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QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 09:22 PM) hey Josh, i wonder if making a list of the top prospects plus some added sleepers list with ongoing stats is a good idea. pretty much like sox pride did last week. your thoughts???? i wouldn't be opposed but I have to write a draft report for the MLB draft subreddit on the Sox ironically.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 7, 2015 -> 02:49 PM) What possible position could they give him that wouldn't be considered a demotion, or, at best, a lateral move? Not seeing it. Plus, location has to count for something when he was already out in LA. And the appeal of being part of the building of a completely new front office compared to joining the fairly static Sox group. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/01...ires-offseason/ http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team/front...ce.jsp?c_id=cws Where would you put White exactly? Haber was just promoted and is being groomed. You can't demote Fabian, Capra, Bell, KW, Paddy, Laumann The Pages FO is pretty static too, I think Preller was prohibited from bringing over some key scout's from Texas Along with him. And White had no interest in being a GM, i assume need be willing to take the same 'special assistant to the GM' gig. If i had to fire someone out would be Bell, but you can bring someone new info the organization without firing or denoting someone.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 7, 2015 -> 10:31 AM) Or the guy who brought in Trout and a lot more Angels' top prospects. That said, with Laumann in place already, it would have meant firing him...and/or Bell. For whatever reason, they apparently preferred to invest time and energy into Haber and hope he catches up on the talent eval side. Another factor is probably the limited White Sox intl. resources up until 2-3 seasons ago. Maybe he preferred AJ Preller to Hahn, we'll probably never be privy to what internal discussions occurred regarding White. What happened 2 or 3 years ago dosen't matter, when White was circling interviews the new CBA was already in effect. What happened 2 or 3 years ago is irrelevant. And you can still bring in guys like White and Greg Morhardt (The guy who scouted Trout) into the org without firing anybody.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 05:47 PM) weird time to read this, well at least for me. Callis has sox at 8 picking Vandy SS Swanson. here is the link http://m.mlb.com/news/article/103053582/20...ayo-call-top-10 ref mock 3-6. on this mock site, last month they had the sox picking Swanson as well and now... some HS outfielder i haven't seen before. https://mlbdraftcountdown.wordpress.com/201...draft-3-1-3615/ I like Pickett, but he's not going in the top 10, there's no buzz around him that would suggest that To my knowledge. P I really like Phil Bickford at 8 but I'm curious about his height, I've seen him listed at 6'4 on his team sites but fangraphs had him at 6'0. This would cause some doubt about him being a starter or reliver. I also like Dillion Tate, Ashe Russell and Brady Aiken I hope the pick at 8 is Michael Matuella, who I believe will fall on draft day.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 05:43 AM) kind of depends on the philosophy that is in place and whether a new one will take over. if it is adding to and not turning over the apple cart so to speak, this is what you get. i too would have like to see some new blood in maybe in the org for running the minors and scouting. new blood, aggressive ideas. the sox ownership believes in loyalty. Haber deserved his promotions. I'm not saying that he didn't, I have actually been hoping for this promotion since last year, when I became aware of him and his role in the org. QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 03:11 AM) White Sox "family" and loyalty, as usual. Bell and Paddy came from other organizations. They have their system-wide pitching philosophy, and all those guys serve as advisors to the front office like JR Perdew. If you read about his background, it's really fascinating. http://dashboard.mlblogs.com/tag/j-r-perdew/ Reminds me a lot of Jeff Bannister. Im aware of both Paddy and Bell, I was a big fan of the Paddy signing and I love what the Sox have been doing internationally. I hope Todd Severson can install a hitting philosophy throughout the organization, but that seems to be taking place as he holds the camps every offseason and is pretty hands on during instructs. It is said that Hahn is a pretty well connected guy throughout MLB, and if that is the case I would love to see him bring in some more people from the outside and give some guys who are already in the org bigger roles, like Nick Capra for example. There was one scout in particular that I was upset that the Sox didn't pursue and that was Logan White, who was the Dodgers' scouting director. He handled both the draft and INTL market for the Dodgers and he brought in Kershaw, Puig, Kemp, Seager, Ryu, Eithier, Pederson, Russell, Carlos Santana etc. He is highly respected in baseball circles. To my understanding, White and Coletti got into an argument over the lack of growth in the minor leagues, specifically because of guys like Zach Lee not developing quickly. So White had a lot of his duties stricken from him, Coletti would go on to lose his job a year or two later and the Dodgers have one of the best farms in all of baseball thanks to White, who is now a special assistant to the GM in San Diego. I followed the situation on MLBTR, hoping to see the Sox mentioned and they never pursued him (from what I was able to gather through MLBTR and True Blue.) Yes this is one instance, and the Sox have gone outside to nab Paddy and Bell, but I want to see more new blood and I really want Hahn to really make the FO his own.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 09:05 AM) Why? Are you not happy with Hahn's tenure? I couldn't be happier with Hahn, but I really want to see him make the FO his own.

One thing that I'm kinda disappointed about is the lack of turnover in the FO, when Hahn was promoted to GM, I expected him to bring in some new blood along with him to help run the operation. Maybe the promotion of Haber is a sign of things to come.

QUOTE (3GamesToLove @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 11:35 AM) http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=94702 Sons of b****es

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/3/4/...-sox-underrated

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Mar 4, 2015 -> 06:56 PM) No worries on Danish. He's 20, has yet to pitch in AA ( though he will this year) and its early in ST. The only expectations I have of Danish at this point is to take the things he learns in ST with him to Birmingham when the season starts. Exactly

I thought that Tyler Danish did pretty solid, he bounced back after the two walks to get a nice double play

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 2, 2015 -> 02:10 PM) I met him at SoxFest. Very nice guy and really just another version of Hahn in terms of background, the way he carries himself and even the way he dresses. This was only a matter of time and I am sure he'll be sought after by other organizations in time. I read that he's big into analytics, so could the sox be more inclined to use sabremetrics?

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 2, 2015 -> 02:46 PM) Nothing linking White Sox to one of the top guys http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/july-2nd-pl...ing-into-focus/ Beat me to it. Im sure the Sox have some deals in place, maybe he responds to my comment. Also the Sox can trade for an additional, $1,721,500 in bonus allotment, whcih would bring their total to $5,164,500.

What does this mean for Buddy Bell?

Called it

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 2, 2015 -> 01:16 PM) Like Rob did with second base, we now take a look at the 5-player field for backup catcher: Soto, Brantly, Kottaras, Nieto and Smith. Who does SoxTalk think wins the job? Probably more to the point, who is most likely if for some reason it isn't Soto? Im rooting for Brantly and Kottaras. It would be beneficial to have another left handed bat on the bench.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 1, 2015 -> 09:50 PM) Position players that impressed me OF Vlad Guerrero Jr, OF Franklin Reyes, SS Aramis Ademan, and OF Starling Heredia. I liked: Aramis Ademan - Really nice swing from the left side. Seuly Matias - Bat speed Carlos Vargas Sterling Heredia - Kiley McDaniel has raved about him, I think hes attached to the Cubs. Gergory Guerro - I have seen a lot of video on him.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 1, 2015 -> 10:01 PM) This is great stuff, thanks! By the way, you could about double that by adding in videos from our YT channel. We've got video on many of those same ones, but also a few dozen more that you don't have there. I didn't realize that. I'll add them in.

This is another playlist that I made that contains video of all White Sox prospects. This playlist contains video of players acquired by the draft and through international free agency. I will keep on adding to this playlist.

I'm putting this playlist together, most of it comes from Fangraph's Youtube account and I am going to add some from Matt Hall's baseball account as well. I am pretty interested in international prospects and that whole side of baseball operations, lets hope the Sox put together another good July 2nd signed period.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 05:58 PM) Yadier Alvarez. The next Yordano Ventura. He should be in for a big bonus too

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) I don't think anybody is even giving you that for John Danks. The Cubs got Tommy La Stella. Tommy La Stella is a cheap, average-ish player. You still have to give something of value to get that value, and I'm just not sure we see that with Danks. The Cubs got a lot of INTL cap space for Scott Feldman thats how they were able to sign Torres in 2013. Obviously Danks has to pitch well, and the Sox might have to pay some of his remaining salary. I think getting a player like Vlad Jr into the system is worth it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 27, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) He would probably cost our entire pool, by himself. Maybe more. The Sox could trade for more cap space before July 2nd. Let's say Rodon, who I think should start the year at AAA, pitches his way into the rotation, then a guy like John Danks becomes expendable and for him you could get multiple INTL bonus pool slots for him.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 24, 2015 -> 12:01 AM) Simply naming the guys he signed isn't much of an argument. What are you basing all of the success off of? I said those are guys that have come stateside. 5 LA guys to come stateside that quickly considering that there are a lot of guys who repeat the DSl for 4 or 5 years and most of the guys never come stateside, is pretty good. The 5 guys thst I mentioned have come stateside in a rather quick fashion, 1-2 years and dont forget Micker came straight to the states which is rare too.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 04:41 PM) I'd be curious to see this argument. That's incredibly hard to quantify at this point and even down the line there's plenty of variables to account for. Victor Done, Luis Martinez, Antonio Rodriguez, Micker Adolfo, Johan Cruz are just some of the guys that Paddy has signed, those are the guys that have come stateside so far. Probably 2 or 3 more will make the jump this year. To my knowledge, very few teams not named the Yankees or the Cubs, are having that kind of success from 2011/12 to 2014. Paddy has signed some solid prospects in his short time with the Sox. There is some real talent on the DSL team.