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it's a BIG "if", but what if Garcia ends up hitting to the tune of .265-270, .325-340 OBP, 20 HRs, 70+ RBIs next season? would people STILL malign him? i guess the reason i ask is because he's STILL young. he'll be 25 this upcoming June and in terms of baseball years he hasn't even hit his "prime." i look at a guy like Alex Gordon (just an example), his numbers his first 3 years with KC are nothing special. he was 23-25 years old. now i'm not saying Avi is the next Alex Gordon, but when Gordon hit 27-29 years old his production went up. i understand we want Avi to produce NOW, but is he really as hopeless as everyone on here makes him out to be?

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 20, 2016 -> 02:36 PM) Eaton Cabrera Abreu Cespedes Frazier Eaton Cabrera Abreu Cespedes Frazier Eaton Cabrera Abreu Cespedes Frazier Come on everyone - it's metaphysical mantra time. that's a pretty nice lineup compared to Eaton Cabrera Abreu LaRoche Garcia

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jan 20, 2016 -> 02:34 PM) Why does everyone assume that all people from Cuba are friends? if you played in Japan and didn't speak the language, don't you think you'd gravitate towards a fellow countryman if they were on the team?

i guess i'm surprised Cespedes hasn't signed yet just because of the opportunity to team up with a fellow Cuban in Abreu. obviously money is the #1 for all the free agents, and rightfully so because they deserve to get the most money they can. but the next thing that would motivate me would be winning, and maybe that's where the Sox fall short in terms of potential teams to sign with. so that's why i'm hoping that he considers playing with a fellow Cuban important and Hahn can get a deal done before the weekend.

QUOTE (blackmooncreeping @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 09:52 AM) He might be right on the Upton thing... Jeff Passan is reporting that Upton might be willing to take a 1 year deal. so he could be right. does that mean he would fall into Hahn's plan of not giving any of there FA OF'ers more than 3 years?

QUOTE (Lillian @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 08:41 AM) None of us are saying that they can't hit in the A. L. However, some of us are skeptical. If it is indeed the case, then the pitching must simply be better, of course. I haven't studied this issue in depth. Can you cite a couple of recent examples which refute this notion? Which recent players have moved from the A. L. to the N. L. and struggled? Which N. L. players have moved to the A. L. and had better success than they had in Senior Circuit? Justin Morneau Miguel Cabrera Michael Cuddyer Adrián Beltré Adrián González José Reyes Albert Pujols those are my examples of players who have had success in BOTH the AL and NL. skeptics will always be skeptical, but it can be done.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 12:04 PM) Last year it was Saladino 3B, Sanchez 2B. This year it is Frazier, and Lawrie.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 12:08 PM) Teahen was the main guy the Sox got where everyone thought he'd hit for more power Josh Fields too! and let's not forget about Joe Borchard!

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 12:01 PM) Thome and Dunn were both really good power hitters here. Dunn had a historically s*** season but he also hit 41 homers 1 year with us how many of those HR's were hit when it mattered?

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 11:46 AM) Him playing in the cell would do wonders for his power numbers i remember thinking the same thing about Thome. i remember thinking the same thing about Dunn. i remember thinking the same thing about LaRoche. i'm sure if we get Upton, he'd have a career LOW year.

agreed. having a successful base-stealing threat at the top of the lineup is only going help out our 2-3-4 hitters. last time we had a guy who was disruptive on the bases was Pods.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 22, 2014 -> 04:07 PM) Geoff. Blum. of all the people, who would've thunk Geoff Blum coming through in the clutch!? LOL

AJ takes first base on a "dropped-third strike"...ALCS Game 2, upper-deck left field. i remember thinking we have this game. then, Crede gets a base hit for the go-ahead run. the whole upper-deck was shaking. what a great team and a great year of baseball in this town. that year i must have gone to 10+ games. i'm hoping this year i have reason to do the same.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 16, 2014 -> 04:46 PM) At the time of his second contract, when we all knew he was a cheater? Yeah, that contract was f***ing stupid the moment he signed it, and a lot of people felt that way. you didn't know in 2007 that he was juicing. you're a liar if you say you did.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 16, 2014 -> 10:24 AM) So your point is in part based on the sentiment that "Alex Rodriguez's contract is a solid one"? i highly doubt at the time you'd be against bringing A-Rod to the South Side if the opportunity would have presented itself. sadly, his HUGE contract set the new standard for all baseball contracts since then. did the Yankees get some serviceable years out of him? yes. did they overpay? yes. but didn't you just say last week that EVERYONE overpays...?

that press conference was awesome. Shark is going to fit right in with everyone on the team and quickly become one of the leaders of this ballclub. Robertson seems very confident and itching to get out there. Melky is going to look oh so sweet in the #2 hole. GO SOX!

the Yankees who paid Alex Rodriguez $252.87M sure don't have a problem signing roiders and getting to the playoffs all the time. not sure why White Sox fans have a problem with supporting a team that signed a guy who got caught and served his time. to me, it's old news and everyone deserves a second chance to redeem themselves.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Dec 14, 2014 -> 02:28 PM) I'll feel awful as soon as I'm convinced every other teams is playing by the rules. call me when that happens.

did the Sox pass on making a Rule 5 pick because their 40-man roster is full? *confused*

http://m.mlb.com/cws/video/v37038671/hahn-...he-as/?c_id=cws some good quotes from Hahn here...

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 01:49 PM) Competing is not dependent on Alexei. It is dependent on better defense and a LF. you sound misinformed. specifically because of how bad the Sox defense was last season. if this team is going to compete, they need to catch/throw the ball a helluva a lot better than last season and Alexei's defense is DEFINITELY a part of that equation.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 11:36 AM) We still have to significantly upgrade the defense. If we are going to build our team around the strength of pitching, we can't continue to ignore defense. Our team defense is just as bad today as it was when we started the off-season. That has to be addressed. Hanh / Kenny have to make another move and at a minimum we need a quality outfielder. Ideal scenario you get a quality outfielder and 3B and at that point, I say you are even favorites or close to even favorites. However, I doubt we have resources do to that. yeah, hopefully the Sox can score some runs for him so he can make the All-Star team next year and get some attention that he deserves. Q only pitched 7 games where he gave up 4 or more earned runs. that's 25 starts with 3 or less. his record should have been MUCH better than 9-11. smh

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 01:00 PM) He is overpaid, but one thing people often forget, eventually, just about every player is overpaid. definitely...with the exception of Sale (of course).

i think people really underestimate Danks' value in terms of just pitching. he's an innings eater for sure. we all know he's overpaid, but he's not the first (or last) pitcher to have been overpaid. i still think he has some REAL value whether he pitches for us or for another team. we know what we're going to get with Danks and maybe, just maybe, he can turn it around this season being 2-3 years removed from his arm issue. like Stoney was saying on the Score this morning, if he wins 12 games from the #4 spot that's a PRETTY good thing we have going for us. would we love to unload his contract? sure. do we still need to address LF? yes. but Danks being on the roster is going to kill us.

QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 11:53 AM) It would be nice to get Luke Gregerson on a literal Hometown Discount. THIS THIS THIS.