Chicago White Sox

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 6, 2017 -> 08:18 PM) He already said he was 26, not a top prospect but would rather give him a chance. I'm in 100% agreement with him. I know how big of a fan he is. Been posting (and was a writer) on FS for years so certain posters I know who likes who. Lol...talk about moving the goalposts. I called him a legit prospect, which Feeky would agree with. I never once called him a top prospect, which is what you are implying. Again, a guy striking out 13 per 9 innings in AA is a legit prospect. And I've already said on the FS forum that I hope Cooper gets an opportunity this year. He's simply not ready for that opportunity just yet and either are Lopez, Fulmer, or even Danish. I wish we had something better than Covey to throw out there every five days, but I'm not rushing any prospect with legit major league upside because I tired of watching the incumbent suck balls during a rebuilding season.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 6, 2017 -> 08:10 PM) Not even gonna get into it. Feeky is right on the money though. Wow, you do realize that Feekey is Matt Cooper's biggest fan and would consider him a legit prospect right? I have no idea what you're trying to prove here...

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 6, 2017 -> 08:05 PM) I see the word prospect is just being thrown around like nothing these days. I'm sorry, but WTF are you implying here? A guy striking out 13 per 9 innings in AA is a prospect.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ May 6, 2017 -> 07:32 PM) Yep. Danish, Cooper and Guerrero would all be more interesting. Heck I'd rather give Luebke a shot. Lopez will be up soon enough. Shields and Rodon to follow. Hopefully this is it for Covey. Covey is terrible, but do you honestly want to rush legit prospects so you can be entertained in a rebuilding season?

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 6, 2017 -> 07:18 PM) Matt Cooper is nearly 26, not a top prospect and has double the AA innings as Covey. This year he's K'ing 34% of batters and walking 6%. White Sox promoted Quintana straight from AA. I'd much rather see him than Covey, to give one example. Cooper is a legit prospect and should be developed though. I don't want him being called up before he is ready regardless of his age.

Covey has a purpose and it's to delay calling up our important prospects before they're ready. I honestly think some posters here don't realize we're rebuilding. Who exactly would you like to see up instead of Covey?

QUOTE (Brian @ May 6, 2017 -> 12:13 PM) Everyone doubting CT. It's pretty obvious to me he wins. Just feels like he will because of editing. Nelson has to be pretty far ahead at this point.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 6, 2017 -> 10:49 AM) I put in a request for info on both of them, and Corey Zangari, but haven't heard back yet. What about Luis Martinez? Hear anything on him?

Regarding Lopez, any chance his control problems have been related to working on his cutter? He mentioned in spring training that was something he was focusing on.

IMO, we break-even on the trade if we end up with a #3 type starter and a high leverage reliever. Anything more than that is a clear win for us. Obviously I wish Giolito was doing better out of the gate, but I'm giving it him a few months before I start to panic. Restoring his mechanics was always going to be a painful process and we're seeing that now.

God damnit caulfield...

Broken bat single for Moncada in the the 4th. His ninth multi-hit game of the year per announcer.

Kevan Smith with a game tying double.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ May 4, 2017 -> 06:43 PM) I'm glad someone else noticed the defensive improvement last year. I think earlier in the spring I had said he had improved but since Eaton was out there most of the time it was hard to tell but the DSR or dWar was positive if I remember right. The statcast data on 1-5 star ratings was also encouraging to me although I've seen it misinterpreted . I'll give you credit, you did make this argument during the offseason. I'll admit I was skeptical of the small sample size, but so far he's looked better out there this year.

Moncada rips a single to start the 3rd.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ May 3, 2017 -> 07:49 PM) So Micker has been hitting the crap out of the ball lately. Be a pleasant surprise if he keeps hitting, he is only 20... Was about to post this. All I care about with him the strikeouts. Get that under control and I'll consider a huge win.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 1, 2017 -> 10:36 AM) Jurickson Profar was optioned to AAA by the Rangers. Maybe the Sox can try to swing a trade for him. He used to be a top 100 prospect after all and isn't that old. Where would he play?

Really frustrating to see both Davidson & Willy on the bench. At least one of them should be starting tonight.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 3, 2017 -> 12:21 PM) Three more hits for Moncada, now hitting .330. He's going to have some teething issues in Chicago, but I don't think he has much left to prove in AAA. In a perfect world, I'd like to see him get that K rate down closer to 25% before calling him up.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 3, 2017 -> 12:32 PM) Basabe 0-4, 4K. Cruz has gone ice cold. He's 0-4. 2 for his last 30. Collins 1-2, BB. Schnurbusch 0-3, 3K. His aggressive assignment and ridiculous leap frogging of Fisher didn't work out. Yeah, Schnurbusch needs to go down with Fisher or Booker coming up. The aggressive assignment isn't doing him any favors at the moment.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ May 3, 2017 -> 11:51 AM) To me, the question is what teams have the prospects to meet the Sox asking price. I mean, Texas might want a TOR starter at the deadline, but there's no way they have the pieces to get a deal done. As of today, the teams are still the teams we spent all offseason talking about: the Yankees, the Cubs, the Astros, the Pirates, and the Rockies. And if the Sox would trade Q within the division, add Cleveland to that. I might be missing a couple teams in there, but it's a pretty limited pool of teams that would be willing to get in on Q and have the resources to pull it off. That's the issue on moving Q more than anything else, IMO. The Dodgers & Cardinals come to mind, but your points still stands. However, that's more of an issue of constrained demand due to a high ask. From a supply perspective, there shouldn't be many TOR starters available and hopefully none that are cost-controlled. There will be plenty of teams pursing Quintana whether they can ultimately meet the high asking price. The same does not apply to Gonzalez & Holland. If those markets get saturated, we're going to struggle to get much of anything for them. If we're smart, we should take advantage of the fact that we're one of a handful of teams not trying to compete and start selling the fringe pieces early. Plus a back of the rotation starter (one that isn't going to be impactful in October) is much more valuable to buyers in early June than late July. I really think it's key to set the market before teams like the Royals, who may hold off selling until they're certain they're out of the race, join the fray.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 3, 2017 -> 10:27 AM) If you all are interested in beating this dead horse more, I do think that the trade market is looking worse. I think there will be a lot of pitching on the market to the few dominant teams thus far. But with injuries, Sox may have an advantage if MiGo and Holland continue pitching well to package Q with a 5th starter a la the Smarj/Hammel trade. How many TOR starters will be available though? I think Q's should be pretty safe as long as he keeps pitching well. To your point though, we should be aggressive with the back-end guys like Gonzalez & Holland. I'd start seriously marketing these guys as soon as June. The market #4 starters could be saturated by July 31st.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ May 2, 2017 -> 02:46 PM) Anybody finished TLOZ:BOTW yet? I finished the 4 divine beasts,116 shrines, and 200 korok seeds and yesterday they announced the first DLC pack contents. I'm pretty pumped seeing the Korok Leaf mask since I want to find all the most seeds I can before I fully just quit. Also pumped for Trial of the sword, it looks like a ton of fun yet doing it will make me want to just rage quit. I'm about 110 hours in and have found about 90 shrines and completed three divine beasts. I was hoping for all 120 shrines before tackling Hyrule Castle, but now I may just go for it and finish the rest of the shrines once that new map feature comes out with the first DLC pack.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ May 2, 2017 -> 06:43 PM) Danny Hayes continues to intrigue me. Assuming he cuts his strikeouts back to his usual levels I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing him get a chance after the trade deadline. He's super interesting to me. A bit on the older side, but as a potential 1B/DH that's much less of a problem. Might be tough to find him a spot depending on how things shake out for Saladino, Davidson, & Delmonico post trade deadline.

Not sure if anyone saw but MONCADA BOMB.