Sox Acquire 3B Conor Gillaspie

[kittle42]

Originally Posted by SoxNation05

I really don't understand the negativity around this kid. I see a former 1st round draft pick who was rushed ridiculously and then blocked by Sandoval. His minor league statistics are legit and he has not yet received a fair shot in the majors. Give him some time, see what he can do. He is a better option than we currently have so let's hope he hits.

Who's negative? I think we were talking about Loman, not Gillaspie. The latter is a fine UT player.

[BigHurt3515]

Gillaspie just hit a 2 run home run

And Walker just hit a stand up triple

And Bell hits a triple. Damn

[SoxNation05]

Originally Posted by Taliesinrk

couldn't agree more. this guy clearly sucks - failure is the perfect description. he's given a chance with the Sox and doesn't even have a ****ing hit so far this spring. cut him now, stop the bleeding and let's see if Wise can play 3rd

Originally Posted by DSpivack

Morel and Gillaspie both seem like AAAA players to me. I don't want either of them starting.

Originally Posted by kittle42

Who's negative? I think we were talking about Loman, not Gillaspie. The latter is a fine UT player.

These were the posts that I was referring to.

[kittle42]

Originally Posted by SoxNation05

These were the posts that I was referring to.

The first post is obvious - OBVIOUS - sarcasm. The second post is a valid criticism.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/mi...=gillas001con\

Had a pretty good 2011, but also easier to hit in the PCL. Still, he's likely an upgrade from that horrid bench from last year (as is Morel), but it's likely neither are world-beaters.

[DSpivack]

Originally Posted by SoxNation05

These were the posts that I was referring to.

I would love to be wrong.

[WhiteSox5187]

I just noticed that Gillaspie is wearing number 12, that somewhat surprised me as I figured the White Sox wouldn't let anyone touch that number for awhile. Especially not a guy who appears to be a bench guy at best.

[kittle42]

Originally Posted by WhiteSox5187

I just noticed that Gillaspie is wearing number 12, that somewhat surprised me as I figured the White Sox wouldn't let anyone touch that number for awhile. Especially not a guy who appears to be a bench guy at best.

It's not like they were gonna retire it.

[WhiteSox5187]

Originally Posted by kittle42

It's not like they were gonna retire it.

No but I thought they would at least wait a year before giving it away. But then again they gave away Jermaine Dye's number as soon as he left.

[DickAllen72]

It's not that big of a deal, but the classy thing to do would be to wait a year before issuing number 12. But then again we are talking about the White Sox front office, which can't really be described as "classy" in recent years.

[sunofgold]

Conor on the bench and Morel at AAA makes the most sense right now. Still early but seems like a nice pickup by the Hahnmeister.

[doublem23]

Originally Posted by sunofgold

Conor on the bench and Morel at AAA makes the most sense right now. Still early but seems like a nice pickup by the Hahnmeister.

Considering Gillaspie is out of minor league options and Morel still has 2, Conor is going to have to completely fall apart for this not to be the case.