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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 08:43 AM) Will you guys be hoping for Kolek if he goes down early in the year with a shoulder injury? I know we fantasize about picks, but speculating on potential draft picks in September is about as silly as speculating on a major league roster for 2015. Kolek is a HS pitcher. If they go pitcher that high I think it'd be a college arm. They could go HS bat though. I really like Alex Jackson.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 10:00 AM) Is it more negative than the drop off of his offense? I don't think his offense is that big of a drop as the DH though is it? He cannot play anywhere on defense. It destroys his value. If he hits 35-40 bombs, walks close to 100 times and strikes out a ton it is fine at DH. At 1B, his defense is so bad that he's a negative WAR player.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 09:33 AM) How have his numbers been as a DH? I thought someone mentioned he's hit much better for us while playing 1B. Doesn't matter though. He offers a negative defensive value. Is there the Sox would sign McCann and Abreu and just keep Dunn too for a year? Now that's some thump. Then Dunn could definitely hit 6th.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 10:01 AM) Wasn't Grilli a mid 90's guy back then? Either way the drafted him as a starter, not reliever. There was a great SI column about Grilli some months ago. He just basically talked about how he was expected to pitch multiple innings and needed to throw 3-4 pitches. He just couldn't sustain it and always wore down. He said a couple of years ago he decided to just go fastball-slider only and he increased MPH on the fastball. Once he decided to be a closer he was much more successful.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 17, 2013 -> 04:07 PM) I think Kepp/Gillaspie would be one of the worst 3B combos in baseball, befitting our 60-win team. Could be, but I don't think so. Keppinger is having an outlier of a year. Gillaspie is actually good against RHP. The problem is, Would the manager only play Keppinger vs LHP and Gillaspie vs RHP? If Ventura did this and they upgraded in other spots, it would be fine. If he plays Keppinger 55-65 games vs RHP and Gillaspie in a number of games against LHP he would just be setting both players up to fail.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 17, 2013 -> 01:11 PM) Mad Men will end in the Breaking Bad way. 7 episodes in 2014, last 7 in 2015. This is most likely done so that they can win Emmy's. Breaking Bad's Final Season will be eligible for next year's 2014 Emmy's along with the 1st 7 episodes of Mad Men's Final Season. In 2015 however, the Final 7 episodes of Mad Men will be available to win awards with no Breaking Bad from the same network to compete against. I hate it. I get it though.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 17, 2013 -> 10:08 PM) Yep. If the Sox win tonight, our magic number stays 9, and the Cubs will be 14. Heck, the Sox could drop to 5th. Sox are still "3 games up" on the Cubs for the 3rd pick. Sox have 11 games left. 5-6 probably gets them pick #3.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 10, 2013 -> 10:01 AM) I think there is a problem identifying guys who are going to hit. They have developed pitching just fine, but you would think if they had drafted guys who could or would hit, considering how they have pawned off prospects on other teams, at least a couple of them over the years would have some success. I understand they like the toolsy guys who they hope to develop, but almost all their top hitting prospects since Crede and Rowand and Jeremy Reed have been huge swing and miss ridiculously high strikeout rate guys who really don't offset that with a ton of homers and a good OBP. It's almost as if they draft the same player year after year and hope this time it will be different. I'd like to see them just one draft, concentrate on baseball players the first several rounds, not athletes. Being incredibly fast or strong does you no good if you can't hit the ball, or lay off pitches out of the strike zone, or can get a decent jump. You are right. There is always a place for super athletic, toolsy players. The problem was that KW wanted athletic players and JR did not want to spend money on the draft. In turn, the Sox end up with players like Mitchell, Walker, and Thompson because of it.

The White Sox are not getting Robinson Cano. Might as well close this thread too because nothing of substance will come of it either. People arguing in a relevant thread about people being happy about the White Sox losing gets shutdown but a pipedream thread about the Sox getting a guy that will require a 10 year $300 million deal is alive and kicking? Very funny.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 8, 2013 -> 09:00 PM) The other thread was closed for a reason. Let it go. For a stupid reason. If people in the win now at all costs thread didn't like that thread why did they post in it? This is being treated like it's f***ing grade school and people can't defend themselves. I am pretty sure most of us are all adults here. And I am angry because I never got to respond to Dick Allen's idiotic comparison to the Bears.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 4, 2013 -> 03:19 PM) Rosenthal had a nice scoop but it was obvious that story was going to change quickly ... as it did. He's not giving up 15 million bucks. Odds of that are the same as the Sox winning the WS next year. He actually didn't have any scoop. Dunn never mentioned retiring after this season, even during the initial interview. It was a lazy column to attract page views.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 06:04 PM) I go back and forth on the idea of McCann. On one hand, he's 29 already and injury prone, but on the other, he's 20 times better than any C in our system, there's no one around to clog up 1B/DH after next year, I think the team can be competitive in 2-3 seasons while he will still be able to hit, and there's a chance his contract stays reasonable if teams see him as risky at C for more than a year or two. I totally agree. What is McCann looking at? More or less than the contract that Dunn signed 3 years ago?

Jeez, must be a slow news day huh?

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Aug 26, 2013 -> 09:00 AM) Seriously, though, how hard did the Sox go after these guys? The only one of those three that I remember hearing the Sox pursuing was Cespedes. The Sox are now in a position where they can actually and actively pursue Abreu, where in the past they did not have the necessary funds. That being said, I will be surprised if the Sox sign this guy. I think they'll be in the sweepstakes, but the price may prove to be too high. Last year, Peter Gammons tweeted that the White Sox were 2nd in the bidding for Soler at upwards of $25 million.

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 25, 2013 -> 10:00 AM) Why did I think he threw in the mid-90's? Hm. He was mid 90's in HS. His arm action also makes his pitches look a lot harder as well.

Erik Johnson is a better pitcher than Andre Rienzo.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 22, 2013 -> 07:45 AM) I like watching the Sox win That's great. I like watching the Sox win when the season is not already lost. The Sox must have a top 5 pick in this draft. It just allows you to spend more $$. That is the most important thing now.

QUOTE (MAX @ Aug 18, 2013 -> 12:33 PM) I just don't think they can possibly catch those awful teams, especially houston. So that weighs into my decision for hoping to see the players on the roster do well. Another thing - if the players on the roster just suck all year enough to lose 105 games then we have more major problems than a number one pick will solve. I am fine with the #3 pick. I just don't want to fall any further than that. Need as much money to spend on the draft as possible.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 17, 2013 -> 04:49 PM) You can now say that the entire pitching staff has been through the Sox system minus Purcey and Lindstrom. Possibly Quintana? With only 37 spots occupied on the 40 man roster, Dan Hayes made it sound like Webb, Johnson, and Taylor Thompson would all be here shortly as well.

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ Aug 17, 2013 -> 12:29 PM) He's represented by Praver Shapiro Sports Management, twitter reports (Jeff Passan). Googol search shows they also rep Carlos Marmol, Zambrano and Wandy Rodriguez. based in Miami White Sox will be present for Abreu's showcase in September. http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox-talk/w...abreus-showcase

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 15, 2013 -> 02:15 PM) Ha, we are in 100% agreement. I would add Phegley and Viciedo to the group I hope succeeds in a game. I find myself rooting hard for the Marlins and Astros of late as well. Yeah we are on the same page. Obviously, if I am watching a game I want them to win at the time. I think it's second nature. But man the Cubs are creeping up soon on that 3rd pick. Getting that 3rd pick is just pretty important in my opinion. Not just for the best chance at talent at that spot but because of the additional money you are allowed to spend.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 15, 2013 -> 01:18 PM) I watch every single game beginning to end unless the Sox are losing 13-0 by the 5th inning. They had the 1st winning homestand in 3 months, that helps enjoyment level. Love the starting pitching. It's tough for me now. I don't want them to win. I want the 3rd pick in June minimum. They can't f*** up this fantastic opportunity by falling down to the 5-8 range draft pick wise. Ideally, Garcia and Beckham will do well, Dunn will hit bombs, Starting pitchers pitch well, and then Axelrod blows the game. That's my ideal scenario right now. God that sounds horrible.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 15, 2013 -> 01:43 PM) Hopefully they reunite Hawk and DJ. I don't know why ESPN hired Singeton. Or why he'd leave a cushy Sunday Night Baseball gig. DJ is awful too. Hopefully they hire a young, professional PBP guy and keep Steve Stone as the analyst. Not a chance though.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 15, 2013 -> 07:56 AM) Upton would be awesome but come on, she is far too busy with her modeling career at this point. Lets be realistic about it. Bruce Willis is probably a better choice. Have you seen Die Hard? He would be able to show them how to run across glass and shoot guns while jumping out of windows. US Cellular would never be the same. Willis would have all the players hitting barefoot though. Help or hurt?