Quin

Be grateful for your speed Adam.

Paulie, stay calm. Let's go Eaton!

The bullpen...

I forgot this was on.

Snell just bailed out.

This game was all types of stupid. WHAT THE RUFKC SNELL.

WHAT TYPE OF f***ERY

THAT BOY IS BAD FUNK. THAT BOY IS BAD.

Oh my god.

f***.

TORNADO SIGHTING IN DC

They have angered the Jimmy.

DEY FIGHTEN

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Apr 25, 2014 -> 08:48 PM) About time the touted Rodon showed up. As long as he stays in the Sox range, I'd be happy.

Sox website down for anyone? I can't get on it to get to MLB.tv

Well, Rodon

Well, watching the Bulls, but Abreu is a strong man.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 25, 2014 -> 04:31 PM) If you can have Chris Sale and Rodon, and you wouldn't be able to sign more than your first 3-5 picks after Rodon, would you still do it? If you could KNOW Rodon would have a similar career to Chris, sure, of course. On the other hand, if you can project Hoffman to have a similar career to Verlander and Rodon to go down with TJ surgery and have a similarly frustrating career path as Francisco Liriano because of all the sliders, you wouldn't even be dealing with Boras....next. Or if Rodon's going to keep losing 0.5 MPH off his FB velocity every season, and you draft him knowing there's no way you're going to be able to put together an extension like Sale and Quintana into the seasons past Year 6...that basically you're probably going to use/abuse him and risk destroying his career to maximize your playoff chances in 2016-2019, do you do it? Can Rodon develop the other pitches to complement his slider/fastball combination....especially a good change-up or curveball, with the change being the obvious preference. The point was picking between Hoffman/Rodon because of which hand they throw with is stupid. Money is a completely different factor.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Apr 25, 2014 -> 04:05 PM) Yes, of course it makes sense to take the best player available. However, is the choice really so clear, in this case? Moreover, there are other circumstances, such as Rodon having another year of college eligibility, having Boros for an agent, and wanting first pick bonus money, even if he is picked lower in the draft. If he were clearly the "best player available", I would agree that the Sox should take him, providing he would sign. But it's not that simple and not that clear, in this case. While the philosophy of picking the best player is a sound one, doesn't it also make sense to consider the needs of the organization, when there is no clear consensus regarding who is the "best player". Regarding my seeming "obsession" with "handedness"; I've never really been completely convinced of the whole notion of advantages and disadvantages of from which side of the plate, or the mound, a player plays. However, isn't it pretty much conventional wisdom that it does matter? If Rodon hits his ceiling you have two aces. Would you rather have Sale and David Price or Sale and Edwin Jackson (which is what I think Hoffman could be. Great stuff, inconsistent results), just for the sake of handedness?

Good thing the D-Backs gave up on Eaton.

Man, what's to be done about Davidson?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 24, 2014 -> 11:37 AM) I think it's pretty interesting that some of the other teams that share cities (or metro areas) like Oakland and the Mets have absolutely no majority where they are located. The Yankees dominate New York and the Giants dominate the Bay Area. Yet, the Sox have a pretty steady foothold in the Chicagoland area. Only places that matter to me (large part of Chicago and Kankakee) are White Sox.

Damn. Also...Hawk just called Abreu "Liriano"

So many foul balls.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 12:21 PM) Thibs had the #1 defense in the NBA with Carlos Boozer and Mike Dunleavy starting. I think Melo would be just fine. With the cap increasing, if Melo tells NY he'd take a small paycut to be with the Bulls, or the Bulls can clear the space to sign him outright, the Knicks almost have to listen to Booz + Picks. And if you have Rose-Butler-Melo-Taj-Noah-Mirotic as your Top 6, you're in a damn good place, especially in the East. And that's with current Melo. He buys into Thibs' system? Lawdy we'd have a show to behold.