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QUOTE (Lillian @ May 22, 2017 -> 01:54 PM) Roberto is pronounced Ro bear to. When you eliminate the last letter, it becomes Ro bear. In Spanish, "E" is always pronounced like the English long "A", as in "late". Therefore, it would never be pronounced like our "Robert". Spanish is not my native language, but I've lived in Costa Rica for 27 years, and that is my best understanding. If someone has perfect Spanish, please correct me if I'm wrong. In this case, it's just Robert, as in the English name.

QUOTE (Brian @ May 22, 2017 -> 10:26 AM) Definitely feels like it would be better if he was Universal champ. The namesake for that title would draw more heat for Jinder, but Universal title in general would be considered the more prestigious title. It's crazy how he's been with WWE for 5 years, and the first title he ever held is the WWE title. Meltzer thinks the push for Mahal is entirely business related. WWE is trying to ripe more $$$ out of their Indian social media following, i.e. pushing more merch and network subscriptions out of that demographic, meaning we may see Jinder in the main event picture for a while.

How is it that Jinder Mahal who was mainly a jobber until 2 months ago given the belt without getting his character over or being a great in ring performer, and someone like DB and Punk busted their ass off for years until given opportunity. This doesn't seem like a Vince idea at all. I like the land of opportunity philosophy, but I'd like to see more out of his character before putting the belt on him. This to me devalues the WWE belt.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ May 20, 2017 -> 07:00 PM) Collins stock is actually up in my book because of the improvement he had seen defensively at the catcher position. He still had a ways to go, but he is getting better each day and showing signs he can stick behind the plate where he is far more valuable. Up from what though? He was already ranked 56 by BA in preseason, and I think that's with the expectation that he will continue to hit this season, but he hasn't done that yet. It's hard to go higher than that by hitting .220 in A ball, despite the defensive improvements.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 20, 2017 -> 05:47 PM) Collins' average is down, but the walks, OPS and especially defensive accolades to stick at catcher lift him overall. Dunning flew up the rankings but has hit a wall now. Nevertheless, his stock has risen. Fulmer was already out of the Top 100 and if not for that rough last start would be a sub 3 ERA guy. We could also argue that Hansen's rise has balanced any descent from Giolito. Moncada has answered most of the doubts from the end of last year and is consensus #1. Everything Collins has done is nice, but hitting in the .220s in the A ball as a 22 year old can only hurt your stock. Dunning's stock have has gone up some, but until he could prove his Low A dominance isn't due to age gap, he's still not a top prospect. Fulmer has rebounded nicely, but not sure if he's back in top 100 yet. Hansen is still in Low A, he has got a lot more to prove before he could "balance" the fall of Giolito.

If Giolito, Collins and Fulmer were having great seasons there is a strong case for #1. But they aren't so I'd say around top 5.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 20, 2017 -> 04:33 PM) At $300k tops per slot, we could sign almost 16 kids at that full price, and I don't see that happening. If anything the Sox will be dealing away 2018 INTL cap space. How much did Sox sign their lower tier prospects for in years past? I'm wondering if there are teams that will sign the more interesting next tier names for slightly over $300k to beat out the penalizing teams.

QUOTE (StrykerSox @ May 20, 2017 -> 02:09 PM) Getting way ahead of things here, but if we sign him, where does he get assigned? Or if we sign him, where is Seth Beer going to play?

Hey Rosenthal, define closing in!

Anyone has suggestion for a Cards forum? Are their fans eager to sign Robert? How are they reacting of the new IG pic?

weak completion aside, Lebron is having one of the best PO runs ever, 10-0 with 10 straight 30+ point games.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 20, 2017 -> 09:26 AM) Jose Adolis Garcia. http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=m...itting/2017/ALL 695 ops at Springfield, AA Texas League But he's also tight with Ynoa, who was one of his agent's first big international deals and part of the same intl signing group that produced Miguel Sano. If his connection with Ynoa swayed him toward the Sox, I will personally write Jeff Samardzija a thank you note for bringing us Robert.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 20, 2017 -> 01:51 AM) Collins has nearly the same identical numbers as last year in W-S. '16: 120 AB's 31 H 24 R 7 XBH 6 HR's 18 RBI's 33 BB 39 SO (.258/.418/.467/.885) '17: 120 AB's 27 H 23 R 6 XBH 6 HR's 20 RBI's 33 BB 37 SO (.225/.395/.433/.828) Meaning we now have enough sample size to evaluate his hit tool. He's obiously going to walk, how much he will hit in the upper levels when he's get promoted.

Love seeing he WBC form Q. Hoping he could keep this up for another 2 months.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 19, 2017 -> 12:09 PM) And if Wade comes back, unless Griffin wants to play for the Bulls at an exception not going to happen. The Bulls decided 8th seeds are fun. He'd have to take a discount to come here. I see a chance of leaving him LA after another first round exit, but not much of a chance taking a discount to come to the Bulls of all teams.

By keeping Jimmy and Wade staying, we're locked in for that 15-18th pick for the next couple years. With no decent pick in draft, no competent FO to get the most trade value out of Jimmy, Bulls are stuck in this purgatory for at least the next 5 years or so. Unless we sign Blake Griffin and a competent PG this summer, this team will not change its fortune.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ May 16, 2017 -> 05:00 PM) If not for Michael Jordan, they'd be the Cleveland Browns of the NBA. If not for Duncan and Pop, the San Antonio Spurs are the Chicago Cubs of the NBA. Such a silly statement to make.

QUOTE (almagest @ May 16, 2017 -> 10:46 AM) Mid-90s on the fastball. Haven't seen a change or slider but the video quality isn't good so it's hard to tell what is what. He is SUPER slow to the plate and Rome is trying to run all over him. Adolfo 0-3 2 Ks Thanks. I wonder if he could work on shortening his motion. It's definitely not the first time he got ran all over.

QUOTE (almagest @ May 16, 2017 -> 10:04 AM) Hansen has a big bender of a curveball. Attacking with the fastball (lots of foul balls) and tries to put 'em away with the curve. Nice info. What's his velocity? Does he use his changeup or slider much?

♪ Des pa cito Me llamo Lucas Giolito I throw my sliders right down the middle They hit it so far you have find it in Puerto Rico My fastballs miss the zone like Shaq misses his free throws If you want to see me pitch in Chicago You gotta wait, despacito ♪

Nothing is going right for Kevin White these days. https://sports.yahoo.com/news/bears-wr-kevi...-145320164.html

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ May 11, 2017 -> 01:58 PM) I think they will definitely trade the veterans and let the kids play when they are ready. Just gotta trust the process So the Sox are the baseball version of the Sixers now? Lol I sure would like to see fans chanting trust the process every time Moncada comes up to bat.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ May 9, 2017 -> 09:17 AM) That's awesome. Rumors of any prospect's demise are usually just a bunch of shots fired into the sky. Except in the case of Courtney Hawkins.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 8, 2017 -> 08:12 PM) Lots of speculation by you here. Personally I just think his fastball is unplayable. No command and horrible spin rate (assuming it hasn't improved) He was the top pitching prospect in baseball as recent as 2 years ago and all of a sudden he couldn't command or spin the baseball. Mechanical changes aside, the results so far is far worse than you'd expect someone who has the TOR stuff and trying to revert back to similar to how he's pitched his whole life. This leads me to believe that he may be hurt and he doesn't even know it. I read a story on Mark Appel in the offseason on how he noticed something changed about his arm after he was drafted that affected his command and he didn't know what the issue was. It was only last year that he was diagnosed with a bone spur and had to have surgery to remove it. This is a bit of a different situation, but I'm not ruling out the possibility that Giolito might be hurt.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 5, 2017 -> 07:10 PM) Luebke started for CHA. Looks like Hansen's doing really well so far... 4/0//0/1/5 Dont jinx him.. It's cool to see him matching up with Riley Pint.