Eminor3rd

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jun 7, 2011 -> 11:12 PM) Yeah it is, Morel was fast tracked to the bigs because of his defense. They understand that half of the game is catching the ball, and finding and developing someone who can do it really well would be a great thing. Also, perhaps I am thinking in correctly, but I didn't think you got a draft pick the following year if it was a supplemental pick. If that is the case, then they better sign him. Morel was fast-tracked because there was literally no one around that could play anything close to an acceptable third base except Omar Vizquel and Gordon Beckham. If Gordon moved, they'd have th same problem with second.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 7, 2011 -> 01:33 PM) MDGonzales Mark Gonzales Sox lineup: Pierre - LF Vizquel - SS Quentin - RF Konerko - DH Pierzynski - C Lillibridge - CF Teahen - 1B Beckham - 2B Morel - 3B Humber -P I first read that as Teahen in CF. Lol

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 7, 2011 -> 03:22 PM) scottmerkin Scott Merkin Walker wants to sign but staying consistent as a hometown kid committed to Utah."I definitely want to sign and start my career in pro ball . scottmerkin Scott Merkin ... but another year in school won’t hurt. It’s really whatever to me, but I definitely want to sign." More to come on whitesox.com Sounds like he wants to sign but his coach/agent/parents don't

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...rtnerId=rss_cws

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/q...e-on-the-draft/

PROSPECTS! PLEASE!

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jun 3, 2011 -> 04:34 PM) You want to ride the hot hand yet you say bench Pierre, who has actually been hitting for the past two weeks? Don't get me wrong, Pierre sucks. But he actually does give us a better chance to win than Dunn right now. Right, but I'm saying we can't continue to rely on luck and hustle, because it isn't going to last all season. Pierre isn't really hitting much better than he was before, he's just finding holes. And guys are wild-pitching on intentional walks, and not covering first base on routine plays, etc. For sustained success, consistent, true-talent guys like Dunn need to start hitting bombs with regularity. If they don't we're not going to win the division anyway.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 3, 2011 -> 03:11 PM) We aren't talking about some fringe guy just out of the minors here. This is one of the most prolific power hitters in the past decade. There is no such thing as "past the point of letting him play through it", unless we think he's done for, which I don't think is the case. You play him until he gets out of it. Sitting on the bench only prolongs the pain and gives him fewer good-Dunn days in the Sox lineup for the season. Not to say you don't give him a day off here and there, but this is a game after an off day. You play your starting lineup, and let guys like Dunn and Rios play through it until they get better. Dunn is far too valuable to become a platoon player, and I am damn near 100% sure he will come out of this, so I would play him full time until he does. I agree with this. He isn't learning anything on the bench, he just needs to break out. It doesn't have anything to do with money being on the bench, it has everything to do with the fact that he needs to snap out of it if we're going to seriously contend. If you're expecting Lilli to slug. 600 all year, you are short-sighted. Lucky wins are the only reasons we're still in this, something has to change if it's going to continue. Honestly, if you want to ride the hot hand, I'd rather see Lilli in left and Pierre on the bench.

QUOTE (Bighurt52235 @ May 25, 2011 -> 09:44 AM) My point is, is that none of us are Jerry Reinsdorf. For example, I don't care if your cell phone bill is expensive, unless of course it prevents you from getting Netflix, (overpaid reliever), which I'm not sure that it would. My cellphone doesn't affect your favorite sports team's ability to acquire players. Rios' and Dunn's contracts do.

QUOTE (ptatc @ May 25, 2011 -> 09:09 AM) that's true. Winning means nothing in baseball. The teams with the best OPS, OBP, strikeouts and UZR make the playoffs. He's talking about pitcher wins. And I don't care how anti-saber you are, pitchers wins is a dumb statistic. Made a little more sense 70 years ago when pitchers actually pitched compete games. The only thing good about pitcher wins is that it's probably going to make Danks more affordable for us to retain, since he's 0-7 with only two bad outings.

Pena throwing batting practice fastballs. We have a six man rotation, couldn't we put a starter in?

What channel is this on now?

Where can I stream the audio online? I tried 670thescore.com and it's giving me some sort of sports news thing.

How are they going to deal 3 years of underperforming Dunn and 36 year old Konerko? If everyone continues to play badly, we can't get rid of those guys, which is why we have to try to compete next year. Otherwise we're the Astros. $21m comes off the books in EJax and Buerhle. That covers the ALL IN payroll increase.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 19, 2011 -> 03:10 PM) This is easy. You trade Peavy if somebody is dumb enough to take the risk. And I love the bulldog Peavy. But if you can dump the salary, you dump it. Generally speaking, I agree with this, but I'm not sure in this situation. They need to try to compete next year, and they're definitely going to need to replace Jackson and possibly Buerhle already. Peavy's salary would be nice to dump, but if you do that, you pretty much HAVE to sign a pitcher in the offseason. Would you be able to get a guy better than Peavy at significantly less? Based on what I've seen about the pitching market for this upcoming offseason, I'm not so sure.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 19, 2011 -> 11:23 AM) Trades are dumb at this point of the season, especially right now. The Sox are playing much better baseball recently and could easily get back in the race. At the same time, they're still 6 under and 9 games back. There's no clear indication either way which way they're going to go. A lot can happen either way. Trading right now is dumb. In two weeks though, it might make sense. Here's why: 1. We'll either continue playing well, or dig ourselves into a virtually insurmountable hole in the division, so we'll know if we need to add or subtract. 2. The pitching surplus cannot continue, it's not good for anyone long term, and we have good trade candidates that are becoming free agents. EJax almost definitely goes, because Buerhle has little value and full NTC. You can't trade Danks now because he still has another year of control and you're already going to lose 1 - 2 SPs to free agency this year, and you have to try to contend for at least one more year with the current contractual situation. Other things: You do NOT trade Beckham. He's still way too young to be a bust and you wouldn't get much in return. Even if he doesn't figure it out, you have a plus defender with a streaky bat at a light-hitting position for league minimum. Yankees would definitely laugh at unloading Montero, since it looks like Posada is done. However, they may unload Romine, especially if they plan on retaining Martin. Don't forget that Cervelli is an excellent backup.

How can anyone defend either of those steal calls? 1. Adam Dunn is much more likely to strike out than to ground into a double play. MUCH more likely. He's probably also more likely to launch a double. 2. Lillibridge is really fast and already in scoring position! Any base hit scores him, and next up is Juan Pierre, the absolute worst guy on the team for a sacrifice fly! Dude has to literally swing as hard as he can to get it to sac fly depth. This one was an absolute horsesh*t call, period. Ozzie sucks. He runs us out of games on a PROLIFIC basis.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 18, 2011 -> 07:56 AM) Take a look at the 2012 Free Agent Pitching class, as it currently stands. Jared Weaver Matt Cain Cole Hamels Zach Greinke John Danks Isn't Greinke the only one that the Yankees aren't the best fit for? I'd be willing to bet that Weaver, Cain, and Hamels are all retained. Of the three, Cain would be the most likely to go.

QUOTE (oldsox @ May 18, 2011 -> 08:38 AM) Disagree. If we offer arbitration, they will prob accept and then we are stuck with the salaries. Esp MB. MB could accept, especially considering that he has been playing around with retirement, etc. Jackson, however, will absolutely NOT accept. He's expected to be one of the top FA starters on the market and will surely get a multiyear deal, at probably more than his current $8m/yr salary, if he continues to pitch like he has (two dominant starts for every one complete disaster). The sandwich pick there is money in the bank, so long as he stays healthy.

Looking for it, got it, misses it EVERY TIME

Morel needs more AB in the majors. He doesn't have holes in his swing, he just looks overmatched. He needs reps against good pitching. Also, nothing Omar Vizquel can do is going to turn this team around. He's a very useful piece, but it's in this team;s best interest to let Morel figure it out at the major league level.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 5, 2011 -> 03:26 PM) Would the Rays trade Longoria? Would the Rockies trade Tulo? Would the Marlins or Dodgers trade Johnson or Kershaw? That's what I meant. I'm giving love to Castro and hating on our pathetic roster at the same time. I would go as far as to say that the Marlins will LIKELY trade Johnson.

This game is excruciating

QUOTE (qwerty @ Apr 6, 2011 -> 05:02 PM) Really wish they would have won one before the sox played them. The odds... the odds. Gambler's fallacy! Now that they've already lost 4 in a row, the odds of them losing another are the same as them winning one. The unlikely streak is only unlikely before it starts.

F*CK LILLIBRIDGE