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I know there is a draft thread which is pinned, but I wanted to make everything run a little smoother here and devote a thread to scouting reports/news stories/stats of the White Sox draftees today and tomorrow. The reason being that the draft thread ALWAYS gets cluttered with a metric f***ton of posts saying, for example, "D-Rays take Price," followed by 20 posts of opinion, analysis and impacts throughout the draft. And when the Sox finally pick, I'm surprised that the message board even functions due to an overflow of comments like, "WHITESOX TAKE WHOMEVER," "s*** pick," and "What exactly is an anal fissure?" So, to alleviate these problems, I think it's a good idea to have one thread dedicated SPECIFICALLY to information about the players the Sox select, nothing more. No discussion on whether you think it's a good or bad pick, just things relating to the players. And after being around on draft day for about four years+ now, I can guarantee you that wading through 80+ pages of a thread to find one link is a MASSIVE pain in the ass. So, once the draft starts and the Sox start selecting, I ask everyone to put links you have in this thread to help everyone who is curious about our new draftees. It will help out everyone and save them a lot of frustration and time.

Leo Daigle. And I don't give a flying f*** if Collaro hits .280 at Birmingham, he is a fringe prospect who will get eaten alive if he ever sees the bigs. My money is that he's a rule V choice next year and is shipped back to us next year.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 28, 2007 -> 03:24 PM) I wanted Donnelly this offseason. He couldn't have banked on Thornton and MacDougal struggling like they have. Thornton has been lights out this month.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ May 28, 2007 -> 03:13 PM) Why would Ozzie wait this long? Tyner and Punto were both Lefties, just bring in Logan to start the inning. Because I honestly believe that Ozzie is mentally handicapped. And Boone is white.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ May 28, 2007 -> 03:01 PM) The only problem is, the Count isn't going to be able to go much longer, so the bullpen is going to play a role. Dewon Day 3 inning save. Also, f*** Gardenhire.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 28, 2007 -> 01:25 PM) two straight infield hits typical twins I can't wait until they have to play on grass instead of the glorified trampoline at the s***heap they play at.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 28, 2007 -> 11:42 AM) Oh goodie!!!! A 27 year old pitcher in AA with an ERA of 3.60 and a WHIP around 1.5. I wonder if his slider will be compared to the great curveball of Arnie Munoz? Every scouting report I've read rates Day's slider at a 60 MINIMUM, which is above major league average, and a 70 usually, which is well above the major league average. We're talking about a guy whose slider is a tick below Felix Hernandez' for Christ's sake. Munoz always had a big rolling curveball which is not even close to the same as Day's slider. Edit: Looking at Day's splits, he's been doing very well after having a period of really rough outings in late April. For May, we're looking at: 13 IP 12 H 7 BB 24 SO .231/.322/.269 against

Faustino's line heading into the 7th was: 6 IP 1 H 0 ER 2 BB 8 SO He clearly ran out of gas. I'm willing to bet he'll make several more starts at Kannapolis, and once short-season ball starts, he'll be bumped up to W-S.

QUOTE(BearSox @ May 27, 2007 -> 05:41 PM) I disagree. But if not Sweeney and if KW doesn't make a trade, who do you say we call up? Gonzalez? Sweeney can't hit an inside pitch to save his life. He keeps just trying to dump it into left field instead of pulling it with authority. Give him some time. Fields should be promoted and stuck in left. It's not like he'd be a downgrade defensively right about now.

We need Ehren Wassermann.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ May 27, 2007 -> 02:20 PM) rotoworld seems to think Pablo's DTD Leg transplant (from Brian Anderson).

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 24, 2007 -> 01:25 PM) Yeah, you are right. I know anytime I want to tell my wife I love her, I leave her a message telling her that I am going to f***ing kill her and the f***ing kids. I mean you could go get a Hallmark card, but a message on her cellphone is so much more effective. If you read more attentively, you'd notice that Dukes has not been confirmed as leaving the message. But, f*** it, he fits the black ghetto stereotype so we might as well just throw benefit of the doubt out the window.

Good thing we're not jumping to conclusions here in this thread.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ May 23, 2007 -> 10:47 AM) what kind of pitches does he have? Fastball (91-94), slurve, developing change according to a MiLB report.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ May 19, 2007 -> 04:13 AM) never? I can see not with the White Sox, but never? He throws with the ball in his left hand and has a great slider. He'll have to get a shot eventually, even if for only a week or two and not from the White Sox organization. He's a righty, and his BABIP indicates that he has absolutely no control of his pitches other than flipping them wherever in the strikezone.

Makes sense now.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 15, 2007 -> 06:45 AM) (all though gasoline is a strange commodity, and doesn't behave normally from a supply and demand standpoint). Um, yes it does. Just because gasoline is an inelastic good that is under the control of an oligopoly doesn't mean it behaves in another dimension.

QUOTE(dasox24 @ May 15, 2007 -> 01:15 AM) Damn, haven't heard about Ricks in a long time. Glad to see he's still alive. On another note, I love how Schnur is just knockin the cover off the ball. I've long been a big fan (1st b/c of his cool-sounding name, then b/c of actual performance, lol) since we drafted him out of Basic HS (NV). He's definitely still young enough to warrant a promotion to see what he can do another level higher. Um, what performance are you talking about? You mean the last four seasons where Schnurstein has put up OPSes of .650, .697, .747 and .599? Unless he can finish out the season at Birmingham and put up .300/.400/.500 numbers, he isn't a prospect.

It'd be nice to see Sweeney up with the bases loaded. That being said, Gooch will ground into a DP.

CHA v. Richmond (McBride v. Phillips) Birmingham loses 4-1 as Day continues his struggles, but Gio bounces back from his one bad start this year. 5IP 6H 0ER 1BB 7SO http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...biraax_jaxaax_1 WSW @ Salem (Rice v. Perez Kannapolis victorious over Greenville with a great outing from Justin Edwards (6IP 3H 0ER 0BB 2SO). Carter and Allen with two hits a piece, Cruz chips in with three of his own. Allen has 14 doubles on the year, on pace to hit 60 for the year (harharhar). http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...capafx_kanafx_1

http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellit...s=1037645509200 Shoulder injury. Great.

QUOTE(Whitewashed in @ May 6, 2007 -> 05:32 PM) So who DO you want to keep? Boone Logan, the cornerstone of World Series championships to come.

QUOTE(BearSox @ May 6, 2007 -> 10:40 AM) Neal Cotts has been lights out, but I kinda think that is due in part that no one in the NL has really seen him, and second time around the league he won't be so lights out anymore. Aardsma on the other hand, it doesn't matter. If he can mix up and locate the slider, that fastball is going to look like 105 mph to the hitters. And Vazquez, I am not to excted about because he sucked in ST, but he is doing good in the minors right now. Speaking of minor league relievers, when will Day get promoted? He is 2-1, with a 2.1-something ERA, but in 16+ innings, he has gotten 33 K's! Averaging 2 K's per inning. I really want to see his Slider because it sounds like a doozey. He has a WHIP of 1.32, he needs more time.

QUOTE(fathom @ May 2, 2007 -> 04:49 PM) Remember, everyone used to say the team would never look heartless along as Ozzie's in charge. What's our record again since the ASB of last year? I have to believe we have the worst record in the AL Central during that time. Dude, this is just how grinders play ball. By sucking because they're washed up has beens.

Tieing run on first. Greg Walker's thought process right now: "HIT IT TO THE PUGENT SOUND, BOYS"