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  1. 2 guys I would love for them to get would be Kieboom and Anderson Franco.
  2. Do any of you see the Yankees joining the Q sweepstakes? Would love to get some of their prospects.
  3. I feel like Joey Gallo will be on the sox somehow. He's exactly the type of player this FO loves...LH power with a high strikeout rate.
  4. I'm probably in the minority on this, but I'd go with either Matuella or Stephenson. None of the college SP around the 8th pick excite me. Matuella - Top of the rotation stuff (probably #1 pick if not hurt) - TJ doesn't really concern me these days Stephenson - Raw power - Big projectable frame - Lack of organization catching depth
  5. QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 4, 2013 -> 01:00 AM) Rios and Peavy should not need money sent with them, though I'd be happy to send some if it really is necessary. If I were him, I wouldn't bring that up until negotiations reach breaking point, though. I think the best route to take with Dunn is to keep him going into next season and you'll find that everyone will come calling for him in the expiration year of his contract. I think Dunn's too streaky of a hitter to take that gamble. If he keeps hitting the way he's been for the next couple weeks, his value might never be higher. I think if a GM calls with good deal, you pull the trigger immediately.
  6. QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 29, 2013 -> 11:49 PM) The problem is that there's no reason at all to assume we're five years from contention. How can you even plan for more than five years out? If you can't imagine a 24 year old will still be young enough to contribute the next time you have a shot to contend, you're saying that no one in your entire organization will save your team at any point. If you're talking about guys more than five years away, you're talking about guys in high school and college. That's exactly what's wrong with this organization, they haven't drafted and developed anyone that can save them in the near future. You have bad and/or aging players making too much money relative to their performance and no one in the system to step in. So, if Hahn decides to completely rebuild today and is able to trade Rios, Dunn, Peavy, Crain, Thornton, etc., do you honestly think that with the players he gets in return combined with what the Sox currently have in the system, that they will be competitive in the next couple years? Doesn't seem likely
  7. QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 27, 2013 -> 06:35 PM) That idiot Bernstein was talking about this on the radio a little earlier. He was acting like it was stupid not to trade Sale because "he won't be pitching for a White Sox World Series team anytime soon and the pieces you'd get might be on the next winner." Sale is 24 years old and signed through freaking 2019 to a team-friendly deal? How the f*** does this guy get paid to analyze sports? I'm with Bernstein on this one. Look at it rationally...if the Sox go with a complete rebuilding mode, the EARLIEST they would be relevant would probably be in 5 years, and that's being generous considering how thin the farm system is. So, let's say in those 5 years Sale averages 190 innings a season - that's almost 1,000 innings pitched. Do you think his mechanics can hold up that long and still be as effective as he is today? It's certainly possible that he can, but I wouldn't put my money on it. So, if some GM called Hahn today and is willing to overpay - say 3 or 4 very solid prospects - how do you not entertain that idea?
  8. QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 3, 2012 -> 10:25 AM) .299 OBP and .480 SLG vs RHP, which is mostly what he'd see as Flowers backup. Not bad for a backup catcher, if he will in fact sign for a backup's salary. At a backup price, id be all over that
  9. QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 3, 2012 -> 09:57 AM) Napoli close to a deal with the Red Sox. Let's see what happens with Salty. I wouldn't hate to have Salty, but that .288 OBP is gross.
  10. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 4, 2012 -> 10:01 AM) He was much more ambiguous at the end of the conversation. Honestly I don't know what to make of it. I am going to wait for the podcast and listen to the whole thing again. He sounds like a guy that doesn't want to put up with Hawk's BS anymore
  11. QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 19, 2012 -> 04:38 PM) I'll ask you this ... are there any announcing teams you like? Because I can't listen to almost all of them because they are such homers. Homers in terms of never uttering a negative word or close to a negative word about the team that signs their checks. I'll be completely honest with you, I really haven't listened to any other broadcast teams. I'm sure they're all homers, but that's not what really bothers me. It's the constant catch phrases, pointless stories, ripping umpires, and "this guy is best yada yada yada i've ever seen in my sixty years in baseball". I totally understand that some of the older sox fans feel connected because hawks been around for a long time and has stories about ted williams and such. But to me, his whole shtick has become an unbearable joke. All i want is a professional play-by-play guy to call what is happening...it's that simple. Might get blasted for this, but i'll take Len Casper any day of the week over hawk.
  12. Ok, i'll bite at this... hawk is awful, plain and simple. i don't care that this is his sixth decade in professional baseball and that insert player's name is the best he's ever seen. last night he said salvador perez was the best young catcher to come into this league in a long time....pretty sure he said the same thing about carlos santana 2 years ago. he's making sox games unbearable to watch with his dumb catch phrases and repetitive stories about ted williams and yaz ...can't wait till this asshat retires.
  13. QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 4, 2012 -> 04:08 PM) No, in fact the leverage has swung the other way. If a guy doesn't sign, the team LOSES the recommended slot for that pick from their available pool of funds. Imagine the implications: if a later round pick has signed for anything above slot, the early round guy can threaten not to sign and thus subject the team to penalties! This is just one of the new rules that I think is going to make the next couple drafts a mess until they rethink it. Well that blows
  14. Do teams still get compensation for not signing their first round pick or did that change with the new draft rules?....If it's still the same, i think it's worth drafting Giolito at 13. I know the injury is a concern and if he has TJ who cares - guys are coming back fine if not better after TJ. This draft seems pretty weak, so not signing your first round pick shouldn't hurt that bad if the rules are the same
  15. watching this video i couldn't help but think "Morel would get blown away by Stroman"
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