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QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Apr 18, 2018 -> 03:58 PM) It only gets more weird man! I am 27, still feel pretty young, and now like 50% of major leaguers are younger than me! Its crazy. It's the worst. I'm 28 and got a photo next to Moncada at Soxfest this year. Needless to say, he looks like the 28 yr. old in the photo, haha.

Long overdue. He was a really nice guy when I met him at Soxfest a few years back. Very fan friendly and personable. Can't wait to see Eloy in that lineup.

Swaggerty or Bohm and I'd be happy. I like what I've read on both of them. Don't worry about the positions these guys play and draft the strongest player your scouts agree on. All the other stuff works itself out. Not everyone is going to have a successful major league career.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 01:35 PM) Anyone check out the graphic between Moncada's first 300 + plate appearances and Paulies? Except for whiffs, Moncada's numbers are far superior. Garden tweeted it out yesterday I believe. Moncada absolutely had the better stats (but nearly double the K's). I think it's fair to say that that could be cherry picking, but in the same token it also strongly supports the notion that people are overreacting a bit here and need to have a a little patience with the 22 year old.

Gonzalez will turn 34 in May. Hard to really expect anything from a league average pitcher entering the twilight of his baseball career.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 17, 2018 -> 06:51 PM) so how bad is the sewage going to be in the visitor's clubhouse tonight? with 65k expected this is gonna be a s*** show. literally. Hahaha, totally forgot that happened. Well, 'tis the season for postponed games.

Ouch. Hopefully he bounces back quickly. Man, If I'm an OF traded to the White Sox I'd be worried. Between Tilson and Cordell - talk about injuries and bad luck.

QUOTE (GenericUserName @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 05:32 PM) Maybe size, maybe the injury, maybe he just didn't mention him because he hasn't played? Hard to tell, but its interesting that as much as there are so many good guys at the top of the draft, they all also have something that teams may not like. Can't that be said about any prospect though? If you look hard enough you can find a flaw everywhere.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 06:49 PM) Is it ok to hope Zavala is our future championship catcher? Everything I've heard is he pretty much all bat right now. Has trouble transitioning to throw down to 2nd and last year, and supposedly his blocking was pretty piss poor last year too.

Really hoping these last 3 games allowed Moncada to clear his head. He should treat this as a fresh slate. Would be great to see him stop pressing and see some results. Those hard hit balls have to start getting through at some point.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 12, 2018 -> 06:26 PM) Cordell leads off the game for Charlotte with a strikeout. He?€™s now sporting a 42% K rate on the season. I have no idea how he went from barely striking out in spring training to this monstrosity but wow. It's really a head scratcher. Wonder he is suffering from Matt Davidson syndrome because he didn't make the team? Maybe he thought he was making the team.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 9, 2018 -> 08:13 PM) Make that 3-3 for Rutherford now. Great to see him off to a hot start.

Barons were rained out. Doubleheader on Sunday.

Not sure why the Sox would have Saldino in their long term plans, being that he is already 28, but that doesn't mean he needs to be cut from the team. It makes no sense sense to me to replace Sally with someone at this current place and time. Jose Rondon is theoretically next on the list and he needs to be playing every day. Alvarez (as much of a feel good story that he is) has shown nothing at Charlotte and is already 28 as well. And does anyone really think that Jake Elmore, Juan Perez, or Ryan Brett are going to be more valuable to the Sox at this stage in the season?

Interesting to see Rose at 3B and Michalczewski at 2B for Birmingham. Wonder if that's going to be a thing all year?

QUOTE (SonofaRoache @ Apr 2, 2018 -> 10:58 PM) If you want free agents to sign here we need to put some wins on the board. Too many good teams with money out there to sign with a 72 win team, with some hope for the future. Lester signed with the Cubs coming off of a 73 win year. With the amount of talent the Sox have, as long as it starts to show flashes of what could be, players will be attracted here (along with the value of the almighty dollar). Sox have to market the hell out of themselves in their FA pitches and open the pocketbooks.

Looks like Birmingham's roster is pretty much set: http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t247 I'm surprised by a couple placements. Didn't think we'd see Goldberg, Clark, Walsh dropped down. Fisher is also a surprise, but I guess expected because of how stacked the lower minor league OF's are. Looks like all the ST invitees stuck around for Charlotte.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 2, 2018 -> 09:10 PM) Bullpen is going to be fluid. If Farquhar has a bad 4-5 weeks, he gone. And Charlotte is loaded with experienced arms to replace him. I personally wouldn't give up on him yet, but to each their own.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Apr 1, 2018 -> 08:37 AM) Where did you see this? Can't find it Really nice guy, met his father when he was with KAN https://minorleaguerosters.wordpress.com Stumbled upon this while Soxtalk was down. I don't know where they get their info, but it's spot on every time.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 1, 2018 -> 12:33 AM) Realistically, Cordell is the only one that realistically fits as a 4th/5th outfielder or platoon guy on a playoff roster. Skole was actually the most impressive hitter, if only he had a a legit defensive position. We might not be far from moving on without Abreu or Avi, there’s that to consider as well. I agree. Cordell provides the most realistic value of those guys, but the Sox should give the others their chance to prove themselves as well. Tomas is already 27 and has had mixed results so far in the majors. He doesn't seem like the type of player that is going to be a key future piece to push the Sox in the right direction. He honestly reminds me a lot of Viciedo.

QUOTE (onedude @ Apr 1, 2018 -> 12:23 AM) If the Sox were without a piece they currently have I could see going after him...but I think it's better to let Delmonico and Davidson play without having to throw someone else into their starts. You wouldn't be able to play Tomas as much as you would like to, to get his stock up for trade bait. Agree with the above. Between Delmonico and Davidson, AB's are pretty limited already. Adding Tomas into the mix is going to make it hard to evaluate. Plus Charlotte is already loaded with guys that need consistent playing time - especially in the OF with May, Cordell, Tilson, and Palka.

Danny Hayes was released from Charlotte. Makes sense given his age and the logjam of bats that need playing time there.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 10:23 PM) I was being sarcastic regarding Moncada. But I’d like to see him be a tick more aggressive That second AB was painful to watch. He got much better swings off later in the game, though. I thought for sure that one ball was gone. He'll be just fine.

Davidson had a 9-10% BB% over three years at Charlotte. I have to imagine he's better than last year's numbers. It'll be really interesting to see what position he could put on the Sox if he does turn a corner this year.

Probably the most fun opening day game in a while. Great to see the offense explode with Anderson and Davidson getting it done. Also, really impressed by Engle. He had some good AB's. This team definitely has a different attitude than years past. Two years ago, this team would have rolled over and died after the 1st inning Shields meltdown.