. LB Bostic & McManis Questionsble & did not practice

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 2h2 hours ago More than 40 players will top the $16.445m Abreu-Sale-Quintana earn in '15. WhiteSox benefit from long-term deals. http://bit.ly/1s2K5hW

http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/2014-rookie-team/ 1B Jose Abreu • White Sox Abreu blasted 36 homers and led the majors in slugging (.581) while finishing second in OPS (.964), close on the heels of leader Victor Martinez. Abreu follows Yoenis Cespedes and Yasiel Puig as Cuban stars who have pulled down big-money free agent deals and thrived in the U.S. majors, and notions that Abreu would not have the bat speed or athleticism to handle premium velocity seem silly in retrospect. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG 556 80 176 35 2 36 107 51 131 3 1 .317 .383 .581