January 28, 201412 yr CF Eaton SS Ramirez DH Dunn/Konerko RF Garcia 1B JDA LF ADA/Viciedo 2B Beckham 3B Gillaspie/Keppinger C Flowers Bench Konerko ADA Keppinger Nieto Start JDA lower in the order to let him acclimate while giving Avi some better pitches to hit.
January 28, 201412 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 06:01 PM) I see it done a lot - even by the professional media - so I mean not to call anybody out, but I just so happened to see Joe do it which brought it to mind... It's actually the Rule 5 draft, not Rule V. Semantics I know, but it's better to be correct than incorrect. The Rule 4 draft is the First Year Player Draft. I'm also sure it won't be the last time I do this too. I am calling it the Rule 五 draft to spite you
January 28, 201412 yr QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 04:21 PM) I am calling it the Rule 五 draft to spite you I want you to be aware that I am trained in the classical martial arts of internet b****slapping.
January 29, 201412 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 04:01 PM) I see it done a lot - even by the professional media - so I mean not to call anybody out, but I just so happened to see Joe do it which brought it to mind... It's actually the Rule 5 draft, not Rule V. Semantics I know, but it's better to be correct than incorrect. The Rule 4 draft is the First Year Player Draft. I'm also sure it won't be the last time I do this too. Excuse me? I think you mean the Rule-IV draft.
January 29, 201412 yr QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 11:46 PM) Excuse me? I think you mean the Rule-IV draft. I like this post.
January 29, 201412 yr Author Here's something crazy I saw on FB. Someone suggested: 1. Eaton (CF) 2. Viciedo (LF) 3. Garcia (RF) 4. Abreu (1B) 5. Ramirez (SS) 6. Dunn (DH) 7. Flowers © 8. Beckham (2B) 9. Gillaspie (3B)
January 30, 201412 yr QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 06:57 PM) Here's something crazy I saw on FB. Someone suggested: 1. Eaton (CF) 2. Viciedo (LF) 3. Garcia (RF) 4. Abreu (1B) 5. Ramirez (SS) 6. Dunn (DH) 7. Flowers © 8. Beckham (2B) 9. Gillaspie (3B) Hahaha I cannot imagine a worse 2-hole hitter than Dayan Viciedo.
January 30, 201412 yr QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 07:25 PM) I want you to be aware that I am trained in the classical martial arts of internet b****slapping. I see you have been successfully spited. VICTORY!
January 30, 201412 yr QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 08:08 PM) Hahaha I cannot imagine a worse 2-hole hitter than Dayan Viciedo. Seriously. Free swinger who doesn't make much contact or take many walks. We may as well put Flowers in the 2 hole.
January 30, 201412 yr As long as flowers isn't in the lineup I don't care lol. Edited January 30, 201412 yr by Bigsoxhurt35
January 30, 201412 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 12:32 PM) By the time they get to opening day, I hope it's something like this, unless they get another catcher: 1. Eaton - CF 2. Ramirez - SS 3. Abreu - 1B 4. Dunn - DH 5. Garcia - RF 6. Viciedo - LF 7. Davidson - 3B 8. Flowers - C 9. Beckham - 2B Bench- Konerko 1B/DH, Danks OF, Garcia IF/OF, Nieto C (rooting for Nieto to be good enough to keep) Move De Aza, Keppinger, and Gillaspie by opening day. Teams don't usually make a bunch of moves during spring training. You may see players released or traded for cash but I don't think Hahn will dump these guys. My guess is you will see one traded for catching and 2 will be kept going into season.
January 30, 201412 yr QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jan 30, 2014 -> 10:48 AM) Teams don't usually make a bunch of moves during spring training. You may see players released or traded for cash but I don't think Hahn will dump these guys. My guess is you will see one traded for catching and 2 will be kept going into season. I see them keeping ADA til midseason, barring an injury related need that arises for a team in ST. I also think that Gilaspinger's fate may depend on an evaluation of Davidson around mid-March - if he's killing it in ST, for instance, and appears nothing but ready, the team would look rather Pennywise in bringing Kepp north in his stead. Fans, like me, would be plenty ticked.
January 30, 201412 yr Keppinger has so little value that I think we end up considering him insurance for Davidson doesn't look ready, and we simply DFA him and eat the salary if we have to. $4m/yr is nothing to sneeze at, but isn't enough to stand in the way of prospect development; there's more than that at stake for doing it wrong.
January 30, 201412 yr Nieto has quite the uphill climb offensively to get a job here..has to beat out the 2013 OPSes of .520 and .600 In all seriousness though - I think he'll get an honest look and fair shot. Sure he came cheap but everything they're doing this year points to them willing to get creative to get and keep organizationally-healthy people here for a few years at the cost of current wins. We'll see that reflected in the eventual ADA trade, I would think. Edited January 30, 201412 yr by Jose Paniagua
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