Dick Allen

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 1, 2013 -> 01:40 PM) Well, he is either enjoying superbowl week, or, he is "enjoying superbowl week" Maybe he really thinks he is in New Orleans.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 1, 2013 -> 10:40 AM) The Sox got Youkilis for Lilli and scraps. Beckham is better than Lillibridge. You really need to check out Zobrist's numbers. He probably would instantly become the best position player on the White Sox.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 1, 2013 -> 10:23 AM) All the Beckham haters should know that TB would probably take him for Zobrist even-up. Zobrist, saber-wise, is one of the best players in baseball. I am a Beckham fan, but if that trade is available, the Sox would not be wise to pass. I really think most people have no idea just how good he has been the last several years. His contract is a steal.

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Feb 1, 2013 -> 08:52 AM) I trust (hope) you're joking! If the Sox made that trade, Olt would be the best 3B in the organization BY FAR! What are you basing that on.........his AA stats? He could be but he has a less than .500 OPS in the major leagues and he's older than Viciedo. According to your previous posts, acquiring him would not be the best option. I would trade Rios for Olt for sure. I would trade Rios for a bag of balls if the other team took his contract. But this is another case of posters loving other teams' prospects while hating on White Sox prospects who put up similar if not better numbers. Mike Olt pre-2012...ranked 42nd best prospect Brian Anderson pre-2005...ranked 37th best prospect Olt's success is far from guaranteed.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jan 31, 2013 -> 05:00 PM) I agree with Littlehurt, if the Yankees owed him $10M there'd be no talk of voiding his contract. I would not be at all surprised if the Yankees hired their own investigators to see if ARod was involved in anything that could get his contract voided. Didn't George Steinbrenner get kicked out of baseball a couple of years for doing that type of thing to Dave Winfield?

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 31, 2013 -> 03:22 PM) wha, wha, what?! https://twitter.com/DKnobIer/status/297086343895453696 He's not left handed and time has run out for Hahn to improve the team.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Jan 31, 2013 -> 01:58 PM) a 5% walk rate is not an occasional lump. It's pretty terrifying, actually. I don't want the White Sox wasting their time developing players with limited plate discipline upside unless they're bringing top notch glovework to crucial defensive positions. Check Carlos Lee's walk rate his first season coincidentally age 23 like Viciedo. 2.5%. He made a lot of money hitting baseballs and was Viciedo in LF without the arm. As long as Viciedo is the age he is listed, there is plenty of hope he can become a force.

People want the White Sox to develop players. Developing players doesn't mean giving them one year and disposing them or making them part timers. Taking occassional lumps happens to be part of development.

Mark Grace going to the big house for 4 months.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 31, 2013 -> 12:38 PM) Yes, thats why when anyone says anything the least bit disparaging about the 49ers your instant response is "THE 49ERS WILL DESTROY YOUR TEAM AND EAT THEIR CHILDREN"(verbatim) chill out, we know you like the 49ers and GOOD LORD WE KNOW YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO WIN THE SUPERBOWL. The least thing you could do is try and understand that you are a little bit in the minority on this website with your fandom, and there are plenty of people that dont like the 49ers. And that was a good previous question, WTF are you doing on Soxtalk arguing when you are in New Orleans. Just a hunch, but I think his trip to the Super Bowl, just like his trip to Atlanta is kind of like a LB from Notre Dame's girlfriend. He's gone from shelling out $12k for 3 tickets a couple of weeks ago to waiting for his dad, arguing on a White Sox message board.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Jan 31, 2013 -> 11:46 AM) Yeah, they should just get rid of him. It's all part of the fumigation process. To anybody who thinks otherwise, just remember that he'd have to make a quantum leap just to be decent against right-handed pitching. He's not a building block. Why can't he make that leap? Curtis Granderson put up a .484 OPS vs. LHP in 2009, and got it up to .944 in 2011. And if you with all your knowledge know he can't get better, why would anyone who actually gets paid to make decisions think he will and actually give up something of value to get him?

It's nice to speculate, but I think everyone knows ARod will never play for the White Sox.

Latest report says it is very unlikely ARod ever plays for the Yankees again. His hip will either be declared a career ending injury or they will work out some sort of settlement. If the Yankees won't have him, I believe we have seen the last of ARod on a MLB diamond. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/break...0,7665511.story

If the Yankees are able to void his contract, that means ARod did something very, very wrong and would be too disgraced as a 38 year old to ever try again. He's not Manny Ramirez.

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Jan 30, 2013 -> 02:51 PM) If he is able to play, somebody will pay him to do so, IMO. Probably, but not a whole lot, considering his age, his decline and the blemishes. ARod has already banked a ridiculous amount of money. Paying him a couple of million probably isn't enough for him to face all the abuse he would receive on a daily basis. The only reason for him to play would be for records and glory, and we have seen how those are pretty much tossed aside for busted and heavily suspected PED users. This report, even if there is no truth in it, probably cost ARod at least first ballot HOF status if not much more.

I'd like to see what the investigation comes up with. Has anyone ever seen ARod and this guy together or is the evidence just some notes? And we have no idea what type of condition ARod would be in after he rehabs from this surgery. If he ultimately is proven to be guilty here, and the Yankees are able to void his contract, I doubt ARod would play again.

Certainly a no risk move, but a real longshot. Odds are the only way you will see Brackman in uniform at USCF is if he takes up a career selling red ropes.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 30, 2013 -> 09:47 AM) The top 4 hitters in the line up were all dealing with injuries. Not many teams will overcome that. The whole bench thing is a catch 22. Ventura is dumb if he doesn't play his bench enough, but if they play, how many "this guy sucks, he needs to be DFA'd immediately" posts are in the game threads posted by the same people who call him dumb for not playing them enough? There is a reason some guys play very little. It's very rare to find someone who is great off the bench. They usually wind up a regular somewhere. Jerry Manuel used to change the line up often, and he was hated as the "tinkerer". Ozzie had his "Sunday line ups" playing mutiple bench players. That didn't go over well. Ventura sticks to a pretty set line up. That doesn't go over well.

Besides Youkilis who was the 3rd starting 3B,and AJ, and the later being typical of any team with a catcher who catches 110 plus games, I really don't know what other non pitchers you could say whose poor performance down the stretch was because they were worn out . The pitching staff was probably gassed, but the weak Sox bench really didn't play a role IMO with the late fade.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jan 29, 2013 -> 03:22 PM) The were renewed, that doesn't mean they are sold out in those areas. Try to buy a season package in the lower infield boxes in the first 20 rows. They aren't available.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 28, 2013 -> 06:13 PM) Dunn wasn't in the really low .200's until the final 2 months of the season. Before that, he was consistently in the .220's or .230's, which isn't great, but it's not .195 to .210 either. The last time his average was at least .220 was June 22, the 70th game of the season.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 28, 2013 -> 12:37 PM) He would have been the perfect insurance for Gordon. Although I doubt Johnson would have accepted a bench or platoon role. Last year their OPSs were about the same. Johnson also struck out 160 times and is nowhere near the defender Beckham is.

While we have to wonder which version of Rios plays for the Sox in 2013, we also have the same question when it comes to Keppinger.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Jan 26, 2013 -> 04:28 PM) Love the idea of taking a chance on Siezmore mid-season if he's ready to go. Low-risk-high reward material. I don't know. He hasn't done anything since 2009. I would think interested teams would like to sign him now and monitor his rehab, but he wants to wait until he is ready to go. Either he is doing some sort of rehab teams wouldn't want him to do, or maybe he feels he will have a better idea of the real contenders later, or he is a stand up guy and doesn't want teams to pay him until he knows he can play. It probably will be a low risk move when it happens, but you really have to wonder if he can still play and for how long.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 25, 2013 -> 05:55 PM) Were they able to insure the whole thing? That was one of the problems with some of the long big dollar contracts. Sometimes they could only get a portion insured. Apparently, or at least a huge portion. I read somewhere where the Yankees wouldn't really mind it were career ending. It would save them over $100 million. His contract runs through 2018.