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QUOTE (Condor13 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 09:19 PM) Sanchez is below .150 (.145), at some point you gotta go back to Micah and trade for a catcher. Or Bonifacio, Beckham, Everth Cabrera....something. Micah, it's too quick to jerk him around like that, would really mess with his development IMO. If they really like Dominguez, they can try him at 3B over Gillaspie and send down Sanchez.

Cain, Escobar and Gordon are very questionable. About 2-3 weeks ago, you could have argued for all of those guys, especially Cain because of his WAR. Perez definitely deserves it. Moustakas, too. Hosmer, you can debate it legitimately....Morales has had a very surprising season and has been a huge addition to their offense in terms of balancing it out. Will surely win the AL Comeback Player of the Year award, following fellow Royals' pitcher Chris Young. Infante and Rios....those are jokes. The funny thing is that if Yost has three discretionary picks to cover four teams...there might be a team left off unless the Commissioner's office intervenes. If this happens, they might as well just take away the whole "homefield advantage" aspect or make it where the fan picks are no more than 50%...or maybe it could be 1/3rd fan vote, 1/3rd managers and/or fellow players, 1/3rd media.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 08:37 PM) This thread has a hole lot of stupid in it. Short of injury, there is a 0% chance we don't get a compensation pick for Shark if he leaves in the offseason. Second, he will not be a "5 ERA pitcher" by the end of the season. The guy's FIP is nearly a run lower than his ERA. On top of that, he's clearly performed below his talent level. The odds are incredibly high Shark will pitch significantly better over the remainder of the season. Last but not least, GMs aren't going to pass on a player simply because his stats are bad at that point in time. Teams will do their due diligence by scouting the player and project what he will have to offer going forward. If he's pitching well come July, teams won't care that he sucked in April & May. Furthermore, the supply of quality starting pitching will greatly impact his value to teams. Way too early to know with any level of certainty who will be available come late July or what they might cost. You can never say 0%, but it's probably more like 3-5%. One of those obvious reasons would be an injury. Another would be the White Sox financial situation heading into next season, along with the unknown development of all their minor league pitchers (Beck, Johnson, Montas, Danish and Fulmer) over the next 3-4 months.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 11:13 AM) Can't hit or field. Sign him up. .660 OPS in the PCL is a bit discouraging. The guy from fangraphs who used to love this guy, now works for the Astros and they DFA'd him. That's pretty much all you need to know. Kevin Goldstein. And he was one of the two players who turned down long-term extensions like the ones Springer and Singleton (wisely) signed. The other was Robbie Grossman.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 06:05 PM) So chances are we will see Fulmer in Sept? That's the plan? He's the perfect solution for the 8th inning set-up guy, haha. Following the Sale/Rodon plan. Wouldn't be totally surprising...would have to review Fulmer's collegiate workload this year, he just ramped up this season from previously being a closer/reliever.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 06:03 PM) Wow, Happ's stats are insane. Hopefully not another Schwarber. Love what the bastard Cubs are doing. There's not a lot of certainty about his defensive position....like Bryant (who's doing fine), Schwarber and Baez. Could be 3B, 2B or a corner outfielder. Maybe 1B, but unlikely with Rizzo ensconced there. I don't think any prospect's going to be excited about comparison with Mark McLemore, Harold. Well, the Lincecum comparisons are going to be interesting to track as we monitor how long Sale/Rodon/Fulmer stay healthy.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 06:02 PM) Cubs get best hitter in the draft who was sitting there for us. Although some were arguing Benintendi...but it's hard to know since that guy came out of seemingly nowhere as well. Then there's Tucker with all the Williams/DiMaggio comparisons.

Cubs going all the hitters, haha. Opposite of the White Sox, all the pitchers/all the lefties.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 06:00 PM) Can't wait to watch him in College World Series and overreact See Jared Mitchell.

Can we please put Fulmer and Rodon on the top of SoxTalk instead of Samardzija? At least Rodon...

Well, this is working out exactly as predicted for the White Sox. Gammons with some serious Fulmer hype right there. Love to hear all the kudos about his work ethic. Rodon has that same quality, desire to be great.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 05:54 PM) Remembering now how I thought Khalil Greene would be best shortstop of all time. No mullets unless it's Robin Yount.

There's no way they take Cameron unless KW is making the draft-day decisions.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 05:45 PM) Cameron very likely to fall to 37 now That would be incredible if the Astros ended up with those three...talk about building your farm system in one fell swoop. Bregman, Tucker and Cameron...?

So Stephenson, Jay and Fulmer....at least one of them is guaranteed. Or Benitendi, however you spell his name. RHP Alec Hansen of OU was speculated coming out of nowhere. So Stephenson, Fulmer and Benitendi.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 05:40 PM) Tucker just blew up the mocks. And yet a lot of people were expecting it because of Preston's presence on the roster already.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 05:39 PM) Please take Cameron Minnesota. Please. Are they trying to corner the market on athletic CFers in Buxton, Hicks and Cameron? Taking Nick Gordon last year, I don't think there's any way they go another prep player.

Jim Callis building some more severe cred again tonight. Doubt the Astros have signability issues with those picks, unlike last year.

Rangers know what they're doing with pitching. Another boost to the Urban Youth Academy program...finally working on a consistent basis (that and the RBI program) after 15-20 years.

Don't trust any SS's with mullets...they're more likely to end up like Stephen Drew than Robin Yount, haha.

Just goes to show how important teams perceive the SS position to be...although some of these guys could end up at 3B or 2B.

QUOTE (Brian26 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 03:53 PM) How on earth does one read the original post and not know the entire point revolves around Skinner? Because the premise of the original post was based on the fact that Skinner was overachieving with the Charlotte roster. In reality, that's less important (the winning percentage of the AAA team) than most think. Next, it's realistically impossible to determine if they're overachieving vs. underachieving because AAAA/minor league veterans have a lot more (90%) to do with that result than any true/legit prospects (guys like Thompson or Micah Johnson). Basically, it's very hard to assess. Unless you work everyday with that team and can observe it from an insider's perspective, good luck speculating.

Tyler Jay's getting beat up today, right?

There's no point in even attempting to have a discussion if it's just arguing to argue. Nobody at SoxTalk believes that the White Sox can compete for a playoff spot unless Abreu's a Top 5-7 hitter in the American League. We can quibble all we want about what impact an 800 OPS Abreu has...while a fall from 972 to 948 in the OPS department last year wasn't remarkable, it led to diminished production because homers were replaced by walks and singles/doubles. If the White Sox had a devastating line-up with 2-3 consistent RBI guys behind Abreu, they might be able to survive the power outage. At any rate, a decline of 150 OPS points with our current line-up isn't tenable in any way, shape or form. Last year, post-ASB, 29 walks and 49 K's in 234 AB's. This year, only 12 walks and 42 K's in roughly the same number of AB's. He's just not as patient as last year, and that's because he's pressing with the rest of the line-up and trying to do too much...coupled with the fact that the league has made adjustments and he has to readjust back again.

But for the purposes of argument we actually might as well give him the benefit of the doubt and consider him to be the player of the first 3-4 months of 2014 vs. everything post 2014 ASB.