Jack Parkman

QUOTE (GenericUserName @ Feb 23, 2018 -> 02:58 PM) For anyone still having problems with the stream, try this link: https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/video/white-so...rs/c-1874473283 Doesn't work. I just get a black screen. I have to listen to Farmio and DJ's gawdawfulness.

Why isn't my stream working? WTH?

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 23, 2018 -> 08:33 AM) I read this as more of a suggested landing spot than the Sox actually having interest. Maybe so, but I thought it was worth posting.

I haven't found a link to the article from Heyman, but he says the Sox are looking at CarGo as well. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/02/heym...nn-arrieta.html

After the Sox success with Hansen, despite the control problems McClanahan's stuff is too good from the left side to ignore. Would not bother me one bit if they went with him.

Dickerson acquired by Pirates per MLBN. Will try to find tweet, and update accordingly.

Nah, I read it as they aren't adding anyone that will be on the 25 man. 40 man additions only. Hahn said "similar to Santiago" which I read as scrap heap pickups with upside only. Pretty sure he put the kibash on Moustakas.

https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan I suggest you guys read Van Schouwen's twitter with Quotes from Hahn with regard to adding a player.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 01:55 PM) Yeah the team who loses the player still gets compensation (later round like you said). We would still forfeit our second pick I believe. I think it is a 2nd and a 5th actually.

I can't believe that the Rays could only get 1 non-top 10 organizational prospect for Jake Odorizzi. Seems that the trade market is shifting toward buyers incredibly quickly.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 17, 2018 -> 08:58 PM) Just came here to say that the Sox should absolutely pick up Dickerson. Agreed. Good flier, however it wouldn't surprise me if Detroit grabs him before the Sox have a chance.

QUOTE (wrathofhahn @ Feb 17, 2018 -> 06:58 PM) At the time of the trade he had a 4.44 FIP. 1.426 WHIP (pitcher park in the NL) was 34 with diminished velocity and still had 3/65 remaining on his deal. Sure the Padres ate some money around half his salary but it was always a bad bet to take even if he was uninjured. What was his FIP before his last start with the Padres on 5/31/2016? Shields had one horrible start up until the trade(the aforementioned 10 run start) that skewed everything. Sure, it was a harbinger of things to come, but nobody could have known that at the time. It was probably just seen as a blip. He had been pitching to a 3.06 ERA up until getting shelled on 5/31/16. I went and looked at his starts on Baseball Reference, there was nothing in his game to assume that he'd get shelled. Sox FO probably thought he just didn't have it on 5/31/16 vs Seattle. FYI- Shields, up until that start, hadn't given up more than 4 runs in a game up until that start on 5/31/2016, and was 2 starts removed from a 7 inning 0 run 9 K game vs the then-defending NL champ Mets. This was the box score of the start before Shields got shelled on 5/31/16 https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SF...201605250.shtml

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 17, 2018 -> 05:53 PM) How quickly some forget Shields' epic start before the trade. With all due respect to the White Sox Front Office, before that start in which Shields gave up 10 runs in less than an inning, Shields was pitching to a 3.02 ERA in April and May of 2016.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 13, 2018 -> 04:48 PM) What? How do those seasons look like outliers? The kid was 20 to 22 years from 2012 to 2014. He should have been in low A to AA with even an aggressive development curve. To think he'd actually get materially better with more major league seasoning and as his body developed shouldn't be surprising to anyone. And that's exactly what happened. As for 2017, his BABIP was clearly an outlier and roughly 30 points than his worst season ever. He clearly had a bad first half, but part of that was driven by bad luck. Regardless, I don't how you could possibly think his 2015 & 2016 seasons were outliers by any readily available data. I'm not completely discounting those seasons. It does make sense. Normal progression is a possibility. However by the definition of outlier there are 6 seasons of data and 4 are very similar, two are not. I'm taking it literally there. Which is why this season is huge. He was in the bigs, you can't just throw out his first 2 seasons because he was young for the bigs. This is all of the data we have to go on. Maybe I'm just not willing to gamble that much on him being better in the future. It probably won't matter anyway because the jankees will give him a blank check.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 13, 2018 -> 04:16 PM) I'm not sure looking at career stats for a 25 year who is a year away from free agency is fair. Look at his OBP by year: 2012: .294 2013: .314 2014: .324 2015: .359 2016: .343 2017: .310 Clearly there was an adjustment period at the start of his career which makes sense given most kids his age are in A ball. And obviously last year is a clear outlier. A .350 OBP is perfectly fine for a player with his power and that's basically what he was in 2015 & 2016. As for the potential risk of signing Machado, I really think his next contract will include an opt-out after four years or so and that he'll most certainly exercise it. Sure, there is always the chance he becomes the next Jason Heyward, but I just don't see that being remotely possible with Manny. Assuming he rebounds in 2018, I'm all in on signing him to a 10/$350M. Can't be afraid to sign star players entering their prime if we actually want to a win a World Series. Nah, to me his 15-16 looks like the outlier. This year is huge for Machado. If he has an obp in the .310-.330 range again he's not going to get a contract over $200 million

Machado's career .329 OBP scares the living crap out of me, as well as that most of his WAR value comes from his defense. His profile doesn't seem like it will age gracefully. Honestly, I'd rather have Moustakas at 5/75 than Machado at 10/350. Way too much risk with Machado. If I were Hahn, next season would be Harper or Bust for me.

QUOTE (Tony @ Feb 12, 2018 -> 08:58 PM) So going into the 2016 offseason, the offseason where the Sox traded Eaton and Sale, and eventually Quintana...what would you have done differently? Because up until that point, “JR” has financed competitive payrolls that haven’t worked out (Williams and Hahn being bad at their jobs is a totally different subject). So what would you have wanted “JR” to do that offseason and beyond? Lay out some details. He's going to say that JR was too cheap to spend enough to make them competitive. Hahn was hamstrung by ownership. It's no use arguing. My complaint in 2016 was they wouldn't rebuild when they clearly needed to. You can't spend your way out of mediocrity anymore so the ownership bashers don't know how to respond.

https://www.minorleagueball.com/2018/2/11/1...spects-for-2018 Discuss.

These people should remember that the 2009-2017 Hawks had the second most successful run in CHICAGO SPORTS HISTORY. Only the 91-98 Bulls can top what they've accomplished. Nobody should be mad, this is the price of success in a hard cap league. These guys are Chicago sports legends, and rightly so, and should be treated as such.

That trade was more about clearing Frazier/Robertson off the books, Whether we'd like to believe it or not, I think that the return was affected by it being a combination of Robertson/Frazier/Kahnle rather than Kahnle alone. Truly believe that because of the money with the other two guys, they got less. I think we could have finagled Sheffield or Andujar without them having to take on Frazier and Robertson's money. For some reason clearing them from the books was more important to Hahn than the extra prospect.

I'd be more than fine with the Sox bringing in both CarGos. Huge upside on both at the Rate, and you could either flip them at the deadline or surprise contend with both of them on the roster.

2 wins separating 1st from 8th in ping pong balls-4 teams with 17 wins, 3 with 18 wins(including the Bulls) and the Nets have 19 wins. However unlikely, how does the NBA lottery work with teams that tie in record?

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 08:58 PM) No way, it will be myself and others freaking out about Giolito and Lopez's velocity Yes. Not worried about Kopech, unless he's gone from 99 to 92 somehow. I'm kind of intrigued about Giolito. I have a hunch he's going to be at the very least 93-96 again. The guy revamped his mechanics, so maybe he wasn't letting it fly last year and was more concerned with muscle memory/repeating delivery. This is based on nothing but gut feeling though. I think he can still be effective at 92-94, but won't have the #1-2 ceiling anymore. Everyone wants to compare Giolito to Gavin Floyd, and I distinctly remember Floyd coming up from the minors his first year with the team throwing 90-93 (like Giolito) but by 2009-10 he was consistently mid-90s, which is where he was as a top prospect. It was a similar process that Floyd was going through that Giolito went through last year. Coop knows what he's doing.

We'll know whether or not Luck's arm is a noodle if the Colts take a QB in R1.

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-top-100-prospects/ 6. Jimenez-65 FV 20. Kopech-60 FV 21. Robert-60 FV 72. Hansen-50 FV 89. Burdi-50 FV 91. Collins- 50 FV