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QUOTE (bmags @ May 14, 2014 -> 02:17 PM) I rode irving park for .5 mile to get to Rib Fest one year and I swore to never do it again. As a whole I know most all of the bike friendly roads but I'm rarely that far north. The one on Damen/Lincoln?

QUOTE (bmags @ May 14, 2014 -> 02:10 PM) Agree on all accounts. On weekends going east to west in the city, you will save 30 minutes by bicycling. And you can take all of the little one way roads and worry less about getting killed every second. Lawrence and Irving Park are terrifying, lol.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ May 14, 2014 -> 10:44 AM) Draft chat at 1:30 if you have questions to ask. http://www.baseballamerica.com/chat/?1400080672

Oakland is arguably the best team in the AL. We shouldn't be too disappointed if they sweep us. It happens.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 14, 2014 -> 01:23 PM) I did not know that. That must be weird to have to take the bus anywhere you need to go. I did for about 2 years when I lived in Chicago. Then, when I got a car again later, I still took the bus in a lot of instances. It's got its downsides, no doubt, but it beats the hell out of dealing with traffic and parking frequently IMO.

Kolek is a beast but I've read stuff lately (maybe DA posted it) about how doctors are saying that the adolescent ligament is simply not designed to handle consistently throwing in the upper 90's. The fact that this guy is the hardest thrower of the draft era means he's at a singular risk of injury. Idk, I'd take him if he falls probably, but I'd be terrified. If it's him left at 3 and the Sox choose a hitter, I'll understand. If they choose Nola or something, I'll be disappointed.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ May 14, 2014 -> 10:30 AM) Other candidates to be DFA'd by the end of the season Scott Carroll Frank Fransisco Alejandro De Aza (I think this will spook him) Moises Sierra Felipe Paulino Jordan Danks Nester Molina Jared Mitchell Eric Surkamp Huh?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 14, 2014 -> 10:49 AM) If Jeff Keppinger can get $4 million a year, Gordon Beckham can get $4 million a year. Keppinger got that on the strength of a .325/.367/.439 (128 wRC+) walk year. If Beckham does that, he won't be looking for a job.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 14, 2014 -> 10:14 AM) Beckham will be good enough to where the dollars are fine in 2015. If he's good enough to earn his money, he'll be tendered a contract. If he isn't good enough to be tendered, he's realistically look at something between league minimum and maybe $2m on a one year deal. If he does enough to earn more than that and the Sox non-tender him, they've made a mistake.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 14, 2014 -> 09:05 AM) I don't think the White Sox have many, if any, players or coaches who live in Chicago full-time. I don't think that is an issue. Ok, well if not, then the millions of dollars in salary should be. I know I'd personally believe it was an issue.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 14, 2014 -> 08:46 AM) He will have no problem finding a job. If he doesn't play well enough to get tendered a contract this year, he will have a problem finding a job at the $5m+/yr he'd make if he went through arb again. And I'm guessing he'd like to avoid transplanting his family. So yeah, I'd feel pressure if there were millions of dollars at stake.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 13, 2014 -> 04:03 PM) Harold Reynolds thinks that INF arm problems are from being moved around the diamond too much. He pointed to Jurickson Profar's elbow as an example of this from his move from SS to 3B to 2B to LF. That might be one of the dumbest things I've heard him say.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 14, 2014 -> 08:19 AM) Why would he feel pressure from these guys? You project Semien's numbers over the same amount of plate appearances Adam Dunn made during his historically bad 2011 campaign, and they are pretty similar, except you gain a few more hits, lose a few more walks. People with Beckham hate have that hatred blind them into thinking Semien is better. At least at this time, he is not. The pressure comes from the fact that he make 10x more money than the others and can easily be non-tendered.

If the Sox take a position player, I want Jackson much more than Zimmer or Turner. Sox have a horrible track record at developing hitters with contact issues.

He's been given possibly the longest leash of any pre-free agency player in the past 20 years. There can be no excuses.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 13, 2014 -> 09:33 PM) This team has no energy right now.. Maybe we should take some of that 5 hour energy that I have see Carlos Beltran promoting every commercial on MLB.TV Yeah it really does "feel" half ass

Holy god Viciedo sucks in the OF

Somehow we're only 5th in the majors in K%

HEY GAME THREAD!

Yeah, I think the best case is that he opts for his release, picks up a minimum contract somewhere else, and you at least save the ML minimum.

I say DFA Keppinger. If he clears, he goes to Birmingham. If not, welp, he's gone!

Lock for September

If you make a guy GM and give him responsibility for winning, you have to let him hire or fire personnel as he pleases.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 13, 2014 -> 01:46 PM) The bottom line is even if Semien hit there, it wasn't a huge upgrade, at least at this point in their careers. You might as well give Leury a shot. There might be a situation someday where he has to get a shot when you really have to win. I agree with that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 13, 2014 -> 01:32 PM) Actually, coming into that AB Garcia .222/.282/.306 Semien .220/.286/.348 vs. LHP Garcia .357/.357/.571 Semien .250/.313/.432 Ok, so it was closer than one would think. The split data on Garcia isn't going to be useful after 16 PA.