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QUOTE (Cali @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 02:07 PM) C'mon Soxtalk... Where's the photoshop of Beckham in the Machete movie poster?? Avert your eyes Sox fans. Machete Beckham is just getting started. BRU-TAL. He looks like a tennis player up there.

Peavy will be so amped for tonight I'm afraid he's gonna get shelled.

QUOTE (Cali @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 07:30 PM) If Beckham struggles the rest of the season, I'm blaming this man: https://twitter.com/#!/gordonbeckham/st...401164688162816 Beckham looks weak and in-between constantly. His machete swing is just awful. He'll be lucky to break .230 this season.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 04:20 PM) Billy Wagner says hello. But yeah, there haven't been so many of them. John Franco, Jesse Orosco, Tug McGraw, Sparky Lyle, former Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood, BJ Ryan, Brian Fuentes, etc. Santiago's screwball sets him apart. He can dominate righty hitters if it's on.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 04:01 PM) Any Lefty at closer sucks IMO. Why?

QUOTE (Cali @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 03:57 PM) Yeah Santiago as closer is a bad idea. If Robin knows what we all know, that's it's gonna be a development year, why not put Reed in there if you're gonna go with a rookie to close? Reed is the closer of the future and I think has better stuff and a better mindset to be a closer than Santiago. I dig Santiago, but I could see him more as a set up guy or really even a 5th starter candidate going forward. Don't disagree, but the Sox love this kind of risk.

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 12:39 PM) Maybe closer by committee then for now. Our four headed closer monster! Ventura should just announce that they are going with closer by committee or undecided at this time. Maybe my first critical comment of DA MANager. Otherwise, he is doing a fine job so far. Santiago is the closer and he knows he is.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 07:33 PM) If you see Beckham, pantomime a batting stance and say, "honey badger!" #twitterreference If you see Beckham tell him the bat is not a machete. Where's the old two-hand followthrough?!

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 3, 2012 -> 09:26 PM) I like. Take a damn walk once in a while...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 2, 2012 -> 02:47 PM) I assume people still freak out on here when one starts a new thread so I'll ask on here. I am always busy in the spring and haven't followed our Sox. Tell me how u think these guys performed in ST. Morel-GOOD DeAza-DECENT Thornton-GOOD Dunn-GOOD Rios-BAD Humber-OK Crain-N/A Beckham-OK Thank u Thoughts above. -Still think Rios and Beckham will be 2011 again.

IMO, The Sox offense will be torturous again this season but Jackson is likely not above replacement level anymore. Asking him to play 3B is a waste of any potential he could provide.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 1, 2012 -> 06:19 PM) While he isn't a significant pickup, he is a solid depth signing for the minors. Prior to his bout with desert fever he was a good player. No idea if he will ever recapture any of that or not but he could turn into a nice bench player in case of injury. That said, its hard to get excited about a depth player when the team probably won't be very good. What's the first thing the team does with him....? Yep, force him to play an unnatural position. They never tire of this and they wonder why the team is always mentally so weak...?!

QUOTE (Reddy @ Mar 27, 2012 -> 11:25 PM) Yeah we were all super excited about Dustin Hermanson too I think. Hermanson had 9 years MLB experience before 2005, including 17 saves the previous season. Screwball Santiago has 5.1 innings above AA ball. Don't see the connection.

QUOTE (IowanSoxFan @ Mar 27, 2012 -> 05:55 PM) Haven't watched many ST games this year, but when I did, I was somewhat impressed by Johnson. Although, by just looking at the stats, I understand why Escobar was chosen before him (batting .471) and having a backup IF is better than a backup 1B. Career .235/.334/.405./739. The guy hasn't hit over .200 in four years and has no business on any MLB roster.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 27, 2012 -> 10:53 AM) Mark Gonzales ‏ @MDGonzales Sox reassign Jordan Danks, Jim Gallagher, Dan Johnson, Dallas McPherson, Josh Phegley and Tyler Saladino to minor-league camp. JJ Stankevitz ‏ @JJStankevitz Welcome to the #WhiteSox, Eduardo Escobar. Sox cut Dan Johnson, Dallas McPherson. Thanks for playing Dan Johnson. Only this team would wait this long to send you packing.

NO, sorry, didn't happen! I'm just predicting and it would sound like a White Sox kinda move.

It would be so WTF-White Sox to name Santiago as the closer. (Fixed)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 27, 2012 -> 08:24 AM) gonzo My issue with AJ hitting second is it forces Rios to hit third and bumps Dunn down to 5th. Ideally Dunn is hitting 3rd and PK behind him, IMO.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 27, 2012 -> 06:00 PM) Admitting ahead of time that I haven't seen any games, how has De Aza looked? De Aza has looked like who he is - A decent lead off hitter that doesn't kill this team the way so many others have in recent seasons.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Mar 26, 2012 -> 07:03 PM) I'm really excited about our rotation. If they can stay healthy, I think we'll have a chance at making the playoffs. I would agree, with the added wildcard. It's not pitching nor defense that concerns me, it's scoring runs.

Beckham is still so lost at the plate. Anyone looking for a turnaround as a hitter may be waiting forever. I'm not seeing it soon.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 23, 2012 -> 07:41 AM) This still doesn't change the fact that he was horrible at 3B and RF too. He wasn't comfortable at either of those positions either. How do you know he wasn't confortable in RF? He played an entire minor league season there and produced at the plate. The point of this thread is that the Sox dumped him in LF this spring with zero notice and I think it's affecting his hitting - as does KW and Buddy Bell.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Mar 22, 2012 -> 05:58 PM) Wish we could see that guy we saw in his first ST. He gawn.

Case and point- Defensively, though, Viciedo doesn't have that same pedigree. And he's not comfortable in left field, according to GM Kenny Williams: http://www.csnchicago.com/baseball-chicago...&feedID=621

QUOTE (shakes @ Mar 20, 2012 -> 10:05 AM) You don't need an entire offseason to prepare to switch from RF to LF. They are the two most interchangeable positions in baseball. There are guys who switch back and forth all season long, even within a game. By all accounts LF is slightly easier to play and will cost your team less bases when mistakes are made. If he is booting ground balls in LF, my guess is it would be happening in RF. He is in LF because it gives the Sox their best defensive alignment with Rios in RF. He is young and has time to improve his defense. I don't know if it will happen, but he can improve. And good hitters will hit, no matter where you put them. He has been bounced around his entire minor league career and it hasn't affected his hitting. The list of players changing positions and still being good hitters is endless. If a defensive switch from RF to LF in spring training is screwing with his head that bad, he is in trouble. I personally think we should give him more than two weeks of spring training at bats before crucifying him and the entire organization for their gall of moving him from a one corner OF spot to the other. If Viciedo is hitting .210 in May, you still think it will have nothing at all to do with playing LF?