Jose Abreu

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Bears one of five teams to reportedly have "mild" interest in Washington Redskins' QB Robert Griffin III. edit- per ESPN

Lost yesterday with all of the Tom Brady news: CB Tim Jennings has signed with the Tampa Bay Bears- er, Bucs. They now have Chris Conte, Major Wright, Isaiah Frey, Henry Melton, Tim Jennings, Khaseem Greene, and Lovie Smith.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 08:06 AM) This is starting to become reminiscent of the game of chicken Ozzie and his crew played with Orlando Cabrera after the 2008 season...luckily Alexei was ready to take over and things worked out perfectly in that particular situation. Who did we draft in that spot, though? It doesn't look like we had a supplemental pick in 09. It just says that we drafted Beckham #8.

QUOTE (glangon @ Sep 4, 2015 -> 07:59 AM) I agree that it's a no brainer in offering him the Qualifying offer. I just have this bad feeling that he'll accept it which is what very few people want after this year's debacle of a season. Agreed. That would be terrible. Imagine paying him that much to trot out there and put up a 5 ERA.

Our running backs look pretty good. Forte/Rodgers/Carey/Langford is good depth. Cuts will be interesting.

I'm with you guys on this. I'm used to it being 80-50=30, so 30 games over.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 3, 2015 -> 08:18 PM) Can't that be said in general about any team losing ? Individual performances are down in losses and up in wins. And we have said nothing about sample sign. There's nothing anyone can glean about a "fix being in" based on stats in a a short playoff . It certainly falls way short as proof. It screams nothing except whoever thinks that is ignorant and grasping at straws. Good point, especially when said player carries the offense. We're far more likely to lose if Abreu goes 0-4 rather than 2-4. But those 0-4 games happen.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Sep 3, 2015 -> 08:07 PM) They're second. Since the start of 2011, Sox DH's have struck out in 24.3% of their plate appearances, which leads all AL teams except the Astros, at 29.5%. Houston hasn't been an AL team for all of that time, but that seems like a wide enough gap to give them the title. SOURCE Thanks, Chris Carter!

Carlos Gonzalez with another HR, his 24th since July 1. If he played at that rate since the season started, he would easily break the true single-season HR record, held by Roger Maris. He would also tie or edge out Barry Bonds' asterisked record.

Sitting here in my physics class; laughed out loud when I read "grand slam" causing many to look at me

QUOTE (tpezz27 @ Sep 3, 2015 -> 12:31 PM) Out of the 86 qualified pitchers who have thrown enough innings, Quintana is 61st in whip, and 85th out of 86 in hits allowed. Only Samardzija has allowed more hits then him....I just don't see him being anywhere near "ace" material, aces just don't get hit that hard. And comparing his value to Sale's is laughable. Quintana has an extremely unlucky BABIP against and is surrendering weaker contract than ever. His hits allowed stat is an anomaly.

I miss our first inning runs phase.

With Johnson joining the rotation, this now looks very, very unlikely.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 3, 2015 -> 08:54 AM) Saladino HR since 2012 (so 2013-2015) in the minors: 18 in 1049 PA (for a 550 PA full MiLB season that is about 9.5 per season) Sanchez HR since 2012 (so 2013-2015) in the minors: 9 HR in 1110 PA (4.4 per season) No idea where you got your 15-13 numbers. Check Baseball Reference. Maybe you included some winter league numbers or something? That's also ignoring that Saladino hit 16 HR in one year in 2011 and another 4 in 2012, during which time Sanchez hit 2 total. Saladino isn't a power hitter either, but he has substantially more than Sanchez. I'd say Sanchez has a 20 or maybe 30 grade power tool in-game, with Saladino more around 40. First, we were discussing shortstop, not second base. Second, whether a position is typically for power hitters or not isn't relevant. More power is more value for a hitter. My bad about the 2B/SS thing, I thought you were talking about 2B since Sanchez is currently playing there. As for the home runs, I guess I was including winter league. However I still don't know how you got 18 homers for Saladino in the minors in that span.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Sep 3, 2015 -> 09:02 AM) and Ian Kinsler, Robinson Cano, Wilmer Flores, Neil Walker, Brandon Phillips, Dan Uggla, Logan Forsythe, etc. Right, because those guys have hit so many home runs lately!

And like I've said, second base isn't a power hitting position. The only power-hitting second baseman is Dozier.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Sep 3, 2015 -> 08:25 AM) That is patently false. First, both players had very good and pretty bad years. Saladino was putting up very nice numbers his first two years in the minors while playing a premium position. He regressed hard in 2012 and 2013. Then in 2014 the guy big numbers in his first trip to AAA at a fairly age-appropriate level, before he had TJ surgery. In 2015 he was still recovering from it, but once he got going in Charlotte, he was putting up those very good numbers again (look at the last month before he was called up). Basically, leaving out injury recovery, he had two (strange) bad years in AA mid-minors-career, sandwiched by very good numbers his first two seasons and his last semi-full season in the minors. Sanchez was younger at each level (by a year or two), but also spent a lot more years in the minors. His first trip to AAA was awful on the offensive end, but he was very young. Rebounded in 2014 to be pretty good on that side. Then this year he mastered that level. This isn't even mentioning that while Sanchez has at times hit for high averages in the minors (though not every year either), he's never hit for any power, where Saladino has. I don't think Saladino is an average major league starting shortstop in the overall value sense - I think he'd be lower tier but playable maybe. Sanchez is similar, with better hands and feet but a weaker arm on D, maybe a higher average* but far less power on offense. Both have decent but not spectacular speed. * = I have serious concerns about his bat speed, and I think they will soon start pounding him with fastballs he can't catch up to. Saladino has out-homered Sanchez 15-13 in the minors since the start of the 2012 season. I didn't know that was such a huge difference. That being said, I know Saladino had a good 2014, and his 2015 minor league stats are a little worse than they should be due to the TJ surgery. But he still didn't do very well in the minors hitting-wise before that, with the exception of one season at Kannapolis. I do love his approach at the plate, but I don't think he'll hit over .250 in a Major League season.

The difference is Saladino has never been a very good hitter at any level, while Sanchez has hit for high averages in the minors. I do think Saladino will improve slightly with the bat, but not as much as you all seem to expect.

I'm assuming he meant Padres. But if he meant Pirates... no, just no.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Sep 2, 2015 -> 10:21 PM) I feel the same way about sanchez. I still think micah will be the better offense of the 2 He will be. But Sanchez will be at least capable offensively while providing elite defense.

same old sox

We can never hit this guy. It's like Bruce Chen and Jeremy Guthrie combined.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 2, 2015 -> 08:35 PM) Is one of those 2 going to be Greinke? I don't really see them shelling out that much for a guy who will be 32 next season. Yeah, but it's the Dodgers. They can spend whatever they want