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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 12:20 PM) Do that many people still listen to baseball games on the radio? let alone when a team sucks that bad. I listen when Television is not an option, and that is about it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 12:17 PM) I agree with this. People always assume that Beane or TB's Freidman would win so much if they had a NY or LA payroll, but I just don't think that's true. If they suddenly had all types of money to spend, that would change the way they play the game. It's much easier to throw money at a top FA to take care of today, instead of finding the diamonds in the rough or platooning. That leads to future problems. With the larger payroll comes larger expectations, so you need to win every year as well. If they take a few chances on cheaper lesser known guys and they don't pan out, they will hear about it. Again I think Andy McPhail is the perfect name here. He did amazing things in MN with zero payroll. Cub fans thought he was a slam dunk here because of having all of the extra money to spend. That didn't work out too well.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 11:27 AM) not sure if boobs or siberia Albino boobs.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 12:38 PM) Heads up for anybody who just might happen to live in or near LaPorte County: http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/polic...1a4bcf6878.html I know one of their next door neighbors pretty well.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 12:17 PM) I loved the Dugout. He revived it for a bit, but it was never quite the same. JI

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 11:00 AM) He's basically the team's third best right handed starter, which isn't saying much, but still. And if Noesi continues to improve under Cooper, then this could be one of the most interesting acquisitions ever. Your team scores 7 runs off the guy in one inning, he gets DFA'd, said team picks him up off waivers, then develops him into a good starter. How funny would that be? The Sox basically exploited a tip off into getting a guy released, fixed the tip off, and now he is a middle of the rotation starter. That is why Don Cooper is a legend.

MLB Stat of the Day ‏@MLBStatoftheDay 1h Jose Abreu has 17 homers in his first 46 career games - something only one other player has done: @Braves OF Wally Berger in 1930.

The Game 87.7 ‏@gamechicago 47m de Castro: We have a lot of empathy for our listeners who grew up with the Cubs on WGN. The Cubs are in our DNA. de Castro: This year we've had three major sponsors leave Cubs baseball. de Castro: The Cubs opted for a cash-only deal. That's not a financially sustainable model for us. de Castro: We presented the Cubs with several different options, including revenue-sharing and equity ownership. de Castro: We lose millions on #Cubs and we were willing to continue to do that, but not as many millions as the #Cubs expected us to.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 10:56 AM) Marty is pessimistic. In other shocking news, Siberia is cold and Kate Upton has huge tits. Pics or it didn't happen.

All righty folks, this is where all of the draft day discussion will happen. Let's start it off with predictions of who the White Sox end up with. I will guess Kolek.

This thread will be for listing the White Sox draft picks, along with any signing information that we come across. For LIVE UPDATES, see our Draft Tracker here and check on it whenever you want to, or follow us on Twitter (@FutureSox). Players still alive in postseason baseball will be highlighted in green Players that have signed or have said they will sign will be in bold. Players who are confirmed as NOT signing will be in red. 1 (3): Carlos Rodon, LHP, 6-3, 240, North Carolina State >>> $6,582,000 (above slot of $5,721,500) 2 (44): Spencer Adams, RHP, 6-5, 190, White County HS (GA) >>> $1,282,700 (slot) 3 (77): Jace Fry, LHP, 6-1, 200, Oregon State >>> $760,000 (above slot of $726,000) 4 (108): Brett Austin, C, 6-1, 190, S/R, North Carolina State >>> $450,000 (below slot of $485,400) 5 (138): Zach Thompson, RHP, 6-7, 210, Texas-Arlington >>> $363,400 (slot) 6 (168): Louie Lechich, CF, 6-4, 212, L/L, San Diego >>> $40,000 (below slot of 272,100) 7 (198): Jake Peter, SS, 6-1, 185, L/R, Creighton >>> $203,800 (slot) 8 (228): John Ziznewski, SS, 6-2, 190, R/R, Long Island >>> $10,000 (below slot of 162,100) 9 (258): Brian Clark, LHP, 6-3, 225, Kent State >>> $151,400 10 (288): Jake Jarvis, 2B, 5-10, 175, R/R, Klein Collins HS (TX) >>> $141,3000 (slot) 11 (318): Zachary Fish, OF, 6-1, 200, R/R, Oklahoma State 12 (348): Connor Walsh, RHP, 6-2, 176, L/R, Cincinnati >>>> $100,000 13 (378): Mike Gomez, LHP, 6-1, 195, L/L, Florida International 14 (408): Bryce Montes de Oca, RHP, 6-8, 265, R/R, Lawrence HS (KS) >>> Committed to Missouri 15 (438): Ben Brewster, LHP, 6-3, 215, L/L, Maryland 16 (468): Matt Cooper, RHP, 6-0, 190, R/R, Hawaii 17 (498): William Trexler, RHP, 6-3, 185, R/R, University of North Florida 18 (528): Tanner Banks, LHP, 6-1, 200, L/L, Utah 19 (558): Aaron Bummer, LHP, 6-2, 200, L/L, Nebraska >>> $100,000 20 (588): Brannon Easterling, RHP, 6-4, 230, R/R, St. Edward's U. (Texas) 21 (618): Ryan Leonards, 3B, 5-11, 195, R/R Louisiana-Lafayette 22 (648): Kevin Swick, 3B, 6-0, 195, R/R, Southern Cal 23 (678): Michael Hollenbeck, C, 6-2, 225, L/R, Illinois State 24 (708): Michael Suiter, Cf, 6-1, 200, R/R, Kansas 25 (738): Mason Robbins, RF, 6-2, 210, L/L, Southern Mississippi 26 (768): Ethan Gross, SS, 6-0, 193, R/R, Memphis 27 (798): Ryan Jones, 1B, 6-4, 215, L/L, Arizona Christian 28 (828): Blair Moore, 3B, 6-2, 200, L/R, California Baptist 29 (858): Evin Einhardt, RHP, 6-3, 191, R/R, Brewton-Parker College 30 (888): Marc Flores, 1B, 6-5, 225, L/R, Hawaii 31 (918): Josh Goossen-Brown, RHP, 6-2, 210, R/R, San Diego 32 (948): Adam Choplick, LHP, 6-9, 250, R/L, Oklahoma 33 (978): Louis Silverio, OF, 6-3, 198, R/R, Florida International 34 (1008): Michael Danner, LF, 5-10, 186, L/R, Univ. of Tampa 35 (1038): Jared Koenig, LHP, 6-5, 198, Central Arizona College 36 (1068): Dayne Wagoner, C, 6-0, 190, R/R, Great Oak HS (CA) 37 (1098): Jed Sprague, 1B, 6-2, 185, R/R, St. Mary's HS (CA) >>> Committed to Pacific 38 (1128): Anthony Justiniano, SS, 6-1, 165, R/R, Clemente HS (IL) >>> Committed to Wabash Valley College 39 (1158): James Davidson, CF, 5-7, 160, L/R, Morgan Park HS (IL) >>> Committed to Howard JC 40 (1188): Julien Service, RF, 6-4, 205, R/R, Howard College (TX)

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 09:17 AM) Yea, I dont expect them to remain on 670 after 2015. Maybe in a twist they end up on WGN. But, I'd bank on 1000. That sucks for me, because I always have issues getting 1000. Their transmission sucks... and I'm in Hoffman Estates! 87.7 makes a lot of sense for a darkhorse bid.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 07:35 PM) Why is Bryant still in AA?? His numbers are out of this world.. Wish we had someone like that in the minors The Cubs have literally zero reason to rush him. They are cruising towards another top 3 pick next year, and have no reason to start the kids arb clock.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 08:18 AM) If they took Nola over Rodon, I would have no choice but to actually flip a table. b****ES!!!

Noesi with the White Sox is sporting a 3.92 era, 33K, 41 IP, 17 BB, 40H 18ER, 105 ERA+, 1.38 WHIP, 1.94 K/BB All for a pro-rated $512,500.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 11:22 PM) Cubs booted off wgn radio after 90 years. Still waiting for all of the Cubs attendance articles... This will be year #6 in a row of falling attendance, and down about 20% from the peak. Also losing media outlets now? This would be front page news for the White Sox.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 08:36 AM) But there wasn't because it's ridiculous, like that analogy. Changing from the Bullets to the Wizards to get away from a violent ideology would've been more suitable. If every school or team changes their Indian mascot names, fine, but why is Washington being singled out? Its not like there are teams with Indian based names in Illinois or anything...

QUOTE (ron883 @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 09:02 PM) Also, what about saladino? He is tearing it up in AAA right now for a shortstop. The white sox have so many options as far as infielders go. I think you have to trade Alexei for some pitching prospects You don't trade Alexei Ramirez because of having Saladino and Sanchez. You trade him because someone makes you a Texeira type offer. If you don't get it, you don't trade him.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 06:14 PM) I could be totally wrong, but I have hunch it's going to be a very slow and quiet off-season for the Hawks. Hossa is going to be 36, Sharp is going to be 33, and a few of these guys are looking like they have a lot of miles on them. I think Bowman is going to spend most of the off-season trying to lock up Toews and Kane to creative extensions, and give this core one more shot to make a run in 2015. If they fail, that's when you start seeing bigger pieces moved. Now, you could argue that they should be ahead of the curve and start moving these guys when their value could be higher, and to be honest I wouldn't disagree with that logic, but I just don't see Bowman making any significant changes yet. I think they are one off-season away from that. Just my hunch. That is a really interesting point. At some point you have to wonder how much those guys have in the tank after playing A LOT of hockey in their careers.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 06:01 PM) Did Buehrle and Quintana have any roster overlap? Would be interested to see what Jose could have gleaned from Buehrle in regards to TWTW and all that non-statistical bulls***. Buehrle signed with Florida on Dec 9, 2011. Quintana signed a minor league deal with the Sox on November 9, 2011. They were never in a spring training, or anything like that, together. Odds are near 100% they were never in any activities together as members of the White Sox.

Bowman: Kane/Toews extension #1 off season priority. http://espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/story/_/id/...season-priority

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 04:33 PM) Even given the fact that the Sox organization as a whole liked Quintana's arm, they have gotten incredibly lucky with him. What a coup. You really can't write a better script than Jose Quintana for the White Sox. They got the kid for nothing, as a minor league free agent. They didn't pay him a signing bonus or anything. Then they get him to sign a steal of a long term contract extension with multiple cheap option years.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 04:18 PM) I'll grant you that Dunn has been way overpaid, but having Mark in the rotation wouldn't have helped keep the Sox in contention. Last year's pitching staff was decently solid as it was and there wasn't room for him; they lost 2 starters during the year with Peavy and Floyd and still put together decent numbers. In 2012 he'd have been useful but Jose Quintana did a pretty good job of filling in the rotation spot that opened when Danks got hurt. You'd have a better case if you said the Sox should have traded away Danks or Floyd and kept Mark instead. If Buehrle was here, there is a pretty distinct chance that Quintana doesn't make his MLB debut for a much longer period of time. Remember he was an emergency call up because of injuries and none of the other people who were in that spot in the rotation were guys the Sox wanted to callup. He was pitching in Birmingham, and had only made 9 starts down there, after having no starts above A before that season. The plan was for an emergency start and to send him back to Birmingham. When you factor in how few innings he had in a season under his belt (102 was his previous season high), plus his complete lack of experience in the minors, there is a real argument to be made that he might not have made his major league debut until something like middle to late 2013 if another starter was in the rotation to block Quintana's move to the majors.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 03:32 PM) You do know that some of the fans were just being born the last time they were good? So to them, the Hawks were an afterthought. Someone who is 21 years old saw one playoff appearance from the time that they started elementary school, until the year before they won their first modern Cup.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 03:25 PM) There are also rumors of them getting a deal with Gordon on an underslot deal. But pretty much down to those three. Its possible, though not probable that the first two players off the board are position players followed by the big 3 pitching prospects. 1. Gordon 2. Jackson 3. Aiken/Kolek 4. Rodon 5. Kolek/Aiken That has to be the dream scenario for the White Sox.