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horrible start for Trayce, but post allstar break he is hitting .275/.366/.500 in 36 games. Striking out at a 26% clip during that span, which is a big improvement compared to how he was doing.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 30, 2014 -> 03:24 PM) The White Sox could use a gaping hole at SS. did marcus semien get shot?

This is how I see it playing out. Reinsdorf went wild on Abreu. He is seeing how great of an investment that was. The White Sox have a lot of flexibility next year. If they can shed Danks or Dunn while eating some of their salaries, I can see Reinsdorf giving the green light for a big contract offer.

rodon is overrated

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseba...ghtheaded-spell Everything is okay thankfully. Doctors recommended that he not watch as many 2014 White Sox games

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jul 25, 2014 -> 10:04 PM) One lucky week. It doesn't count. perfect

This dude has seemingly becme on of the sox best hitting prospects. Guy is an on base machine. How do you think he'll do in the majors? Is it time for AAA for him?

Coop'll fix him

D'dFA*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Abreu_%28baseball%29 Is it official? i hate this nickname. I don't even understand how hawk came up with this one.

is it safe to assume alexei would net a player similar to what jeff samardzija got the cubs? i think the time to deal alexei is NOW.

Ravelo used to be a 3b, and now he switched to first. I doubt he can be much worse than Viciedo in the OF. I wonder why the sox haven't tried him there to maximize his bat.

I've heard Ravelo called decently athletic. Could he not handle the corner OF?

QUOTE (Hawkfan @ Jul 3, 2014 -> 04:53 PM) I love it when a terrible thread becomes great Agreed. At first I was in favor of plan B'ing this thread before it got too big, but now I say let it live on!

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jun 29, 2014 -> 08:23 PM) What a gentleman this Peter is holding back his emotions to take second 13 of 14 times. Now it would be easy to think he's just being a tease, but I think Peter has a plan here. Right now we can call his SLG% softcore but just watch, pretty soon he'll be diving headfirst into 3rd and plowing his way home. cringe.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 02:55 PM) Blowasavio is hilarious. Seriously promoting HotfIRE to the group was the single funniest thing I've ever read on here...and then it went in his sig forever lol. So funny. Where is that dude lately? And to hijack a bit: buckets of Semien is the king of names in my book. I haven't been around since the beginning so I'm curious if there were any other names that rival its greatness...from the days of soxtalk infancy. He posts here all the time. He changed his name to chiliman or w/e. you can see him quoted as "Joecoolman24" in the thread posted in OP. He needed to dissociate himself with the nickname butcher reputation

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Jun 6, 2014 -> 05:43 PM) If Rodon lives up to expectations as a top-of-the-rotation starter the Sox will have tremendous flexibility going forward. I'm in the camp that you never have enough (starting) pitching, especially at the Cell, so I would look to add a frontline starter via free agency. Figuring out the the middle of the diamond is the next step. I think a Semien, Sanchez, and Johnson at 2B, SS, and CF is an intriguing alignment, but they'd have to upgrade the power at third. Why "especially at the cell"? Can't you make the same argument for hitting?

anybody know the slot difference between a comp pick and the 44th? say, 34th vs 44th?

What do you think the sox should do? They have 4 guys in AAA that may be MLB players. Saladino, Sanchez, Semien, and Johnson. They have a solid infield on the major league roster as it. I still stand by trading Alexei. None of these guys were huge ceiling guys, but they have performed very well in the minors. I'm not sure the trade value they would command.

saladino: 2-4. he is now hitting .310. this guy isn't getting enough credit.

Also, what about saladino? He is tearing it up in AAA right now for a shortstop. The white sox have so many options as far as infielders go. I think you have to trade Alexei for some pitching prospects

I read somebody call Saladino a non-prospect recently. The guy is hitting very respectably for a SS. Anybody think he can be a starter in the MLB?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 07:35 PM) To me, you can't have Micah Johnson, Sanchez and Eaton in the same AL lineup. Way too little power from that trio. One of them will get traded. Hopefully Semien can provide some good power from 2b.

Sanchez' rise makes this move almost a no brainer

Is Sanchez competent at SS?