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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 3, 2015 -> 09:05 PM) All this name dropping bs isn't cute or funny, and adds little to the discussion Okay, fine, who's to say he wasn't working 100% on change-ups, cutters, slurves and all of his offspeed pitches? Or that he was working on pitching to one side of the plate or the other in terms of his command and mechanics? Unless you watched every pitch of his entire outing, there's just no way to make any kind of determination. Was it clear he was in "max" effort mode? Is he going through the proverbial dead arm period? We keep saying over and over again that spring training results don't count, and yet a lot of writers are super hyped about Courtney Hawkins because of his spring performance, just like Wilson Betemit or Ryan Sweeney in the past. Was the strike zone tight? Was he falling behind hitters and having to come with his fastball? There's no point in worrying until we know that he had any other goal than just reaching his pitch count. I mean, why don't we keep Junior Guerra over Javy Guerra if we're going to evaluate the roster based on a game or two? Why aren't we concerned about Jose Quintana after his last outing?

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-...ver-6177739.php

QUOTE (spiderman @ Apr 3, 2015 -> 08:48 PM) They're going to be patient with him. If he's bad early, they can probably find ways to skip a start here or there and work on any mechanical issues in a side session. They can also hide him on the DL if he's really struggling. Chances are, he'll mix in a few good starts with his usual stink bombs though. Ideally, he'll be a #5 starter, and bite the bullet in some of his starts to save the bullpen. I'm at a point with him where if he can pitch around 200 IP in that slot of the rotation, I'll take it. Except the problems, as we all know, really aren't mechanical ones.

Chacin, McGowan, Penny, Wandy Rodriguez, dumpster diving time. I'd ALMOST say just throw Beck out there and see what he can do...but you just know that's not going to happen with Danks' contract. Or Drabek. Or Carroll. Or even Viciedo or Leury pitching. I heard Adam Dunn's available as well...

http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?con...83&sid=milb Moncada video with Red Sox. Left-handed swings are a thing of beauty, inspiration and poetic words.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 3, 2015 -> 07:05 PM) Jesus Christ Caulfield, you name drop worse than the rapper Game. Not as bad as Ed Farmio, lol.

I highly doubt they're going to choose Surkamp over Drabek.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Apr 3, 2015 -> 08:11 AM) I gave some opinions in another theead. Not knowing everything that is going on, he just threw too hard too often. Now many things are breaking down. He needs to learn to not throw with that much intensity and still get people out. That's why its difficult to become a really successful pitcher for an extended period of time. They should learn early how to pitch purposely not throwing their hardest. So Nolan Ryan was basically just the sole exception to the rule, a complete freak of nature? They didn't have stadium radar gun readings back then, but I'm sure he was well aware of the scouts' guns. Or Randy Johnson, to a lesser extent?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 3, 2015 -> 02:49 PM) Why waste your time. They are bad, we all know that. It's because we are all jealous that he snagged his comely wife based solely on his Golden Spikes award at UGA, first round signing bonus, 2009, comparisons to DIRK Jeter and his walk-up music. Basically.

Insurance. Nothing to lose. Sox are familiar with him and his injury, obviously. Maybe they can catch lightning in a bottle, like Cleto for a couple of outings last year. Same thing with Leon...or Albers...or Crain...or Nate Jones.

THIS.TEAM.IS.DEAD Long live Leury The King!

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=m...tching/2014/ALL Do we have the wrong Guerra on the MLB roster? Venezuelan "Junior" Guerra, who apparently didn't pitch ANYWHERE from 2008-2012, then was in Mexico in 2012 and disappeared again pitched two innings with no hits/walks and 2 K's. http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=m...tching/2014/ALL

I blame Dick Allen for supporting Beckham and Danks too wholeheartedly... Maybe Wandy Rodriguez will be next if we pick him up...if nothing else, we can thank him a little bit for 2005.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 3, 2015 -> 05:28 PM) This doesn't look like a club that's ready to be hot out of the gate, but crazier things have happened. Balta lurking like Calvin and Hobbes, ready to POUNCE!!!

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Apr 3, 2015 -> 05:05 PM) "I think the White Sox just make smarter business decisions than most teams." Really? And how do you arrive at this conclusion? Based on the club's success? The Sox have one playoff appearance in the last DECADE since the WS in '05, and that appearance lasted all of one minute. And the 24 years prior to '05, this current Sox ownership saw their team reach the postseason a measly three times, combining for just three wins in those appearances. Real "smarter business decisions" contributing to that unheralded record, I must say. And as of today, this supposed record of "smarter business decisions" has this big market team almost dead last in attendance and TV ratings as we speak, and a team payroll going into this season almost identical to that of the Kansas City Royals AND Minnesota Twins, and less than that of the Reds, Blue Jays, Mariners, AND former Montreal Expos, the Nationals. But god are we "smart", we managed to get Sale and Abreu to sign for under market. Whoopie...for the investors!! Well, we still won the World Series and there are like 9-10 that haven't, haha. We spent a ton of money from 2006-2013, albeit inefficiently for the most part. We've consistently been outmaneuvered and out-strategized on the pr/marketing front. If only Mike Illitch had been the CEO....we'd have Justin Verlander and Miggy Cabrera on contracts until they reached Social Security eligibility. You're right, I don't think we can overpraise JR and company...they stabilized the ship from the Veeck Era, let's just say that. Got the new stadium built, albeit it was a disappointment and have now rectified that to the best of their ability but original perceptions are still hard to walk back. In all fairness, if the 1994 strike doesn't occur (and that's also 50% at Reinsdorf's doorstep), things probably would have turned out differently...say we won the World Series THAT season. Another couple of things we can point to are the lower draft budgets (going underslot and putting more into MLB ops) and the Dominican Disaster. We've been pretty much shut out of that country for going on ten years now, so it's actually pretty remarkable we've still managed to do "fairly well." We can trot out that...the White Sox didn't have a Top 10 draft pick for XX number of years stat...that we were something like 3-4th-5th over any long period of time behind the Yankees, Red Sox, Cardinals, Braves over the last 20-30 years in overall win-loss record. Basically, saying we've been good at being decent/mediocre/middling but very rarely breaking out of the pack and having a chance for real post-season success. There was 1959, 1967, 1977, 1983, 1989-1994 (injection of all that exciting talent and new stadium as well), 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008 (doomed when Quentin went down with hamate self-inflicted injury), 2010 (26-5 stretch) and 2012. And that's pretty much been it, other than the 1900-1920 teams.

Danks did crank up a fastball up to 84. He's basically Jamie Moyer at this point. I remember he was actually throwing 88-91 pretty consistently at the end of last season.

The GREAT DEBATE was over why in God's name didn't we sign Santana or Jimenez and put ourselves into basically automatic contention for a playoff spot in 2014....didn't quite work out that way, although Erwin with the Braves was much better than his Orioles'/Indians/Rockies counterpart. Starring 85% Marty and Dick Allen.

http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?top...ent_id=58135383 Here's the stream. You can't find it through MLB.com

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 2, 2015 -> 02:56 PM) Its a pretty unique movie series in that way. Three and four totally bottomed out the series, I remember when Vin Diesel came back to the series I laughed at the notion that the movies would make a comeback. The Eva Mendes one was "okay" and then Tokyo Drift was surprisingly good if you rewatch it again today...and fit it into the overall series chronology with Han. Lucas Black (CSI New Orleans) simply wasn't a big enough name at the time to do much more than straight to video business, with all the primary characters out of the action and on the sidelines.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 2, 2015 -> 07:36 PM) I really wish Boras would force a swap for Rodon. Mutually beneficial. Where would he play, lol? Conor/Beck 2015 rules!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 2, 2015 -> 07:05 PM) http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2...agent/70854296/ Surprised there are no Eaton, Aaron Rowand, Jake Peavy or Kenny Williams quotes about "Sox Tough/blue collar/lunch pail" stuff. I guess Abreu's now the prime example of humility, with his "Puritan" work ethic and lack of interest in seeking the limelight or attention like Puig, Moncada and Cespedes.

22. Cincinnati Reds (76-86; Previous: 21) – It’s not so much that Brandon Phillips thinks on-base percentage is overrated, but that he believes MLB Network made it up.

Tigers (overrated IMO) and Indians ahead. Nationals at #1 over the Angels/Dodgers. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb-power-ran...-184322154.html

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 2, 2015 -> 06:17 PM) He hit 9 home runs in 364 PAs last year. That's a 15 HR/season pace already as a 21 year old. Well, I hope he doesn't litter Charlotte with homers and have everyone expecting A-Rod/Tejada/Nomar numbers. He's more of a line-drive hitter from all accounts...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 2, 2015 -> 02:45 PM) Well, I would say great success for this team would be to finish 10 over .500. Pure and simple. That would mean the Sox have taken care of their problem of getting owned by teams in their own division and it would mean they are damn competitive again. Let's face it. On paper, our defense is below average to lousy; our starting pitching is promising (Sale, Samargia, Q must be all-star caliber though) and our bullpen is average to lousy. Our hitting looks good to very good unless 2B and C are totally automatic outs. Defense and pitching win divisional games. We shall see if Sox defense and pitching is good. My prediction: We're going to be more disappointed than happy this season. HOPE I"M WRONG Duke's got warning signs around him, that's for sure. But we still have Jennings. OTOH, Putnam and Guerra and Petricka to a lesser extent overachieved....and, with Petricka out, there's a bit of a hole there that theoretically could be filled by healthy version of Crain/Jones, but we're unlikely to receive those versions. We do have a lot more depth than in past seasons, and a crafty veteran like Albers might surprise. To say we are average to lousy with one of the best closers in MLB added to the roster when we had Petricka/Blow-a-savio closing games at midseason is dubious at best. Jennings could end up a decent pick-up. And, you never know, the White Sox might be in contention late with an intact rotation (unlikely) and they can throw Beck, Rodon, Montas, Sanburn and Danish at the problem. LEON, the Venezuelan pitcher we picked up in the offseason, also has nasty stuff...just like Cleto, but hopefully more control of it.