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Inside fastball on 2 strikes, automatic out.

With the conservative nature of the ownership, don't expect Robin to be gone until we're 10 games under .500

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 12, 2016 -> 08:42 AM) I expect Curelo to be fairly expensive in round 6. He's pretty highly regarded. Hickman probably signs this Time too. That's probably most of their bonus pool though. I think we might have a shot with signing at least one or two, I wouldn't imagined they'd spend 6 of the last 7 picks on HS kids if they think they won't have $$ left over. Don't know anything about the last kid selected but according to FS tracker, he does not have a college commitment yet, so he could be an easier sign.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 10:34 PM) .220 is definitely much worse than Austin Jackson (regarding the OP) Please. What's this? 2005 and we're still looking at batting average to tell how productive a player is? And while Engel might not hit much, he's at least a plus runner and fielder, and fwiw hit really well the last month or so. I'd give him a shot to see how he handles split playing time with Avi, there is no harm in that compared to the replacement level value we've been getting from Ajax.

Honestly, I'd give Adam Engel a shot since he couldn't do much worse than Jackson offensively. Defensively, he's ready for the job.

All teams that played have won, and two team pitched a shutout, a third almost did as well. On top of that Anderson homered. I will say this is probably the best showing we've had as an organization in recent memories.

I had zero confidence that Sox could turn Tatis into a real prospect. Maybe he now as a shot with the Padres.

Ranaudo K/BB rate since drafted: 2011: 117/46 2012: 27/27 2013: 127/47 2014: 111/54 2015: 90/46 2016 (MLB): 2/8 With Charlotte: 17/1 This dude is still very talented, if someone could help him work on his control issues, he might just be a quality starter in the majors. In other words, what he's doing in Charlotte is very encouraging.

Crossfit jesus is back! I actually think Rollins v. Styles will be a pretty good title feud at some point.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ May 20, 2016 -> 01:32 PM) Not sure he's passed Tom Seaver or Steve Carlton yet. Not what he said, but pretty sure that's what he meant, based on the context of discussion. QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 20, 2016 -> 02:09 PM) Ted Lyons spent 21 seasons with the team and is a HoFer. Ed Walsh had the first championship for the team, designed Comiskey and had some of the most dominant seasons ever. Sale's in striking distance though. I would say greatness would be measured by dominance also. Sale in two of the past 3 years has been as dominant as Walsh has ever been. I'll put him up there along with Ed Walsh and Eddie Cicotte as the most dominant pitcher in Sox history. Obviously longevity matters (that's what she said!), so I'll put Sale just outside of top 5 right now as the greatest Sox pitcher in history, even though his career ERA- and FIP- suggest he's been the best.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ May 20, 2016 -> 01:32 PM) Not sure he's passed Tom Seaver or Steve Carlton yet. Those guys aren't in the discussion for greatest pitchers in White Sox history.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ May 20, 2016 -> 12:38 PM) Sale is going to be the greatest pitcher to ever wear a White Sox uniform when it's all said and done. Mark it down. He already is.

Who would Ray compare to in the bigs? Adam Eaton? AJ Pollock?

No walks for Ranaudo, Coop fixed him!

Would love to get an updated scouting report on Adams, it's baffling to see a pitcher with his stuff getting hit around like he had been. Maybe he needs to learn to throw more pitches out of the zone, or maybe he needs to work on his command so he could throw more quality strikes instead of down the middle strikes. Had no idea Ynoa got promoted to AAA already, guess they like what they saw during the spring.

QUOTE (MnSoxFan @ May 2, 2016 -> 07:33 AM) If you do not care how the players on opposing teams fare. Or if you don't care about team totals, player's total HR and RBI if they accumulate those stats, or if you don't care about looking at a hideous page in general. Micker Adolfo hit a HR today, but I have to click into his profile to tell how many HR or RBI's he now has from mlbfarm. Cool concept with having a one stop shop, but needs a lot of work before primetime IMO.

Follow him on Instagram. You could tell he's a sports freak (though not many posts on baseball) and that's probably where his enthusiasm and competitiveness come from. And he's also tight with Melky, probably dating back to their days in Toronto. Coming in new already good friends with someone on the team probably helped him mesh in with rest of the team pretty quickly.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 30, 2016 -> 04:59 PM) So did Ryan Pace just use PFF's draft board? Every pick after Floyd was seen by them as a steal, Braverman was #62 on their board and they got him at #230. Pace is definitely an advanced stats guy. Every one of the picks grades out well in a PFF's stat except for Hall.

Great win tonight and with Sale going tomorrow, everything looks to be going up. But then mother nature has to rain on everyone's party, like literally... With 100% chance of precipitation tomorrow, Sox might as well fly back in town tonight and prepare for the game vs. Red Sox on Tuesday.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Apr 30, 2016 -> 01:05 AM) That link is bad and you should feel bad. Those fonts and font color are hideous and you should take that back.

http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?c...mp;ymd=20160429 Better link.

I don't get this thread, are we calling for firing of Chance the Rapper already? If you expect a 20 game sample size and the big offseason addition of Todd Frazier to have meaningful impact on the attendance, then you're mistaken and do not understand the Sox fan base. If we can stay in the race all year and spend more time in first place, you're going to see a healthy bump in attendance rate by season's end. But to significantly change the culture on Sox fans attending games, it will take several winning season in a row, legitimate superstars, and several other extrinsic factors to make that happen.

Pretty impressively, the inevitable question is how much those numbers would have been better by if we didn't have Danks.

Did anyone catch Beckham yell f***K after getting K'd by Sale?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 08:41 PM) Not a great start to the year down on the farm. It's early, but not a great start is an understatement. K/BB ratio is one of the important stats I pay attention to when looking at the farm (I find it hard to get too excited about a hitter if they have poor discipline), and here's how we are stacking up: Charlotte: 20/82 (worst ratio in the league, highest K in the league, and 1/7 tonight), Opponents: 23/55 Winston Salem: 22/75 (worst ratio in the league, highest K in the league, 1/10 tonight), Opponents: 43/68 Kanny: 23/92 (2nd worst in the league, highest K in the league, 0/15 tonight) Opponents: 27/74 Only saving grace is BHam, who actually leads the league in walks. Engel, Alvarez and Narvaez are three of the most disciplined hitters in the system.