Chicago White Sox

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 11:29 AM) I don't think so. I think it was planned for Jones to be the closer once Reed was traded. Are you really arguing that Lindstrom wasn't the opening day closer? Not sure what I'm missing here.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 10:02 AM) You really believe that Lindstrom was the planned closer from the time they signed him in the off-season? I don't remember it being that clear at all. Doesn't matter if he was the planned closer when they resigned him, he was the planned closer on opening day and Nate Jones was a setup man before he got injured.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jun 28, 2014 -> 12:28 AM) And for comparison sake, that makes him the 7th best hitter on the team this year. He's only been better than our revolving doors of LF'ers and RF'ers. No, his 121 wRC+ makes him the second best hitter on the team. His low WAR is due to the DH positional adjustment and/or his bad defense at 1B. While his HR totals are down, he's offset some of that with an increase in doubles. He's also had a big increase in his BB % rate while maintaining his K %. He's obviously not an elite DH, but he's been doing a damn fine job with the bat.

Come on Tumbleweeds, jack one here.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 08:47 PM) No reason to blame Putnam. Downs was bad in spring training -- and has only gotten worse. Contract is the only reason he's still around. Leesman could not be worse. Doesn't Downs' option vest soon? If so, we need to DFA him ASAP, as paying him $4M to pitch for us on 2015 would be an epic fail.

No f***ing way!?!

Oh boy...Hector looks nervous.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 07:38 PM) At his age, I think the ceiling is going to be a Top 75-100 and some flyers. He's a good player, but people know what he is. No one was fooled into thinking he can sustain the performance he started the season with. Oh I agree, but Peavy landed your exact package a year ago. IMO, Ramirez should get you a little more than that simply due to positional scarcity. Again, I'm not expecting a Mark Texeria type return here, but a prospect with a little more polish than Asivail Garcia (not significantly more) should be required to move Alexei at the deadline.

If we move Alexei, I want a SP, OF, or C that is near major league ready as the centerpiece. As much as Alexei's offense has slipped this past month, he's still an incredibly valuable player and SS is a difficult position to fill. Under no circumstance do you trade him for anything less than a top 50/75 prospect plus some lottery tickets. He's our best trade chip by far and if we can't get a solid return for him then we should simply hold onto him for another season. Also, I've said it before, but Nick Franklin makes no sense for us. Unless he's basically a throw-in, acquiring him would be a horrible use of resources. Give Semien or Sanchez a chance before attempting to replace them.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 08:17 PM) Bad AB by Abreu there. Yup, ugly ass strikeout right there.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 08:04 PM) No offence, but lighten up I'd lighten up, but when you constantly wage war against all the De Aza "haters", don't follow that up with a blatant bait job hoping to egg everyone on. Again, you have every right to express your opinion, but trolling ain't cool.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 08:03 PM) your guys' sarcasm detector out of batteries? No, you clearly haven't seen any of his previous posts on De Aza.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 07:56 PM) Alejandro does nothing but get on base No offense, but this is straight up trolling.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 07:15 PM) As bad as some say Beckham has been, there are only 2 players taken after him in the first 112 picks of that draft with a higher career WAR, Lawrie and Kimbrel, and only one picked before him, Posey. Who was taken at 113?

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 03:49 PM) He's not really struggling at AAA, he's only hitting .208 but his BABIP is .203. He's walking as much as he's striking out and he's hitting for decent power. Wish I would have seen this before I made my post. Oh well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 03:31 PM) That was only out of those 2, Sanchez and Johnson. Semien, he may have shown those things but so far this year, it looks like Semien is the one who isn't translating to higher levels. Lol...Semien was the Southern League MVP last year and currently has a .700 OPS & 93 wRC+ in AAA despite a .200 BABIP, which is more than 100 points below his career average. Given his identical 13.8% BB & K rates, I think he is transitioning just fine, unfortunately luck has not been on his side so far this year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 09:01 PM) Beckham sucks... except for when his trade value is talked about. Beckham hasn't been very good in his career, but he was a highly regarded prospect. Given that he's been fairly productive this year, all it takes is one GM desperate for a 2B that thinks Beckham might be finally reaching his potential and perhaps we get a halfway decent prospect. More likely, look for a A/A+ pitching prospect with a high ceiling but limited results like Montas and hope for the best. Either way, Gordon Beckham won't be on our roster come August 1st.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 09:18 PM) Who was saying we don't need to try anymore reclamation projects in the bullpen? We're seven games under .500, I don't want win an extra game or two because of J.J. Putz or someone else who won't be part of the long-term core or won't be tradable this year.

What a little b****, guy has no balls.

That could have been out of the park.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 07:29 PM) Ehh. There's really not though. He will end up signing around the deadline for the same money that he could take today. It's not the old system. They can only offer so much and I bet it's been offered. This is simply a game of chicken right now. Boras is likely asking for every possible dollar above slot that doesn't require the loss of a draft pick, while the Sox are probably offering slot exactly. At some point, Boras will blink and Rodon will end up with slot or just above because they really don't have any leverage here, as going back to school would be an incredibly stupid decision. Like Wite said, the odds are 99.9% he signs.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 08:44 PM) May has his average up to 240 now. Yeah, he's playing better but where has the power gone? He hit 8 HRs last year in like 200 ABs.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 07:57 PM) Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler 9m Two more years until MLB teams can sign players born in the year 2000, in case you were wondering when I plan to retire. Reply 9 Retweet 4 Favorite James Fox ‏@JamesFox917 6m @BenBadler How is it that White Sox have so much $$ to spend, but aren't linked to any of the big names on INTl Market? Reply Retweet Favorite Delete Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler 4m @JamesFox917 I've tied them to multiple guys already. James Fox ‏@JamesFox917 3m @BenBadler I saw Ynoa as possible, a SS, and Alfaro. Just not the supposed top 10-15 types. So they should do a decent job, then? This was my convo with Badler. Have Sox been linked to anyone other than those 3 guys? Those are the names I've seen. Let us know if he responds to that last question.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 07:50 PM) An international draft is a terrible idea. I love how success is determined in the INTL by who can scout talent better, I believe that Starlin Castro was signed for $ 50,000. He was an under the radar prospect that the Cubs found and developed into a superstar. An international draft would completely kill that competitive nature in my opinon. I'm not sure how it will kill that nature. The draft is all about scouting now under the new CBA, an international draft will just be an extension of that. The only difference will be that big market teams can't use their excess revenues to simply outspend the competition like the Yankees are currently doing.

It's going to be interesting to see who gets the call if Beckham or Ramirez is traded.