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QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ May 22, 2014 -> 10:47 AM) I'm saying it because the two teams who could take him before us are Houston and Miami, which would leave the Sox with the choices of either Rodon or Aiken, which would be awesome. I've seen several mocks calling for Gillaspie to go in the 20's or 30's

QUOTE (bmags @ May 22, 2014 -> 09:40 AM) Why don't we wait until Davidson forces our hand. I don't see the point of making room when he is striking out 35% of the time. People are so excited right now to get rid of any good pieces before we have good pieces to replace them. I thought we wanted to compete next year or the year after, not 2020. This. We don't need to give up on anyone right now. As it is, Davidson's best case scenario is a September callup if he's earned it. We can figure out what do do with Connor over the offseason at the earliest.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 22, 2014 -> 09:52 AM) I have an answer for all of life's problems. Except when I don't. Then I just eat Funyuns. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRdsq4v5s4A

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 22, 2014 -> 09:51 AM) OU: 129.5 pitches I'm taking way, way, way over That's such an easy over.

Didn't Montgomery have surgery of some kind?

Do we know why he fell?

QUOTE (Dunt @ May 22, 2014 -> 10:08 AM) Question for the masses: I want to subscribe to either Baseball America or Baseball Prospectus and am wondering which you guys prefer for prospect information? I enjoy both the Effectively Wild and Baseball America podcasts quite a bit and can't decide which I'd rather give my money to. I subscribe to BP and am content. It's just one of those things that's so cheap you just do it. I'd been considering subscribing to BA, but then I realized that someone dumps a bunch of them by the door at our office each month. So I've just started picking up those. I would probably prefer BA except for two things: Jason Parks and Doug Thorburn.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 22, 2014 -> 09:08 AM) You and your trick questions. c. Rubber wall positioned so that ricochets glance towards 1B Yeah! Like a pitchback! Good call.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 22, 2014 -> 07:36 AM) I take it you don't subscribe to YES? Nope, no cable =\ QUOTE (beautox @ May 22, 2014 -> 08:34 AM) Just Hola on your browser and switch it to England and then back after it verifies you. I shall try this. Thanks!

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 22, 2014 -> 09:53 AM) Trick question. c. 45 year-old Frank Thomas. Paul Konerko slides to 3B. Ok, for serious, who would you rather have playing third base, defensively only, for the rest of this year: a. Paul Konerko b. a 6'x6' plywood wall

QUOTE (DirtySox @ May 22, 2014 -> 08:47 AM) Baseball America's Top 200 Draft Rankings are up. http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft-preview/ It's exciting that we really have no idea who we're going to get a t 3.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 22, 2014 -> 09:33 AM) That's merely wishful thinking. You watch your mouth. Who would you rather have on the 25 man roster right now? a. 34 year-old Jeff Keppinger b. 89 year-old Minnie Minoso

What is the deal with Michalczewski? He seems to be holding his own pretty well in A ball, but why are we so excited about him? I would think a guy like him would have to be raking to garner this kind of love.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 22, 2014 -> 07:45 AM) Juan Uribe. Jeff Keppinger.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 22, 2014 -> 09:07 AM) I would rather them keep an extra reliever here, and put Marcus at AAA. I really want him playing every day. Especially because he legitimately has things to work on. Chiefly, how to hone his approach to make the most out of his plate discipline.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 22, 2014 -> 08:37 AM) You should use the advanced metrics, but if that's all you use, you will be in trouble. xFIP says Gavin Floyd was a better pitcher for the White Sox than Mark Buehrle. Is there really anyone who would rather have had Gavin on the mound in a must win game than Buehrle? Using xFIP to measure overall pitcher quality is like using a ruler to measure your weight. You're going to get all kinds of weird conclusions if you use the wrong tools to answer your questions.

I hate that mlb.tv is going to black me out of this game.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 22, 2014 -> 07:15 AM) Interesting that the Mets and Rangers are supposed to be highly analytical organizations but both are in the top 6 in MLB in Sac Bunts. Disdain for the sac bunt is one of the calling cards of analytics. Sabermetrics doesn't hate sacrifice bunts, it hates moves that reduce the likelihood that a team will score a run. Most managers tend to sacrifice bunt in situations where the extra out hurts them more than the runner advancing helps.

Oh well

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 21, 2014 -> 08:46 PM) you consider OBP an advanced metric. It's not. No, no I don't.

That was a good pitch, but really playing with fire on a 3-2 count with the bases loaded.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 21, 2014 -> 05:32 PM) Give me DOB, OBP, and SLG, K's and BB's for a hitter along with his historical numbers and I will make as reasonable a judgement on a hitter as any Sabermetrician using advanced metrics. I'm assuming since you ignored everything in my post, you're going to continue having no clue what you're talking about. Which is fine because you aren't fooling anyone.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 21, 2014 -> 02:19 PM) On paper, bet the under and the Royals. Odds are Sox will not sweep this series. It'd be nice to get seven out of Q and score a few runs off Sox killer Guthrie. What do you mean by, "on paper?"

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 21, 2014 -> 03:03 PM) I don't hate Sabremetrics. I have issues with how they are applied and the importance placed on bootleg stats. Then make an intelligent argument about which ones are misapplied and why it's wrong. You can't do that if you don't take the time to understand what they are. Like, if WAR is messed up, why? How can you even think is IS or ISN'T messed up if you don't have at least a basic understanding of linear weights? If you hate the defensive metric component, what is it about the defensive metrics that you think are wrong? Too often people think advanced metrics are wrong simply because they don't always confirm that person's per-conceived notion. And, like I said, there's NOTHING wrong with not caring enough about them to learn about them. Really. It's just impossible to have an intelligent opinion on them if you don't know about them.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ May 21, 2014 -> 02:59 PM) What statistics are showing these players as underrated? It varies, but generally speaking: RBI, batting average, and an incorrect assessment of the value of defense.