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QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 11:36 PM) How the f*** do the Dodgers have a comp pick. I'd be all over that. I don't know but that would be a great move for the Sox.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 07:47 PM) McCarthy out for season now. Between him, Ryu and Anderson's consistent dl record, maybe they could use a Danks at some point. The Dodgers have a comp pick (#35 overall) and it is valued at $1,756,100.

In order to get anything decent in return, the Sox would have to eat a big chunk of Dank's remaining salary, maybe his entire 2015 salary.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 02:36 PM) What a Marlins move. Dude takes a below market deal to play for his hometown team and they drop him after a slow start to the season. Ouch. Hey, their one of the classiest organizations in the sport. I couldn't even type that with a straight face.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Apr 27, 2015 -> 02:29 PM) Just got DFA'd by the Marlins today. Owed 7 million this year and 8 million next year. Would you take a chance with him? I know for one I wanted him a couple off seasons ago. Wow.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/120265028/ji...phenson-on-rise Being comped to Matt Weiters

The past few games the Sox have shown some fight, literally and figuratively.

That was clutch (if you believe in that sort of thing)!

Come on Conor!

People still say that LaRoche is worse than Dunn.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 26, 2015 -> 03:50 PM) He was pretty good today actually. If it wasn't for the wind, it would be a tied game

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 26, 2015 -> 03:44 PM) Yep, he had a quality start. Saying it in the 5th wasn't true though bro. If he keeps pitching like this then the Sox are going to win some games, and for those who hate Danks its only going to help his trade value. Brah

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Apr 26, 2015 -> 03:20 PM) Hold off. Hasn't even been 5 innings yet. 3 runs in 4 innings isn't good. Now it is. Quality Start bro.

Another good outting by John Danks, definitely has pitched good enough to win today.

The Royals play Salvador Perez too much.

Kevin Gausman.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 03:38 PM) I am not ready to give the Sox a bunch of credit based on that first paragraph. They definitely hit on Anderson but Rodon was the absolute consensus BPA and Hawkins and Michalczweski have yet to make any significant value out of themselves. I am not writing them off, but they're nothing to write home about. They also had this same high ceiling approach prior to the CBA and fell flat with Mitchell/Thompson/Walker/Poreda and only hit with Sale. I think you have to look at the Sox drafting relative to the drafts of other teams rather than getting excited about every guy labeled "high ceiling" that we draft. I just don't buy this theory that you have to develop position players or draft towards need. Obviously you should develop position players, and the Sox haven't in the last decade, but the main goal of the draft is to procure as much value as possible. You mention Eaton and Avi as part of the young core and the Sox got them from trading a pitcher they developed and trading a pitcher they acquired for a bunch of pitchers they drafted. The Cubs got Addison Russell, Billy McKinney, Jake Arrieta, CJ Edwards, Mike Olt and Pedro Strop for Samardzija, Garza and Feldman. All pitchers. The Sox should take the BPA. It's cliche but that's what you do if you're a smart team. If you draft by need you're only hurting yourself. The Cubs had all these position player prospects and they didn't draft Jon Gray, like the industry expected them to because they had no pitching, they took Kris Bryant because he was the BPA. I don't remember the timeframe exactly, but from something like '08 or '09 to last year the Sox had more WAR from the draft than any team in the MLB. That's with Beckham being the only position player getting regular time. I think everyone loves the high ceiling approach, but in the end it's about taking the BPA and currency, currency, currency. I have grilled some people in this exact thread for arguing against the BPA strategy. I loved the Kris Bryant pick in 2013 and thought that Houston should've drafted him #1 overall, to pair him with Carlos Correa. I think that if the old CBA rules were in effect, the Sox would not have drafted Rodon, the price tag would have been too high for them, the Sox spent the least money in the draft under the old CBA. I am not saying that the Sox should draft position players with every draft pick that they have, I am just saying that their dearth of 'talented' position players in the system needs to be addressed going forward.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 02:34 PM) Yeah, saw that article last year - and can't disagree with the strategy in an offense-starved environment. We'll need to trade pitching to fill one or two of the holes, and the farm will have to produce at least 1 quality bat beyond Anderson, and I'm guessing that will be an OF. I have more confidence in Hahn pulling it off with deals than I do the farm producing ANYthing - and that's kinda sad. Really hope to see the right kind of improvement from Adolfo this season. It's also sad that my biggest hope is several years away. I think that he could be one of the best prospects in all of baseball and be a Jorge Soler type player for the White Sox going forward, but remember that he would be getting drafted this year if he stayed in the US, this is his age 18 season, so he's still young.

So I guess Rodon is going to get his first ML start sooner rather than later.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Apr 25, 2015 -> 09:50 AM) The more I watch the big club, the more I realize we need bats more than anything else, by far. And they will need to be the smart, advanced approach type of hitters, that can finish developing pretty much on their own - because development rarely ever happens on Buddy's Farm. If there's one that fits the bill and has some power (Happ?), that's what they need to do. If I read the word raw in the scouting report, it's a fail. I could not agree more, the Sox need bats in the system desperately. I like that since the new CBA came into effect, they have gone after toolsy, high ceiling players (Hawkins, Anderson, Trey M, Rodon, etc). I hope that continues because I think that it is the best philosophy to go about building a team, but a lot of the position players that they have drafted recently, have had trouble making consistent contact, they need to start going after guys who can put the bat on the ball consistently and start putting more of an emphasis on contact as opposed to power. Its critical that the Sox start developing their own position players because free agency is not what it used to be with teams locking their young players up to long term extensions (Longoria, Rizzo, Yelich, etc), impact positions are not on the market as frequently as they used to. The Sox need to start putting together the core group of position players. How many guys (bats) on the ML team do you think are long term pieces? I would say Abreu (there's four years left on his deal after this season), Eaton, Avi and Micah, maybe? Thats not a really exciting list and nor does it really excite me about the team's future going forward. I think the Sox have holes at C, 3B, 1B (I think that Abreu is going to DH after the LaRoche contract, he'll be 30), and in the outfield going forward. These are positions that should all be addressed in the future. I know this article is about the Cubs, but it is a great read: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/chicago-...t-jake-arrieta/

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 24, 2015 -> 11:14 PM) Thompson was hitting over .300 this time last year. He probably finished .230ish. He's always been a streaky hitter. I think that he can be a very good and athletic, fourth outfielder.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 23, 2015 -> 03:00 PM) You're okay? Its the tablet

Anyone here watch Silicon Valley?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 22, 2015 -> 07:58 AM) LaRoche will be fine. Funny no one was complaining when he hit 3 homers in a week and drove in some big runs. There aren't many left handed hitters who handle left handed pitchers well. Thank you. I think that signing him was one of the better moves that Rick Hahn made during the winter. I think that he is going to hit at least 30 homers for the team this year.