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QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ May 7, 2014 -> 07:57 PM) Washington at #18 seems like a possible landing spot. However, If I were Toronto, with 2 1st rounders, I'd definitely use one of them on Hoffman. It's hard to know what to feel. If Rodon wants #1 money then I hope the Sox get Kolek at #3. If Rodon will sign for near the slotted amount, I want Rodon at #3. The problem is if Kolek and Aiken go #1 and #2 and Rodon wants #1 money. Then the White Sox have to take a position player or reach for the next pitcher that they like. The Nats are a good shout if he's falls to them. Giolito was a similar situation a few years ago and that's working out really well for them so far, though I think Giolito's talent level has always been a fair bit above Hoffman's.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 7, 2014 -> 07:39 PM) I would think this absolutely guarantees the Sox end up with one of Aiken, Kolek or Rodon Hopefully.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ May 7, 2014 -> 07:24 PM) keithlaw ‏@keithlaw 2m RHP Jeff Hoffman of @ECUBaseball will have Tommy John surgery next week. Had been a probable top 4 pick in the draft before injury. Wow. Ok well cross him off the list. Wow. Feel bad for him... that sucks big time.

Joey Gallo with 2 HR today against the Dash. He has huge power. 40 HR last year, on pace for 45+ this year. Career .377 ISO before today's game. Has made a lot of progress with the K% too.

Sickels released his system rankings http://www.minorleagueball.com/2014/5/7/56...system-rankings

QUOTE (flavum @ May 7, 2014 -> 02:44 PM) Casey Gillaspie going to be available at 44? The last BA top 50 from April 10 had him ranked at #30 and Kiley just ranked him #29. Wouldn't be surprised to see him go later. College 1B not such a sexy pick. Bat has to be really strong.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 5, 2014 -> 11:41 AM) Cubs broadcasters are all over the sabermetric train, heard them talking about an unsustainable line drive percentage the other day. They just had a nice graphic comparing Abreu and Rizzo that contained wOBA, BABIP and WAR, and the proceeded to talk down the importance of Abreu's RBI's. Yesterday when talking about Flowers they were mentioning his unsustainable BABIP. Those are the only two Cubs broadcasts I've watched this year, but like you say, they seem to be all over the sabermetrics.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 6, 2014 -> 11:21 PM) Where was Correia listed on most draft boards when the Astros took him 1st? (Of course, that's a different situation than taking a 10-15 guy at #3 in my opinion, unless it's someone like Stroman and you feel so strongly about him, and that other teams are underestimating a certain prospect for one reason or another AND that he's a legit Top 3-5 pick in terms of talent at least, like the argument about Trout going 25th but being 2nd on their draft board after Strasburg, even though they took Grichuk before him). Correia was ranked 6th in BA's last top 500 list that year with comparisons to Tulo and Zimmerman.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 6, 2014 -> 06:18 PM) http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/prospect-watch-power-arms/ Stoltz on Montas And BA:

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 6, 2014 -> 04:52 AM) Semien's only hitting .220, but he's a much better option in the two hole than Beckham. I've been saying this all along, just put Alexei there. The problem with Alexei is that he never walks though, so as soon as the average starts cooling down he'll be back to OBPing .315.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ May 6, 2014 -> 01:30 AM) Montas done. 5.0 IP, 3 H, R, ER, BB, 4 K Encouraging. I believe Parks has described his fastball as a motherf***er pitch. Very good for first start back. https://twitter.com/jnorris427/statuses/463455515226669056

Link Analyzing Rondon from a statistical and scouting perspective. Include some MLB comparisons. Also a .gif in there of an excellent barehanded play that Rondon made earlier this year.

Ravelo "In the team photo" last week: http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/pros...s-for-top-spot/ And from the associated chat (with Josh Norris): http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/pros...h-norris-may-2/

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ May 4, 2014 -> 03:57 AM) still no word on why Hawkins is not playing? Suspended after his ejection the other night https://twitter.com/FutureSox/status/461135491098607617 https://twitter.com/FutureSox/status/462784545666789376

Jordan Guerrero with some nice peripherals mopping up for Mitchell: 2.2 IP, 0 BB, 5 K - 4 H, 3 ER (1 HR). Guerrero now has 8 K/1 BB in 6.2 IP.

Barnum with his first HR on the year.

Same same Andrew Mitchell 2.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, WP. Now has 20 BB in 20 IP.

Another 0 walk outing for Bucciferro. Now has 1 BB in 32.1 IP.

QUOTE (Señor Ding-Dong @ May 1, 2014 -> 07:33 PM) Good job and a fun read, but you made an error in regards to Charlie Leesman that I have to point out: "He only lasted 2.2 IP in his MLB debut, predictably getting hit around for 9 H and 6 ER, issuing 1 BB with 0 K." It wasn't his MLB debut. He pitched in 8 games last season including 1 start (which was pretty decent given the circumstances). Ah, thanks, I will correct that.

http://www.chicagonow.com/future-sox/2014/...tch-marchapril/ It seems like a fun rookie class for our Sox this year, with a numbers of players in key roles. I will be tracking them all with monthly updates and ranking by WAR.

From Dave Cameron's chat at FanGraphs: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/fangraphs-chat-43014/

Ravelo 1-2, 2 BB. Now has 17 BB/11 SO.

Scoreboard Charlotte- OFF Birmingham- McCully Winston-Salem- OFF Kannapolis- Wheeler Kannapolis- Leyer

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 06:14 PM) Some interesting numbers for Sox pitching to this point in the season. Overall ERA 28th- 4.91 Starters ERA 28th- 5.01 Relievers ERA 26th- 4.74 Walks 30th- 125 (next is TOR with 108) K's 28th - 171 Hits allowed 28th - 249 Forced GIDP 2nd - 28 WP 29th - 19 GB outs 4th - 279 HR against 6th- 19 Some more stats Overall: FIP 28th- 4.33 xFIP 30th- 4.67 SIERA 30th- 4.66 Starters: FIP 25th- 4.36 xFIP 29th- 4.53 SIERA 29th- 4.59 Relievers: FIP 23rd- 4.37 xFIP 30th- 4.91 SIERA 30th- 4.75 xFIP and SIERA are two of the best stats for correlation to future ERA, with SIERA marginally better than xFIP. Everything obviously bad, but at least the advanced metrics indicate that ERA should improve going forward for the starters.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 30, 2014 -> 03:00 AM) I was thinking about Flowers' season while driving and wanted to ask you guys...how is line drive percentage constituted? Is it something like UZR where eyes are used to come up with the stat or is there actually a way it's calculated? Thanks in advance. It's based on people physically recording the data based on their interpretation. As a result it is susceptible to some inaccuracies, particularly on the classification between some fly balls and line drives. Fangraps' batted ball data comes from Baseball Info Solutions who use video feeds for their data collection. MLB uses stringers at the ballparks, as does STATS. As Colin Wyers notes, both BIS and STATS are professional data providers, so should be more accurate than MLB Gameday.