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QUOTE (greg775 @ May 7, 2014 -> 03:51 PM) I think I posed some good questions there. Pls answer them. Couched in an absurd statement, any question is ruined.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ May 7, 2014 -> 03:40 PM) I don't think Cleto is long for this club. Also, not sure why Paulino would even come back. Release him and move on. I agree. He has basically disappeared from being used in games. I am guessing the Cooper factor is setting in, and he has decided he isn't fixable. I wouldn't be shocked with the way the pen has improved if Cleto is DFA'd for the next player coming off of the DL.

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 7, 2014 -> 02:55 PM) So... am I missing something, or do the Sox only have 3 healthy OF's? I'm not counting Dunn here. You aren't missing anything.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 7, 2014 -> 02:33 PM) They have to find room on the 40 man, but I definitely think Francisco is the next call up. With Sale and Paulino in line to return, and possibly Erik Johnson, I'm not sure how.

Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 2h In two starts at Triple-A Erik Johnson has allowed 8 hits, 2 earned runs and walked one in 13 innings. #WhiteSox

Seth Lakso ‏@SethLakso 1h With a perfect 10th, Frank Francisco has not allowed an ER in six appearances (8 IP) with @KnightsBaseball. Has 1 BB, 4 H 12 Ks

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2014 -> 02:05 PM) Rodon is not worth the Cubs next 9 draft picks, and he's not worth their top draft picks next year. Hell, I'd be happy if the Cubs did that. That's insane. Also FWIW, the Cubs total pool is $8,352,200. The #1 pick slot is $7,922,100 The Cubs slot value for the #4 pick is $4,621,200, or $1.1 million less than the Sox slot value at #3, and $2.2 million less than the #2 slot value. Top picks Round Pick # Team Allotment 1 1 Houston Astros $7,922,100 1 2 Miami Marlins $6,821,800 1 3 Chicago White Sox $5,721,500 1 4 Chicago Cubs $4,621,200

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2014 -> 02:02 PM) They can't. Their entire draft budget is literally $8 million dollars. That's comparable to the #1 pick slot. They would literally have to cost themselves draft picks next year or sign all of their next 9 picks to $100k contracts. Or more likely both. The dropoff in each pick/slot is enormous, that's the thing that people need to keep remembering. And if they go more than 5%, or say $400k over that number, they start giving up draft picks, which is NOT in their plans at all.

Bigger tragedy, registering Ukraine's Jews or sending down Marcus Semien?

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:33 PM) I said if Semien gets sent down it is one of my saddest days ever as a Sox fan. He belongs right now. You can see it despite his batting average. He's got so many clutch hits. He does not deserve to be in the minor leagues. Trade Keppinger for a bag of balls. Trade Beckham for a bag of balls. Get rid of DeAza. Keep Semien. That is patently absurd. That might be the most insane thing I have ever seen posted on Soxtalk, ever.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:24 PM) keithlaw ‏@keithlaw 2m RHP Jeff Hoffman of @ECUBaseball will have Tommy John surgery next week. Had been a probable top 4 pick in the draft before injury. Wow. Ok well cross him off the list. Oh damn. That sucks for the kid. What horrible timing.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:23 PM) Did they send Semien down? This is one of my saddest days EVER as a Sox fan if that is the case. Guys like Keppinger, Dunn, Beckham will be on this team and Semien has to go back to the minors after all those clutch hits?? Bulls***. This team deserves NO attendance if that's the case. Wait, what?

QUOTE (Tex @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:25 PM) Pretty cool but I look at that tile and think, what the hell is he going to do with it? I'm sure in a 16,000 square foot house in Scottsdale, he has somewhere he can put it.

23 is a nice jump. The system is on its way up, and will soon have a #3 draft pick and possibly some kids from Latin America to add to it.

QUOTE (chisoxfan310 @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:10 PM) With Kep coming back soon, they could possibly send down Garcia first. Give Semien a day at third today, a day at second for Beckham since he too is just coming off injury, then give Semien a day off or two and then get him in at second and third and a game at short before he gets sent down because without Garcia, there is no other backup at short. Taking a few days off in the next 10 days isn't gonna kill his development like people seem to think. But this above statement is also dependent on how far Keppinger is to returning. As a utility player, I would much rather see Garcia kept on the roster vs Semien. I want him playing every single day, whether that is here or Charlotte. If he isn't starting in Chicago, I want him starting in Charlotte. Let Garcia rot on the bench and pinch run when needed.

The big benefactor in this draft has to be Houston. We know they are willing to go underslot to get money to sign a later overslot pick, as evidence by their draft and sign of Correa a couple of years ago. Without a true #1 in the draft, they get to throw out lures to the agents to see who they can get for the best money, knowing that they could save a million or two at the top of the draft and use it later for a guy/guys who slip down the board. Everyone else has to sit and wait, and potentially miss out on that type of a deal.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 7, 2014 -> 12:56 PM) I listen to B&B pretty much everyday because I want my sports fix, and they do have good content, but even you have to admit that Bernsteins arrogance and dismissive nature towards anyone with a contradictory opinion has really skyrocketed in the last 5 or so years. You either call in and agree with him, or he screams at you and hangs up, then makes fun of you for the rest of the show for daring to have a different opinion. Even his coworkers have been calling him out on it. What Bernstein needs is to be rid of Boers, because he needs a strong voice on the other side that will keep him in check. He is a lot like Hawk Harrelson in this regard.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 7, 2014 -> 12:48 PM) Bernstein gets what he wants. People read his "column". He gets to tell everyone they have to look at things more intelligently(like he does). And people talk about him. He's not as bad, but his style is very Marriotti-esque. Jay is the undisputed King of the insult people off to attract followers format in the Chicago market, at least for sports. I'd put Mike Royko and John Kass above him for all markets, but Mariotti was the king of sports.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 7, 2014 -> 12:12 PM) WHen he brought it up yesterday, immediately he started mentioning how Sox fans were upset and they were dumb to be upset about it, because advanced metrics say so. And then finished his argument by saying pretty much the same thing as his last paragraph in his column, its probably too early to make these presumptions I vote with my own metric. Never turning on 670 AM without there being a White Sox game on.

Seth Lakso ‏@SethLakso 12m W/ Donnie Veal warming that's probably the day for Erik Johnson. 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, BB, 4 K, 95 pitches (63 for strikes). Worked 87-89 mph

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 7, 2014 -> 12:08 PM) I think this is very accurate. To be completely fair, I wouldn't argue it either. Mix that with a dose of the typical Score formula of saying stuff to upset people and drive ratings, and I think you have a winner.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 6, 2014 -> 09:44 PM) Paul George slept with Roy Hibberts wife. Damn, My money was on Evan Turner. The sad thing is if the rumor was right, it wasn't even his wife, it was his affair.

Seth Lakso ‏@SethLakso 17m Took Erik Johnson just six pitches to get through the fifth inning. He’s thrown 68 pitches, allowed three hits (all in 2nd) and K’d 3.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 7, 2014 -> 11:17 AM) He can't be a placeholder unless he clears waivers. Even if you make him the last of the three to go, eventually he, Semien, and Danks all have to go down when Gillaspie, Eaton and Keppinger return. Unless you are going to send LGarcia down and make Beckham the backup shortstop. Of course, if they really like this guy I'm 100% behind cutting Keppinger loose. And Sierra didn't even make it through the AL before the Sox claimed him.