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Bickford is going to The College of Southern Nevada. Eligible for the 2015 draft.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 10:08 AM) 70 power Not an "advanced" hit tool Strong arm Questions about his glove High risk, high reward Oh yeah for sure. I wasn't disagreeing with you. Just came off that way.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 09:54 AM) Reading the description of Tomas it sounded like Dayan Viciedo. Except the fact that Tomas is 5 years older than Viciedo was and he's also 6'4 240 pounds.

I love the idea but it doesn't seem like it will happen. I wish the Sox had a local affiliate. It is a way to steal young fans from the Cubs. When I was a kid there were Sox and Cubs fans in my family. I could've gone either way. The White Sox had Frank Thomas and that made the decision easy for me. If the White Sox start churning out prospects and local kids got to go see a Sox affiliate in Schaumburg or somewhere and identify with the players they could follow them all through the system and into the major leagues.

I would expect that the White Sox would be in on Yasmani Tomas. If they did land him, they would need to find LHH from somewhere else though. LH catcher, LH DH, and hopefully Micah Johnson at 2B eventually balances out the lineup. I hope that they are in on Kenta Maeda and I wouldn't rule out a guy like Brandon McCarthy or Justin Masterson.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 12, 2014 -> 07:47 AM) I would put odds down that the Sox don't sign any of those guys anyway. Good point. I would be shocked if the White Sox gave up a 1st or 2nd Round pick. In my opinion, the White Sox will not be signing a free agent with a QO attached. Rick Hahn knows the value of draft picks and the full bonus pool allotment.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 5, 2014 -> 09:21 AM) Britt looked good too. Missouri has a 100% hit rate, everyone is awesome. Nobody sucks, certainly nobody threatens to have a bomb in an airport. +++ Gosox, I agree. Their organization, top to bottom, seems to be 100% on the same page. Reminds me of the spurs how everyone when interviewed hits the same points, talks about how much they love it and how they believe. Certainly doesn't hurt that they also feed them PEDs in their water. Lastly - that TD play to Lockette was totally taken from Auburn's playbook. It's scary how well that worked at the NFL level. That play also shouldn't have been a TD because they had an illegal man downfield.

Giancarlo Stanton on the White Sox is a pipe dream. Not sure why it keeps getting discussed, especially in the lose for a draft pick thread.

The White Sox were smart to honor PK on that Saturday Night instead of a 1:00 pm game on Sunday going head to head with the Bears.

B&B and other shows have been touching on the topic of Baez lately. It is way too early to make any sweeping generalizations. However, if Baez ends up being Mark Reynolds, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. He's a 2B. Even if he K's a ton, plays average defense, and hits 30-35 bombs a year with a low average, I'd take that. Many would be disappointed with that but jeez how many 2B hit like that? Not many.

I don't really care if they choose to bring him up before the Super 2 or after but I am quite confident that he will not break camp with the White Sox. It doesn't make any sense. Unless he changes agents, it is imperative that the White Sox get as much control as possible. He will not be signing a below market extension and most likely will not be signing an extension at all. They need to ensure that he doesn't reach free agency until 2022.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 2, 2014 -> 01:09 PM) Veal and Taylor aren't on the 40-man. They only cleared out Molina, presumably to add Rodon. But the rest, yeah. Expecting those 10. Why wouldn't they want to get a look at Taylor? I'd actually rather see Taylor get OF at-bats than Viciedo at this point.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 2, 2014 -> 12:24 PM) Weeeell, we're waiting.... I'll take a guess: Rienzo, Surkamp, Bassitt, Carroll, Thompson, Veal, Phegley, Semien, Taylor, Danks, Mitchell, and Rodon.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Sep 2, 2014 -> 10:58 AM) Last week Scott Merkin proclaimed Johnson the starting 2B for 2015 and it seems people jumped on the wagon. I would rather let the off season and ST determine that before a sports writer. he's not just a sportswriter though. He's basically the mouthpiece for the team. If Merkin is saying it, the White Sox want it said.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 2, 2014 -> 10:57 AM) There are a lot of players that played nowhere near as well as Sam against 2s and 3s that are on a team (see Cornelius Washington). But look at Austen Lane, who played pretty well, tough at that level. Still think the 'boys should pick him up Cornelius Washington is better than Sam is though. Washington has freak athletic skills and will help the Bears on Special Teams this year. Sam is a slow, undersized 43 DE that does not play Special Teams. He absolutely should be on a practice squad but nobody should be surprised that he isn't on an NFL roster.

QUOTE (Wickel @ Sep 1, 2014 -> 09:10 AM) Turmoil where? How about starting with the pitching staff? How about the lame bullpen? And both are the result of a non-responsive GM (although he was a major improvement over the beleaguered Kenny W). I, for one, thought we missed a golden opportunity in July to bolster the staff before the trade deadline. Our offense was more than holding its own--although Hahn is slowly dismantling it--and a few strategic moves in the pen and maybe adding a viable No. 4 or No. 5 starter would've worked miracles. Hell, getting a strong No. 3 would have sufficed. We were only six or seven games back at the time, with Abreu burning a a path on the diamond. But this happens every year, probably thanks to the big boss Mr. Reinsdork! Umm what?

Does anyone think Lindstrom or any of the other relievers go today as well?

Moises Sierra, Andy Wilkins, and Scott Snodgress are all in the White Sox clubhouse for the game today. Moves are coming.

Dunn's White Sox career was disappointing. He definitely didn't live up to expectations. However, the day that they signed Dunn was an exciting day for me. He was always one of my favorite players and unfortunately it never really worked out here. Hopefully he does well in Oakland. Dunn absolutely had to be moved though. Now we can b**** about the White Sox giving Andy Wilkins' at-bats to Paul Konerko down the stretch.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 04:35 PM) One thing worth thinking about is that if the Sox did sign another player as well, one of the starting pitchers, then VMart could only cost them their 3rd rounder. They could then potentially go quite a ways under slot in round 1 and still have enough money left to put together a full draft overall. I get what you are saying, Balta. It gets tricky though because then you lose the entire slot amounts for the 2nd and 3rd rounder.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 03:59 PM) Right, he DEFINITELY will. He's the perfect 1 year deal. Then we should probably close the thread because I can't see the White Sox giving up even a 2nd rounder to sign a 36 year old DH.

If Victor Martinez gets a Qualifying Offer he will not be a White Sox.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 10:30 AM) Are they actually going to use Holmes at PR if they don't keep Williams? Holmes returned punts yesterday and looked pretty good. I think so. Holmes for Punts, Spurlock for KR.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 10:34 AM) I really liked what I saw from Bellamy, but is he even eligible for the Practice Squad? He has played on the 53-man roster for a couple of teams already and been a PS player for parts of two years. I don't know if he is eligible. I believe I read that he is eligible for 1 more season if he clears waivers.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 10:41 AM) He didn't win last year cause Cabrera had one of the best offensive seasons in the past 10 years and Cabrera won the triple crown the year before. It didn't have much of anything to do with making the playoffs, it had everything to do with Cabrera putting up offensive numbers the voters couldn't turn down. I didn't agree with Cabrera winning it in 2012, but I can't fault the voters for voting for him since he won the Triple Crown. I didn't mind him winning it last year even though Trout out-WAR'd him by quite a bit. Trout still was the better player last year.