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It depends. Have you taken The Big Hurt's advice and recently been using Nugenix?

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Radar looks good.

Sox in at #11.

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I don't disagree with him about Madrigal. In order for Madrigal to be a "star" he would have to hit a near Tony Gwynn like clip. That's just not a likely outcome. I will be quite happy if Madrigal can produce a 2.5-3.0 WAR most years while being exceptional defensively. We don't need every single one of our young prospects to be superstars. World Series contenders need their stapled role players too.

She'll love it too!

Remember like... 10 years ago when people would get mad at Keith Law because he always came off as biased against Sox prospects when the truth really was that the Sox didn't really have prospects and/or they sucked? Good times.

It is a fact that people will get sick. It is absolutely impossible to prevent everyone from getting sick. It is also an absolute fact that people will die. It cannot be prevented. That is not cold-hearted nor callous. It is a medical fact that it will happen no matter what anyone does. These are not my opinion. Ignoring the facts is the worst way to deal with these types of issues. How we can prevent as many of them from happening is the primary concern and paramount in any discussion. If I said I didn't care about or that we shouldn't do anything to prevent it that would be different.

To be honest, he's not off about Madrigal. He's not a "stand-out" guy at this point. Outside of plate discipline and contact, there's nothing there that screams "star."

The trade looks like a win win for sure. The sale extension is the bad part for the Red Sox

It's great for the Red Sox (won a WS with Sale, wouldn't have otherwise). And it looks good for us as well. A true win-win

Injuries can change a lot of needs...including our own.

That could be the greatest post in SoxTalk history but I will never know because I couldn’t make it past the first 2 of 50 bolded, italicized, individually-spaced sentences.

That's my impression. It's also an indication they are weak in developing catchers. After watching Charlotte last year I don't think he caught a majority of the games. I could be wrong.

From the tone of your message it may be time for me to consider jumping off this bandwagon. Don't know how you were raised but the lack of respect and civility is a bit far off for my tastes nor your understanding of what is fair use and educational. Let's just say we will agree to disagree on this point. But it is your site and it is your site. Everything I personally wrote was for educational and entertainment purposes ("Fun a the Old Ballpark" as expressed by Harry Caray) and people had the right if they so choose and with reference to share said observations with whoever they wanted that may fall under fair use except for commercial purposes. And this is over an article with comments of Jose Contreras and Orlando Hernandez all referenced. It is your website so that is your right which you fully have the right to establish guidelines. If I did something that was not in accordance with this site this was never my intention but I do reserve the right to have a different opinion on what is educational and fair use. You interpret it differently and that is your right as it is your site. It was requested to use links so I did such. Maybe I am missing something but Soxtalk does not appear to be a commercial website. And I am not engaged in any form commerce pertaining to this site. I received my education at one of the top journalism universities in the nation. There was nothing illegal whatsoever regarding postings which were referenced. To insinuate such is incongruous. I fully understand issues of copyright and know all too well was plagiarism is but the article in question was in fact referenced with site name-NBC Chicago, author-Chuck Garfien and date and under no circumstance was this being used for any commercial purpose. One reader, in fact, inferred that what some postings I had written were not my own which was unfounded and I corrected that member that all words and thoughts were my own. If I did something to offend you or missed something in the translation please excuse any indiscretion in any communications that I may have missed or may have been misconstrued. Thought I might try and add some substance from years of experience but the misinformation and innuendos being inferred are so beyond good taste one wonders where this directed hostility comes from? If you have had in the past multiple abuses I could understand. The only victim you imply here if there is one is free speech, reason and sharing information. Did not think a message board on the White Sox would turn into such a circus. It was never my intention to do anything but share on the current state and future of the 2020 Chicago White Sox. Why some feel it is not within the bounds of good taste to communicate with tact and dexterity on a non-commercial social media site is rather surprising. Don't know your personal situation nor what has happened to you on this site in the past. That said I fully understand any concerns you may have and being your site you have the right to determine the methods and means of information shared if it is not original writing. Good luck to this message board in your future endeavors. You may be a great guy who has faced the wrath of overzealous MSM so please accept that we are on the same side here and I fully understand and appreciate any concerns expressed. Thank you for the time aboard and if I do not return know the journey was an interesting one. I wish you and all your members well. My best.

Yup. A large component of the Sox' failure from 2007-2017 was simply an inability to find the "average regulars". If Madrigal is "only" an average regular he's still going to contribute on what should be 90 win type teams and he'll be doing so on a relative pittance, freeing up money for a hole elsewhere on the roster. If he craters completely the Sox will have to bring in a 2B in FA or trade next year. Hopefully that doesn't happen.

Highlight of the day.

Love hitting mechanics, so my observations from the perspective of those who can't do, teach: Bailey is not stepping back as he swings. He's stepping back as (likely) part timing-device, part effort to reinforce maximum load. That subtle and minor step back, little more than a weight shift really, occurs when the ball is still in the pitcher's hand. But he's in a neutral "hitter's position" on release. From there, all movement is towards the pitcher. First time I've seen the big guy in action. Even from this drill, you can see why he's getting some hype -- big, athletic, muscular, but with a lot of fluidity in his movements.

Wheels up two weeks from now

Leury is playing a helluva 2B this spring. Good to see.

Fulmer out, Heuer in. Fulmer goes 1.2IP and nothing but zeros with 3K. Looked good.

they were sliders. his curve is essentially just a show me pitch.

10mph difference between FB and CH and its still 90?

Think it’s obvious his elbow was starting to pop when he came up two years ago. His velocity is so much better than what he showed in those starts.

90 on the changeup. lol. beast mode.

Easy 123 1st for Kopech, 2 groundouts and a K. Threw easy gas on the fastball.

101 mph fastball on the outside corner for strike 3!

His fastball is a thing of beauty.

4 pitches, all over 100 on the stadium gun. Grounder to Leury for out #1.

pitch 3 100

101 on pitch 2.

Kopech hits 100mph on his first pitch

I don't think anyone would have complained had they landed Machado.

Is that going to be your bit this year? Complaining about spending a pittance on a legit DH instead of just rolling with Collins/Mercedes? You would have crucified Hahn if they did that and those two flopped as the DH.

Cmon, he saw the bat speed himself. In exhibition games. How much more evidence could you possibly need?

Third string catcher doesn't have to catch very often so that is not an issue. I like the sheer entertainment value of having "the Yerminator" as the 26th man and 3rd string catcher/DH/1B on the roster... a guy who swings for the fences and gives one last hope to fans when trailing at the end of the game. He wouldn't be a clown like Yolmer but more of a likeable big guy like the Fridge was on the Bears. And he probably would win a couple of ball games for the team. It is a luxury to have a seldom used player on the team but that is what the 26th roster spot has made possible. My second choice for 26 would be Vaughn. Third would be Delmonico. Hang a "Trade Me" sign around Collins neck. He is the perfect trade bait. Teams are looking for young prospects with several years of team control left.

He’s the face of black baseball. I checked out him on the CC Sabathia podcast on the Undisputed and they were talking about “clubhouse culture”, we need to stop calling it that and calling it what it is. It’s a form of institutionalized, cultural racism, calling it what it is will only help solve the problem. And it’s good to see the White Sox position themselves as that team, the team who’s leading the battle against institutional racism in MLB. Looking at the team, they have a lot of dark skinned players, a lot of whom are from Latin America. So it’s good that they’re celebrating the African American presence and the Latin culture in their locker room.

Really like him. Baseball needs someone to add some "swag" to the game. I feel like Bryce did but then it died off. Puig did but he got too out of control.

Absolutely!! Tim Anderson is the leader of a group of guys who are really easy to root for.

We are lucky to have Tim on the south side.

At this point, I'm not sure there will be a baseball season.

Any candidate willing to keep Boylen on should mean disqualification. Can anyone really think anyone outside of GarPax and the Reinsdorfs,think anyone capable of being an NBA GM, let alone a good one, thinks Jim Boylen is the guy to lead them to championships?

Didn't you hear? Jose's extension is the reason Robert, Eloy, and Moncada signed extensions. Without Jose those guys give up and refuse to play for the White Sox.