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And those videos to illustrate what he has seen and scouted puts everything in perspective about Courtney. Good stuff!

Just checked out some stats from Yahoo.Com on Dunn. You know when he plays 1b, his stats this year are: G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 64 221 30 53 8 0 15 37 40 67 0 1 .240 .362 .480 .842 Pretty cool.

Rienzo had 6 strong innings. Maybe Ventura left him out too long and should have gotten a reliever for the 7th??

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/?podcast_url=h...mp;dcid=CBS.CHI In case you missed the interview on Saturday, this is Asst. GM Buddy Bell talking with Chris Rongey on the White Sox weekly radio show. Some pretty good answers regarding the state of the minor leagues, what they preach to the young hitters, and how Jim Thome is coming across to the prospects. Currently, Bell and Thome are in AA Birmingham taking a look at Brandon Jacobs.

Nathaniel Stoltz ‏@stoltz_baseball 22h Everybody's throwing Courtney Hawkins breaking pitches, and he swings at every single one. He has a chance when they're in the zone, though. Expand

QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 1, 2013 -> 07:54 PM) Somebody on Twitter is saying Barnum got a concussion at the play at the plate. According to the Intimidators' Twitter feed, and @BigTexJosh (voice of the I's), the catcher's glove hit Barnum in the head while making the tag. OUCH.

And Rienzo keeps hurling. 6Ks through 5.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 24, 2013 -> 09:25 PM) Nestor Molina still doing what he does best...giving up hits What in the heck has happened to Nestor Molina?!?

EAT EM UP CATS! TEXAS STATE'S OWN!!!! So the University and baseball field are literally my backyard........ Anyhow, he's doing pretty good still, stat wise, earning a promotion from Low A Kanny to High A Winston Salem. Combined, he has the following: 25 games 39.2 IP 1-2 W-L record 2.27 ERA 6-43 Walks/Ks (love the K rate there) 39 hits allowed. One big number sticks out. 6. The number of HRs he has given up. I'm not sure what is normal for a reliever, but that seems a bit concerning to me.

Kevan is still playing at High A Winston Salem... This year, he's played 72 games, 274 ABs, and has the following line: .255/.346/.431/.777 70 hits, 18 2bs, 3 triples, 8 HRs. 53 RBIs and 47 runs scored. 42 strikeouts and 30 walks. Not bad. Little bit on the old regarding Age-to-Level at 25, but seeing that he was raw when he was drafted after a QB career at Pitt, he's learning slowly and developing.

From my first post.... Today, he's arguably the Sox's #1 prospect. 9-2 W-L, 2.24 ERA in 17 starts, AA and AAA combined. 100.2 IPs, 92Ks, 27 walks Has three CGs this year with one SHO. Currently on the DL with a strained groin.

Last 10 games: .209/.267/.465/.692 16Ks in 43 ABs, small sample size of how his year has been going. .194/.265/.470/.735 at High A Winston Salem for the year. 116Ks in 243 ABs. That's past Jared Mitchell-like. That's just...........wow. 18 HRs in 243 ABs for the year. Not bad for power, but everything else has been a disaster.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 24, 2013 -> 08:55 PM) 2-3, 2 doubles for Semien Semien is hitting himself to a promotion. .309/.460/.603/1.063 splits for July. Also, 19 walks and 8 strikeouts for July?!? Are we sure he's a White Sox prospect??

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Jul 24, 2013 -> 08:56 PM) Here is the Hudson injury http://deadspin.com/tim-hudson-suffers-gru...dium=socialflow Oh. My God. I'm sorry I asked. And those NY'ers seeing the slo-mo...

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 24, 2013 -> 08:44 PM) Anyone just see the Hudson injury? Awful No, what happened?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 23, 2013 -> 09:30 PM) You know, if you add the "wicked witch" tune from the Wizard of Oz as a backdrop to the GIF, we have something there.

Nice team win all around.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 11, 2013 -> 03:11 PM) You were. After we published your article and tweeted it, he replied that he was there. His name is Nathaniel Stoltz, I've used his videos in a couple articles and he provides some good info on Kanny and WS guys from games. He recently joined Fangraphs, also writes for Beyond the Box Score. He's also on Twitter: @stoltz_baseball

And, as much as some want to bash Thornton, he's a lefty who throws 95mph. Teams value that plus his experience.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 06:13 PM) Haha totally. Prospects? Are you ducking kidding me here lol. I'd need at least 8 jurickson profar level prospects before I even listen. Plus what a nice message that sends to our young guys: Sign a team friendly contract and we'll send you packing to a destination of your not-choosing for the next 7 years. GMAFB even discussing this like it's smart or even plausible. THIS. Sale is going nowhere. You think we have low attendance now? We trade our #1 for prospects? No thank you.

Wow, already an ejection from the WS game: Ejections: Winston-Salem Dash third baseman Jeremy Farrell ejected by HP umpire Jimmie Hollingsworth (1st) Also, HBP: CHawkins.

If the White Sox still have $600K, I would expect them to take a long look and use that allocation on a player/players. Remember, having Marco Paddy aboard, this brings credibility to the Latin America/international movement that the White Sox are now trying to do. And...they can do what the Cubs did earlier...trade a player for prospects and some teams' allocation money, in order to increase the White Sox's international pool. They're not done yet IMHO.

Our family used to live at 26th and Wallace St, just blocks away from Comiskey. Even when my Grandpa was a Cubs fan and I used to watch Cubs baseball with him, I remained a Sox fan. My first live Sox game was when I was 4, during the summer of 77, Sox v Tigers, and the Sox won.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 1, 2012 -> 10:55 AM) I cant post the link because im at work but if you go to deadspin, there is a video of an Indy Wrestler blowing a moonsault and landing directly on his head. Absolutely terrifying YouTube: http://youtu.be/gKQ_s9nyYKE Yeah, that silence is something else. Eerie. Tried to embed the video on Auto Linebreak Mode but for some reason it's not working with Chrome. Might be my settings somewhere. Here's what the Indy Wresting Group is going to do for Charade, the wrestler who almost died from that spin. http://lookmanofans.com/store/live-event-t...arity-chowdown/

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Sep 3, 2012 -> 01:23 AM) It seems like the Sox are good at developing pitchers and OF. What are the catcher and 3b prospects like? These seem like a major area of need. The Sox lack a Santiago Perez/Jesus Montero type at C, however guys like Kevan Smith, Michael Blanke, Josh Phegley and Miguel Gonzalez do offer some upside with either their bat or glove. Plus, drafting Jose Barraza and Sammy Ayala, who was a tough sign, at this years' draft offer good depth for the Sox, quite possibly for the first time ever. At 3b, you could say the quality of depth is lacking. Rangelo Ravelo at Kannapolis is arguably the lone WS prospect at that position. He's been on the restricted list for most of the year due to a family matter, IIRC.