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Why do some people continue to discredit statistics? It is simple a compilation of the results players have had. That's it. You can't remember every play, but you can compile the outcome of every play to get a better understanding of the players ability. Get with the times gramps. We aren't basing our opinions off of what we saw through our monocles on the black and white TV anymore. There's a reason all teams use advanced analyticals now a days

Trayce gets that one.

Move Eaton to RF, put Trayce in CF. That move improves our defense GREATLY. Next season is a development season, really. I don't see the Sox being competitive until 2017. They have SO much pitching depth in the minors now. These guys will be emerging in 2016-17. The White Sox should have a dominate staff and bullpen for years to come.

A 3 run homer? That'll be two games on the bench for you Brantly.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 7, 2015 -> 06:30 PM) If Eddy Alvarez, after 33 games at A+, is starting in the majors in 2017, either something has gone horribly wrong or a minor miracle has happened. I think he's an overlooked prospect because of his age by some, but that's an incredible jump to make. Frankly, if Eddy Alvarez makes it to the majors, it'll be a success. The guy has more walks than strikeouts in his minor league career. Given how little experience he has in baseball, that is pretty amazing. I don't see his bat falling off the face of the earth as he rises up through the minors.

I'm convinced this guy has major league talent. I think him an Tim Anderson will be the starting infielders in 2017. I am really excited about him and our system in general. Much improvement

Hawk is really, really bad now. He is horrible to listen to when the Sox are playing the Royals.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 5, 2015 -> 11:35 PM) Very sad take. This woman supports Hillary just because she is a woman. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacey-newma...kusaolp00000592 I don't think I've ever read anything as sad/sick as that story. What an awful endorsement, based on sex alone. You've never read anything as sad/sick as that story? Yeah, I'm sure. You really need to drop your little ignorance and playing dumb act Greg. You know millions of people vote for a candidate by how they look, their race, their gender, or their religion all the time.

Through 33 games at A+ he's hitting .319, .412 OBP, .877 OPS, 19 walks to 17 strikeouts. He was 42 of 50 in SBs at A, but only 11 for 18 at A+. This dude has game. Is his physical advantage that great over these kids he's playing against at A+? He is more physically mature, but he has less experience in baseball than all the guys he is playing against/

QUOTE (Dunt @ Sep 3, 2015 -> 10:31 PM) A ton of the guys drafted this year have been solid. After being pretty boring this season, Kanny should be really interesting next season with a lineup potentially of Zangari, Zavala, Glines, Adolfo, Cruz, etc. I think the highest they play Adolfo will be Great Falls next year, unless he completely mashes the ball there and needs a call up to A.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 3, 2015 -> 05:23 PM) Greg - You said nothing wrong. What kind of surgeon's are your daughters studying to be (I presume they are in med school)? Brain surgeons, so they can perform greg's lobotomy I KID

Let's give eddy a some love. 2-5, 3b and a bb

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 2, 2015 -> 10:57 PM) Regarding your post ... I know baseball can't be compared to the real world, but there are gads of White Sox employees behind the scenes involved trying to make a living here ... and failing. Can you believe the White Sox higher ups were dumb enough to believe this team would be able to vie for a one-game wildcard thus made NO MOVES at the break? In the real world, this is unacceptable and so many people are fired. For instance ... the projection was totally incorrect. Whether it was Hahn, Kenny, Robin ... unless it was Jerry (which it could have been), heads should roll. The Sox had a lot of bodies that could have been dealt for some valuable pieces. Just the fact they probably could have gotten rid of last winter's acquisitions and failed to pull the trigger on trades is unacceptable. We should right now be like Detroit, starting a rebuild without Melky, LaRoche, Robertson, Duke. Those 4 guys could have been dealt and think of the $$$ it woulda freed to try for better players. As far as your main point in your post, just as the Ozzie era pretty much had to end, this Robin era has to end. You all get mad at me for repeating myself, but nobody seems to address my comment. How in the hell can we expect to avoid a season-opening sweep against whatever Central Division team we open with next year and how in the hell can we expect to avoid the same pattern of s***tiness (bad performance on road; bad performance in all divisional games, only a so-so performance at home) under Robin and his staff?? The White Sox utter failure the last 2 seasons means the whole coaching staff and most of the front office needs to go. Now will it magically improve the White Sox? Probably not, but we know one thing: The pattern has been set in stone and this regime won't be able to change the discourse. Who is with me: FIRE EVERYBODY (staff and most of the everyday players). Lol, fire the players. I think you've been listening to too much trump

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Aug 28, 2015 -> 06:42 PM) Fulmer K's the side in the first and Winston up 4-0 Kanny up 5-0 52 pitches in the first inning though... ouch

This is getting ridiculous.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Aug 28, 2015 -> 12:35 PM) To this guy it was. LOL you cannot be serious. You equate the rainbow flag with the confederate flag? That's ridiculous.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 03:02 PM) When it's 16 of 18 people not believing, that does astound me a bit. People who use internet forums tend to be more atheist/agnostic imo. Generally a younger crowd, but also a crowd that is more apt with the internet. You can easily find arguments that expose the bulls*** that is organized religion with a simple google search. The internet spreads the knowledge.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 27, 2015 -> 11:56 PM) I see the good Sox showed up again today. Rodon has shown enough this season. He's a future star. So I'd agree to shut him down all of September. Let EJ replace Rodon. You might consider shutting down Sale and Robertson too. Let somebody else close and maybe add another starter from the minors to give Q and Danks a couple extra days rest the rest of the season. Eaton is hot and getting his numbers up to respectability. Sure hope he does better the first 2 months next year than he did this year. He's our catalyst and can't suck for the first 7 weeks. GO SOX. Trayce should play every single day; ditto Micah. Don't let any guys like Beckham even have one at bat. Go with all the future stars, not the dead weight guys. Any minor league catcher down there who needs some seasoning as well? http://www.chicagonow.com/future-sox/prospect-profiles/ ^good place to look when you have a question about sox prospects. They have profiles for most of the prospects that are worth looking at.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 25, 2015 -> 10:04 PM) 16-4 vote so far! Wow, society is changing. Keep voting please. There has to be a reason we are living, breathing, thinking beings. If there is no God and afterlife then why aren't we all selfish bastards every minute of our lives? The minute we die we're toast, never to be cognizant of anything again? Why don't we just run amok on earth if this is all arbitrary? I've seen this argument before, and it is complete crap. If god is the only thing stopping you from becoming a completely selfish being, you need help Greg. Did religion stop numerous civilizations from conquering and enslaving other cultures? Did it stop our forefathers from whiping out the natives? Can you honestly say that to somebody who has been tortured, enslaved, or raped their whole life? Sounds pretty selfish to me tbh

I'm not sure how anybody can believe in a kind god who made man as an image of himself when you see how absolutely horrible the human race has been throughout history. He would be one smiteful SOB.

I'll be moving to wrigleyville pretty soon. Before October. I'm kinda hoping for a playoff run from the cubs. That place will be ridiculous if they make it past the wildcard game.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 22, 2015 -> 01:59 PM) Why haven't we promoted him to AA? That's what confuses me. Tim Anderson is there. No reason to pull Eddy from SS and put him somewhere else if he can play there. Worst case, Eddy mashes so hard that we play him and Tim Anderson in the IF. Move the lesser defense to 2B and have a really solid offensive and defensive duo there. And you have 2 absolute burners at those positions. Or you can always trade him if his value jumps. Eddy has only been playing baseball again for a year and a half. He will play the year out at A+ and move to AA next year, I'm assuming. I'm really exited about his tools though. You can't teach that plate discipline. Averages pretty much as many walks as SO's in his career so far. Anyway, I think we see an Alvarez/Tim Anderson combo at SS and 2B in two years. Probably Tim and SS and Eddy at 2B IMO. That could be elite from an offensive and defensive standpoint.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 22, 2015 -> 12:49 PM) Wow, I didn't realize Alvarez has a career .419 OBP. That's crazy. He has incredible speed too. Only at high-A though, must be due to defense. That's what I'm saying. He is a beast. He is 25 already, but he is very young in baseball years. He is making a mockery of high A so far. Its hard to evaluate him because he is obviously more physically mature than people he's playing, but he is younger in baseball years than most of them

I'm talking mainly about 2b and SS here. Carlos Sanchez - gg caliber second baseman who has been hitting really well for a while now. Micah Johnson - potential to be a very good offensive player for his position. Below average defensively. Tim Anderson - shortstop of the future. Will get better on defense imo. Elite talent. Eddy Alvarez - athletic shortstop who gets on base like a Machine. Old, but lots of potential. Saladino - above average utility player. Don't think his bat sticks at third base. How does this shape out? I don't know if any of these guys have much trade value aside from Tim obviously. How do you think this shakes out?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 18, 2015 -> 05:50 PM) No LaRoche or Thompson tonight. Garcia at DH, Shuck in RF Man, I wish robin would give him more burn when he is hitting well. I understand that he isn't yet established, but you should play him when he is hitting well.