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Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
ChiliIrishHammock24 replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
I used to take it off to follow all the MLB transactions, not just the Sox. Wall to wall coverage. Inject it in to my veins. - Today
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Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
caulfield12 replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
You're going to get a Greg775 Optimistic Sox Fan Certificate (copyright pending) for that level of dedication. (Bearer entitled to one large soft drink, one Jumbo hot dog and a souvenir Sox mini-pennant.) -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
ChiliIrishHammock24 replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
I used to actually take Monday through Wednesday off work for the winter meetings every year. Last year was the first year that I didn't do it because they had become stale over the last couple years prior. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
smellysox replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
I hope so too! I love this time of year. Everytime I get a yahoo sports update or bleacher report updates across my phone I start thinking that the Sox have made a move! -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
ChiliIrishHammock24 replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
I don't read Barstool, but assuming that's what you're referring to, they don't have a paywall as far as I know. Obviously traffic matters though. So if he doesn't want to be vague on a "free forum", he can be vague on post on Barstool and then post the link here to generate 100+ or whatever clicks. It's really not that serious. But either way, I just hope this Winter Meetings is excited and we see a bit of chaos. Fun to think about all the action we aren't hearing about. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
caulfield12 replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
In retrospect, getting Bummer for 2 years of Pederson wasn't going to be such a great deal for the Dodgers. Bummer might have ended up recording 5-6 fWAR with the Dodgers, but they would have had to replace that outfield production...and it usually cheaper to find a couple of veteran from the LH side rather than giving up core pieces on the position side via trade. UNLESS they had a magical way to unearth Fulmer's "potential," but that train has long left the station. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
Chicago White Sox replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Not necessarily, in this case I think they realized they weren’t getting full value for Joc and decided to hold off. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
Moan4Yoan replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Wouldn’t that scenario only make sense had Joc then been traded to another team that topped the Sox offer? The Dodgers ended up keeping him. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
Chicago White Sox replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
You play fantasy football? Think about that trade each year in your league where you go “Holy fuck had I known I would have topped that”. Basically word got out, the Dodgers heard from some other teams, and they quickly had second thoughts about the Sox’s offer. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
maloney.adam replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
After reading all the tweets and reports something isn’t adding up. It may be that Ozuna’s side doesn’t want to leak anything until it becomes official hence why the media and all these insiders don’t know anything about it yet. Nobody from Ozuna’s side is telling them anything so they have no choice to say nothing is imminent or the reports from DR are false. Who knows. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
Balta1701 replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
It was RH covering his tail with a BS statement that made no sense but was still enough to leave some people satisfied. Which makes one wonder how many other tail-covering-statements might have been similarly BS. (Some of their statements about money to Machado? The supposed higher offer to Wheeler maybe?) -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
caulfield12 replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
In the end, this "teasing" of fee-based sites is always going to be piss people off, no way around it. Just like charging a fee for SoxTalk, for example, to provide a higher quality product, more paid/compensated writers, etc. You'd find half would appreciate it and support the idea...and you'd also lose the other 50% who would be turned off. It's likely a game of driving traffic to his site, at least partially (assuming it's his SECOND job or hobby and not primary source of income). If he gives those "nuggets of wisdom" away for free, then why would someone pay a subscription to such content? Granted, there's always going to be posters across all sports message boards who want to take that paywall content...bring it to other sites, or maybe they even want to claim it as their own...making them "board experts" dispensing wisdom to the masses. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
GenericUserName replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
IIRC, he basically pulls the ball on the ground and sprays it in the air which is basically the exact opposite of what you want. The ground ball pull tendency makes infield shifts easy and effective while hitters usually have their best power to pull side so he isn't getting that as often. In that regard, it seems like he might be a swing change candidate, so I can see him being good in the right organization, I just don't know if that's us. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
Balta1701 replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Because, like most people with sources, whether real or not, flaunting it gets them attention. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
That’s not the point but ok. Of course he has more sources than the average Joe. But why flaunt that if he doesn’t want to be bombarded with questions? -
The Chairman literally outlined their thinking on TV during a recorded meeting with Selig, they wanted to be able to move people in and out of the DH position to keep them fresher since the drugs were less prevalent. The problem was that they insisted on one player being a key part of that rotation who wasn't a big league starter (Kotsay).
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Trade Market for Starting Pitchers...
CWSpalehoseCWS replied to caulfield12's topic in Pale Hose Talk
I didn't say it wasn't. Go back and read my post, it was a total screw-up. I'm not sure what their line of thinking was. They didn't even bother to replace Thome's production. At least when they originally got Thome he was replacing Everett and what was thought of at the time a broken-down Thomas. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
BackDoorBreach replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Because he doesn't want to burn his actual professional sources? It's really not hard to understand. He absolutely has more sources than someone like me, who has none. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
Moan4Yoan replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
I still don’t see the problem. It’s a part of the game. And did they not damage their relationship with Joc anyways? He now knows that the Dodgers were willing to trade him and apparently tried to... -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
He tooted his own horn so to speak by saying that he knows more than everyone else here. That in itself is going to create a sense of curiosity and open up the floodgate for questions, so why even bother revealing that he has more info than everyone else here if he isn’t willing to elaborate on it? -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
BackDoorBreach replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
It was Bummer, Bush, +. The last piece was unknown but Laz Rivera was thrown out there. For anybody wearing a helmet reading, this was the trade proposal last off season not this year. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
caulfield12 replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Players/agents involved find out about it...quickly call the front office to ask what's up. Certainly, those players are under control of their organizations, but the Dodgers couldn't leave the deal dangling out there in public for days and then not damage the relationship going forward with Pederson to some extent. For example, if they ever had designs on extending him...which doesn't seem likely, if the whole storyline of the trade (right now) is clearing roughly $8.5 million from payroll to jam Cole or Strasburg or Rendon under the luxury tax. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
Moan4Yoan replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
I seem to remember some of the names were Carson Fulmer, Aaron Bummer, and Bryce Bush. I still don’t understand how a leak of the trade rumor could cause the trade to fall through. -
Sox in on Marcell Ozuna? I mean, maybe. Or not.
bruni replied to Chicago White Sox's topic in Pale Hose Talk
Does anyone have the terms of the potential Pederson to the WSox deal that was leaked back in Feb? I remember seeing Fulmer’s name tossed around, but do not remember seeing what was specifically leaked that possibly helped nix the deal? -
Oh believe me I was on the "Bears aren't making the playoffs" wagon for weeks now. But I still wanted to see them give it a thrill with Minnesota who are notorious for choking.
