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QUOTE (beautox @ May 9, 2017 -> 12:15 AM) seriously, thank you. The amount of sky falling and writing off of Giolito is absurd, plenty of top prospect pitchers have had to start from scratch with their mechanics, Gavin Floyd and Roy Halladay come to mind. It's not absurd any more. He got knocked around last September, knocked around in ST, and knocked around in 5-6 starts at AAA. There is a better word than "absurd", but I don't know what that word is. Remember, Sox gave up a pretty good player for those three pitchers, and Giolito was the headliner.

QUOTE (ventura_abreu @ May 8, 2017 -> 06:51 PM) With the amateur draft on June 12th, June 13th would be a good time to start crafting the next phase of the rebuilding White Sox. Some of our young players in the minors can certainly keep getting experience until then, and we will have more clarity about how the draft went in terms of hitters versus pitchers balance. I'm sure the White Sox are expecting the draft to yield a nice balance between the two, but it could turn out to be a draft where the best available players leaned more to one side than the other. One way or the other, I'd like to see 2-3 veteran players traded by mid-June with the idea of getting some young players a chance to play more regularly on the big league club. Trouble is, the more Melky and Frazier play, the less value they have. Robertson is another story. He has some value and is tradable. The other two,......you probably can't give them away right now.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2017 -> 05:19 PM) Never been a big fan but he didn't look bad at all during this game, as it was on tv Yep. I am not a candidate for the Dylan Covey Fan Club, but there were a bunch of bloop hits by the O's. Still, let him miss a start with the off day, stick him in a relief role this week. The kid competed, showed some movement on his fastball, had a couple of tough breaks against a lucky team, etc. Some of you guys are putting him up there with Charlie Manson. He's not That bad.

Braves super prospect Ozzie Albies not doing much this series vs Charlotte.

QUOTE (Soha @ May 7, 2017 -> 12:08 PM) Box score says 2 earned runs. Shouldn't they be unearned, since thee sac fly would have been 3 outs if not for the error? No error on Saladino. Could have been. Should have been.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 7, 2017 -> 12:25 AM) Adolfo has, thus far, reduced his K-rate very substantially. It's still high and will have to drop at least a bit more, but to my mind it is perhaps the hardest thing to ask a player to do—move up in level and reduce your K%. It shows his development and some fortitude that he's been able to do it. See Courtney Hawkins for an example of someone who may have been ruined by an early experience of being overmatched. C'mon, man!

Been a possibility forever. But, the other team will see who is warming up, and they can adjust their lineup accordingly.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 6, 2017 -> 11:43 AM) Ptatc ... I thought the way he violently cocks his arm back away from his body was different than most. No? Like Keith Foulke did as well. I'd appreciate if you watched a clip of what his right arm and hand do on each pitch, then comment for me if you think it is conducive to injury. Thank u. Foulke did it; so does Ubaldo Jiminez.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 5, 2017 -> 06:20 AM) 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. Depends how good Eaton turns out to be. He certainly had a great start before his injury. My paranoid reaction/analysis is that Nats GM knew Giolito was lost cause and was looking to unload him anywhere soon before his value dropped off the table, and then RH appeared. Nats have "Playoff Team" written all over them, and Eaton was a great pickup until that injury. Right now, it looks like Dunning and Lopez for an injured Eaton.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 4, 2017 -> 06:22 AM) Billy Botch would like his 15 seconds of fame as the player to have his worse years with the Sox. Amen. Among the worst deals in Sox history.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ May 3, 2017 -> 07:42 AM) Looking back at Dunns time with the White Sox has never been explained. Was he hurt? Did he lose his desire to play after signing a big long term contract? Didn't he like playing for the White Sox? Dunn was the first big free agent signing since Albert Belle. He didn't produce here. Nobody has ever figured it out. What is there to figure out. It was a bad signing. Dunn got old and heavy and then he got overpaid by KW.

Sabbath Anthony Mele, hence the nickname "Sam".

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 04:46 PM) I posted a few write ups, but I'm not going to post the whole list. Not sure what the rules on that exactly are My neighbor says it's ok.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 02:56 PM) Thanks. Glad Verlander isn't scheduled. The sooner they get to Detroit's bullpen the better. I'm not really sure how to predict the series to be honest. If the Sox continue playing like they are, all 3 of those games might be real close. No one expected a KC sweep (still 4 outs to go), so who knows what will happebn, although Detroit can hit the baseball. Miggy on the DL.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Apr 26, 2017 -> 02:52 PM) lol...not sure how this is even possible...but Frazier makes Abrue look like a Gold Glove Any high school first baseman would be expected to catch that ball at first.

Abreu showed some speed scoring from first.

Bribe him with unlimited Twinkies.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Apr 25, 2017 -> 07:52 AM) I think the difference is that Albers wasn't striking anyone out, and his stuff was mediocre. That hasn't applied to Swarzak (or Kahnle) this year so far. Totally surprised he made the Nats' roster. Pitched last night.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 23, 2017 -> 12:13 PM) I never understood why people wore cubs uniforms to Sox games. Why? In LA they beat you up for that, put you in the hospital.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 22, 2017 -> 08:45 PM) Mitchell was a far better prospect at this point. That ankle injury destroyed his career. Partly true, the injury part. But, a lot of Sox Talkers kept Hawkins at or near the top of their prospect list for a long time, with one exception.

Courtney Hawkins having another tough night. 3 AB's, all strikeouts. What's the point here in keeping him? Do him a favor and release him. Maybe another org can help him.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 22, 2017 -> 07:32 PM) Check out how awful this draft was http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team/draft...s&year=2012 Man, that is an eye opener. Futility.

It's simple. Abreu just needs Moncada to mentor him.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 20, 2017 -> 07:02 PM) Was about to have a heart attack thinking Kopech got roughed up like that. Oops, didn't notice that game was already over with the DH. Apparently it wasn't as bad as the numbers looked, with some defensive miscues contributing. Still some control issues. And for those saying we should have a Top 3-5 system ranking, it's hard to believe we're Top 10 with how ridiculously bad that Birmingham everyday line-up is. Yep. Still bottom 10.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 20, 2017 -> 07:00 PM) If the Sox were willing to try May they could just as easily try Engel. At least the defense will still be good. Leury has ran down some fly balls but has misplayed 2 I've seen that were rolling or bouncing. None of those guys are big leaguers. Makes no difference which one plays. Maybe when Tilson gets back it will be a little bit better.