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What happened to Matt Cooper?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 11:08 AM) So when is it ok for a manager to argue and when is it not ok? Mike was doing his job, that's not bush league to me. If he was out of line then the ump should have ran him, that's on the umpire, not on Scioscia. But it's baseball and some player is always crying about some type of unwritten rule. Mike came out after the final decision was made. So go back to the dugout and do your job. Ump should have run him, agreed. He was out there just to be a nuisance. That makes it Bush. I was hoping Flowers would pinch his head off.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 14, 2015 -> 08:29 AM) Why wouldn't Mike try to mess with the pitcher a bit if he could? That's not Bush league, it's just smart imo. No one said it wasn't smart. But it is Bush League.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 09:20 PM) Maiker Feliz playing for Az Sox now Is it wise to bring him up now? Correct me if I am wrong here. We sign a guy out of high school or less, we control him for 5 years in the minors before we either add him to the 40 man roster or risk losing him in the draft. Bringing him up now means that five year clock is now running, so we lose a year of control all for having him on the AZL roster for 15 games or so.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 12, 2015 -> 10:39 AM) Following Alvarez kind of reminds me of following Aaron Miles. Who had a decent major league career, by the way.

If Sox offer Shark a QO ($16 Millionish), will he take it as a one year deal?

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Aug 9, 2015 -> 02:37 AM) It's there's one skill we have abundance of in the system, it's definitely speed. Can you imagine if we end up with Alvarez at 3B, Anderson at SS l, Micah at 2B, Engel at CF, and May at LF. All those guys have the chance to steal 40 bases a year! Go-Go White Sox will return.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 22, 2015 -> 09:40 AM) I just wish that they'd find a way to actually develop hitters in their system. Every 2015 position player outside of 2B is from another system or from Cuba. Rangel Ravelo is a recent one.

What will Sox do with Adrian Nieto? BA down to .203.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Aug 8, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) Any opinions on Matt Heidenreich ? I know he's been in the system for a while and is old for the league he's in (A) but he's put together a nice season. Thinking that he starts next year in AA and if he puts together another solid year he gets into the top 30 . Maybe not great stuff but pretty good command ? Will Sox put him on the 40 man roster? If not, he's possibly gone. I bet NSS will have a thread about that in a month or two.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Aug 2, 2015 -> 09:30 AM) I think CarGo is very likely to slide through waivers. Didn't really see any rumors connecting us to him, but I still think he's a good fit for us. Whether the Rockies even want to move CarGo at this point remains to be seen, as all good young players & prospects on the 40 man will be out of play. Cargo still hot; hit a game winning grand slammer last night (Friday 8/7). They won't give him away.

QUOTE (harkness @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 08:51 PM) I've never seen a team so mentally unprepared. Its a joke. Particularly at start of the season. A little bit better now, not enough.

Not sure of the rule on that ground rule double by Trayce. I think that ball hit the left fielder before it bounced into the stands. Should be two bases from there.

If Sox need a low priced manager next year, try Skinner from Charlotte. He's paid his dues.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 07:31 PM) Awful relay throw home by Sanchez. His defense has gotten worse as his offense has improved. Sanchez or Alexi making that high throw home?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 07:31 AM) Who do you think, specifically, should get three starting slots in Charlotte? Because I see 2, max, from AA that might be ready - Jaye and Montas. I'd agree that Jaye should come up. Montas maybe too. But the other thing is, BHAM is in a playoff race, and the club tends to like keeping key guys around that as the season comes to a close. Okay. Cut Penny, promote Jaye. Bring someone up to Birmingham from W-S and so on. Decisions for Ynoa and Tago have to be made this off season. I say get them as many quality innings as possible.

Sox have 3 vet starters at Charlotte: Noesi, Penny, and Drabek. They are eating up innings that could go elsewhere, even though there is little chance of them getting promoted to White Sox. Possible exception is Drabek. With all the young pitchers throughout the minor league system, I see no reason why these three are taking a regular turn, since so many young pitchers could use the innings.

QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Aug 5, 2015 -> 10:47 PM) What an incredible stat line from Matt Cooper's last 10 games: 13.2 IP, 3H, 1BB, 0ER, 31K. If a top draft pick had those stats, there would be wet dreams all over the place. Cooper?? In nobody's Top Anything. But if there is a trade looming, the other team will want Cooper thrown into the deal.

Good list, always interesting reading. I would have had Jacob May a lot higher. I know he had a tough injury a couple of months ago, but he is a tremendous prospect. Most in the Top 10-12 or so should at least make it to the big leagues.

QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 4, 2015 -> 09:22 PM) I'm just wondering what excuses Rick Hahn is going to give when the seasons over hoping to keep season ticket holders from bailing. First you have to wake him up.

Did Hawk fire DD?

freaking Sizemore

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Aug 3, 2015 -> 06:10 PM) Not like the Sox in the last ten years. They can't draft a position player to save their lives. Ravelo. Hitting around .350 in AA.

Matt Cooper did it again. 11th save, 2.2 innings, no hits, 6 K's.

QUOTE (BamaDoc @ Aug 1, 2015 -> 08:17 PM) Apologies to those who already saw this in the trade deadline deals. We are now in the waiver period where teams can block waivers/trades at the risk of being given contracts outright. Normally, low value or high priced people(bad contracts) can get through. Once through waivers, trades can be worked out as long as the traded players have also cleared waivers or are not on the 40 man roster. Typically, role player goes for couple A ballers who prob won't pan out. My deal still works if we feel we can go for it but I was not willing to give up any prospect of value. I thought SD had to sell or will have to with losses as well as we wouldn't if we lose 5 in a row. This is dollars Matt Kemp no particular R/L splits 30 yrs old , cooling off but OPS.987 last mos to RF. Avi platoons with LaRoche and Avi can sub in if wakes up. John Danks to SD. Big ballpark favors his pitching and he had sub 3.00 ERA vs NL. E Johnson comes up and replaces Danks. Our reasoning, add a bat and possible Johnson out performs Danks. SD reasoning Kemp owed 87 million after this year over 4 yrs. Dodgers paying 3.75 per or 14 million….73 remain …..Danks just short of 16…57 remain over four years or about 14.25 per. After 2016, LaRoche contract up Kemp could DH. Make no mistake, I think Kemps last couple years might not be pretty so the fight is over what SD kicks in in salary relief. If you get Dodgers money and SD kicks in 2 the first two years and 4-5 the next two maybe it works. From our point of view, I like it. I can't get my arms around it from Pad's point of view. Trouble is, San Diego is now on a winning streak, partly because of Kemp's improved play.