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QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 09:35 PM) Re: walks, those don't have to be at the expense of the hits. He looks to be doing a better job of recognizing when he's being pitched around, though, which is key. I think he'll walk an adequate amount ultimately. Except he really can hit the balls out of the zone. His two run double tonight was out of the zone.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 09:56 PM) Haha, you missing old style reminds me of how I miss Dennis Farina. Nothing wrong with giving up drinking my man. I used to put a case of silver bullets down . Then decided to quit for what ended up being ten months. Now, 3 or 4 beers gives me a nice buzz and yet I wake up feeling great in the morning. Too old for slamming beers and feeling like s*** for two days afterwards. Just not worth it. So anyway, anyone hear any rumors? This has been somewhat uneventful so far. Suppose it will pick up soon. I had the luck to meet and get to talk to Farina a few times over a couple of summers. Really cool and nice guy.

Soria had nothing. He was throwing as hard as Putnam throws.

Dunn even getting in on the action. Suck it Detroit!

Abreu is just special.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 08:11 PM) Do you think they're of roughly equivalent value (or lack thereof) on defence and on the bases? I think De Aza rates higher on defense because of his speed. I'm not really sure on the bases. While De Aza gets more positives on the bases he also gets you a lot of negatives. Viciedo isn't going to run you out of an inning. De Aza will, and does. Dayan is just a station to station guy, which means he brings you no positives. At the end of the day neither of them has any sort of a baseball IQ, and they are really hard to watch. Watching De Aza reminds me of watching Scott Pods after his hammys starting giving him problems. He'll give you some good things, and then he would turn around and do something stupid to give it right back.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 07:59 PM) Well those same stats tell me Jose Abreu is pretty good and Dayan Viciedo sucks so imma go with the theory that you have a bad case of confirmation bias here. Also, pretty telling that is was Tank, and not De Aza benched to start the year. The Sox don't agree with your assessment. Viciedo sucks too. They both are terrible, terrible fielders, and both hurt their teams on the bases. De Aza just hurts more because he does things like get picked off, doubled off, thrown out going for the extra base, and steal bases at a bad rate.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 07:25 PM) WTF do people have against De Aza man? He's been worth 6.8 bWAR, and 7.3 fWAR in his time with the Sox. For all that production he's cost about a total of 8 million. He was found off the scrap heap and acquired for nothing. I get that he looks awful at times but he's a solid player. Thinking otherwise is letting emotions get in the way of logic. Watching De Aza be stupid at the game of baseball versus watching the advanced stats. He hurts his teams. So does De Aza. I won't be sad when either are gone.

Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 35m Lindstrom and Garcia closing in on rehab assignments. Nothing figures to happen while White Sox in Detroit

Seth Lakso ‏@SethLakso 31m Late to the party, but Deunte Heath has signed a one-year deal w/ the Hiroshima Carp for 22.9 million yen ($224,172 US) plus incentives.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 04:40 PM) Just an FYI, we do have a preliminary list ready. Regarding the time line, I think we're going to hold off on it until after the deadline in case the Sox make any additions that will need to be added. I bet you guys will never guess who's #1

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 04:15 PM) I mentioned it once and said "who cares if they lose Conor Gillaspie? [sic]" I was obviously incredibly wrong on that one. Yeah, my position was bring them both to camp, make Davidson win the job. If Davidson did win the job, they could later try to slip Conor to the minors through waivers, and if they lost him, no big deal. I did believe that Davidson wasn't going to make the team because of his service time ( and things said by management), and that I was expecting him to get called up around the 1st of Aug to help the team avoid Super 2 time.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 03:58 PM) How many games has Robin won with his managing? Don't worry about the "oh, any manager would make that move late in a game." Just how many games has he won? To be fair, any number of "games lost" should be accompanied by a "games won". A +/- would be interesting.

Colleen Kane ‏@ChiTribKane 2h Matt Lindstrom pitching to Avi Garcia this afternoon at Comerica Park.

Jerry Crasnick ‏@jcrasnick 1h Alex Rios, who's being looked at by several clubs in need of a bat, has 4 HRs in 389 ABs and 1 HR since May 14. #rangers

Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 1h Sources: Pirates emerging as Lester darkhorse. Deal could possibly center around Josh Bell. News with @TBrownYahoo: http://yhoo.it/1nZxxaj

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 02:47 PM) I don't get all of you guys rating Davidson so high. I'm trying, but it just doesn't compute. He is hitting .200 with a ton of strikeouts and is clearly regressing from 2013, and those numbers were not so hot. This is his 6th pro season. He has 2650 at bats as a pro -- almost 3000 plate appearances. Not a small sample size. What do you guys need to see in order to put him further down on your list, or gone completely? Least surprising post ever.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 02:50 PM) Why does anyone think the Sox won't pick up a large chunk of his salary? Because his salary is high, he will make it through waivers without being claimed after the deadline. There isn't the same urgency for him to be moved in the next 2 days. Waiting into August allows for 1) the Sox to prove they really aren't in contention 2) a 1B/DH on another team to get injured The Sox have a much longer history of dumping salary for lesser returns than they two of picking up salary for larger returns. Could it be different? Sure. Odds are not very good though, so I am going with the side of history.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 32m Cuban OF Rusney Castillo holding private workouts for clubs (#Phillies today, per reports). Already fielding offers, narrowing focus.

Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 30m To qualify after today, Conor Gillaspie'd need 7 more plate appearances through tonight, 10 through Weds and 13 through Thurs. #WhiteSox

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 02:38 PM) I don't even like Dunn but that is complete nonsense. To go as far as saying at the same pay, Beckham is more valuable is completely laughable. Below average defensively and offensively. Dunn isn't going to get us a great chip but he's worth more then Beckham. Pay is a factor though. Beckham is at the peak of his value. There isn't any surplus there. There might even be some deficit there. For Dunn, he is paid WAY over his value. That's why he is still here. Even then, his skill set has gone by the wayside in the game today. Teams aren't paying for just DH's to hit homers, walk, and strike out. Mark Reynolds couldn't even get a major league contract this spring. He had to take a minor league deal with the promise of a couple of million dollars if he made the 25 man roster. I think for Dunn his contract value is somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of what he is making now. Unless the Sox pick up a large chunk of his dollars, he won't move. Beckham could still move without any dollars picking up, at the expense of the return for him.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 02:17 PM) Sigh, that'd be nice. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 02:19 PM) Wow, that would be nice. I pay at least 2-2.5% on my properties now. Plenty of room for everyone.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 02:20 PM) Southport is solid, it's funny how different it is just a few blocks away from Wrigleyville. Are people under the age of 25 even allowed to live in the West Loop? The West Loop is amazingly different from how it was in the late 90's when I started working in the city. You didn't even really want to walk around there if you didn't have to. Now with all of the condos and businesses that have gone in over there, is a great neighborhood, and it is a 10 minute walk from the financial district. Really in terms of what things cost in Chicago, it isn't even really expensive.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Jul 29, 2014 -> 02:26 PM) definitely if we worked in the city or SW burbs ... but hard to get to anywhere else other than the city (which is already a bit of a stretch of a commute from NWI) or SW burbs so it really limits work options. I'm guessing that's one of the biggest reason RE is much more affordable in the NWI region Also very true. Interstate traffic just sucks through NWI. It is train or nothing for me.

Christopher Kamka ‏@ckamka 11m There's no man alive with a higher career OBP in American League (min 100 PA) than Frank Thomas (.419)