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QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 11:07 PM) Seems like Danish is the type of guy that will go under the radar on top 100 lists due to his strikeout total. However, assuming he stays healthy, it's hard to imagine him not having a successful professional career. Yep. FutureSox tweeted yesterday that Danish has 26 ip, 23 H, 3 ER, 6BB, 17K, and 42:13 GO:FO ratio in 5 starts. 1.04 era.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 09:03 AM) I definitely agree with this, even though it's obvious. I still would love to sign James Shields in the off season, and use these glut of infield prospects to acquire a catcher like Grandal. Reminder, with all the contracts expiring, I believe Sox will only be around 48 million in payroll next season. If Hahn and the Sox are serious about competing next year and coming off a successful year this year, then I would love to sign Shields and Chris Davis. Protection for Abreu and our line up literally couldn't be stopped. CF Eaton 2B Semien 1B/DH Abreu 1B/DH Davis RF Garcia LF Viciedo C Grandal SS Ramirez 3B Davidson Rotation Sale Shields Quintana Danks Johnson/Rienzo/Carroll Go big or go home. I would hate giving up a 1st rounder to sign Shields.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 08:21 AM) I wasn't referring to the spelling. Oh using the word makes me stupid? I understand. I'll check with you next time I type something.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 11:28 AM) Yes on the 2nd part because of the first. Yeah I have no idea how I spelled that wrong. I'm usually good about that stuff. I still feel the same way though.

QUOTE (VAfan @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 01:37 PM) Everyone seems to assume that the Sox are not done unloading contracts, and will be looking to help other teams at the deadline this year by moving major league players for prospects. I'm not so sure that will be true. It's all based on the assumption that the Sox will be out of the AL Central race by July. But why is that necessarily going to happen? The Sox offense looks nothing like it did last season. We have a new hitting coach. We have a stud offensive player in Jose Abreu. We have an excellent lead off hitter in Adam Eaton. We actually have some left handed bats in Gillespie, De Aza, Dunn, Garcia, Nieto, and Danks. Alexei Ramirez has rediscovered his power stroke to go along with his higher average. Dayan Viciedo is hitting better than most of us hoped he could. Tyler Flowers will likely return to earth, but not likely at the pathetic level he showed last year, but at a very reasonable level that suggests the Sox may have a real catcher. Semien's emergence makes Gordon Beckham expendable. We haven't even seen Matt Davidson yet. Even without Avisail Garcia -- the Sox' offense has not collapsed. On the pitching side, things have looked bad, but they seem repairable. Chris Sale should return. Quintana is still solid. John Danks is pitching better than he did the last two years. That leaves two starter holes to fill. But with a solid offense, you may need only league average guys to fill those slots. And the Sox have multiple options. The bullpen is another major concern, but bullpen guys should be relatively easy to pick up. Plus, Jones should get healthy and help stabilize the late-inning group. The Sox have Gordon Beckham to trade at the very least. This seems to me to be a team that could hover around .500 throughout the season. And with every other team in the AL Central at a similar level, it doesn't look like the Tigers or anyone else will run away with the division. If Ken Williams were still the GM, you know he'd be thinking about how to make a run this year. With Rick Hahn, we don't have the same track record. But Hahn hasn't dumped anyone for far-off prospects. He turned Peavy into Garcia, a major-league ready RF. He turned Santiago into Eaton, a major-league ready leadoff guy and CF. He traded Addison Reed for Matt Davidson, an almost-major-league ready 3B. Davidson could still come up this year and supplant Gillaspie at 3rd. The Rios trade was largely a salary dump, but it made way for Avisail Garcia in RF, and gave us a switch-hitting utility infielder. If the Sox were buyers, what would they need? A quality starting pitcher, a couple of bullpen arms, and someone better in the outfield than De Aza or Jordan Danks. That may be all that is required to contend until the end in the AL Central. The Sox won't have to mortgage the future to go this route. Dunn is going to be a free agent anyway, and wouldn't return much as a late-season rental. John Danks is the only other player with a rich contract, but he has shown enough so far that, with a little more improvement, might be worth keeping. Trading Beckham wouldn't be selling, it would be turning an asset where we have a ready replacement into strengthening the team somewhere else. Until the Sox are out of the race, I'm going to think of them as in the race, and hope the Sox act accordingly. I will trust what Rick Hahn has told us. If something presents itself that nets the Sox a young player, locked up for multiple seasons, that could be seen as part of the solution going forward, he will make a deal. If not, he probably won't. For example: I think Hahn would be open to dealing prospects for a guy like Padres C Yasmani Grandal that could be seen as a core piece for years to come. OTOH, I couldn't see him trading a couple of young players for a SP in the final year of his deal to try and win this year.

The whole thing is pretty disgusting but anyone that thinks Sterling is the only owner in pro sports that feels that way is delusional. He is an old bigot that will never change. Something humorous that I saw on ESPN was Chris Broussard up in arms over what Sterling said. Broussard should understand how Sterling feels. He hates gay people for no apparent reason. What a hypocrite that clown is.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 25, 2014 -> 03:48 PM) Olympian Meghan Duggan before throwing out first pitch at last night's Red Sox/Yankees game: What a dumbass broad. She should've put on an Ortiz jersey and intimated a needle going into her arm. People are idiots.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 27, 2014 -> 04:59 PM) He talked a lot of about how awful his time with the Cubs was the other day as well. Their time with him was awful too though. Matt Garza is a lunatic. Glad he's on the Brewers for 4 years so there's no chance of him ending up with the Sox.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 10:16 AM) Please don't patronize me. You were happy the Sox bought corn in somebody's stool when they signed Paulino. It isn't pointless. I just want to know why the 2nd round pick was considered so valuable before, but now it's "the Sox will be lucky if higher picks work out, but it's not just them it is everyone". I'm not trolling, just wanting to know why people changed their minds. Dick, are you in favor of the Sox drafting Rodon if he's available?

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 28, 2014 -> 09:02 AM) Or move him to the defensive side of the ball - safety. Problem is, Illinois may have promised him that he'd be a QB and not pull a position change on him, so it'd really have to be Bailey asking for it. I'm also surprised/aggravated they didn't red shirt him last year, as his 2 carries per game was a complete waste of a year, and now he's the same year as Lunt. Although that may have been an unofficial promise as well. From what I've heard from my Bolingbrook contacts, they did promise him that he could play QB. That was one of the reasons why he chose Illinois. Now, he will not be playing QB over Lunt though. He should take it upon himself to play defense or another position on offense. He may actually be able to play LB with that size too. The first time I ever scouted him in HS, he looked like he could be the starting MLB instead of the QB.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 27, 2014 -> 09:12 PM) Lunt >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bailey although I hope Bailey gets involved as well. You know what's funny, we were in Seattle 2 years ago for about 4 days, never rained once. Seemed pretty bizarre. I expected it to be like The Killing. I had some Illini gear on, a local (and U of I grad) was like "hey, you know you're about 2 years early for the game, right?" Bailey should move to WR to get some play. If he wanted to play QB, he should have transferred as soon as they signed Lunt. I used to coach against Bailey when he was in HS at Brook. Kid is a beast but he's never playing QB in the NFL anyway. No better time than now to switch positions.

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Apr 27, 2014 -> 08:39 PM) Exactly. He's in his prime and has another good 4 or 5 productive years in him. Obviously you would have to see the trade package. Ask yourself this: Does the trade give you a better chance to win a World Series? If the players you get in return could be part of your next championship team, you make the trade. If not then you probably keep him. It just depends. But I'd listen on any number of the Sox veterans to improve the young core. Look at the Pirates for example: You ask them for SS Alen Hanson and one of their top line starting pitching prospects like Kingham or Glasnow. I would end up taking 1 of those guys as a headliner for Ramirez and then some lower level type guys as well with Pittsburgh paying the salary. If I'm paying the salary, they are giving more. That's just one example of a team that could potentially be interested.

Come on guys. I wouldn't dump Ramirez for nothing but a Teixeira type return? People are on drugs in this thread. I would trade him for a top 100 pitching prospect and a couple of promising guys in A ball. He's 32 years old.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 26, 2014 -> 04:18 PM) With Gillaspie DL'd, I think Jordan is safe for now. I'm guessing they will send Petricka down. Carroll can pitch tomorrow and then go down after the game for another reliever.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Apr 25, 2014 -> 01:35 PM) Andrew Mitchell. Great name. I hope he can continue starting but he's another one of these guys that could be dominant in the bullpen. Keith Law is obviously just 1 source, but he had Mitchell as his 35th overall player in the draft last year. Sox drafted Mitchell in round 4.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Apr 25, 2014 -> 01:38 PM) I remember his name being tossed around in a potential trade a few years ago with the Yanks. Sounded like the Sox really liked him then as a guy that could be a high leverage reliever. I think he is a similar situation to Cleto, good arm, but just needs to figure out how to use it. Noesi was starting at the time. I wanted him as part of the package in the rumors for John Danks at the time.

I think Daniel Webb is better than Addison Reed is. Just sayin.

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QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 24, 2014 -> 11:36 AM) Back to back thursdays, backloading all home games in the last half with 2 december night games. I feel like the NFL tries to think of how much pain they can put on fans before they will stop watching, knowing they won't stop. It's like a drug dealer adding laundry detergent to the dope. I think the schedule is fine. The NFL knows what type of draw the Bears are and they expect the team to be good. 5 primetime games, Thanksgiving, and the opening of a new stadium says as much. 9 of the 16 are still Sundays at Noon.

QUOTE (Jake @ Apr 24, 2014 -> 09:39 AM) That might save us from ourselves Why? Because you don't like Hoffman? Great. Now when the HS arms go 1-2, the Sox can draft Trea Turner at #3. Joy.

Semien playing the OF would be f***ing stupid. He may be a long term answer at either SS or 2B for the White Sox and is at minimum a very good utility player. There is only one solution to this jam: Semien goes to Charlotte and plays SS, Leury and Danks stay on the White Sox bench while Beckham starts at 2B. These are the decisions that have to me made when an owner chooses to use a 25 man roster spot on a mascot.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 24, 2014 -> 07:04 AM) Wait, how will this work with TV? If the Lions and Cowboys both host NFC teams, those would both be FOX games. EDIT: espn.com is showing the Bears-Lions game as a CBS game. I guess the networks cut some sort of deal. Yeah it's part of the new agreement. Adam Hoge has a decent writeup about it on 670thescore.com.

Dan Hayes ‏@DanHayesCSN 6m Charlie Leesman has been optioned out. Beckham on the way.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 08:37 AM) I would love to see someone like Anthony Barr fall to the Packers. As a Bears fan, I would love that as well. I think Anthony Barr is one the most overrated players in this draft.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Apr 23, 2014 -> 09:52 AM) Get outta here with that. I'm shocked at how many people here act surprised at the fact that the Bulls struggle to score in key moments of a playoff game. If there's one thing Melo does well, it's scoring. I firmly believe Thibs can hide Melo's defensive weakness where his offensive prowess becomes a plus. Melo, please come to Chicago Thibs had the #1 defense in the NBA with Carlos Boozer and Mike Dunleavy starting. I think Melo would be just fine.