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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 04:04 AM) Of course he's going to repair it and not its have it removed. At this point, why conserve and worry about his 30s? He should be trying to get back on the court. This isn't true. If it's less than a 50% tear, it's more beneficial to just snip it at this point. This may not be that serious. We need PTACT in here to shed light on this.

After looking at Noesi's White Sox numbers, they weren't as good as I thought they were. I never said that Coop "fixed" him though. I was relaying a cool story about how and why he was acquired. Next time I won't.

Sorry but using Noesi's full season stats from last year vs Danks' full season stats is f***ing meaningless and a really bad, dumb way of arguing a point.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 24, 2015 -> 07:34 AM) Do you think John Danks sucked last year? Noesi's White Sox ERA was 0.05 lower, and his FIP was higher. The emergence of Hector Noesi is very overblown. No I don't think John Danks sucks either. He just makes too much money and was way better before.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 06:35 PM) Noesi probably still sucks. Well he didn't suck for the White Sox last year but alright.

Rozner was telling a story about Noesi that I hadn't heard before. I knew that the White Sox liked him in the past but Rozner said something interesting this weekend. He said that when the White Sox were killing Noesi last season, Ken Williams called the dugout phone and told Cooper to watch him. Supposedly, Ken Williams said " We are going to have this guy next week and I know what is wrong with him". Then Ken Williams and Cooper broke down film and looked at the mechanics. Rozner mentioned that the White Sox think he is a rotation piece and not just some filler. He was coveted by the Sox for a long time.

I have a question for the group to ponder. Would it beneficial to the White Sox to not be able to come to terms with their 1st rounder this year? It would only leave the team with picks in rounds 4-40 and the Sox would only have about $2 million to spend on the entire draft. My idea then would be to go nuts in International Spending this year. In this scenario, the White Sox would pick 9th next year and own their own 1st rounder. They may even have a third 1st rounder as compensation for Samardzija. The White Sox could have one of the biggest draft budgets ever by doing this. I know it would be tricky to pull this year and blatantly skirting the rules but it'd be an awesome strategy. Add a little talent to system through draft this year. Go nuts in International Market, spending way past the restriction and lose the ability for next year. (White Sox never do this) But in 2016, could have potentially 3 first rounders with lots of $$ to maneuver and no budget in International market. This would be awesome. Is this plan crazy?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 07:57 AM) Especially with the 2nd and 3rd round picks gone this year, it's key to get the BPA in the 1st and probably for the 4th/5th too. But I would like to see the White Sox try to grab the best college catcher available starting around the 5th/6th round if they haven't grabbed one already. And another one sometime not too long after. Normally, you don't start filling gaps at specific positions until much later in the draft, like perhaps starting in the teens. And normally I agree with that. However, I do think that catching is an exception, because it is nearly impossible to trade for it. There are just so few long-term successful catchers, and so few catching prospects out there that look worthwhile, that teams aren't trading them. And the White Sox have, IMO, a dire lack of catching talent depth across the organization right now. I want to see that addressed if at all possible. So my question to this group is, who are the current college catchers at the top of people's draft boards? They can't really afford to do that though. They almost need to go under slot in round 1 because there just isn't much money in the pool. If they pay slot to the 1st pick, they only have like $1.5 million total for rounds 4-10. Lot of college seniors this year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 19, 2015 -> 02:28 PM) The Sox are back in win now mode. If Rodon pitches like he can, they will make a space for him, somewhere. I just don't think this is true or smart. I don't want to sacrifice 1 entire year of control of a stud Boras client that will be in his prime for an extra month and a half in the big leagues. Rodon is ticketed for Charlotte and it's the right call regardless of what the White Sox say.

In the prospect handbook, it mentions that Matt Davidson struggled with the fact that he didn't win a major league job and then also had family issues that further helped complicate his season. Were these family issues documented? Did anyone else know about them?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 05:46 PM) They said there will be a show announcement next week Spiegel is announcing his new co-host at 12:50 today.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Feb 18, 2015 -> 07:16 AM) Was Bassitt on the list? No I don't think so. Bassitt is a relief pitcher.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 17, 2015 -> 05:53 AM) I stopped watching Gotham a month ago and it seems they are trying to cram too much in season 1 with introducing that kid as the future Joker. The promos for it looked so cheesy to me. I think Shameless has been solid this season. The scenes move so fast anyway so that is something isn't clicking, it's off to next scene anyway. The Ian/mental illness stuff is well done. Last night's Gotham was originally the Season 1 Finale but then Fox ordered more episodes.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-fangrap...-prospect-list/ I love that Kiley McDaniel started doing the Fangraphs list. There are 6 White Sox mentioned in the top 200. 8. Rodon 45. Anderson 113. Montas 116. Adams 142. Danish 143-200- Michalczewski

I'm a teacher so I am indeed at home.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 16, 2015 -> 09:35 AM) before the players sox have picked were in the high risk players, if they met their potential, which in my opinion they haven't. That wasn't really the problem though. The problem was that Kenny Williams wanted high-upside athletes and Jerry Reinsdorf didn't want to spend any money on the draft. So what they did was start drafting high-upside athletes that were cheap. Because of this philosophy, they ended up with the Jared Mitchell's and Keenyn Walker's of the world. I blame JR far more than I do KW in this instance. The way the White Sox handled the draft under the old rules was disgusting.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 12, 2015 -> 11:50 PM) It's been a disappointing first part of the season, but there are positives to build on going into the ASB. Jo is looking more and more active. Gasol and Jimmy showing no signs of slowing down. Derrick beginning to attack more, pulling out the old MVP moves. Shooting less threes. Snell gaining confidence. McDermott is healthy. Dunleavy is back. Kirk is on the bench at the moment. Well they are the 3rd seed in the East currently.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 14, 2015 -> 12:54 PM) They have Sanburn on the OAK list, if I recall correctly. It's a good list, even if I don't agree with all of it. Surprised to see Adolfo, Smith, Lowry and Brennan that high. Also think they're too low on Danish and Barnum, and I think they are missing the boat not ranking Wheeler. He's not on Oakland's list. I asked Manuel and he told me that Sanburn isn't a top 30 player for him. I've liked BA for a long time but it's nuts to see guys like Mitchell and Wilkins on there instead of Sanburn.

Many have probably seen the list already but my handbook came in the mail today so I will share a little. 1. Carlos Rodon LHP 2. Tim Anderson SS 3. Spencer Adams RHP 4. Micah Johnson 2B 5. Francelis Montas RHP 6. Micker Adolfo OF 7. Tyler Danish 8. Trey Michalczewski 3B 9. Courtney Hawkins OF 10. Jacob May OF 11. Chris Beck RHP 12. Carlos Sanchez INF 13. Jace Fry LHP 14. Matt Davidson 3B 15. Kevan Smith C 16. Cleuluis Rondon SS 17. Thaddius Lowry RHP 18. Trayce Thompson OF 19. Tyler Saladino INF 20. Luis Martinez RHP 21. Brandon Brennan RHP 22. David Trexler RHP 23. Adam Engel OF 24. Jake Peter 2B 25. James Dykstra RHP 26. Keon Barnum 1B 27. Onelki Garcia LHP 28. Michael Ynoa RHP 29. Jared Mitchell OF 30. Andy Wilkins 1B Very interesting list. Disagree with a lot of it but they work really hard at Baseball America. They also listed Catcher Brett Austin at #31 and don't mention Nolan Sanburn in the book at all. Which is weird. White Sox listed as the #20 farm system in baseball.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 13, 2015 -> 06:46 PM) Is this really thread worthy? Well there was a Tony Campana thread…..

I always just assumed that all of these teams were taking players from everywhere. Someone had to inform me that Little League/Travel are two different things. While it is justified to punish the JRW team for cheating, it is really hard to be up in arms over something that I would bet goes on all the time.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 10, 2015 -> 11:10 AM) Now that all the major players have signed. I think it's now to discuss MLB Playoff Predicitons. AL East 1. Baltimore Orioles 2. Boston Red Sox (Wild Card) 3. Toronto Blue Jays 4. New York Yankees 5. Tampa Bay Rays AL Central 1. Detroit Tigers 2. Chicago White Sox 3. Cleveland Indians 4. Kansas City Royals 5. Minnesota Twins AL West 1. Anaheim Angels (Best record in AL) 2. Seattle Mariners (Wild Card) 3. Texas Rangers 4. Oakland Athletics 5. Houston Astros NL East 1. Washington Nationals (Best record in NL) 2. Miami Marlins (Wild Card) 3. New York Mets 4. Atlanta Braves 5. Philadelphia Phillies NL Central 1. St. Louis Cardinals 2. Pittsburg Pirates 3. Milwaukee Brewers 4. Chicago Cubs 5. Cincinnati Reds NL West 1. Los Angelas Dodgers 2. San Diego Padres (Wild Card) 3. San Fransico Giants 4. Arizona Diamondbacks 5. Colorado Rockies Wild Card Games: Mariners over the Red Sox Padres over the Marlins ALDS: Angels over the Mariners Orioles over the Tigers NLDS Nationals over the Padres Cardinals over the Dodgers ALCS: Angels over the Orioles NLCS: Nationals over the Cardinals World Series: Nationals over the Angels Really hope I'm wrong, but that's how I see it right now. Hope to see the Sox make it in the playoffs. Your thoughts and predictions? NL East 1. Washington (Best record in NL) 2. Miami (WildCard) 3. Mets 4. Philadelphia 5. Atlanta NL Central 1. St. Louis 2. Pittsburgh (WildCard) 3. Chicago 4. Milwaukee 5. Cincinnati NL West 1. Los Angeles 2. San Diego 3. San Francisco 4. Colorado 5. Arizona AL East 1. Toronto 2. Boston 3. New York 4. Baltimore 5. Tampa Bay AL Central 1. Detroit 2. Chicago (WildCard) 3. Cleveland 4. Kansas City 5. Minnesota AL West 1. Los Angeles (Best record in AL) 2. Seattle (WildCard) 3. Oakland 4. Texas 5. Houston WildCard Games: Seattle over Chicago Pittsburgh over Miami Division Series: Nationals over Pirates Dodgers over Cardinals Angels over Seattle Toronto over Detroit Championship Series: Nationals over Dodgers Toronto over Angels World Series: Nationals over Blue Jays

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Feb 10, 2015 -> 01:11 AM) Shall we all make guesses on the first name that Melton will butcher? He already kept referring to our new closer as "David Robinson" at SoxFest, but I'm wondering when the games start and he has theoretically asked people how to say these names, and he STILL messes half of them up, who will be the first victim. The Rodon/Rondon thing has to stop from everyone. It's Rodon. And he's a stud. So we should remember his name. Brian Hanley yesterday morning called him Hector Rondon.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 9, 2015 -> 09:23 PM) Who do they Sox have one of the lowest INT payrolls in the league? And how do the Yankees have over 8 mil to spend? The White Sox forfeited their 2nd and 3rd round selections with the David Robertson and Melky Cabrera signings. Hypothetically, if the Sox had $3.4 million for their 1st round pick, $1.8 million for their 2nd round pick and $1 million for their 3rd round pick, they also lose the ability to spend that bonus $ allotted to the slots that were given up. That's why the pool is so low.

In his insider piece, Keith Law speculates that Padres could now flip some of their pitching to Philly for Cole Hamels. I think Andrew Cashner and #1 prospect Matt Wisler is a nice start to a package that the Phillies would have to strongly consider. The Padres have really good SP depth and probably the 3rd or 4th best rotation in the NL.