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Come on guys. I wouldn't dump Ramirez for nothing but a Teixeira type return? People are on drugs in this thread. I would trade him for a top 100 pitching prospect and a couple of promising guys in A ball. He's 32 years old.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 26, 2014 -> 04:18 PM) With Gillaspie DL'd, I think Jordan is safe for now. I'm guessing they will send Petricka down. Carroll can pitch tomorrow and then go down after the game for another reliever.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Apr 25, 2014 -> 01:35 PM) Andrew Mitchell. Great name. I hope he can continue starting but he's another one of these guys that could be dominant in the bullpen. Keith Law is obviously just 1 source, but he had Mitchell as his 35th overall player in the draft last year. Sox drafted Mitchell in round 4.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Apr 25, 2014 -> 01:38 PM) I remember his name being tossed around in a potential trade a few years ago with the Yanks. Sounded like the Sox really liked him then as a guy that could be a high leverage reliever. I think he is a similar situation to Cleto, good arm, but just needs to figure out how to use it. Noesi was starting at the time. I wanted him as part of the package in the rumors for John Danks at the time.

I think Daniel Webb is better than Addison Reed is. Just sayin.

http://www.chicagonow.com/future-sox/2014/...y-john-process/

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 24, 2014 -> 11:36 AM) Back to back thursdays, backloading all home games in the last half with 2 december night games. I feel like the NFL tries to think of how much pain they can put on fans before they will stop watching, knowing they won't stop. It's like a drug dealer adding laundry detergent to the dope. I think the schedule is fine. The NFL knows what type of draw the Bears are and they expect the team to be good. 5 primetime games, Thanksgiving, and the opening of a new stadium says as much. 9 of the 16 are still Sundays at Noon.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 24, 2014 -> 09:39 AM) That might save us from ourselves Why? Because you don't like Hoffman? Great. Now when the HS arms go 1-2, the Sox can draft Trea Turner at #3. Joy.

Semien playing the OF would be f***ing stupid. He may be a long term answer at either SS or 2B for the White Sox and is at minimum a very good utility player. There is only one solution to this jam: Semien goes to Charlotte and plays SS, Leury and Danks stay on the White Sox bench while Beckham starts at 2B. These are the decisions that have to me made when an owner chooses to use a 25 man roster spot on a mascot.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 24, 2014 -> 07:04 AM) Wait, how will this work with TV? If the Lions and Cowboys both host NFC teams, those would both be FOX games. EDIT: espn.com is showing the Bears-Lions game as a CBS game. I guess the networks cut some sort of deal. Yeah it's part of the new agreement. Adam Hoge has a decent writeup about it on 670thescore.com.

Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 6m Charlie Leesman has been optioned out. Beckham on the way.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 08:37 AM) I would love to see someone like Anthony Barr fall to the Packers. As a Bears fan, I would love that as well. I think Anthony Barr is one the most overrated players in this draft.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 09:52 AM) Get outta here with that. I'm shocked at how many people here act surprised at the fact that the Bulls struggle to score in key moments of a playoff game. If there's one thing Melo does well, it's scoring. I firmly believe Thibs can hide Melo's defensive weakness where his offensive prowess becomes a plus. Melo, please come to Chicago Thibs had the #1 defense in the NBA with Carlos Boozer and Mike Dunleavy starting. I think Melo would be just fine.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 11:23 AM) Stupid Ventura. Mark Simon ‏@msimonespn 23m White Sox shifted D 80 times this season. Did so 73 times in 2013. In related story, White Sox lead MLB in out of zone plays made (81) Not surprising with Rick Hahn as GM. I would imagine we will be towards the bottom in sac bunting as well. Good stuff.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 11:23 AM) Stupid Ventura. Mark Simon ‏@msimonespn 23m White Sox shifted D 80 times this season. Did so 73 times in 2013. In related story, White Sox lead MLB in out of zone plays made (81) Not surprising with Rick Hahn as GM. I would imagine we will be towards the bottom in sac bunting as well. Good stuff.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 22, 2014 -> 09:06 AM) I read where Turner may be the only SS drafted in the top 250. If you get a good SS, you better keep him. Not a chance. Nick Gordon, the son of Tom Gordon, will be the first SS off the board in the 8-15 range.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 11:32 AM) I don't want to go down this road, but we're not going to win without supplementing the young core. Away from our three long term guys (Sale, Quintana and Abreu) and a few select other players, we have the potential to have a clean slate for our payroll. We would have to spend considerably to just stay even with our current payroll in a time where payrolls are growing across the board. I have a hard time believing that the Sox will pay for a free agent next season that costs a 1st or 2nd round draft pick though. Not really in position to do that.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 04:58 PM) Not a huge fan of Nix at #14, but I do like him overall. Hopefully this dream was the Bears trading down to take him. Because I can't rationalize using the 14th pick on Nix. If Donald isn't on the board, I hope they wait until R2 or R3 to take a DT. Maybe even hope one of the top DTs falls out of the 1st round, and then possibly trade up a few spots to snag them (a la, Alshon Jeffery). Also, I hate that all the draftniks are now hoping on the Dominique Easley bandwagon. Even after the 2nd ACL tear, I continued to be a big proponent of taking him in the 2nd or 3rd round, and saw it as a major steal. Seems that he's working his way back up now. Easley has been a favorite of many of the draft guys on twitter all season. He's a top 10 talent. Just major injury concerns. If you are a big fan of the draft, I'd follow the thoughts of many of the lesser name guys putting a ton of time in instead of Kiper,McShay, or Mayock.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 05:08 PM) Key thing I mean to stress there: the entire bonus pool for the top 10 picks of the team picking 4th is $8,352,200. If he's insisting on $8 million, it literally becomes impossible to draft him anywhere but the top. If he doesn't go #1/2 and he insists on $8 million, he cannot be drafted this year. Sox actually have a little over $9 million to spend on the draft. I still agree with your point but it's more than $8,352,200.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 18, 2014 -> 01:57 PM) What GM would risk that with his fanbase? One year 2 million is about right if his career must go on. Shutting up the haters? You don't think Adam Dunn has done enough bad things in the batters box for Sox fans to "hate" him forever? Hating him forever? Why do people "hate" him at all? So ridiculous. Plenty of other people in the world to hate other than a baseball player that has given his all and been a good teammate. Greg you bend over backwards to defend PK who hasn't even had as good of a career as Dunn has. Stop posting for awhile champ, you are embarrassing yourself.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 10:14 PM) A week ago no one wanted Hoffman and he was a fringe top-10 guy. Now everyone is cool with taking him #3. lol. I'm kind of excited not only for the draft, but just to get these yes-no-yes-maybe-yes-meh-no-yes conversations over with. I have wanted Hoffman the entire time.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 12:16 PM) http://chicagoradioandmedia.com/news/6483-...ing-wgn-tv-more This article notes he's doing his Sirius show from Chicago... not any details on what happened in Atl though. There is a lot of info on the message boards at chicagosportsfan.com. Sounds like something where Goff put a guy from a takeout restaurant on the air that wasn't a station sponsor and they used that to fire him for poor ratings. It was the 3rd sports station in a bad sports town to begin with though.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 01:55 PM) Kill or move this negative thread if you wish, but last night after watching the game on MLB.com for a few hours, I found myself FURIOUS that Robin gave away a baseball game. Normally you can blame the manager, but you can't, if you know what I mean. Their decisions affect the outcomes of every game, but last night ... running out of pitchers in a tie game?? Robin Venture single-handedly gave Boston the game by having to pitch L. Garcia in a tie game. It was one game on the schedule gift wrapped and deposited in the Sox L column of the ledger. All because of the manager. My question is: Are you as mad as me?? And my question for Mr. Ventura is ... in your long baseball career, did your manager on any level ever run out of pitchers in a tie game where you had to gift wrap the game for the opposing team by pitching a fricking infielder??? Perhaps he was upset at all the walks, but you don't throw an infielder in a tie game. How bout asking for a volunteer from the starting staff to pitch? I am disgusted by last night. Throwing a damn infielder in the 14th inning? My god. I didn't see the Red Sox running out of pitchers. I hate the way Robin uses the bullpen. I hate that Conor Gillaspie is the #3 hitter. Some of his decisions don't make any sense. I can't hang 15 walks on the manager though.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 17, 2014 -> 07:05 AM) I'll be there I'll be there as well

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/white-so...reu-adam-eaton/ This is good stuff.