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QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Sep 16, 2017 -> 11:28 PM) nearing .270? .263 is nowhere near .270 this late in a season. still can't walk to save his life he has to hit well over .300 to have good offensive value. Not true, considering his speed, power.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Sep 15, 2017 -> 06:20 PM) Fulmer's delivery just looks awful to me. Rushed, no leg drive, all arm whip. Agree. Why did we draft him so high? Same criticism back then.

As of today, Avi has the second highest BA in all of baseball. .333.

QUOTE (ecupittfan @ Sep 14, 2017 -> 07:49 PM) You mean you dont want to trade a 26 y.o. All Star OF going into the prime of their career for a career .250 minor league hitter who has 9 MLB hits so far and is only 3 years younger. Not to mention Avi is a good teammate. Lets put it into perspective. Today Avi got 55% of the total hits that Kelly has in his MLB career. Seems like a really good trade idea. What we need to do is give Avi a decent 4-5 year deal and wrap him up for the prime of his career. Ditto. If we make a stupid trade involving Avi for some guy who has never made it, well, I'll just call it Tatis Part !!. Dumb and Dumber.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Sep 13, 2017 -> 08:34 AM) We seriously need to get past this. They weren't rebuilding yet when they made that trade. It happened. It's over. Not just referring to you hi8is but just the posts about Tatis in general. IIRC, they went into the re-building mode right after the Tatis trade. What month did they trade Tatis? I'm sure it was fairly late in the 2016 season. Then, Sale was traded early December, 2016 Regardless, the trade made no sense at the time. Hahn had a brain cramp.

He'll be better in 2018 and really good in 2019. Must improve on hitting breaking ball, and he will. He and Anderson might be a super combo very soon.

I bet Detroit catches White Sox this weekend.

Tigers are unlosable right now.

Tigers ahead 5 - 1. Early.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Sep 4, 2017 -> 09:20 AM) I think Avi has made some real strides this year with the bat, but I definitely don't think he's someone you build around. His offensive profile still has too many question marks, I worry about his overall game if he were to add weight/lose speed as he ages, we're deep with minor league OFs, & we're going to have a f***ton of money in the coming years and I'd like to aim a little higher with that money than a 2-3 WAR player who doesn't play a premium up-the-middle position. I'd shop him like crazy this offseason and seriously consider any deal headlined by a top 100 prospect. If not, I'd be ok with holding him into next year, but I don't see him as part of our next good team. I think Sox need a lot more than a Top 100 Prospect for Avi. A lot more.

QUOTE (soxforlife05 @ Sep 3, 2017 -> 11:50 PM) Are you saying I don't know who he is? I was probably the biggest vocal opponent to that trade although I certainly wasn't the only one. Weird how threads disappear on this site so you can't see anyone's track record of being right or wrong. Was right about Devers being the top guy to get from Boston, Delmonico being biggest sleeper before the season, Eaton trade being amazing, etc second biggest.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 1, 2017 -> 04:32 AM) May have missed it, was there a reason Yurchak transferred? And, why did he last so long before being picked?

QUOTE (BamaDoc @ Aug 27, 2017 -> 03:58 PM) Clarkin had 31 pitches and no runs thru three innings. Planned or injury? Will Clarkin be protected next year?

Coop to the mound. The new uniforms don't make him look any slimmer. I wonder if he publishes his diet.

This issue goes back to when a Doc originally prescribes this stuff for kids. Or OVER prescribes is what I meant. Sounds like Delmonico was mis-prescribed, and an unnecessary addiction ensued.

QUOTE (joejoedairy @ Aug 23, 2017 -> 03:05 PM) That is good. I wish he was going to play in the AFL Would he be overmatched? He hasn't played much last two years.

Ricky does not belong in American League.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Aug 23, 2017 -> 06:37 PM) nicky ribeye really needs to stop dropping the bat on 3 ball counts when he thinks it's a walk. Umps really don't like it. Yesterday he did it and there were 3 straight Ks with the bases loaded from a pitcher who doesn't K many. The strike zone will change after he does it. Agree.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 23, 2017 -> 08:09 PM) I think this is the hardest position to fill in baseball. Will we ever see another Munson or Fisk? Who was better between those two guys? I say Fisk.

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 09:59 PM) I don't like unloading on any player especially one of our current or former highly touted prospects, but I am having a hard time seeing Fulmer as a major league pitcher. He has not been able to develop a controlled delivery, something that is necessary for getting rhythm and consistency on the mound. He doesn't even look good out there. Very disappointed seeing this tonight after all the inning he has thrown down in the minors. I just did not see any progress at all. no poise on the mound, no control. I hope I am wrong, but it looks like picking him in the first round was a major mistake. I watched the Fulmer implosion. First inning was great. First hitter up in second inning (Vargus?) kept fouling off pitches after pitch, finally getting his walk. Those were good pitches. Then finally the walk, and it was all over. If I could sense it watching on TV, I'm sure the Twins could, too.

QUOTE (StrykerSox @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 06:57 PM) Think Kopech will end up the prize of that trade. But that sucks because he can't really exceed Sale, so we'll have ended up trading Sale for a guy who might approach his talents, a highly touted MIer who strikes out way too much and s***tily switch hits, and two longshot back end pieces. I don't honestly think this will end up a positive rebuilding trade for us. I said that a while back and was criticized. IOW, I agree. Moncada obviously has a lot of trouble hitting a breaking pitch. So that's what he will be seeing. Hope he figures it out.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 02:26 PM) He isn't good at it. If they didn't have Arenado, he would have been given a shot at third.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 21, 2017 -> 02:25 PM) I have really little interest in giving up any of the White Sox's young pitchers in a "prospect for prospect" kind of swap right now, at least not until we know better where our needs are. We could give up a pitcher to fill a position and then have one of our current guys step up big time next year. If you don't think he's a major league 3b and you think he's a corner OF or a 1b, well we've got plenty of guys at those positions already who "might" step up and be something if they get playing time - no reason to give up a pitcher for that. However...the one asset we should be looking to move this offseason is Avisail Garcia. Whether or not we get a fair offer for him I don't know, but that's a guy who could fit in Colorado given that Gonzalez's contract is up this offseason and they have had some of the worst production out of RF in the national league this year. They do have one OF prospect, some guy named Tapia who is an international signing/23 year old, but that's the only guy they have to step in for Gonzalez after this season as of now. So there's at least a potential match. They have Dahl coming back from DL.

Burger with the day off.