Ozzie for Manager

Ill be at the winston salem game tonight vs the rangers affiliate Down East Wood Ducks. Got box seats. I will give an update late tonight.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 13, 2018 -> 09:22 PM) McClanahan with a very rough start. Seems like his velocity was down. As for Bohm, he continues to rake. One thing to keep an eye on is he seems to be making a lot of errors of late. I wanted to go to that game, I have season tickets to ECU but had practice for my 12 year old AAU basketball team tonight. ECU roughed him up bigtime. 3 inn 6 ERs Chris Holba pitched against him for ECU and is rising up the charts for the draft. 8-0 with a 1.52 ERA right now. 46 Ks in 53 innings. Scouts are at all his starts now. One other ECU player for the 2019 draft is Bryant Packard. He is hitting .414 with 9HRs so far this year as a sophomore. 23-43 since he came back from a back injury with 7HRs. I have never seen a guy so dialed in. 6'3" and 210 lbs so he has good size already.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 02:59 PM) No, that is for teams that exceed the luxury cap. They also lose $1 million in their international bonus pool. Our payroll is at 65million, at some point we might have to sign somebody. This could be a good price, its not like it takes away our financial flexibility over the next few years.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 02:14 PM) I think they definitely would if they think there is a legit chance of being contenders in 2019. Completely agree with you. If you think you have a chance you go for it, you don't worry about a 45th pick. Realistically what are the chances of that pick being a better player than Moustakas? Pretty slim. And if you keep the pick you have a few more years to potentially get the player into the majors if at all. Everyone loves draft picks but if you lose a pick in order to potentially compete for a championship then you do it every time. The Astros didn't worry about picks and prospects when they went after Verlander because they knew it could win them a world series. You have to have some balls once in a while.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 01:55 PM) Like everybody said they had to get rid of the logo. They ought to change the name of the team. Times change and unfortunately for them it's very offensive to many. It is just not worth the headache to them. Reality is people choose to be offended by everything. You choose to be offended by words, cartoons, books, tv shows, jokes, other people, etc. And then you have nothing better to do than make sure the world knows you are offended. As a Satan worshipper that loves the color red, I think its about time someone did something about Duke University.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jan 26, 2018 -> 12:16 PM) I feel like they need 2. Yep, Brewers need James Shields. That will put them over the top. Make the call Hahn

QUOTE (wrathofhahn @ Jan 22, 2018 -> 05:52 PM) Yeah, I just checked Braun contract and he has a no trade. He is someone who could actually play LF this year before transitioning to DH but it's hard to see him accepting that role moving from a contending team to a rebuilding club. I could see Braun wanting to come to the white sox. He is under contract til 2020. Do the brewers have a better chance at winning the world series in that time or do the white sox? There is also a mutual option for 2021 which if he is playing well he might want to stay and the sox would want to keep him. He would have a few years in our window. It depends on how he views the situation. Honestly, do we want him as he had a very average year last year.

Prediction: Charlie Tilson injures himself stepping up on a curb. He retires and goes down as our Moonlight Graham with just a couple more at bats.

He threw out 49% of attempted basestealers last year, tops in the AL.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Sep 24, 2017 -> 06:24 PM) Very happy you are not the Sox GM Agree completely. So many top 50 prospects amount to nothing, every year it happens. You have a all star who is a solid teammate who is going into his prime right now. Why in the world would you trade him? You need a few veterans to help these young guys.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 04:59 PM) I think Carson Kelly is doable. Hasn't set the world on fire with his call up. You mean you dont want to trade a 26 y.o. All Star OF going into the prime of their career for a career .250 minor league hitter who has 9 MLB hits so far and is only 3 years younger. Not to mention Avi is a good teammate. Lets put it into perspective. Today Avi got 55% of the total hits that Kelly has in his MLB career. Seems like a really good trade idea. What we need to do is give Avi a decent 4-5 year deal and wrap him up for the prime of his career.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 23, 2017 -> 08:57 PM) Good end to the night for Yoan and Timmy Louie Lechich is having another nice season since being converted to a pitcher. 2.10 ERA in High A ball with a 1.1 ratio.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Aug 23, 2017 -> 09:18 PM) Leury had a terrific, all around game. If there is 1 guy that has just shocked the hell out of me this year and who I want the Sox to keep around it is Leury. I honestly thought he would never stick on a ML team. He hit .200 over 3 seasons had 2 HRs and 16 RBIs prior to this year in over 300 ABs. It is awesome what he is doing this year, add in the fact he plays excellent defense at multiple positions.

Mike Trouth hit .220 in his first year which was 40 games and had a .281 OBP.Trout was 20 years old at the time. Yoan is 22. Still very young. Trout struck out 1 of every 4 ABs Yoan is at .182 with a K about every 2.2 ABs. But his OBP is around .325

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 20, 2017 -> 03:37 PM) No thanks. He's 33. We need to collect as many youthful assets as possible. If nobody wants him you can't force people to give u an asset. My post was based on him not going anywhere because nobody wants him. He can help a young staff next year

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 17, 2017 -> 04:44 PM) There continues to be less interest in Gonzalez than I expect. I would not mind if we resigned him. He is a good back-of-the-rotation veteran who appears to be good in the clubhouse. And he would be cheap.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Aug 15, 2017 -> 08:08 AM) Not sure I support him getting promoted either, as Zavala seems more deserving. Collins has performed very well in August, batting .343./500/.686 with 11 walks to only 8 strikeouts Zavala has had the more impressive season though. It gives both guys full time jobs the rest of the year. Collins is the higher prospect so he will be pushed. Its a good move.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Aug 14, 2017 -> 07:59 AM) He'll likely eventually be #1 in all of baseball but hey at least Lucas Giolito credits his slightly improved consistency to James Shields It kills me that Tatis Jr is doing so well. And I don't like to cheer for a player to suck and his career end. But even if he did suck and never made it to the majors it would still be a net positive compared to what Shields gave us the last 2 years and (hold on while I puke) next year

At least Hansen made contact. Moral victories. :-)

QUOTE (ecupittfan @ Aug 10, 2017 -> 09:32 PM) terrible at bat by Sanchez. Come on Timmy, make some contact, be disciplined Thanks for not listening

terrible at bat by Sanchez. Come on Timmy, make some contact, be disciplined

Hell of a peg by Avi, beautiful. Get some runs now

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 6, 2017 -> 02:12 AM) Hey guys, Hansen is 2-4. We might just have our Quintana 2.0 then. No run support, cant get a win despite great numbers.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 6, 2017 -> 09:08 AM) He has only driven in 1 less run than Tyler Saladino. That is kind of funny, but sad. I think Delmonico is going to be a good .270-.280 hitter in the majors with 15-20 HR power. He is still only 25 and doesn't look at all like he is intimidated up here. He bounced around to different organizations and now has stability in the White Sox. As far as his defense he should be able to handle one of the corner OF spots, he will certainly have the arm considering he was at 3B. He is going to be a solid MLB and if he can give us what Melky gave us with a slightly lower average but a little more pop then that is a quality piece of your team that wont cost a lot.

Nicky looking like he really belongs. Even his outs are nice rockets. Follows Yoan up with a rocket. 2 on no out