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Considering the Machado fiasco, unless this guy is asking for something way out of the ordinary, he should sign very soon I would think.

The guy is our first baseman of the future, get used to it. They won't be moving him around. Let's just hope he mashes for 10 years.

This says it all. Why in the hell would this guy take the place of any of the reasonably young guys? Eat the money and let some contender pick him up for scraps.

There have been absolutely no signs they will ever trade Abreu. Why do fans keep bringing up this possibility? It's not going to happen. If it does happen I should have the guts to finally stop being a Sox fan. There's absolutely no reason to trade the guy. None. I'd agree they'll probably flip Colome. That's what they do right now. They flip guys.

He has a chance if he keeps dominating. But as of this moment, sure he has a chance.

Abreu and Gio are locks. That may be all. I'd say Moncada has a chance, then Timmy, then McCann only if they need a catcher. Forget Colome. Our team isn't good enough. he'll be overlooked.

Ron it's easy to hate on guys you see play every day. Your anger regarding Abreu is unjustified. Come over to the right side re. Jose. Give him his due. He's one of my all time favorite Sox.

I love everything about him, as a ballplayer and dugout presence.

I truly worship him in a baseball sense.

Also he seems to have ended our hex vs. Cleveland. Nice to have a former Indians player make them think twice about the Sox at least. Now we need to acquire a former Twin. The Royals will always act dysfuncationally when they play us (beanballs, fights) so we don't need to acquire any more of those stiffs. Hopfully Jay will be the last.

Not really. Nobody talks about wins and losses any more. I've been told by the advanced stat lovers those stats are meaningless. I would like to congratulate Gio. Nice to see a first-round draft pick excel with the Sox. And he's only 24. Obviously Hahn won that trade with Gio about ready to land an all-star berth. Rey has to get more consistent though.

How come we haven't had much success flipping players? I repeat the only flipping I want is at Wonderburger. That said if we are to trade anybody trade them now. You'll get more value this early in the season.

I checked google and there were no prices for The Cell available. So there. It still belies the point. It costs a good buck to get food, drink and to park the car and the Sox have a responsibility to try to win or hand out refunds. If Colome is still doing well and the team is doing well and they trade him for some Top 80 prospect, fans should get some sort of refund.

WBW you are what's right with our fandom. This guy (WBWSF) goes to half the fricking games!! Of course he deserves to have a closer on his favorite team who can get people out in the ninth and win some of the games he pays TOP DOLLAR to attend. When WBW is drinking his 10 dollar soft drink and eating his 8 dollar hot dog (greg estimates) or chugging his 11 dollar beer (greg estimate) he deserves to WIN if possible. Giving away a fairly reliable closer for some prospect is so damn stupid IMO. When does the fan count just a little bit???? The prospect in all likelihood won't ever sniff the bigs. GO SOX! GO WBW, you sir are a real fan.

I love you vile, and that's not hyperbole. My kinda poster. Another guy I would like to see in the Cell stands this summer if I go to 2 games. Great post IMO. Some people wanna flip Colome for a prospect or two, then I guess in the winter sign another closer who is good to lead our team next season. Logic says, uh, if you are going to need to acquire one in 7 months, why not just keep the one you have now? "Wait til next year" is a lousy saying IMO. Let's win as many games as we can now and again next season. Let's leave the flip to the chef at Wonderburger on 111th and Kedzie.

How come nobody praised greg for the pre-Game One prediction all hell would break loose this series cause the Royals pull this kind of bleep all the time. Hitting TA in the head? I can't believe some national announcers were OK with it. I'd think an 86 mph changeup to the face still will cause a lotta dental damage. WTF?

He turns 29 in June. He is a catcher. Modern metrics tells us he will not be signed to any significant extension cause of age.

Of course the order is to keep playing Alonso. You acquired him for 9 million and acquired him to be a stud. First of all Ricky knows he has to keep playing such player. If he didn't, then he'd be asked what's up. Certainly Hahn and/or KW talk to Rick on a daily basis. It's been made clear you don't bench Alonso. Otherwise you totally embarrass the guy who acquired him. And you wouldn't even have given Alonso, the 9 million dollar man, a chance to bat in the warm weather.

Don't discount the likelihood of trading for prospects. I think that's what the new-age fan and front office wants and demands. They're going to dump Colone and it's not gonna be for veterans. Prospects. I think a good portion of new-wave fans would love to drop Abreu for prospects despite his huge numbers that few prospects will ever match.

I hope you are right Richie. I feel like this team is the team that played Minnesota. Hopefully I'm wrong. I do love victories. The hitters seem to be developing the uppercuts needed to launch balls over the fence at the Cell. I wish we'd bring up Palka since he appears to have the uppercut going. Anyway, I hope you are right that we are competitive.

Man the bats were out tonight. I feel sorry for you guys that don't enjoy every aspect of Abreu. The man is a fricking stud, one of my favorite Sox ever. I'll be so pissed if we trade him at any point. Eloy baby is coming. Even Alonso seems to at least help us be competitive against Cleveland which is nice since we play them so many fricking times. Our pitching blows but nice to see the team hit well at the Cell again. Renteria may stink on decision making in games and lineups, but in the big picture, the team must really like playing for him. This team has overachieved so much this year under Rick. GO SOX!

An interesting question as the team ponders hitting .500 is the question, "Can a team improve its roster much during the season without getting ripped off in trades?" It's obvious as this team stands, the White Sox have overachieved big time and if things stay the way they are, the team ultimately will finish 20 or so under .500 and as one of the worst teams in the league. However ... the team also has a handful of the best players in the game. They are Moncada, Tim, Abreu, Eloy, Gio and Colome. You might want to throw a hot McCann in there. So ... after releasing Alonso you bring up Palka and make him full time DH and hope for the best there. However you need two starting pitchers, a setup reliever and you need an Avi Garcia type of bat for the outfield. You need a lot of help on the mound. So you gamble and bring up Cease, acquire a veteran stud starter and those two relievers and you might make the playoffs. Of course Manny or Harper would have really helped the cause. So what do you say? Can you improve during the course of a season without getting ripped off in trades or not? Do you stand pat, feel good about the highlights and go ahead and let it play out and ultimately finish 20-30 below or make some deals? (The only argument I'll accept other than my questions is ... are so many teams tanking that the Sox as they stand actually are better than the other tank teams and as a process of elimination can keep this type of record all year?). I'm sure you all agree with me as it stands our roster is not what would be deemed a winning roster.

True, that I haven't been a fan of many many of our acquisitions. They just seem to sign guys that don't excite me AT ALL. Yes almost every signing has angered me. John Jay, Beef, even McCann (who I think I may be wrong about), Soria, other relievers. That would change if they signed somebody I liked. For instance remember all the rumors of Markakis being a Sox? I always wanted him. I did want Harper, not so much Manny.

If u stop calling him Rey-Lo he might get good again I prefer some other nickname. Lucas is an all star, folks.

Glad to beat those bastards. Any win over KC pleases greg. We have a lot of making up to do from past seasons. I hope we beat them like a drum all season. Good job, Sox.