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http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/succ...urgery-decline/ Paulino and Gavin Floyd mentions....makes you feel Nate Jones shouldn't be counted on for anything in 2015.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 13, 2015 -> 01:31 PM) I think you mean 152 more but the fact is rankings are opinions. Sometimes they are correct, sometimes not. Arguing whether a guy should be the 8th or 9th rated White Sox prospect is for the most part a waste of time. If they don't become contributing major leaguers, whether they once ranked #1 or #1000, it doesn't matter. What's the point of arguing anything at a baseball message board..as the supposedly "pure" statistics can be slanted or skewed any which way to make your case.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/03/brav...gent-today.html Lots of misinformation flying around...after their offseason, the Braves don't make much sense. http://www.baseballamerica.com/internation...padres-marlins/ Excellent writeup. Hilarious Viciedo article... http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseba...t-dayan-viciedo “He was available,” Gibbons said. “He's got some big-league time in. Been successful, to a certain extent. Bring him to camp, see what he is.”

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/...pauga/70194756/ http://www.kpisports.net/rankings/kpibasketball/ Current rankings Iowa at 29...Indiana and Purdue in some trouble. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12476837 Lunardi on secret formula for picking brackets.

Same with Lhr Tim Collins of KCR.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 13, 2015 -> 09:44 AM) Plus they were coming in hot. It was the first time they had won 6 Big Ten games in a row in the same season, since Dr. Tom took them to the Elite 8, and they blew a huge halftime lead to UNLV and a trip to the Final Four. And Gordon Beckham still sucks... 86-87 to be exact....Indiana, Michigan and Illinois players like Bardo from that time period always readily admit they were the best overall team in those days. Iowa is still a 7 seed at SI.com, yahoo sports and Joe Lunardi. They're unlikely to beat a one, but they could take out 2-3 on a hot shooting night. And now Purdues in some danger...asking Iowa's loss a bit less anomalous...UCLA if they take down Az is the last team who can throw a monkey wrench into bubble for Texas and Indiana, among others. Pu made last six points of the half to make it anyone's game going into the 2nd half...Psu up only five instead of eleven.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseba...part-of-my-life Joe Nathan already facing boobirds, not handling it well....

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 13, 2015 -> 07:50 AM) How many games have you seen these guys play? Hawkins and Danish quite a few via milbtv.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 13, 2015 -> 08:37 AM) It is kind of amazing to look back and think that Alexei's first contract was 4 years at $5 million... total. Can you imagine what he would have gotten today? Or how big Viciedo's deal seemed back then, compared to the money flying around today.

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/3/12/8203...-marlins-braves Looks like the Dodgers are offering $77 million over six years, beating Rusney Castillo's deal...just wow. Maybe even crazier was Gammons' idea that at least five teams were willing to pay him more than $70 million. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/...hector-olivera/

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 12, 2015 -> 09:27 PM) Those bullpen options you listed aren't impressive at all Better than Carroll, Rienzo, Paulino, etc. Of course, Bassitt probably would have had a role in this year's pen.

Matt Albers might be bigger than Bobby Jenks, Colon or Terry Forster. Nice to know we have a LOT more bullpen options in Ynoa, Cleto, Sanburn, Erik Johnson (looked the best I've seen him since 2013), Crain, Beck, Nate Jones.....eventually Montas/Danish/Rodon (if Carlos isn't starting...most likely he won't be in the pen, but you could easily envision Montas during the stretch drive.)

Matt Albers might be bigger than Bobby Jenks, Colon or Terry Forster. Nice to know we have a LOT more bullpen options in Ynoa, Cleto, Sanburn, Erik Johnson (looked the best I've seen him since 2013), Crain, Beck, Nate Jones.....eventually Montas/Danish/Rodon (if Carlos isn't starting...most likely he won't be in the pen, but you could easily envision Montas during the stretch drive.)

Erik Johnson looking MUCH more confident, crisp fastball today...looks like a totally different pitcher. That would be huge if he could reassert himself and become a positive factor.

Erik Johnson looking MUCH more confident, crisp fastball today...looks like a totally different pitcher. That would be huge if he could reassert himself and become a positive

Erik Johnson looking MUCH more confident, crisp fastball today.

Iowa State furiously charges back from 15 down in the 2nd half to tie it.....67-67, TEX has the ball with less than a minute to go.

State of Iowa getting eviscerated today. Of course, TEX has all the motivation, their tourney lives are riding on this game. Win and they're in, lose and they're out.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 12, 2015 -> 05:03 PM) Ricky Davis I believe committed as a freshman or sophomore in HS. Woodbury was a large recruit Fran beat out Roy Williams. The guy IMO couldn't be more dissappointing. He is a decent defender, but I don't think he can dunk without a running start. Well, he succeeds in making Les Jepsen, Ryan Bowen, Acie Earl and Jared Reiner look like superstars. Reiner was also highly recruited, maybe not quite to the extent as Woodbury. Don't forget Reggie Evans and Luke Recker, that has to count for something...albeit Evans was a JC transfer, he was one of the Top 5 in the JC ranks coming out.

Hawkins AFTER Trey? C'mon, that's ridiculous. And Danish so low? I guess you can argue Adolfo on POTENTIAL, but Micker's MILES away right now. Still a big improvement from last year's list, which was beyond ridiculous from MLB.

QUOTE (Señor Ding-Dong @ Mar 12, 2015 -> 04:30 PM) I'm thinking that if he has a decent or better season in AA this year we could see him in the bigs for a cup of coffee as early as next season. Could be this September, unless the White Sox are in the pennant race. In that case, he'd be called up probably to just sit on the bench and soak in the experience. WHO is H.Jones (LF) that got into the game? Justin Jirschele's also in. Okay, it's HUNTER Jones, cool name at least. http://thebaseballcube.com/players/profile...?P=Hunter-Jones Hunter Jones made the RED SOX as a pitcher in 2009, was in independent ball last season, has played pretty much every position on the diamond defensively if you look at his player card. 31 years old... Finally, Lillian will be happy. JUAN DIAZ into da game. Uh-oh, a single just past him, just as he entered the game.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 12, 2015 -> 04:22 PM) Murray and Kingsbury were 20 years before or so. The others were not the national recruits Woodbury was. Woodbury was 19th on the ESPN list. What was Ricky Davis? Tyler Smith was ranked as one of the top 50 seniors in the nation a year ago and is regarded the number two post-graduate player in the nation by Scout.com. He was selected as one of the top 10 high school players in the nation when Street & Smith's named him a second team selection on the 2004 Boys High School all-America team. He is rated a four-star prospect by Rivals.com. hawkeyesports.com

QUOTE (Señor Ding-Dong @ Mar 12, 2015 -> 04:21 PM) Great to see Hawkins having a nice spring and showing he belongs. He looks like he's made and is continuing to make the adjustments required of him. This should do wonders for his confidence as he enters AA. Does anyone have any video of his at-bats from today? Hawkins cruising along at .467. Doesn't show any highlights popping up (yet at least) on the MLB.com gameday box. Why did we sign Cabrera again? (Just kidding, mostly.)

Anderson, Hawkins, Danish, Montas and Adams all have star potential as well, maybe not SUPERSTAR, but at least All-Star. Most would say that Anderson, Hawkins and Montas have off the charts ceilings...Adams, if he repeats again, puts himself in that conversation as well. Of course, doesn't mean it will happen, we've learned that time and time again as Sox fans.

Now, instead of making a potential Big Ten Tournament run into the weekend, the Hawkeyes get a full week off, at least. Sure, they'll hear their name called in a few days on Selection Sunday, but this one qualifies as a bad loss (to a team that went 4-14 in the Big Ten) and could hurt their seeding – maybe knocking them down to the No. 8 or 9 range, as opposed to the No. 6 or 7 that was pegged in front of Iowa's name before Thursday. It was just last year that Iowa was KO'd by an inferior Northwestern team on the first day of the Big Ten Tournament and relegated to a First Four NCAA Tournament game in Dayton, Ohio. Iowa is now 2-9 in this event the last nine years, including 2-5 under McCaffery. www.hawkcentral.com