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That was a great diving play by Abreu to save a run and XBH

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 07:29 PM) You are thrilled each time he makes an out. You aren't fooling anyone. You've officially gone off of the rails.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 06:01 PM) Thats right...http://www.forbes.com/sites/robasghar/2014/04/14/fall-of-the-grammar-snobs-how-typos-became-okay/ Gage Redeemed.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 06:20 PM) Seager should've been the only winner. He outperformed Abreu. Yeah, but did he have a walk-off grand slam?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 06:09 PM) How on Earth could anyone write that as though it's true? Sale 25 Abreu 27 Gillaspie 26 Garcia 22 Viciedo 25 Eaton 25 Quintana 25 Davidson 23 Flowers 28 Phegley 26 Nieto 24 Semien 23 Webb 24 Petricka 25 Jones 28 The White Sox literally have 1 guy who will be over the age of 30 in 2 years and still under contract: John Danks. In 2 years Jones will be 30 and so will Flowers. If they're all held onto (not likely) that's 3 guys who might actually be on the back side of their careers 2 years from now. Well done.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 05:00 PM) This thread is turning into fili. Stop it! Now! AH!!! THINKING, MAKE IT STOP!!! HELP!!!!

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 05:46 PM) Season or series? Season. They already have a season 3 in the works.

Very sad to see this is the season finale of Vikings. I am looking forward to see what Ragnar does to get Horik out of hte way.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 7m Source confirms report by @keithlaw: #Nationals’ Harper needs thumb surgery and likely is out until July.

QUOTE (chisoxfan310 @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 04:50 PM) What are everyone's thoughts about Flowers? Hope for a big year and try to deal him at deadline if we are sellers or during off-season or try to count in him for the main core going forward? If he plays defense like he has so far this year, even as an average bat, he is a starting MLB catcher. If he can keep up some of the new found hitting, he shouldn't go anywhere.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 04:52 PM) Ryan Howard got 15, 19 in what would have been years 2 and 3 of arbitration. Only one that comes to mind. If Abreu opts out I would certainly think the Sox would try to avoid arb and sign him to a nice extension. Jose is scheduled for $10.5, $11.5, and $12. It would be the second and third Abr years that go off of the rails by a decent amount then.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 04:49 PM) Trout is scheduled to make $15.25 million in year 4, though he likely would have qualified as a Super 2 player, and he "only" makes $5.25 mill next year. So I would say that would be the absolute ceiling. Abreu would have been a "Super 2" guy as well. It would be pretty easy to argue a lesser number than that for Abreu as the baserunning and defense will be WAY under Trout, even if the rest of the offensive numbers end up in the same ballpark. I will say, that would be a great problem to have, because that means Jose is a golden god.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 04:33 PM) One other tip...don't negotiate based upon what the monthly payment is. First negotiate the price you are comfortable paying, second understand the credit process and what is available (special financing, etc) and have a rough idea from a credit union or two as well so you have all of the facts. If you go for payment, you will be f***ed. The payment is simple math based upon numerous factors that can be negotiated. You should figure out what you are comfortable with before going and then start by negotiating price of vehicle (that is completely dependent on negotiating any price of financing)...then once that is set, move on to step 2. Agreed. They do that so they can manipulate various data sets. That is why if you go in with your loan pre-determined, you eliminate one way they can screw you.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 04:36 PM) First year arb eligible position player arb record is $10 million, third year is $15. If he's as good as we think he'll probably break the records but will anybody be too upset if we have to pay him say 13, 16, 19 in his arb years? He would be worth every penny. Any players gotten bigger numbers than that outside of arbitration, pre-free agency?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 04:26 PM) Kinda sad but I'm already thinking about the fact that he can opt for arbitration when eligible, that will put a damper on the $11M AAV that every baseball reporter in America is throwing around right now. He'll make $10M in his 3rd year, given that he's guaranteed only $10.5M in his 4th, he's a lock to opt out and go for a big pay day in arbitration if he's anywhere near as badass of a hitter as we believe. It would be interesting to find comps for him in relation to his pre-free agent status, especially his 4th year. It might not be worth it at that point, but I guess we will see.

JJ Stankevitz ‏@JJStankevitz 45s #WhiteSox pitcher Scott Carroll still has something to prove: "One time's good, but I want to show them that I can do it consistently."

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 12:20 PM) That is pretty awesome. David Kaplan ‏@thekapman 28m Scott Carroll: “My family + I (35 in all) went to dinner at Timothy O’Toole’s to celebrate + Adam Dunn picked up tab. It was so awesome." Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 2m Carroll asked Dunn for restaurant suggestion. Dunn called O'Toole's, made res and said put it on my tab. Group was 30-plus.

Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 4m Felipe Paulino said he could head out on a rehab assignment this weekend. #WhiteSox

Dunn

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/white-...imetable-return

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 03:53 PM) ...can he pitch, say, Wednesday? Is that even 15 days? He can come off of the DL on May 3.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 19m Chris Sale just finished up some catch in the outfield. At about 80-90 feet.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 16m White Sox are second in the American League with .293 average with runners in scoring position, including .333 over the last nine games.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 03:40 PM) Not sure I like either there but someone has to bat there. It does probably indicate Ventura likes Beckham better than Semien. Or he thinks protecting Beckham with Abreu is more important than Semien.

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 03:21 PM) 500 is not a bad thing, we will be in a good position to continue to build and maybe be active in the FA market next season. lets also think about the state of flux our pitching is in. to org has been ranked dead last, then we moved up some and then even higher last yr. so we were all jazzed about the players we have, but were any pitcher really ranked high beside Johnson? as I have been a proponent of not falling into the spin doctoring of the sox machine, to paint a rosey pict. After last year, .500 is great.