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QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Mar 9, 2015 -> 09:27 PM) Thanks for posting, good quotes from Montas and Coop. As for Levine, good to see him catching on to what most Sox fans already know. Good to see him taking his weight "issues" seriously...as well. That can only help his stamina, endurance and fielding ability.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Mar 9, 2015 -> 01:45 PM) Crain threw 30-pitch Live BP. Will have another session Wed or Thurs but moving closer to getting into game action https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/575018235508056067 Great news.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 9, 2015 -> 08:27 PM) the season is long and it is going to be hard. this team needs to think about resting the starting 5 pitchers with a limited pitch count. yes, i agree that this team first needs to make the playoff, but it is not going to happen in the first 2 months. the race will intensify towards the end of the season. let me ask this question, how many of the present starting 5 pitchers has pitched in the playoff? how many have pitched long innings, innings in the area of 190+ and more considering the amount of playoff games they play? how many innings does anyone can expect from Rodon, who is a rookie, who had a dead arm last yr, he will need to build up to those long innings?? i agree with Balta, spread those innings smartly with a full rotation, to save up innings, to save the arm for the longer haul, the playoff. yeah, first the team needs to make it, and i have faith. while drinking my sox kool-aid. lastly, there is no right or wrong formula to get pitchers and the team ready for the playoff, and this team does not have any previous experience. so it is flying by the seat of the pants and hope the FO is and will do it right. Samardzija (1 IP)...and Danks, also, more famously, in 2008.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 9, 2015 -> 06:37 PM) Juan Diaz a lefty if I am remembering Lillian's pet correctly. Starting 2B or bust!!!

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 9, 2015 -> 08:40 PM) I'm tired. Three nights in a row, the baby was up at 230 or 300 and didn't finally go back to sleep without crying until around 530 or 6 a.m. Luckily, my wife's mom has been very helpful, and has done most of the hard work (changing diapers/helping to get over hiccups/bathing and washing, etc.)

Is this a surprise? Any reports on velocity/pop and whether he can throw the slider?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 9, 2015 -> 11:42 AM) IMO, keeping Chris Sale healthy is the #1 key to this season. He's already having an issue with that, even though it's not with his arm. We shouldn't be ridiculous about it, we should push to get him over 200 innings, but we also shouldn't be crazy with him. If we're using Mr. "offday" for Rodon, then that means extra starts for everyone else in the rotation. The rest of the rotation doesn't get an extra 5th or 6th day rest, they just go every 4th day and you assume that they'll be ok. That's what I call being stupid with the guys. If you need to shift Sale around at the end of the year, or use Mr Offday to skip a start once because you need Chris to pitch the team into the playoffs, fine, but if Chris has already pitched 220 innings because he had to work every 5th day so Rodon could get his extra rest, that's at best a roll of the dice. Are you ready to put 250-260 innings on Sale's arm in order to make a playoff run? Is having Rodon up really worth that? That's what I call "not being dumb" with the guys. When you have a guy who has had elbow soreness complaints in 2 of his 3 seasons as a starter and a long DL trip last year, don't be dumb with him. Pitch him every time his spot comes up in the rotation, but use the normal 5 man rotation. Let him have extra rest 1/2 of the times he pitches because there's an offday. Don't just assume his arm will be able to take everything you throw at it. If he's going to get hurt during a normal season, fine it was meant to happen. If he's picking up the slack so that you could have a rookie in the rotation and his arm starts getting sore, is the rookie in the rotation a big enough upgrade that you're ok missing Sale for a while? No. All quite logical. But do they have the discipline to stick to this plan to protect guys in the heat of the August playoff drive? If they're throwing the likes of Penny, Carroll, Johnson and Beck out there, it might get ugly. The best case is guys like Montas and Danish can also end up pitching like Brandon McCarthy did down the stretch in 2005...and you take some workload off Sale and Rodon without putting the team behind the 8 ball or forcing a mid season trade deadline acquisition.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch Today's bubble watch

QUOTE (Lillian @ Mar 9, 2015 -> 08:12 AM) If this is representative of how Micah turns double plays, I don't want to see him at second: http://m.mlb.com/video/v43049883/cwsoak-sa...-vs-as/?cid=cws He makes several plays on this clip, but the one that caught my attention was the double play. The play starts at :25, and demonstrates his foot work at the bag, and a not very pretty throwing motion. He'll have to do better than that Slow runner...but he shouldn't have been so lazy mechanically, bad habit to get into. And he's left-handed, c'mon!

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 10:58 PM) ? Maybe unearned?

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/nate-j...x-recovery-plan Having both Crain AND Jones back would be too much to expect but just one could make a huge difference.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 01:06 PM) Interview with Samardzija... https://soundcloud.com/mlbnetworkradio/jeff...ve-put-together If they announce a contract extension before November, I'll be surprised. I just want 33 starts and 230 innings and hopefully a championship, then what will be will be. Even then, the Royals were quickly ready to move on from Shields.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 05:34 PM) Webb may not want to walk guys. He probably doesn't want to wear a Knights uniform on April 4. Especially with Albers, Crain (future presence), Penny, etc., pushing him now.

Trayce Thompson with two hits as well.

Watched the Hawkins video....more of an inside out swing on the outside half of the plate, went with it to RF instead of pulling off, which is nice to see. Progress.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 03:33 PM) As far as stuff goes, he probably is ready but he's not ready as far as endurance is concerned, at least not as a starter on a potential playoff contender. Carlos still needs to build up to 33 starts. Let Carlos have his innings as a starter in Charlotte and if he's needed, he's just a phone call away. Maybe the Sox could use him in the pen for the stretch run. 23-27 would be a pretty decent guess....depending on accumulated innings (140-160) and pitch counts, obviously.

Hawkins 4/9 so far. Was fooled on a pitch and dunked in an rbi single on a ball off the end of his bat. Brantly serving notice that he won't disappear easily...

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 12:34 PM) For me it comes down to if Herm and his staff are OK with it as well as Coop. See Hoffman, Fedde, Aiken, etc. There were lots of concerns guys like Gio and Stroman were too small or slight of stature to starters...or about consistency of delivery, mechanics, pitchability...high stress vs. low stress motions.

Super 2 status reached, etc.

One thing Viciedo departing has accomplished is providing Hawkins (and not Mitchell or Danks) a lot more at-bats with the big league club. Please let Montas also demonstrate what he can do, Coop...

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 07:24 AM) If OSU beats Wisconsin, Iowa gets the double bye 4 seed.there is some stuff with NU gets a bye with a Nebraska and Minnesota loss IIRC. Not counting on that happening even if Russell goes off for 40. Just want shots at Purdue and Wisky again...Aaron White was injured, it was on the road and they still had a good opportunity to win in the final minute and it got away.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 08:16 AM) I couldn't believe the fashion in which he got taken down...then again, you had the feeling he was never going to get to Stanfield. Somehow, I thought they were going to ultimately indict and apprehend the two Greeks at the very top of the food chain...never happened.

Would rather throw $30-$40 million at Alvares...lets just put it this way, you always bet on three of those young possible studs in their twenties compared to a guy already in his thirties getting $100 million plus. That said, the presence of Montas and another top ten pick in a draft loaded with collegiate pitchers mitigates the pressing need, at least somewhat.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?g...;mode=probables Doesn't say just notes Comcast CA as broadcaster.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/111636444/in...t-not-there-yet Sale progressing but "not there yet." Believes it will only take a week or two to get his arm ready.