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Back to Reed....... Has he been used during the losing streak? Is that the excuse that is coming?

There goes the trading value for Reed and, of course, Peavy.

If I remember correctly, Black finished really strong last year. If he does it again this year, why not consider him? He is hitting around .300 with power and a bunch of walks. Big, strong kid, improving each year. What else do you want? Would love to see him promoted to Charlotte by end of June.

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 11:37 AM) Draft is now just 2 days away. More Likely Scenarios (In order of my liking to the players): 1.) Alex Gonazalez, Oral Roberts, RHP - 91-93 MPH fastball with very good movement. Flying up the boards after his slider's development into a plus pitch. Ceiling is #2-#3 starter and basement is a reliever. A couple of scouts doubt him as a SP but no one doubts his fastball-slider combo out of the pen. Every time I hear about Alex Gonzalez from Oral Roberts, I now think of Michael Douglas

QUOTE (kapzk @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 08:43 PM) any1 else notice Peavy's velocity being down the last 2-3 starts Not Robin.

Gotta bring up Phegley by D-Day. Send Flowers down. We have to get some legitimate hitting prospects, major league ready players, and trading value will be a lot higher in June-July than in off season (Peavy, Reed). If Hahn does not do something by end of July, I'll be surprised and disappointed.

QUOTE (PolishPrince34 @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 09:02 AM) Editors from Baseball America just did their mock draft. Have the Sox picking HS catcher NICK CIUFFO. Definitely do not see the White Sox picking him. After what Lauman had to say about being happy with the organizational depth in the minors. Among our catching prospects in low minors (Ayala, Mosier, Marjama) who are we most high on? Ayala and Mosier are not playing and obviously ticketed for another year with one of the Rookie Leagues. Marjama is with Kanny.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 05:39 PM) Hahn was on the radio this morning speaking about meetings and basically saying changes were imminent. A week ago the Sox were back to .500 and things were realy looking up. Now it seems like they have been awful for a decade. Change would be good. Gordon is an obvious change. The next most obvious one would be Phegley up, Flowers down. Flowers down to .200 with too many K's. He's showing no signs of coming out of it here. What else? Trades?

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 2, 2013 -> 11:49 AM) Alejandro De Aza LF, Alexei Ramirez SS, Conor Gillaspie 3B, Dayan Viciedo DH, Adam Dunn 1B, Casper Wells RF, Jordan Danks CF, Tyler Flowers C, Tyler Greene 2B That's a starting lineup for the ages.....

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 17, 2013 -> 08:25 AM) No, we're not sure. Not because of anything dealing with his performance right now, but because Upton has $70 million on his contract while Dunn has $25 million. These numbers prove once again how stupid general managers are. Agents everywhere are laughing.

QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 01:19 AM) I don't know if Colvin can be a CFer and when I say I don't know I really do not know but from my recollection he only played right and some first. Colvin hit 18 HR and 72 with .290/.327.531 in 420 ABs for the Rockies and they sent him to AAA! EDIT: Check out the comments of what the Rockies' fans thought of the move. LOL I wish we had a problem like this. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...lb&c_id=mlb He played some CF last year and did the job. Very good arm. Better than anyone on our roster.

Rockies have two outfielders at AAA who can hit, run, play defense. Charlie Blackmon and Tyler Colvin. Either one would be an immediate CF starter with Sox. We gotta have some pitching they would like to have.

Find out what Kenny would do, then do the opposite for each.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ May 27, 2013 -> 08:37 PM) Have there been any reports about exactly what Cooper was screaming at Flowers about tonight? Or why Ventura stays quiet?

QUOTE (flavum @ May 26, 2013 -> 11:40 AM) Sox traded Drew Garcia to the Rockies. He seemed to be a Sox organizational guy--got a lot of spring training time over the last couple years. He gawn. Sox get a PTBNL. Rockies have a lot of pretty good prospects.

Herm has lost some weight the last few years. Wonder how much?

Neal Cotts back in the Show

Geez. Angels' Aybar gets thrown out in a rundown between second and third with no outs, and the Angel announcers keep saying what great baserunning it was.

We should sign Vandy's pitching coach/manager.

Bell has been dissed several times on SoxTalk in different threads, so I thought I would start one just on him. I'm not going to defend Bell -- Hawk can do that, but here is a chance for his critics to get specific on his shortcomings. What are the biggest complaints about Buddy Bell? Other than the below average (almost lousy) farm system he inherited.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 11, 2013 -> 07:55 PM) It's not a matter of giving up. It's a matter of recognizing this team can't get to 88 wins, which is probably the minimum to win a 2nd wildcard spot. They're an awful team. Playoffs!!?? PLAYOFFS?? Where is Coach Mora when you need him

Greene lloked like Steve Sax. Dunn looked like Dunn.

I don't think Keppinger ever played football or hockey or reffed a soccer game.

It still blows my mind that teams throw this kind of money around to 16 yr old kids, where in the States they can't do that.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 7, 2013 -> 07:46 PM) This is absolutely the worst offensive Sox team in a very long time. Of course, they'll keep the same lineup for tomorrow I'm sure. and next year.