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I'll be watching Baez and his development/adjustment in AAA moreso than Bryant.

Or not.

Pretty sure Lakes IF days are long gone. He's a LF who can fake it in CF a bit. But yea I'd say he'd still make it over Szczur Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thought I saw Lake playing 3B in a game or two this spring?

Why is Szczur a lock over Lake? Similar spring numbers. Lake Ks more but is more versatile (a Maddon plus) as he can play IF and OF, no?

Other than him being on the MLB roster or trading him, what other options do the Cubs have with Welly? In order to go down, he'd have to clear waivers (which he wouldn't)?

Mike Robertson (aka Alan) on the "braces" episode, for those old enough! :D

Speaking of Sammy Sosa...i believe he, too, lowered his hands at some point in his career and became a much better hitter.

I just assumed he overheard Theo.

That whole shortstop logjam may just end up sorting itself out. :(

Wouldn't be surprised if Valbuena could be serviceable in a corner OF spot.\ if called on. Not an everyday guy, but a pinch.

Please ask why they non-tendered Wesley Wright. The board really wants to know.

Maybe someone can ask at Cubs Convention next month.

Wouldn't they need to make a roster move before they sign either?

Johnny Gomes is the big bat????

:-s Holy crap Phil Rogers is a hack On PtI today, Kornheiser was slamming the White Sox trading for Samardzija because of his win/loss records. Im confused? Do people think Rogers was ripping the Cubs potential rotation here? I think he is clearly explaining why this gives the Cubs instant hope with a pretty damn good rotation next year if they land Lester. He forgot a comma.

:-s Because it's all about 2015 Phil. Don't you know anything.

I really believe that some of what the White Sox do is to countered the Cubs, even if in the long-term it's not necessarily beneficial for the organization. The need to stay relevant in the Chicago media, they need to stay relevant with their fans. And that's why I think the Sox will never consider tearing things down and starting over. They can't do that or they'll lose the fan base and the city. And it's not just on-field personnel moves the club makes. I think hiring Ventura was purely to resonate with the fan base, get 'em excited, get 'em to come out to park. Even though Ventura never coached before and hasn't been exactly stellar during his stint. Another example is the club's whole marketing approach to last season. Knowing the Cubs' farm system was loaded and highly thought of nationally, the White Sox created this whole "look at our kids/look at our youngsters" rally point. Hawk would constantly tout it on air, and there were plenty of commercials (radio and TV) saying the exact same thing. But who exactly were their youngsters outside of a couple of pitchers??? There 27 year old Cuban rookie?? Or the 27 year old C or 3rd baseman?? The 33 (yeah, right) year old SS ?? Maybe it's the below average Left Fielder or unproven Right Fielder?? Paulie?? Again, who are all these youngsters they're promoting. Phegley sucked. Semien sucked. Davidson sucked. Most of the young pitchers not named Sale and Quintana have sucked. And they really had nobody ion the minors making much noise save Rodon. I firmly believe much of what the White Sox do is to counter the Cubs. And when the Cubs suck (which is often) things are easy. But when the Cubs have things going, the Sox need to counter, try to grab the spotlight....even at the expense of the organization sometimes.

'cept maybe the pokey if the gun stuff is true!

I have no inside baseball knowledge or knowledge with contract negotiations of any kind. I'm just a fan. But I'm fairly certain John Henry's saggy ball sack has nothing to do with whether or not Lester will sign with the Red Sox.

Billy probably a little gun-shy to trade again with Hoyerstein.

Does Bosio have an "out clause"? And if so, would the Cubs charge tampering if he went to the Twins?

Would've been more impressed if it were a strike. :roll:

To continue working with Stanton? :-k

Then he'd have to change his uniform to #(size)12