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QUOTE (bighurt4life @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 06:59 PM) Man crush on Hawkins. With how quick we moved him up to low a ball I would have been satisfied it he'd just managed to not embarrass himself, but he's been just killing it since his promotion. Good K rates, lots of XBHs. I'm very excited to see what he does in a full season. Seems like he has the ability to make adjustments very quickly and his physical tools are obvious. Havent been this excited about a prospect since Gordon got drafted. He also has 11 stolen bases so far. Man crush is spreading. I would replace Gordon's name with Frank's.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 09:31 PM) Put it this way...I checked out a Seattle Mariners message board, and not a single Seattle fan is arguing if it was a catch or not. People don't care in Seattle.

Was Wise on second or third when PK got the "hit"?

If we win this in 9th, Reed is the WP.

I don't think we'll see any ROTY threads for Reed.

Anybody go out to the mound to slap Reed?

Will Myers finish nthe game? If so, it pretty much answers the question brought up in earlier thread. ($10,000,000 bonus for 2013).

QUOTE (Cerbaho-WG @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 07:16 PM) Dodgers management is loaded. They overpaid for the franchise by like $200-$300 million. They clearly don't give a s*** about cash. And it all started because of a divorce of two idiots.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 01:23 PM) So you're in favor of letting him finish a game where we were down 6 runs? Because it happened. That's the point. Perfectly stated. And what would really be interesting would be to know the essence of conversations from Kenny to Robin on Myers' finishing games. Roughly five weeks to go.

Derek Jeter was drafted out of high school, and he did not show any power in his first two years in org ball. Now he's a threat to get 4000 hits in MLB. Give the kid a chance.

Dan Black still raking. He's a year older than Mitchell. If Mitchell had these numbers, this board would be lit up and Sox brass would be salivating, the Trib would be covering him, ESPN would induct him into the Hall of Fame.....Minor League POY, yadda, yadda. But his name is Dan Black, he's big so he plays first base and can't get promoted because he would interrupt the career path of Wilkins, Johnson, et al. Geez.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 07:56 AM) Seems like the youngest guy we have playing organized ball in our system. We still have those four kids signed in DR who have yet to show up on a roster. Believe they are all 16-17.

QUOTE (PolishPrince34 @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 06:44 AM) That's around the average height of a 2B in MLB. Jose Altuve is little 5'5". Phillips, Uggla, Kendrick, Pedroria, B. Roberts, Weeks are all 5-11 or smaller. Kinsler and Cano are 6-0. The only giant at 2B is Neil Walker at 6'3". Rockettes have LeMahieu at 2B. Former Scrub. Well over 6 feet. Good player.

Baseball and I are traditionalists. I would love to get rid of the DH, but the union will not allow that. DH and the whole arbitration process sucks, bad for the game IMO. I hope they keep the September rules.

He does seem to have utility infielder written all over him.

I don't see the logic in comparing Thompson to Hawkins. Hawkins is brand new, just out of high school. Thompson has over 1300 professional AB's in 4+ seasons, and he'll probably get several hundred more. I hope the Sox don't expect Hawkins to get another 1200 AB's before they can make a decision on him.

QUOTE (PolishPrince34 @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 06:54 AM) Baseball America on their Daily Prospect Reports have been showing stats the last 2 weeks on a player in the White Sox DSL League-Antonio Rodriguez-OF. Anyone have information? I find it interesting their following him. He's played 6 games, going 5 for 16 with 1 double. 17 yrs old.

QUOTE (Caesar @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 12:22 PM) Whats the word on the Sanchez kid in the minors? Is he a legit prospect at 2nd? I don't follow the minors that much, I just look at the boxscores daily. He's the best second sacker in the whole organization.

Leesman and Kussmaul were both terrific. Leesman should get a good look in ST next year.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 17, 2012 -> 08:11 PM) 117 pitches for Sale on 4 days rest after throwing 114 pitches just seems like way too much. Do intentional walk pitches count?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 11:29 AM) Hard to say, we don't get much info on the DSL guys unless they are high-line prospects who got big signing money. au contrare. We have signed 4 youngsters down there this year and not one has played yet. How long does it take to open a bank account in the DR?

QUOTE (danman31 @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 07:25 PM) Do you mean from the White Sox draft class or from the draft in general? in general. Don't get me wrong, I am not second guessing this pick of Hawkins. Next year will be big for him.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 07:32 PM) The quicker we get out of this s***box ballpark the better, its been grating on 2 of my 5 senses. If you have 5 senses, you are obviously not a Cub fan.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 09:30 AM) OF instead of 1B, and now playing at AA... so he's higher up the food chain. Exactly. Age is not the end of all things of course, and Dan Black may end up making it. Shoemaker is in a similar category, though with better hitting numbers, playing Dan Black is also a first baseman, and generally you are only going to get somewhere at that position if you are a seriously premium bat. He doesn't have that at this point. If he goes to AA next year and demolishes the ball, maybe gets to AAA in 2013 as well, then it might be time to start talking about him being a top propsect. Heck, look at a guy on his own team, Michael Earley... who is putting up better hitting numbers, almost a year younger, playing OF instead of 1B, and having fewer development years to do it... and even he is a marginal prospect. Also, oldsox, what would your top 10 be? When I mentioned Dan Black, I knew you guys would bring up the age thing. Not much I can do to refute it. But if I sign a player like Black or Kevin Smith out of college, which means they are older, I would be inclined to start them higher and/or promote them faster just to see what shakes out. I would be more patient with younger players. But if they can hit, they will hit. I guess I am not so inclined to punish a prospect who has 3-4 yrs of college experience. I wish Black were promoted. Now. Something about high average with power intrigues me. I don't care if he is a first baseman -- as long as he can hit, there is real value there. I think I am pretty good at evaluating a player if I get to see him play, but my only means of evaluating Sox prospects here is through FS. So I'm grateful to those who give us this daily info. Putting a number on them and ranking them is guesswork, but I do like to see what you and a few others put out there. Since you asked me..... 1. Sanchez (only 20) 2. Snodgrass 3. E Johnson After that in no particular order Walker Earley Black Maren Kussmaul Rienzo Hawkins Thompson (next year he is either off my list or near the top) Phegley Semien (I like middle infielders with some power) J Danks K Smith Hankerd (old, I know. Move him up until he stops hitting) We have four veteran minor league pitchers in Santiago, Axelrod, Shirek, and Leesman. There are pitchers currently in the bigs who are not as good as these four. Keep working them and one or two will make the majors for someone. Hawkins is the only one there who has not yet done much, but there is a ton of ability there. There are several high school draftees from 2012 draft who have done much better, however.

Since I have no life, I broused thru the Houston Astro minor league stats to see how the three pitchers we gave them for Brett Myers are doing.... All three are struggling so far, with Heidenreich probably doing the best of the three.