Dick Allen

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 3, 2014 -> 06:26 PM) I don't think anyone will forget how bad Beckham sucks when Semien's playing at Charlotte. I really don't know what this is other than trolling.

That was unfortunate.

Hit another granny Marcus. All the ks and errors will be forgotten.

Sets up the DP.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 3, 2014 -> 06:12 PM) Jason Giambi looks like he's 1/2 the size he was 10 years ago. You do shrink when you are elderly.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2014 -> 05:19 PM) Except Mike Trout wasn't anywhere near the best player in that draft. One team, REALLY like him. The rest not so much. In your scenario, we don't get Mike Trout. You have made my entire point for me. Who in that draft is better than him? The Mariners almost took him at #2. I read a Rosenthal article a couple years ago there were several teams in the mix to draft him, but he fell. The Yankees were going to take him at 29 if he was till there. There were even some mock drafts that had the White Sox picking him. And if he wasn't picked the reason he shouldn't have been is because the team thought the guy they picked was better. You are advocating taking a lesser player to save money for even lesser players. That doesn't make sense with the #3 pick.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2014 -> 05:47 PM) To me, Semien's just another guy right now that came up from the Sox system that is incredibly overmatched at the plate. We've seen that way too often the last 15 years or so. Semien might end up being a solid player, but he's been a big disappointment so far. I think he can be good. He needs more time. Although he has been at the major league level, he hasn't been the strikeout machines all the other prospects the Sox have seem to be on the minor league level. I think there is hope , but nothing is guaranteed.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2014 -> 05:43 PM) Semien is a Charlotte Knight. Gillaspie can't return soon enough. Fixed.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 3, 2014 -> 05:41 PM) I guess that makes sense, Marcus has a good record of making contact this year and has very low strikeout numbers. Plus the guy on 1b plays a speed position. Usually on a hit and run, even non contact guys become a little better at it makes you watch the ball longer and go the other way and the emphasis is on contact. Unfortunately the pitch was so far outside Semien couldn't make contact. Not his fault.

The Indians are horrible defensively.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 3, 2014 -> 09:39 AM) I want to call Lillard a superstar, but I'm scared to after Paul George made me look like a fool. This has been the best first round in nba history. If you don't think so, you're just too afraid to let go of your childhood. That is what happens when equally mediocre teams are matched together.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 3, 2014 -> 05:15 PM) Well Semien didn't do too bad in the 1 spot the couple times he has been up there, and he works the count much better. I think I would of went with Semien-Ramirez just to see how it went De Aza saw 6 or 7 pitches.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 3, 2014 -> 05:08 PM) I know someone said it before by why are 2 of the worst hitters batting 1 and 2? Who should be there? Danks? Semien? Those guys have been raking.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ May 3, 2014 -> 03:37 PM) I don't think Jordan Danks counts as a full player against the 25-man roster cap. I think Sierra technically isn't on the roster yet.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 3, 2014 -> 03:08 PM) Nobody is expecting or advocating that they be "cheap" with their #1 pick. People are just saying that it would asinine to spend close to the entire draft pool on it. It's not going to happen so we can argue all day. If Rodon is on the board at #3 and his representation wants 1:1 money, they will not pick him. Then he will go back to school. It is almost impossible to pay him $8 million unless you are the Astros or Marlins. It it is quantity over quality, it is time to move Chris Sale. You will get several developed prospects for him.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 3, 2014 -> 03:08 PM) Nobody is expecting or advocating that they be "cheap" with their #1 pick. People are just saying that it would asinine to spend close to the entire draft pool on it. It's not going to happen so we can argue all day. If Rodon is on the board at #3 and his representation wants 1:1 money, they will not pick him. Then he will go back to school. It is almost impossible to pay him $8 million unless you are the Astros or Marlins. I think there is a lot of smoke being blown up a lot of asses. I don't think he will still be there, but if he is, I think it is a near lock the Sox take him, as long as he is healthy.

I am watching Fox 1 sports . Isn't that where Frank Thomas was hired as an analyst? Right now Royce Clayton is the analyst. Weren't there rumors about Frank, Royce and some woman when the Choice played in Chicago?

The Cubs drafted a Boras advised guy with pick #2 last year. They signed 19 of their first 20 picks. The guys fro rounds 30 and higher remained unsigned and in the 20s they signed about half.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2014 -> 12:11 PM) David Holmberg was traded for Edwin Jackson. Edwin Jackson was turned into Jason Frasor and Zach Stewart. Jason Frasor was turned into Daniel Webb and Miles Jaye. First off they probably could have still made the Jackson deal without Holmberg. Would you rather have just Trout or Webb and Jaye, a year and a half of Jackson and Holmberg pitching in your low minors and the great Jared Mitchell? I would take the best player. In this situation ot is Mike Trout. Apparently you like the other guys better.

Trying to save a few bucks hasn't worked for this team in the past and it most likely won't if they try cheap with their first pick. Just take the best player.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 3, 2014 -> 11:24 AM) Even before there was caps a team could have spent their entire budget to get the guy they wanted, and left the rest go. No one ever has. If you look at the 2009 draft, if the White Sox sat out the entire draft with what they took it wouldn't have hurt the organization at all. Or if they spent the extra $50k it took to sign Trout and passed every other pick they would be in a much better place right now. There are always players available to fill minor league rosters. Guys who might develop into 4th OFs are fine but they are readily available every year for a song. The object at #3 should be to get the guy that will help you win the most games not save money for guys like Walker and Barnum and May and Thompson.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2014 -> 08:04 PM) Davidson just can't string together good games. 0-3, 2K His K rate is almost 40%. In AAA. Adam Dunn hasn't even approached that level with the White Sox.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 2, 2014 -> 08:49 PM) It is ignorant of history to think that you can just give away your draft. Even the great Ditka failed there. Now you are comparing the NFL draft with the MLB draft? The last 14 drafts, the Sox have drafted and signed 4 players total with a higher career WAR than Ryan Sweeney. Just think about that for a minute.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 2, 2014 -> 07:39 PM) Eaton leaves the game. You have to DL him and let him get his leg right again. What a nightmare the health situation has been. It looks like Eaton will be a good player. The only question to me is can he stay healthy?

dp and Eaton pulls up lame.