Chicago White Sox

The Sox better not take Tim Anderson with this pick. Go with Stanek or Gonzalez and be happy.

I would guess that Shipley, Gonzalez, & Crawford are the top 3 on the Sox's board.

Who are the top 7 still available?

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 06:39 PM) He's in the studio. Not sure if he is the representative at the table. Frazier looks like Screech banged Matt Murton though. Way to steal my Matt Murton joke

Can Gammons do an interview without mentioning the Red Sox?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 06:35 PM) This guy is ugly Yeah, he's like Matt Murton's ugly brother.

Too bad they didn't try to win that World Series last year.

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 03:58 PM) Next years draft class is supposed to be better. With that being said, would it be absurd if a team in the mid-late first round drafted Manaea or Bickford and did not sign them?Theoretically, (although you can't be sure the 2014 draft class shapes up exactly as it stands now) the 20th pick next year should be more valuable next year than this year. I picked 20 as just a random number but you catch my drift. To put it in other words, hypothetically speaking, say the 2013 draft class was superior to the 2012 class. Say the Pirates take Appel, knowing they cannot sign him, just to have two picks in 2013, the better draft class. Would the new regulations come into play in such a scenario? The old rule was if you failed to sign your pick, you were awarded the pick one spot lower in next year's draft, but if you failed to sign that player then you were left empty-handed. So you would have to avoid guys with signability concerns and would basically be giving the player and his agent a lot of leverage. I'm guessing this same rule applies but I'm not certain.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 12:35 PM) David Hayter is not returning to voice Snake in the next Metal Gear game, instead they have chosen Keifer Sutherland. Hayter seems a bit pissed about it too WTF...I don't get this all. David Hayter IS Solid Snake & Big Boss. Why replace him with a more expensive voice actor? And I'm just going to hear Jack Bauer the whole time playing now.

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 12:41 PM) Right. While I am not particularly versed in the financial aspect of the slots with the new rules, there is still certain teams who don't let money and/or injury history stop them from drafting their BPA at the time. Picks like the following are what I am referring to: Nationals with Giolotto. Rangers with Scheppers. Tigers with Porcello. I was expecting the Cardinals with Manaea but his more serious injury report probably changes that. Appel slipped to 8th last year simply because of his bonus demands. The financial aspect affects all teams now, because if you go overslot in the 1st you'll have to go way underslot with your remaining top 10 picks to fall within your assigned bonus cap.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Jun 6, 2013 -> 08:57 AM) I'm hoping that a good left handed hitter is available in our #17 slot. That is a huge void in the organization. Dominic Smith looks intriguing to me. You don't draft a player who is 3-5 years away and very likely will amount to nothig to fill a current void in the organization. Who knows, maybe we trade Peavy or Rios for a young left-handed bat at the deadline or even sign a left-handed bat in free agency. I think organizational need gets overplayed way too much when it comes to the draft. This isn't the NFL, take the BPA early on and fill out your needs in the 20s and later if need be. These guys are all essentially lottery tickets, some with better odds than others, and when you don't take the BPA you're not going to be maximizing your chance of hitting on one of them. It's extremely unlikely any of the guys we'll be able to select at 17 will help us next year and by then our needs could be totally different.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 09:51 PM) Intimidators threw a no-hitter in their Game 2. Braulio Ortiz is starting to become an interesting name.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 07:18 PM) I never assume Santiago will ever get the chance to start. Clearly Ventura has some issue w/ Santiago in the rotation, considering how hard he tries to waste him in the pen. I think it may be more Cooper than Ventura, but who really knows. If they don't give him the starts though, it's pretty clear they don't see him as a starter long-term.

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 07:07 PM) Dan Hayes said on Twitter that it may have happened from a teammate cracking Jake's back... Is that a joke?? If this is true, then god help us all. The Sox would be truly cursed.

Olacio with a nice start: 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 K, 2 BB, 5 H

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 05:43 PM) He was just released off of the 40 man roster. I can't see him being a call up. Yeah, I should have phrased that better. I don't think he will get called up, I just think he could be a serviceable long-man if given the opportunity.

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 05:33 PM) Charlie Leesman throwing for the Knights hoping to have another good start. With Peavy on the shelf for a while, I wonder who would get the nod as the 5th starter if we were to face another injury in the rotation. I think it would have to be Leesman or Johnson. Maybe 29 year old Berken? I still think Leesman could work as a left-handed long-man. Not sure what else he needs to do to get an extended look.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 05:28 PM) Interesting that Johnson is on the same schedule as Peavy. I wonder if that could matter in five days. I think you have to give those starts to Santiago.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 05:00 PM) Hopefully he's in the rotation coming out of the break, make 2-3 good starts, and get traded if there's a good deal out there. Hahn has to be very careful with Peavy and make sure the deadline offers are better than what he can expect to get for him the offseason. If other teams have major concerns over the rib injury, hold on to him and let him rebuild his value. That being said, Hahn better start selling teams on Rios, Ramirez, De Aza, Crain, Thornton, & Lindstrom right away.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 04:53 PM) At least he'll be back by the trade deadline. He really needs to make 3 or 4 major league starts to prove he is healthy or his value will suffer big time. Does the 4 to 6 weeks include rehab time in the minors?

Well for those of us with even a sliver of hope, let me say this season is OVAH. What absolute f***ing disaster.

How the f*** did be fracture his rib?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 01:11 PM) Yeah, so unless he's playing so well that they'd willingly offer him a year at $14 million, he won't involve comp. Exactly, although I do agree with IowaSoxFan that the Mariners could look into reupping him before the end of the season.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 5, 2013 -> 12:50 PM) Under the new CBA, it doesn't matter how good you are, only if your team makes a qualifying offer (which will probably $14M this season). Seattle is not going to let their only decent offensive player out of town. Odds are he gets extended before the end of the year. They're not going to tender him a $14 million offer though.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 10:20 PM) Don't be impressed by soon to be 27 year old's numbers in Charlotte. I've never claimed he is here because of his brother. In fact most of the time he has been here his brother has not. I have just said Wise is the better player. Wise is hurt, so that is moot right now. He put up a .942 OPS in about 1/2 a season as a 25/26 year old last year. Again, I don't think he'll ever be a starter, but he's hit well enough in AAA to deserve a look while Wise is out. I apologize for accusing you of using the nepotism card on him. I just get pissed when some people act like he's another Kenny Williams Jr or Oney Guillen. Jordan Danks actually has some talent and has produced at times in the minors. Those other guys not so much.