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QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:50 PM) You can hear Rich Hills dfa papers being printed out. How could they scout this guy and let him pitch in the majors? I've seen a lot of crap this year but Rich Hill is the worst I've seen definitely. It's a toss-up with Leesman.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:49 PM) Adam's walking a lot lately Intentional unintentional...or vice-versa.

Obviously they wanted to face Leury. If you bring in Beckham as a PH, then Scioscia goes to the bullpen again. Manager's battle of wits here.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:44 PM) Sox catchers strike out a ton Well, considering his appropriate placement is Birmingham, at best, that he's performing adequately defensively at least is better than....nothing.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:38 PM) C'mon Jack Z, give Hahn what he wants. Sierra/Michael Taylor/Jordan Danks/Marcus Semien playing everyday? Ackley in LF? Viciedo back up to a 710 OPS. Two outs. Ex-Cub Rich Hill coming in to face Eaton?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:37 PM) 6-5 game, Viciedo starting to hammer those hangers Were all three of his recent homers on offspeed pitches or just 2/3? The two in Toronto, at least the one against McGowan was 85 or 86 MPH. The other was against Dickey or Buehrle? Dickey, I think.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:30 PM) It's scary how similar Axelrod and Carroll's WHIP and average against are when comparing 2013 Axelrod and 2014 Carroll. It's very disappointing to see the same junk in the 5th spot again this season. Hahn has got to put the team in position next year to have better depth. And that's the tricky part. We need one more quality starter, but you'd have to doubt we would be willing to invest $60-80 million into Masterson, for example. Signing a veteran fifth starter for around $8-12 million per season doesn't make sense either, unless you have solidified the rest of the rotation. At this point, one is starting to get the feeling that Danks and Rodon are going to be touted as the answers. And, of course this is where the disappearance of Erik Johnson is killing us. Even all the LH hitting targets are going to be overvalued (Seth Smith, LaRoche, Melky Cabrera, Lind, Victor Martinez, etc.) Colby Rasmus, same thing, except on the negative risk side...are they still willing to throw $60-80 million at him, and how do you justify it based on his entire career's worth of results?

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:25 PM) Then sign Capuano for the minimum, he can LOOGY, long relieve and be a 5th starter depending on what you want to do Well, that actually MIGHT be morely likely to happen than either a Surkamp or another Leesman start.

Another telling stat with Carroll. OPS against as a starter=961 (and climbing) OPS against as a reliever=661

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:11 PM) The Scott Carroll Starter Experiment might be great for #TheRoadToAProtectedDraftPickMeaningWeCanSignShieldsOrSomeone but I hope it's ditched soon for the Eric Surkamp Starter Experiment With Ventura wanting to preserve the LHP for 7th-8th inning match-ups, I wouldn't be at all shocked if they tried Heath instead.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:05 PM) I know all those acronyms mean something and guys throw them out there like crazy, but it's all Greek to me. All I want is someone to be productive and the Sox to win One thing we can absolutely count on...the trade return will not be 23% above what we are hoping for with Dunn. Unless miracles do exist, outside of Olympic ice hockey.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:13 PM) No, I won't look at it that way because we're going to spend the $3-$5 million anyway. We're not going under budget on international signings according to anyone. The question is whether I'd prefer to lump it all in this guy or to go and sign as many 16 year olds with bats as I can find. That comparison doesn't work. If we signed this guy, it would make absolutely no difference regarding whether we need to make a major signing for whatever position in the next 3-4 years, because he's a 19 year old and he won't be a major contributor to the big league club for 3-4 years at the very least if everything goes beautifully. That's where we will have to agree to disagree, and neither of us know the answer as it's all just speculation. If it's 2 years instead of 4-5, and he's projected to be a true impact player by Abreu, then I'd put all my eggs in that one basket. If you can instead put him on the Hawkins/Anderson track, and you're just adding pipeline depth/lottery tickets, then pass.

QUOTE (OilCan @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:09 PM) http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...ws&c_id=cws Tough kid. Refreshing, after watching soccer plays fall down the last 3 weeks at the slightest touch, and half the time "inventing" contact through the Strasburg School of Acting.

QUOTE (OilCan @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:09 PM) http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...ws&c_id=cws Tough kid.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 08:00 PM) But no one would ever have said that Alexei was a candidate to be one of the best players in the big leagues. You're not making a strong case here that he's a guy who would be a top 5 pick. The Cubs paid Concepcion better than the first pick in the draft, or the Phillies with Miguel Angel Gonzalez. Or look at the money the Dodgers gave two middle infielders that are parked in the minors. It's hard to compare the under 23 international spending area with the June draft, anyway...and then again with the amount they would be willing to spend on an Abreu or Tanaka. That said, Abreu's very familiar with this kid, so surely Hahn has already had that conversation about his ability, work ethic, how he would fit in chemistry-wise, etc. You can also look at it like this...would you rather give Ben Zobrist, for example, $75 million or this kid $3-5 million? The thing is....we know the Cuban players intimately now through our relationships with Torres, with El Duque and Contreras, through our 4 current Cuban players...I trust that network 10X more anything we have going in the Dominican right now, at least until we start to see some real/tangible results.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 07:47 PM) Dunn pretty unproductive And yet he's still second on the team in OPS at 804. Conor's at 788 despite his first homer.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 01:47 PM) That movie pissed me off at the time because Denise Richards seemed like the only girl to not go nude in it. Thank God for Wild Things. Whatever happened to Neve Campbell, haha? What was her name (the other main actress in SS)? Dina Meyer or something. I remember she used to appear on Beverly Hills 90210. Starship Troopers has kind of become a cult classic over the years. Patrick Muldoon completely disappeared from the face of the earth after that one...and I can't remember the name of the guy who plays the hard-ass sergeant, but he's perfect in the role.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 07:42 PM) Weaver has nothing on these pitches Location, location, location.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 07:34 PM) I see Robin Ventura has L Garcia batting 2nd right in front of Abreu. That's why he earns the big bucks. Leury is like Willie Mays Hayes/Wesley Snipes in Major League. He tries to hit every ball out of the park and pops it up or gets under it, when he's been able to accomplish that feat just once the entire season (ironically, not at USCF, where it should be easier).

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 07:39 PM) When does Taylor come up for Sierra? When they decide that the risk/reward of losing Sierra is less than the benefit of playing Taylor...and unless they trade/bench DeAza or Viciedo, which is even more unlikely, or Eaton gets injured again, there's not regular playing time for him anyway, just platoon AB's at best.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 07:37 PM) Where else is Johnson going to play? I meant Franklin's value. But you can same the exact same thing for Micah, especially if he has to play LF. There's no way he has the arm strength for CF, then we're back to the argument about not having enough power from our outfield. In an ideal world, he could play all over the field like Chone Figgins, particularly 3B/2B/LF/CF, but Micah's never played 3B that I know of...and then you're replicating the same player as Marcus Semien, except for Marcus' ability to play SS at least adequately as a fill-in.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 12:52 PM) So basically here's the question. Is this guy a sure thing, top of the draft, almost can't miss guy, or is he a guy who could go in the teens or lower who has a high ceiling but a high bust rate? Because yeah, if you convinced me he's a version of Tulowitzki except healthy, I'm going to be game as well, but if he's a talented but raw guy like most 19 year olds are, then having a whole bunch of 16-17 year old wild cards could do more for the org long term than having him. From everything you read, there are some parallels with Alexei Ramirez. He's one of the fastest players in Cuba...and he's equally comfortable playing 3B, SS and 2B. That's the kind of versatility we need, a Ben Zobrist who can actually play all those positions capably and be a credible threat offensively. Remember, Alexei came to the White Sox as a CF/2B.

QUOTE (chisoxt @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 07:22 PM) The dearth of organizational pitching talent is both inexcusable and embarrassing. Maybe the white sox can start to draft pitchers with, you know, actual skills instead of relying on Don Cooper to reclaim anybody with their throwing arm artAched to their body. You just described Paulino and Tommie Hanson pretty well. Hey, Alejandro...where was that bunt at the end of the game last week?

QUOTE (chisoxt @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 07:22 PM) The dearth of organizational pitching talent is both inexcusable and embarrassing. Maybe the white sox can start to draft pitchers with, you know, actual skills instead of relying on Don Cooper to reclaim anybody with their throwing arm artAched to their body. Alexei Ramirez increasing his trade value. 16 steals. First tater of the season for Conor. That was LONG overdue.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 1, 2014 -> 07:19 PM) Sean Lowe was better Until we traded away 3 pitchers for 1/2 of one in Todd Ritchie. Perhaps the single worst of all KW's early reign trades. Of course, the one thing we needed most in 2003 was a 5th starter (and no, Neal Cotts starting instead of Mark Buehrle in Yankee Stadium wasn't the solution).