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QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 5, 2014 -> 02:39 PM) Semein is not a 2 hitter. He is a bench player. Young guy like him should be way down in the order. What are you talking about? He may not be ready for major league baseball but he does profile well for the #2 spot and he's not a bench player.

Stoltz tweeted this video of Hawkins. He does look different at the plate.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Apr 5, 2014 -> 12:30 AM) Magic number for the Bobcats pick is now at 1. Not sure if this has been talked about, but if given the oppertunity to package those picks to trade up, would you? How high would it have to be? Who would you be targeting? What about trading BOTH and then some for Melo or Love(If he becomes made available)? 3 1sts/Boozer/Taj/Snell or if need be Butler sounds fair right? I think unless they can get a star player, they should stand pat and pray that Aaron Gordon falls to them. Bulls should be able to bring Mirotic over and add 2 pretty nice pieces in draft. That also allows the team flexibility in dealing Taj, Butler whoever in a package in the 2015 offseason. I'm not a huge Lance Stephenson fan unless it's for good money.

When's the last time Viciedo played RF?

It's early but Hoffman sounds like the guy to me. I will actually be kind of disappointed if he's not around. 2 months out though it seems like Rodon to Houston and 1 of the HS arms to Miami.

Does anyone here have any idea how Danish's velocity was last night?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 4, 2014 -> 11:13 AM) The bright side is we have a guy like Petricka waiting in the wings. Get yourself straight Big Nate! Surprised it wasn't Guerra that got recalled.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 07:24 PM) On a positive note...Webb looks pretty damn good! Webb is a stud. Obviously it's just 1 game and 1 series but I wish that Webb was the closer. He's going to be the closer eventually. No better time than now.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 12:52 PM) This very much reiterates what Bucket has been trumpeting. I still like Hoffman personally. I like Hoffman as well. I have also seen Kevin Gausman mentioned as a comp as far as body type and repertoire.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 12:49 PM) Sounds a lot like the same kinds of things that were said about Zach Greinke coming into the draft. What major league comps are being made with/about Hoffman? I have heard the Scherzer, Verlander type comp for Hoffman. Obviously that is on the extreme end, but he is very athletic. His stuff is better than Beede's too.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 10:12 AM) Eaton 8, Semien 5, Abreu 3, Dunn DH, Garcia 9, De Aza 7, Ramirez 6, Flowers 2, L. Garcia 4. Quintana 1 Why the f*** is Dayan Viciedo on the White Sox if he's never going to play vs RHP? Just deal him then.

Wasn't it a night game in Game 2 last year? As a Teacher, I usually go to the 2nd game of the year. It was idiotic to make it a day game.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 3, 2014 -> 07:52 AM) As are the vast majority of major leaguers. You're scraping the bottom of the barrel if you're pulling out K/HR ratio to try and criticize Dunn. He was actually about 5.5:1 last year. Better than ML average. Don't let facts get in the way of an Adam Dunn argument. Dunn haters don't like facts.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Apr 2, 2014 -> 05:26 PM) Here are the international bonus pools and slot values: http://www.baseballamerica.com/internation...nd-slot-values/ The Sox have a total of $4,622,400. I would imagine that the Cubs and Rangers will be trading some of their slot $$.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 2, 2014 -> 11:15 AM) Yeah my mistake. When is Birmingham's roster going to be announced? Actually, it's right here http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=2...47&sid=t247

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Apr 2, 2014 -> 10:54 AM) Micah is in Birmingham, they have org filler Michael Johnson at WS. That is a still a group that means a ton to the future of the Sox. DeMichelle is also there and I still hold hopes that he will put it together. Yeah my mistake. When is Birmingham's roster going to be announced?

So it's (For those of you that can't open twitter) 1. Eaton CF 2. Semien 3B 3. Abreu 1B 4. Dunn DH 5. Garcia RF 6. De Aza LF 7. Ramirez SS 8. Flowers C 9. Garcia 2B

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 2, 2014 -> 09:40 AM) There really isn't much point to rushing Danish, as he needs to build up his innings. Most of the other guys talked about are college pitchers. Danish has a large innings gap he has to make up if he wants to be a starter at the major league level. He only threw 94 innings in high school as a senior, plus another 30 for the Sox, and 39 IP the year before that. He has to make up 60 to 80 IP per year before he is really ready. Yeah you are probably right. I am pretty high on Danish and I think he will be really good at Kanny. That's the only reason I thought he'd up end at WS pretty quick.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 2, 2014 -> 09:15 AM) FS will have affiliate previews up soon, and our next Podcast is slated for next week to talk about roster surprises. Meanwhile, some of the most interesting stuff surrounds who is starting versus relieving. Some guys I was sure would start (at least this year) are in the pen, and some relievers have been put into rotations... Kannapolis Rotation: Dykstra, Danish, Leyer, Bierman, Mitchell Winston-Salem Rotation: Goldberg, Ortiz, Recchia, Wendelken, Bucciferro (not sure of order on that one) Birmingham Rotation: Beck, Snodgress, Bassitt, Jaye, Doyle? (they didn't specify who was #5) Bassitt is on the DL also, says it is a very minor thing, should be back very soon. Dykstra and Wendelken starting are surprises. Olacio, Hansen in the pen are surprises too. Montas isn't even on a roster, we got word he may be injured, don't know any details yet. I love that Andrew Mitchell is starting at Kanny. I also don't think that Danish will be long for Kannapolis.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 04:14 PM) Dash Roster http://www.milb.com/documents/9/8/0/706259...03_v3cilz8k.pdf That Dash roster will be fun. Barnum, Micah Johnson, Anderson, May, Hawkins, and Coats all in that everyday lineup.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 04:27 PM) Oh, forgot about that. Last time I actually watched draft was 05 I think to see where Mike Bowden would get drafted. Funny you mention this. I graduated HS in 2004 from Lockport and in 2005 the Lockport baseball team won state. They beat Mount Carmel in the finals after MT Carmel beat Waubonsie. That was the weekend of the draft and there were rumors that the Red Sox shut down Bowden for the season. He was ridiculous for Waubonsie and they would have won state had he pitched.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 1, 2014 -> 04:27 PM) Oh, forgot about that. Last time I actually watched draft was 05 I think to see where Mike Bowden would get drafted. Funny you mention this. I graduated HS in 2004 from Lockport and in 2005 the Lockport baseball team won state. They beat Mount Carmel in the finals after MT Carmel beat Waubonsie. That was the weekend of the draft and there were rumors that the Red Sox shut down Bowden for the season. He was ridiculous for Waubonsie and they would have won state had he pitched.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 11:33 AM) Geez, tough crowd. In the great city of Chicago, Konerko should get all the attention in the world. He and Buehrle are my favorite Sox of all time. Umm Frank Thomas.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 11:19 AM) Gillaspie was decent against RHP last year, so maybe that's what they are going with. Still not good that the 3 hitter is just ok. Right but who is the starter at 3rd against LHP then? They don't have anyone to put there. Gillaspie starting every day will be a nightmare. His platoon splits are really bad. In 368 PA's vs RHP Gillaspie had a .738 OPS with 12 homers. Against LHP in 66 PAs, Gillaspie had a .451 OPS. Obviously a small sample, but I don't need to see any more Conor Gillaspie at bats vs a LHP.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 10:57 AM) Not a fan of Gillaspie hitting third. I think Robin's putting too much weight into the handedness of his hitters. I'd much rather have someone like Garcia (or hell even De Aza) in that spot. Yeah it's dumb. If Viciedo is part of the White Sox future I believe that he should be starting as well.