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Anybody interested in AJ Reed at #44? Power-hitting LH 1B.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jun 5, 2014 -> 02:11 PM) I agree, I think if the Astros go Aiken I'm going to be a saaaad panda I'd much rather see Kolek as an ace for the Twins than the Cubs, because I at least respect the Twins organization & their fans are smarter. I completely disagree. The Twins are a division rival and the Cubs are not. Also, if he ends up being good for the Cubs, I would see him pitch more because he'd be on television more often locally.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 11:25 AM) Kolek? Jose Fernandez

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 12:07 AM) Why did that bother you so much? Have you heard other announcers not named Scully? They are horrific for the most part. Total homers for the team they work for. Hawk and Stoney were awesome telling it like it is last night when the Sox pissed away that game. Other crews don't go there. Hawk always points out s***ty play. The broadcast is a tough watch. They have one of the best analysts in the game but Hawk has to make the broadcast about himself. I learned last night that Alexei Ramirez is better than Troy Tulowitzki. Can't get s*** like that anywhere else. He's making fans dumber at this point.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 4, 2014 -> 06:52 AM) So, both Sox and Cubs are on CBS stations now For now. I think the writing is on the wall for the Sox to be elsewhere after 2015 with the Cubs going to 670.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 09:21 PM) 26.6% K% for Kris Bryant could stand to go significantly down. No need to rush him when he has an obvious thing to work on. Haha Bryant has a slash of .351/.455/.688 with an .OPS of 1.143 and 18 jacks. Just stupid good.

Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler 2m Another home run for Jose Abreu. Not like this guy was a secret. Marco Paddy and the White Sox just flat out beat other teams on him. There are a few guys on this board who continue to say that Marco Paddy didn't bring in Abreu though......

I would be totally fine with a pitching heavy draft. http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/mlb-dr...-just-no-3-pick

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 02:24 PM) I respect a team wanting its players to look reasonably 'sharp'. Who needs all the excess facial hair. Just play the game. Be a role model. Oakland did it (facial hair) in the 70's and it was kind of cool, but when everyone does it, it is just a bunch of copycats. Maybe the chicks like it; Lillian can opine here. Same with the necklaces made of what looks like woven fabric. Copycats. Maybe the chicks like that, too. Just play the game, and button your shirts, Napier and Gomes et al. Athletes aren't role models. At least they shouldn't be.

Some rumors on twitter about a predraft agreement between Marlins and Alex Jackson.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 12:48 PM) Thats interesting, almost uniformly the talent evaluators are saying he won't be able to catch in pro ball and will have to move to 1B, but most have him pegged to come off the board in the 15-25 range of the first round as well. He might be able to handle LF but he won't be catching in the majors.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 10:36 AM) Christopher Kamka ‏@ckamka 10h Mark Buehrle & @jose_quintana24 tied for MLB lead among lefties with 10 quality starts this season. Yep. If Q were pitching for Toronto, the W-L record would look better. Not that it matters.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 3, 2014 -> 08:40 AM) Increased versatility is a good thing for players to have, not bad. It's the eternal optimist in me, but I think a high end comparison for Semien could be Ben Zobrist. Zobrist has always shown better contact rates, but I don't think it's far fetched to assume that Semien could be very productive with the bat. That'd be a really good career if he were as good as Zobrist. Zobrist has had two seasons as an 8 WAR player and has accumulated 32.9 WAR in his career. Zobrist is very good. I hope Semien could be close to that good.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 07:11 PM) You want the Sox to start losing every single playoff series they're ever in? No but i'd like to be there as often as they are.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 06:17 PM) Traded, I might add, as a low level minor league throw in from the Cubs in the Rich Harden deal. That is one I think is important. When you trade away guys, steal some lottery tickets from a team's lowest minor league levels. Donaldson was also a catcher at the time of that trade.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 06:04 PM) http://www.nbcsports.com/baseball/mlb/oakland-way Great article, long, but as always with Posnanski, worth reading. 1) They don't invest in toolsy outfielders who strike out way too many times compared to their walk rates...they have brought in players like Cespedes, Crisp and Gentry at the major league level with lots of athleticism, but they don't try to make athletes into ballplayers as a consistent drafting/development philosophy. 2) They aren't afraid to use platoons and make back-up plans, even when those guys are hitting as well as Moss (see the trade for Kyle Blanks example) this season. 3) With pitching, target strikethrowers and "outs getters" more than being overly concerned with radar guns and K's, especially in stadiums with lots of foul territory and dead fog nights where the ball doesn't carry. That would lead to the White Sox taking either Aiken or Nola over the likes of Rodon/Kolek. It might also have something to do with what's going on with Beck and Danish. See examples of Kazmir and Millone, who throws the same velocity-wise as Buehrle and Chen. Pitch movement/effectiveness, etc. "I would say there are three or four things that we concentrate on when it comes to pitching," Zaidi says. He then lists off what he readily admits are relatively basic things that you will hear from most teams -- stuff like command and intelligence and a proven track record of performance (and building a strong defense that can help a pitcher prevent runs). He talks about the talent A's pitching coach Curt Young has for helping pitchers find effective ways of getting batters out. 4) Don't use the bullpen in conventional ways or follow the textbook...be imaginative (or the opposite of Ventura for much of his time in Chicago). Also, be willing to admit you're wrong with guys like Johnson and be willing to go with an untested Doolittle (and quickly). 5) The biggest lesson, perhaps...not getting discouraged with one or two failures at the major league level, but having longer-lasting confidence in their original assessments on players and their AA/AAA results (see Donaldson, Josh). Don't get too discouraged or give up too quickly on a Marcus Semien when he gets overmatched and has a lot of traits you like in his minor league statistics (pitch taking/working the count, OBP, low K/BB ratios, even to the point where there are more BB's than walks). 6) No matter how ugly a guy's scouting profile or lack of tools, does he get on base? Does he limit the number of outs he gives up to the opposition? The White Sox are 5th in the majors in runs scored and 15th in OBP (.319). Meanwhile, Oakland is first (.340). 7) Keep trying to figure out ways to improve the defensive metrics...a long ways to go in that area. Control runs allowed. 8) Core of position players getting 60-65% of your at-bats or more in the 25-31 age range. CHECK. Good article. I think Beane is a really good GM but a lot of that stuff is done out of necessity. I wish Beane would have taken the Boston job in hindsight so I could see how he would GM a team with unlimited resources. He is very good at finding inefficiencies in the market and getting everything he can out of players. He has to though. Bob Melvin is a really good manager and Oakland is great at platoons but I feel like they have to do the platoon thing because they just don't have the resources to do anything else.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 09:10 PM) Anderson putting up some huge numbers of late...awesome to see Anderson has star player upside. He's the #1 prospect in the organization for a reason. He has very loud tools. Very raw and frustrating at times but he can be really special.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 10:52 AM) Is Liddi on the roster still or did they release him? If Micah Johnson and Saladino will be getting some Ab's in the OF they may as well release or trade Gorkys Hernandez or Tekotte as well.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 10:49 AM) They did a draft prospect special last night on MLB, and Weaver seems to be quite the character. Funny dude. Maybe I missed it, but I don't remember Trea Turner being on the top 50 list. Anyone know if his stock has fallen that much? Nah. Turner will probably go in the top 15 picks or so.

When does Micah Johnson come off the DL? I wonder if the Sox will put him in the OF in Charlotte when that time comes. I'd like to see Semien and Sanchez in the MI ether at SS or 2B pretty close to every day. Maybe put Micah in CF? It's not like Jared Mitchell, Tekotte, or Gorkys Hernandez would be affected that much by playing less. Interesting scenario's brewing for that Charlotte team.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 10:20 AM) At this point, I am expecting Kolek and would be very surprised if we have the opportunity to take Aiken or Rodon. But then again Houston and Miami have been so secretive it's really up in the air. Can't wait for Thursday Obviously they could take a hitter in round 2 but I love the idea of drafting a fast moving college RHP in round 2. Especially if they go with a HS arm in the first. There are some position players that I wouldn't pass on though.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 06:58 AM) They're losing an awful lot of 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 games. Wait until they deal Hammel and Samardzija. I think the #1 pick in 2015 is definitely the goal.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jun 2, 2014 -> 06:46 AM) Actually, the Charlotte roster is now at 25 includung Semein. Micah due to come back soon will make 26. They have another infielder named Michael Johnson who isn't playing much and is probably expendable. It's a little more complicated than that. Davidson, Johnson, Semien, Sanchez, and Saladino.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 1, 2014 -> 05:41 PM) Unless the organization believes BOTH Semien and Sanchez are slated to be utility players in the Keppinger/McEwing/Oquendo/Grebeck mode long-term, they need to pick the best one (in their belief) and stick him at SS everyday. Saladino's no longer a prospect for everyday MLB time, so he will be the first one (and has been) to be moved all over the field. And Sanchez/Micah Johnson both can't play 2B at the same time, either. Aren't Dan Black and Andy Wilkins both at Charlotte as well? They don't even have the DH spot open. It really does seem like a trade could be coming relatively soon.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 31, 2014 -> 04:30 PM) Which average is falling faster, Eaton or Flowers? Too many easy outs in the lineup right now. They have to do something about De Aza. Why didn't Konerko retire? I mean seriously. He's done playing pro baseball. They should have been playing Semien at 3B, Conor at 1B, and Dunn at DH during Jose's absence. The fact that PK is hanging around is still just as irritating as I thought it'd be.