Bob Sacamano

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 22, 2015 -> 05:30 AM) and how much will he make if he makes the team?? Off the top of my head, I think it is $1.5 mill. A lot of guys this off-season signed similar minor league deals.

If Hawkins hits like this the next two seasons in the minors and Avi and Eaton perform the way we expect them to and the DH spot is open, what do you guys think the OF situation will look like in 2017? Rotating OF/DH with Melky getting most DH at bats? I know a lot has to go right between now and then but it's fun to talk/think about.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 21, 2015 -> 02:41 PM) shuck is starting to grow on me. i hope he makes it. Love that hustle double earlier in the game.

Brad Penny vs Joe Blanton...may have been a solid pitching matchup ten years ago lol

I'm ok with Shuck or Beltre even. They don't necessarily have to go with a right handed bat since both Eaton and Cabrera are good against lefties.

QUOTE (Bruce_Blixton @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 07:26 PM) Hahn has done an amazing job locking in a great core of players so far, Sale, Quintana, Abreu and now Eaton, this has to make a pretty persuasive case for Samardzjia to sign an extension before the end of the year. Also I'd love to see Hahn sign Avi to an extension on the heels of this one. Great time to be a Sox fan right now, I haven't been this optimistic since the offseason before the 2006 season. Personally I'd wait on Avi unless he comes cheap (deal very similar to this one)

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 06:19 PM) Yea it blows > I rushed home from work because I dvr'd it this morning when its said Sox v. Cubs and now I come home to Rox /A's and not showing Sox/Cubs till 6AM PST when I'll be headed back to work again . Aholes Probably because it was on CSN

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 03:59 PM) He looks like he makes a process out of preparing for the season. Dude rocks. He will beast. Even better than last year. Exactly. Working on hitting the ball and the homers will come.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 03:45 PM) Just noticed that cubs are having Travis wood hit but sox ate using dh Makes sense, Wood will get regular at bats during season while Noesi won't be.

2015: $850k 2016: $2.75 m 2017: $4m 2018: $6m 2019 (woulda been first year of free agency): $8.4m Options are $9.5 and $10.5

Cubs play a split squad today?

Thompson just turned 24 so he is still pretty young. A big year at the plate would be big for our farm system (for depth or for a trade in July).

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 17, 2015 -> 11:31 PM) i honestly want to say, imo the sox weren't too sure of what kind of player they had in Jose A. so they needed insurance just in case, plus it gave them, the sox a nice chance to say good bye to Paulie. I agree. And Paulie didn't take at bats away from anyone important (just Dunn really). I wish they would have used him more often last year. He seemed to never really pinch hit late in games (even when T-Flow was struggling like the entire middle of the season).

I don't think they need a straight platoon for LaRoche. Maybe just adjust the lineup against lefties. Something like: 1. Eaton CF 2. Ramirez SS 3. Abreu 1B 4. Garcia RF 5. Cabrera LF (he has been seeing at bats in the middle of the order this spring) 6. LaRoche DH/1B (heck, play him at 1B to give him more value on those days) then 7-9

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 15, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) 4-10 vs Min Noesi I would love if they would manipulate this to not happen. Would love for Sale to somehow pitch

So it's safe to say Micah (as of now) is the starting 2B?

Bonifacio CF: 10 - soxfan2014 Cabrera LF: 5 - staxx, CarlosMartinez LaRoche 1B: 3 - joejoedairy Garcia RF: 5 - Condor13, TouchemAllJoe, Blackout Friday Gillaspie 3B: 7 - hi8is, Jose Abreu Saladino SS: 8 - jimmy Brantly C: 5 - JoshuaStrong Soto DH: 5 - buehrle> wood, shysocks, Sanchez 2B: 10 - Bench: 10 -

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 03:26 PM) Didn't Konerko steal at bats from him? It certainty didn't make any sense for the Sox to carry three 1B/DH types last year Leury would not have gotten the at bats. Not as many. Konerko only took at bats away from Dunn really.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 06:05 PM) i know it is only 1 game, but do you think he may be ready at the beginning of the season or a little more seasoning is needed in the minors?? stuff wise. Put him in the minors. Call him up later so we can hold that extra year of control over him because Boras.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) For some reason I doubt this thread would have been made if he went 0-2 yesterday instead of 2-2. Pretty much this

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 2, 2015 -> 07:16 PM) More like two weeks. It would be really, really stupid not finding a way to keep him down for a couple of weeks to start the season. Hell, we really don't even need a 5th starter for the first two weeks due to off days. Even with the Sale injury, I see no reason Rodon would be needed short of another injury. They should use a 5th starter the first run through the rotation. Who ever opens as the 2 starter will get 3 days rest before second start and theres no point of doing that early.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 2, 2015 -> 01:16 PM) Like Rob did with second base, we now take a look at the 5-player field for backup catcher: Soto, Brantly, Kottaras, Nieto and Smith. Who does SoxTalk think wins the job? Probably more to the point, who is most likely if for some reason it isn't Soto? Soto but if he's hurt Kottaras or Brantly.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 01:36 PM) I would risk that. As would I

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12377229&...=espnapi_public Kurkjian with Sale and Shark

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Feb 14, 2015 -> 12:39 AM) How many injuries would have to take place for delmonico to get called up this year? Gillaspie Beckham Bonifacio Garcia Davidson Those five at least.