ChiliIrishHammock24

Adolfo with a grand slam. His 17th HR.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Aug 10, 2017 -> 01:31 PM) Gotta love Hahn's honesty there. He's right of course. Jose hardly ever sees fastballs middle in anymore it's usually a steady diet of junk low and away. It's sapped a large amount of Jose's power. Jose is still a good player, he's just not the star we hoped he'd be after his rookie season. And yet, his power numbers are up this season, albeit worse than his first 2 seasons. He should set a career high in doubles. Without having looked in to it yet, I would be his launch angle is lowest this season. He seems to be more line drives and less towering HRs.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Aug 10, 2017 -> 10:35 AM) Blake is the youngest position player on the Kannapolis roster, and holding his own. He turned 20 in May, so it is way too early to be concerned. This video provides some interesting insight into what kind of person he is: Almost makes me feel bad that he got traded to us. A massive part of that video was his connection to the Yankees.

White Sox have 3 of the top 13 minor league pitchers ranked by whiff %. Cease leads the Sox with the 5th best in the entire minors, Hansen is 11th, and Kopech is 13th.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Aug 8, 2017 -> 09:52 PM) Any word if Kopech goes to Charlotte to take his place? I'm assuming Kopech or Stephens to Charlotte, and Dunning or Hansen to AA.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 8, 2017 -> 09:16 AM) WTF is "vegan leather"? Leather is by definition, a hide. It can't be vegan. Faux leather.

Delete this thread and your account.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 11:05 AM) 12 hours away from Model 3 launch party. Well that was underwhelming. The info eventually came out, but at the presentation, all Elon showed was the range, 0-60, and top speed for the 2 different battery options, and then a price for each. No interior shots, feature talks, nothing extra. Kind of surprised how low-key it was. Also, the longer range version was much more than I anticipated, so I think I'll be opting for the lower battery option. My choices are to either do the lower range version (220 miles), but with all premium features (vegan leather, sound system, glass roof, others) for $46K. Or do the longer range version (310 miles), but with all basic options (cloth seats, metal roof, no adjustable seats, no heated seats) for $50K. I feel like the premium upgrades to the interior are all things I am going to enjoy more than the longer range on the rare times I take a road trip. My daily commute is only like 12-15 miles. However, taking the lower battery option also means having to wait a couple extra months to get the car, pushing the my tax rebate back to 2019 tax season instead of 2018 tax season potentially. Oh well.

12 hours away from Model 3 launch party.

Leaving for the Vegas bachelor party on Saturday! We rented a cabana for Monday, so we are mostly looking forward to that.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 30, 2017 -> 12:05 PM) I kinda wish S-town and Serial didn't do a big dump of episodes. That was really fun with serial figuring stuff out with everyone. Now it may eventually lead to a " I listened to that as well, where are you at" "oh, not finished yet? Certainly enjoyable" "Yes, enjoyable" Up and Vanished. You'll like it if you like weekly episodes and ongoing investigation.

S*Town was decent, although not what I was expecting. Up and Vanished is really good so far. I love how he is investigating as he goes.

The Model 3 finally gets revealed fully to the public on Friday when the first 30 cars are handed over. I'm more excited about that then my flight to Vegas on Saturday!

Sale dale has highest upside, but Eaton deal has lowest risk. And as it stands extremely early in the moves, Eaton has been lost for the year, so Nationals have extremely little to show for the trade so far, while Lopez has looked very good recently, and Dunning has been exciting all year.

I'll be there.

Carson Cistulli will be happy. He loves his some Johnny Dickman.

QUOTE (StrykerSox @ Jul 13, 2017 -> 11:40 AM) Rankings also do not include Burger, Sheets, and Skoug, who are three players I'm really intrigued by these days. That probably only hurts our rankings, as none of them will break any top 100s, whereas a handful of the top 10 draft picks may.

QUOTE (Quin @ Jul 12, 2017 -> 12:53 AM) In light of the Brewers coming to the lead in the Q-sweepstakes. Quintana, Swarzak to Brewers for Brinson, Hader, Phillips and Kodi Medeiros. Addresses the two weakest areas in the system - OF and LHP Robertson, Holland to Nationals for Kieboom, Jesus Luzardo and Daniel Johnson. I'd love to get Soto here, but I think Rick ends up settling. Kahnle, Melky to the Yankees for Andujar, Dillon Tate. Avi, Frazier to the Cards for Perez, Woodford Pelfrey, Gonzalez for PTBNL or cash. Listen for offers on Leury, but he likely stays. Could throw him into a Nats deal and upgrade Kieboom to Soto. Net Out: Quintana, Swarzak, Robertson, Holland, Kahnle, Melky, Avi, Frazier Net In: Brinson, Hader, Phillips, Medeiros, Kieboom, Luzardo, Johnson, Andujar, Tate, Perez, Woodford. I don't see the Cardinals giving up that much. Swap Perez for Harrison Bader. Think that's too steep for the Yankees too. I like the rest though.

Also, I would be hard to be upset over either a package around Brinson or Albies. Both are top prospects who are having great years. Albies at 20 years old in AAA is very exciting.

I was told by someone who has a source (I do not), that the next couple days could be a s*** storm or activity. Nothing new, but another voice who thinks thinks are heating up.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 11, 2017 -> 12:52 PM) It might not happen this day, but the ground work very well could. You are going to get a s*** ton of baseball officials in one place, at one time. That might well help move this process along. I can't imagine anything happens today with the all-star game. MLB wouldn't be happy to have it overshadowed. If anything happens, tomorrow would likely be the earliest, or I guess late tonight.

Here's a sick diving stop by Mandick. http://www.milb.com/r/video?content_id=129...7136283&v=3

Here's a monster oppo-taco shot from Collins - http://www.milb.com/r/video?content_id=149...6014983&v=3 Man this guy has some serious oppo power - http://www.milb.com/r/video?content_id=143...6501283&v=3

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 10, 2017 -> 10:24 PM) Do people with MiLb.tv accounts get video highlights of all the games just like on MLb.tv? Are some people getting to see all the bombs, kopech Ks, hansen stuff etc? Collins walk off Grand Slam - http://www.milb.com/r/video?content_id=159...8735783&v=3

QUOTE (Scoots @ Jul 8, 2017 -> 11:21 PM) I really like the way Smith receives the baseball behind the plate. Very smooth. And he can hit...maybe surprise catcher of the future? This game is ovahhhh!!! I recall at least 2 strikes he lost for Quintana because he was backhanding low strikes on the corner.