Chicago White Sox

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 26, 2017 -> 09:46 AM) You should see my abs. And just when I thought you couldn't be any more awesome! I guess being white has its perks.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 26, 2017 -> 09:41 AM) Welcome to Tanksylvania. Population, White Sox. I think the population is a lot bigger than just the White Sox.

We're going to have an uphill battle to get a top three pick. Lot of bad teams in front of us. Obviously I'd rather have some breakout performances and a pick in the 4 to 8 range than the opposite.

Caulfield, what do you look like? Are you athletic? How's your singing voice? Those are the true indicators of white privilege per Mr. Awesome himself.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ May 25, 2017 -> 05:46 PM) Volstad? It's Danish, and it's a stupid move. No reason for no Lopez. Has this been announced?

QUOTE (flavum @ May 25, 2017 -> 05:31 PM) I hope he can play a position with passable defense because his bat is going to play in the big leagues. QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 25, 2017 -> 05:34 PM) No idea why the sox just don't put him in LF and leave him there. Unless his range at 3B is so good and he just makes bone headed errors (ala Jose Valentin). From all reports though, he's a butcher over there. Yeah, LF seems like his best bet, but they must see something in him that makes them think 3B is still a possibility. I agree with flavum that the bat will play in the majors.

Holy s***, Delmonico with another HR!

Definitely will be Lopez tomorrow, otherwise why would he be skipping his scheduled start today when Charlotte themselves have a double-header?

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ May 25, 2017 -> 01:19 PM) Not sure what's going on with Martes' severe control issues this season but I'd take that offer then and now. Even if Martes and Paulino end up as bullpen pieces, I REALLY like Tucker's potential and the idea of plugging him into an outfield alongside a similarly aged Luis Robert. 100% agree. I wanted a Martes/Tucker headlined package all offseason. And honestly, Paulino would have been a nice 3rd piece even if we'd positional player. My guess is this offer wasn't available or Hahn would have taken it.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 25, 2017 -> 01:08 PM) Again with your assumptions. I could be wrong, but I'd be willing to bet that I know, am friends with, and have worked with far more people from far more diverse walks of life than you have in glorious Indiana. I don't need to list my resume for you, because I don't think you care and I don't need your validation, but the hilarious irony here is that you continue to make massive assumptions about me while criticizing the "assumptions" you think I'm making about a particular group of people. Good god dude, you can't make a single point without being a pretentious douche.

Completely random, but the comments section over at SSS is really annoying to read through. Trying to see what the Sox might do with Covey & his spot in the rotation and every other post is some stupid joke or philosophical rant from posters trying demonstrate their wittiness and/or superior intellect. Thank god for Soxtalk where the talk is much more focused.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ May 25, 2017 -> 11:45 AM) Charlotte's doing a Game 2 after a 6:05 start? I noticed that too...bizarre.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 25, 2017 -> 10:12 AM) Lopez was scheduled to start today, before the rainout. Game 2 has tbd. Is he getting called up for the double-headed tomorrow?

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ May 24, 2017 -> 05:53 PM) Q had thrown five good games in a row. Today was not one of them. The Sox to me are looking tired. They've come back to make a game of it a lot of times but never enough to get over the hump. I just think all these road games are catching up to them. Yeah, I hate seeing lines like today's, but Quintana was pretty damn good for five straight starts before this one. Just got to hope he can return to form for most of June & Jule and get his numbers closer to recent levels.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 23, 2017 -> 09:36 PM) Brother you ran away once others started criticizing your stance and you could no longer defend it. Please. On another note, I just got out of my Political Communications class, and we talked about "if you're explaining, you're losing." I gotta start framing my arguments in a way that I don't need to do damage control after the fact. So thanks y'all! If you don't want to constantly do damage control, stop being a douche and talking down to everyone. We all get you live in big fancy New York City, but that doesn't make you an expert on all political & social issues. Stop making assumptions about the rest us and assuming we know less than you. Maybe you'd actually learn something if you actually listened to raBBit and tried to understand his experiences rather than screaming "white privilege" every time because they're diffent from your own.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ May 23, 2017 -> 10:00 PM) Fulmer still has the same stuff he had coming out of college. Difference is that AAA hitters aren't swinging at the stuff out of the strike zone like the college hitters were. This is it what I heard.

I really think Frazier is going to heat up here in the near future.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 23, 2017 -> 09:14 PM) Not surprising. Just that so many of them were hyped as being "sure things" that their organizations would never dream of trading. The pendulum swung too far the other way in the last couple of years. They were probably overvalued, and that might turn out to be a mistake for some of the teams that could have used a huge upgrade for their rotation like Jose Quintana. That's all. My point is it's way too early to jump to any conclusions. Some of these guys may have been overvalued, but there's no way we can say that right now.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ May 23, 2017 -> 09:05 PM) You guys realize hes only starting because Rodon and Shields are both out, right? With a string of good Lopez starts, he may be up soon. Yeah, I fully expect Lopez up before the end of June, which will most certaintly be the end of Covey if he's still around. And honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if tonight is the end of Covey (at least as a starter) with someone like Matt Cooper getting a look. Fulmer really blew a great opportunity to be first man up with those two s***ty starts.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 23, 2017 -> 09:02 PM) OTOH, with the exception of Bellinger/Judge/Josh Bell/Happ....all those hugely hyped "franchise/untouchable" position players like Dansby Swanson, Bregman, Trea Turner, Schwarber, Renfroe/Hedges, Gurriel, O.Arcia, Russell, O.Herrera, A.Garcia, Odor and Buxton have struggled mightily. Even Leury is outhitting Benintendi, fwiw. Young players typically struggle at first, why is this so surprising to you?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 23, 2017 -> 03:32 PM) Romero was really good for awhile, then the wheels just came off. Fwiw, watch Happ turn out better than a Benintendi...he can run a lot better than advertised, too. Dude, slow down on the Happ hype. He's no doubt had a fast start to 2017, but he's not a Benintendi prospect at this point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 23, 2017 -> 12:49 PM) I can't believe you can type something like this and not see the naked racism in it. The vast majority of poor black households work for a living, not deal drugs. This is the exact thing I am talking about with your ignorant stereotyping of people you know nothing about. Poor black kids aren't drug dealers. They don't need to deal drugs. Most people in this situation work real jobs to help out their families. How you can call your self moral and compassionate and still post stuff like that is beyond me. Thank you for calling that out. I'm literally embarrassed to call myself a liberal after reading that nonsense.

Here are my top 10 starting pitching prospects in the system as of 5/13: 1. Kopech 2. Lopez 3. Fulmer 4. Giolito 5. Dunning 6. Hansen 7. Adams 8. Stephens 9. Guerrero 10. Cooper That's a nice group of pitching prospecta and there are some decent ones that just missed. Got to love our pitching depth right now.

Call me crazy, but I think things finally start clicking for Giolito tonight.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ May 12, 2017 -> 07:30 PM) He has looked good so far. 5 IP on 66 pitches, one walk. Edit:thought he had 5 innongs but in fact had 4. Seeing Fulmer succeed like this shows that it isnt too late for Giolito. Exactly, Fulmer lost a lot of status after last season but so far has been pretty damn good this year.