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QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 12:36 PM) http://dcprosportsreport.com/MLBMocks.htm Cool site listing all mock drafts in order of their date published. Would be super cool if you could look past the first 6 picks...

Yeah I don't think Smith makes it past the Mets, from what I've been reading. But, all it takes is one out-of-nowhere Astros-type reach to throw the whole thing off, I guess. I would love Renfroe, and I think Gonzalez will be off the board already. I think we'll end up with Chris Anderson, who seems very whatever. Law had us reaching for Tim Anderson on his latest though, and wouldn't you rather have Crawford than him?

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 04:35 PM) I still have hope for Barnum. He's definitely young enough if he can only stay healthy. He's several years away though -- Dunn can only fake it there for one more year before his contract runs out.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 04:22 PM) Our 1B of the future will come from another position or organization. None of the guys we have playing 1st in the minors now are going to be our 1B of the future. I wouldn't be shocked if one of the OFs we have in the system ended up at 1B This. Usually first basemen "happen" much more often than they are drafted. Guys tend to not be able to stick at other positions but have enough bat to move up. In our case, all our OFs tend to still be OFs at this point, which means that if nothing else changes, I believe it is Viciedo because there will be guys pushing up to the ML in OF positions for the next couple years. And Viciedo sucks in the OF, despite his arm.

Huge arm, huge control issues. Seems like we could use a bullpen flyer though, what with all this Ramon Troncoso garbage I keep reading. Thoughts?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 03:56 PM) So completely inaccurate. But keep throwing garbage at the wall and hope no one calls you out on it. That's always been YOUR strategy, though.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 02:52 PM) And it makes people into drama queens when their team loses. I don't care that it's the Cubs, I just care that the Sox looked like the worst team in baseball against one of the worst teams in baseball.

QUOTE (Hawkfan @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 11:11 AM) Rally Beckham. Put the C on the uniform immediately. Can we fit TWTW on his jersey instead?

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 10:44 AM) Yep, I get tired of the showing emotion=they care. Kids and parents have bought into that crap and amateur sports have become a cesspool of incivility. Very, very true.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jun 4, 2013 -> 09:49 AM) OK. This team hasn't seen Gordon Beckham since very early in the season and has lost 6 in a row before his return. They lose game 7 in a row and it's Beckham's fault?! Why this hatred for Gordon? Possibly you are an Angels fan and just don't want to be caught criticizing that underperforming group? *whoosh*

It's one thing to be obviously injured and a physical shell of yourself like Meche. It's completely another to be just mentally failing for no known reason. He'll retire if he decides playing another year isn't worth $15m, but I can't see any way he actually will at age 33 with only one year left in which he can give himself a final shot to bounce back and decide whether or not to seek another contract.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/06/weak...l#disqus_thread Lol.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 01:46 PM) How did this Dunn thread turn into a bash fest of my favorite Sox player and skipper of all time, Ozzie Guillen? I'll try to get it back on track by saying ... please White Sox, just release Adam Dunn. Why? Why pay him not to play? Who needs those ABs?

QUOTE (PolishPrince34 @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 10:02 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. Yeah, I also think MLB Network is the only organization that thinks the catchers are strong this year. Everything I've read has been the opposite.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 10:58 AM) Except Dunn and Danks are still looming over our future VERY MUCH the next 1 1/2 years. Looking around the rest of the AL Central, there isn't a single contract worse than Dunn's or one riskier than Danks, although I'm sure Verlander, Mauer and Fielder will draw some arguments. KW also left the farm system in much worse shape than when he became a GM. The question is how much further we need to fall before there's light at the end of the tunnel? There are also legitimate concerns about Alexei Ramirez's contract, maybe not this season, but in the next couple of years. Not to mention Viciedo's worrisome OPS against RHP and the future of the catching position. We can get rid of Beckham and Flowers and DeAza, but then we still have to replace them, and none of those candidates exist inside our system AND are ready to make an impact in the next 2-3-4 months. Finally, we're left with pretty much no assets to trade that won't cripple this year's team...except for maybe Erik Johnson. So not sure if lucky would be the word I would use...having had to discount tickets this year to get roughly the same amount of attendance and inevitably behind last year's tv ratings as well. Another season like 2011 isn't going to be fun for anyone. Danks is the bad contract. Dunn is a sunk cost but it's only one more year. Alexei's is fine for an average SS. Hahn will have plenty of money to spend with Rios/Peavy/Konerko gone.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 10:48 AM) When does DFA become a real option? When someone else demands his playing time.

Yeah, it's important to note how little money we have in long-term commitments. After 2014, it's Sale and Danks and nothing else. Peavy and Rios will likely be traded either this deadline or next. Konerko likely retires, leaving us to sit through one more year of Dunn as the primary first baseman. That's possibly also a transitional period for Viciedo -- we have a bunch of OF that need to break into the Majors and no plausible long-term replacement for Konerko/Dunn at first. But this is why we're in a much better position than the Astros and Cubs have been -- we don;t have any work to do to clear out roster flexibility. This current group we can call Kenny's Final All-in is already almost done. KW can take the blame for not winning this time around, but he needs some major credit for not crippling the franchise in the process.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 05:59 AM) Better defense = runs, says Hawk Yeah, that was priceless. Twitter question of the day: "What is one move the White Sox could make to shake up the offense and get them to score runs?" Hawk's answer: "You need to get Gordon Beckham back to improve the defense at second base."

In the likely (but not certain) event that Beckham comes back and is the player he always was, the fans are going to hate him extra because of how much nonsense Hawk has been spewing about him turning the season around. I feel like Hawk has done him a huge disservice -- everyone was comfortable with him not being very good before.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 08:27 AM) The video the MLB Network showed of Wilson last night made him look awful. Phillip Ervin is the best of the outfielders they're considering, in my opinion. I will third that. Him and Judge both look like they need their swings completely re-built. Also, it was clear Harold Reynolds had no idea what was going on, lol. Clearly didn't know anything about any of the players. His "comps" were hilarious. "When I see Austin Wilson, I'm seeing some Billy Butler!"

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 3, 2013 -> 08:08 AM) His OPS will be in the .600s shortly. Much like the bulk of our God awful roster. What's your point with all this? We all acknowledge that we're over-enamored with him now because of how bad the rest of the roster is, but he's still like one of the only non-disasters in the entire lineup. So when someone suggests we claim Juan f***ing Francisco and someone else says, "The last thing we need is a left-handed third baseman," that is a correct statement! Juan Francisco blows! Claiming a guy like that would be a total desperation hail mary to replace the only guy we have that's earning a starting spot right now. Congrats, Steve, you're somehow managing to be more negative than everyone else.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 01:55 PM) After hearing my second Jim Callis interview today on 670 The Score, I'm very confident Chicago will take Alex Gonzalez from Oral Roberts at 17. Seems like a bit of a reach to me. Seems like it would have been a reach a few months ago but that he has been flying up the boards lately. I actually think he'll get picked before 17.

1 in 5 days, it's fun to watch the Sox

Team is bad. Dunn is one of 7-9 serious problems.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jun 1, 2013 -> 01:11 AM) Hey guys I am going up to Chicago in a week or so and going to a game. I was wondering if any of you guys sat in row 1 of sections 144-150?? Never sat in row 1 of the lower sections and wondering if any of you guys have and if has a good view or if it is better to sit a little bit higher? A Any insight would be great. Thanks guys I've never been row 1 at the bottom like that, I'd definitely try it out if I had the chance. However, I can say for sure that it's better to sit row 1 of the Upper Boxes than it is to sit 15-20 rows back in the lower reserved.