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QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 15, 2015 -> 11:31 PM) Did you just combine Jerry Owens & Jared Mitchell into some sort of super-flop prospect?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 15, 2015 -> 11:17 PM) Putting us back in 2007 mode. Seems we waited 7-10 days too late to bring up Sanchez...cold offensively now. LOL hardly. The opposite, as a matter of fact. Despite a terrible season, Ozzie STILL wouldn't play the prospects. They wouldn't even do it in September. Unless you consider Jerry Mitchell a prospect. He was playing the utility players, and the org guys, the slap hitters, the lungers. I think Gio sat on the bench the entire month of September. I don't know that he even warmed up.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 15, 2015 -> 11:03 PM) I think I'm one of the few that would like to see the younger guys get some shots this year. I think its time to build while we still have Abreu, Sale and Q under control. Avasail coming around is a bonus as well. I'd like to deal Alexei as part of this. I agree with all of this. Certainly if Rodon can be up here, they can find you players in lieu of Carroll, Shuck, Bonifacio, etc. or some combination thereof.

Another problem with this team is that there are just too many bad players on it...like Carroll. They cut the guy in December. Honestly is there no one in Charlotte who can pitch?

QUOTE (fathom @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:47 PM) I will never understand why they rushed him this year. He was struggling to throw strikes in a few of his Charlotte outings (one exhibition included) This org is simply dreadful at evaluating and developing players. I doubt it changes with Williams and Bell running the show in perpetuity.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 15, 2015 -> 10:45 PM) IN may the Sox are 2nd in the AL in batting average and 11th in runs scored. A huge improvement. Also a huge gap. Bottom tier in runs scored when you're 2nd in batting in a home run park suggests a problem.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ May 15, 2015 -> 08:27 AM) College pitcher. Jay, Funkhouser, Fulmer. No

Will it get appreciably better at this point in his career? The mistake was not having him in Charlotte at the beginning of the year. Sanchez needs to play every day. None of this sit behind Bonifacio stuff, whom they put in the 2 hole the other night .

Someone who has a good approach to hitting and can hit, please.

I was asking about him last night. timely. Thanks Sounds better than some of the guys on the ML roster.

At this point, is he ever going to be a good second baseman? Position change, perhaps?

When is Shark serving his suspension? Seems like now would be a good time.

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 13, 2015 -> 06:52 PM) I don't want to speak for Caulfield, but I would guess that a lot of announcers have no idea how great a hitter was Harold Baines. Right but, okay. I thought it was implying that that said something about the Sox farm system, as this is the farm board.

Bonifacio shouldn't be on this team. Sox bat him 2nd.

Bonafacio in the lineup. Good lord.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 13, 2015 -> 06:02 PM) I find that a bit telling. What does it tell?

So I see it was Junior Guerra. I realize he's 30, but he's been impressive. What's his story? He has these long gaps of nothingness in his career.

I really like that site. I can just click a name and get the player bio - easy to discern which are organizational minor leaguer. What's the deal with this Nolan Early? Seems like a good hitter - not great - but capable.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 12, 2015 -> 02:02 PM) Some of that is constantly pitching from behind and using the lower leverage options. Right - which means the bullpen isn't deep. As per using Duke 3 days in a row.

3 days in a row, the 3rd against a team that knows him best, doesn't help.

Let's get this game. No way the Brewers have a pen.

2 good outings in a row for Drabek, each with good K numbers. May be getting close to coming back up and taking some starts. Can't be any worse than most of these guys. Jordan Guerro- wow. Must be near time for the Dash, yes?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 11, 2015 -> 07:53 PM) I was one of Semien's biggest fans on this site, but it's impossible to judge the trade until after the season. First, we need to see if Shark signs an extension and for how much. If not, we need to see what we end up getting for him, whether it's prospects via trade or a comp pick. Second, it's way to early to draw any conclusions on Semien as a major leaguer, although I obviously believe in his bat. Extension? If he pitches like this we should not only not extend him but we won't get a draft choice for him. If he improves, we may be able to mitigate the losses. But even in his good games this year, he's really labored. The idea of a 73 win team to trade for a 1 year rent was nuts to begin with. (not as bad as Williams trading our top pitching prospect for 1.5 years of a pitcher with a 6+ ERA). Fortunately we didn't trade anyone with that high a ceiling. And this one, of course, was the same demographic as we've seen over and over...some NL pitcher that the Sox get all goo-goo over.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 11, 2015 -> 08:40 AM) I read this twice, and can't decide if it's serious. You want Rondon over Alexei right now? Alexei is one of the best defensive shortstops in the game, and while his bat is inconsistent he's still overall at least average offensively and probably a little better in the long term. And you want to replace that with ab A-ball guy with raw but interesting defense and no history of any ability to hit? I like Rondon, but that's just getting way too aggressive. How's L Garcia been doing defensively in Charlotte? I assume he's still overmatched at the plate against any good pitcher. Realistically, if the Sox want to improve in areas (like C or 3B) they're going to have to move a good player at least this offseason. And if we aren't in contention in July, by then. Alexei is at the top of that list, so I'm interested in possible replacements.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 9, 2015 -> 07:19 PM) So how are those holes going to be filled in between 2015 and 2016 when we have already committed over $120 million to our 2016 payroll assuming we pick up Alexei's option and most of the arb-eligible players? Unless we trade some people who are paid decently away we already have a greater committed salary in 2016 than what we have on the payroll in 2015, and that's with Samardzija walking. How are those holes filled when we have literally no money to spend as it currently stands? Have to trade some player in areas where we have depth and bring up a young player...like SS. Or maybe trade some of our "bounty" in ready prospects for a position where we are thin. And getting some of these pitchers who seem a year away will be helpful too. A lot of these guys seem like they are almost there but just can't find that last rung on the ladder. We're going to need a 3B and a catcher. But I think we're okay in the OF - let Gillaspie shag balls; he's a good hitter against righties and has good value there...nice bat for our bench.