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QUOTE (southside hitman @ May 7, 2014 -> 02:00 PM) You are right but will the Sox roll the dice knowing there is a possibility we don't sign him? And I bet the Cubs would go over slot to get a deal done with him. Boras knows he wouldn't fall any further than the very next pick past us. Cubs can't really either though. Here are the slot values for 1st rounders and the overall bonus pool amount. 1. Houston: $13,362,200. #1 pick value $7,922,100. 2. Miami: $14, 199,300 #2 pick value $6, 821, 800 3. White Sox: $9,509,700 #3 pick value $5,721,500 4. Cubs $8,352,200 #4 pick value: $4, 621, 200 Houston can pay Rodon close to $8 million. The Marlins actually could overpay as well. We have no evidence of this but if Rodon wants something above $7 million, the White Sox and Cubs can't swing that. If it's $6 million the White Sox probably could. Nobody has really talked about Miami being linked to Rodon but they could definitely afford to go over.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:54 PM) What he means is now Boras can advertise Rodon as far and away the best college pitcher available. He can let it be known he isn't cutting any deals, if Houston and Miami pass on Rodon and Boras sees we have a choice of Rodon or somebody like Beede or Nola, he will demand more in negotiations because Rodon is clearly a better prospect than what is available at the next pick. Boras can advertise however he wants but the new system takes the leverage away. He will get close the slotted amount from a team or be forced to go back to school. There's no magic money that these teams can just come up with for him.

QUOTE (raBBit @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:50 PM) Now we just pray that Houston or Miami loves Tyler Kolek. Or at least that's what I'm doing. On a personal note, I feel absolutely horrible for Jeff Hoffman. I'll be rooting for him wherever he ends up given that it's not the Cubs/Yankees/Red Sox. Washington at #18 seems like a possible landing spot. However, If I were Toronto, with 2 1st rounders, I'd definitely use one of them on Hoffman. It's hard to know what to feel. If Rodon wants #1 money then I hope the Sox get Kolek at #3. If Rodon will sign for near the slotted amount, I want Rodon at #3. The problem is if Kolek and Aiken go #1 and #2 and Rodon wants #1 money. Then the White Sox have to take a position player or reach for the next pitcher that they like.

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:47 PM) Slightly concerned that this increases Rodon's leverage at #3. He doesn't have any leverage. He signs at slot or slightly over or he goes back to NC State. That's the deal.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:42 PM) Hopefully. Unless the Sox take Hoffman at #3 anyways way underslot.......Okay I am just riling people up now...

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:35 PM) That stinks. If he is around in the 2nd round, I'd draft him. Aiken / Kolek / Rodon. No other options. Sounds like it. Cubs will have to go with Alex Jackson most likely at #4 unless they take SS Nick Gordon in front of Minnesota

QUOTE (southside hitman @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:24 PM) keithlaw ‏@keithlaw 2m RHP Jeff Hoffman of @ECUBaseball will have Tommy John surgery next week. Had been a probable top 4 pick in the draft before injury. Wow. Ok well cross him off the list. Yikes. Well what does that mean for him though? Will he go back to school? Seems to me that he'd want to go pro anyway. Could the Sox take him in the 2nd round? Later than that?

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 7, 2014 -> 11:36 AM) He has the body for a really good pro. Wish we still had Marinelli. I'd actually rather have Paul Pasqualoni as the DL coach than Marinelli.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2014 -> 11:31 AM) Ha, that is awesome. He is a plagiarist. It also could be possible that after talking about it yesterday and seeing the stats on television last night that he decided to write his column about it. Not really that big of a deal.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 7, 2014 -> 11:12 AM) This appeared in exact duplicate in last night's WGN-Cubs broadcast and in today's Bernstein article. I don't live in Chicago, and even when I did I never listened to the guy, but does he have original ideas or does he just steal them all from others? I think Bernstein puts together some stat line thing for the Cubs broadcast occasionally. He has Kasper on every week so it may be something like that.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 7, 2014 -> 10:58 AM) Gillaspie is the starter, he'll play against almost everyone. Garcia is the UTIL IF, and then Keppinger will be back soon too. Who will play 3B against lefties really isn't a concern to speak of right now. It should be. Gillaspie's career .ops against LHP is somewhere in the .500's. If the Sox aren't going to let Dunn face most LHP then Gillaspie sure as hell shouldn't be either.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 7, 2014 -> 10:46 AM) Semien could use some time in AAA, and he needs to play every day, so he's the logical choice. Who will play 3B vs LHP for the time being?

This is pretty good. Some will hate it because they hate Bernstein. Some will hate it because they hate Dunn. As a Dunn fan, here it is. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/05/07/ber...bscuring-truth/

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 7, 2014 -> 10:01 AM) My guess would be that: Gillaspie replaces Sierra Eaton replaces Danks Keppinger replaces Semien Sierra has no options though. He'd have to go through waivers.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2014 -> 10:19 AM) Seth Lakso ‏@SethLakso 13m Conor Gillaspie doesn’t appear to be with Knights for today’s 11:05 start. Fairly safe to assume he’s on his way to Chicago. Looked ready. Will it be Semien going down today or Danks? Should be interesting.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 7, 2014 -> 09:19 AM) Gillaspie is not in the lineup. My guess is that Danks will go down and Semien will stay for now. Then Semien will go down when Keppinger is ready.

QUOTE (juddling @ May 7, 2014 -> 06:55 AM) As much as i've been enjoying S.H.I.E.L.D, I still think The Blacklist qualifies as my favorite new show...........last few episodes have been great and Spader is money.... James Spader is awesome on that show.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 6, 2014 -> 08:28 AM) She was combative from the time she said hello. And then she accused M&H of being argumentative. Argumentative? Those 2 clowns usually aren't even awake.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 5, 2014 -> 11:23 AM) Thursday supposed to be crazy storms. Not sure a game will be played. With the NFL Draft Thursday and the Blackhawks potentially sweeping the Wild that night, it could be rough attendance wise. I won't even have the baseball game on tv on Thursday.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 6, 2014 -> 01:26 AM) You're Rick Hahn and Aiken and Kolek are off the board, who do you take at pick #3? Depends on the $$ of the next few guys.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 5, 2014 -> 09:06 AM) With the draft being two weeks later, it makes it even more painful to me that it's now 4 days long. I really miss just bingeing on a Saturday and Sunday. I don't even remember what college football is at this point, let alone it's players. It's still 3 days. Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

QUOTE (Hawkfan @ May 5, 2014 -> 07:49 AM) I think the Cubs Sox series is one of best parts of the season. I can't remember why there is such a large hatred/indifference for the series. Someone please remind me so I can get back to my normal state of anger. I hate it because it brings out the stupid. Random people make comments about who won each game and it's just pointless. If the Sox could pound on their own division, I'd be fine with losing to the Cubs every year. They aren't a rival. They are in the NL.

QUOTE (Bruce_Blixton @ May 4, 2014 -> 08:08 PM) I'm not a huge proponent of rushing prospects (although I thought challenging Hawkins last year was the right move), but I don't see any reason to keep Danish in Low-A Ball anymore. It doesn't appear that the hitters in the SAL really pose a challenge to him, his 1.00 WHIP and 2.0 GO/AO this season suggest that he's breeze through most of the lineups he's facing now. It'll be interesting an interesting choice for the Sox to make when Montas comes back, it'd be a great opportunity to promote Danish and see what he can do in the Carolina League. I believe that Montas will start tomorrow.

QUOTE (shoeless_joe21 @ May 4, 2014 -> 08:12 AM) Rondon is up to 9 errors on the season now. Hopefully it's just that he's trying to do too much. It's so funny how great defensive players often make errors on the most routine plays. It must be hard to maintain focus when you've reached an elite level of skill. It's because he gets to everything. He has incredible range. He gets to more balls, therefore he makes more errors. It's the reverse Jeter effect. Jeter doesn't have very good range and because of that he didn't make many errors.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2014 -> 12:35 PM) Trying to save a few bucks hasn't worked for this team in the past and it most likely won't if they try cheap with their first pick. Just take the best player. Nobody is expecting or advocating that they be "cheap" with their #1 pick. People are just saying that it would asinine to spend close to the entire draft pool on it. It's not going to happen so we can argue all day. If Rodon is on the board at #3 and his representation wants 1:1 money, they will not pick him. Then he will go back to school. It is almost impossible to pay him $8 million unless you are the Astros or Marlins.