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QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Feb 22, 2016 -> 04:01 AM) There's a reason the Sox got him at the price they did -- his medicals. Fluid in the knee is just a symptom of structural damage and is the body's response to injury so in itself it tells us nothing other than something isn't right in his knee. Now, pitching isn't exactly golf but it's not basketball either. Can they manage the pain and swelling and can he pitch through some soreness and stiffness? Who knows. He probably will be skipping starts left and right so Johnson better be ready. i think so, wasn't there pitchers who sign contracts in the IR yrs, the team will hope that they will get a discount in the resigning. also, the fact that the sox has a very good pitching coach who can help in the rehab, the pitching side of his rehab..... as i was looking back, i see that the sox, while knowingly sign an injured latos, may not have been willing to sign a healthy sp to help this team. i don't get it, spend x-amount on a injured pitcher, how is he going to help this team this yr???

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Feb 22, 2016 -> 01:56 AM) Jackson can play all 3 outfield spots. he also gives the Sox the ability to hide Laroche from left handed pitching. I guess they want to see what they have with Sands and a couple of others. whether or not is is solely bases on his agent, it is really obvious, that the sox are sticking to their internal budget and are not moving. so this is why i really don't see anymore fa signings. for me,i can see the latos signing and the what he signed as proof.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Feb 22, 2016 -> 05:20 AM) Good because he needs to be the player they hyped him to be. esp when it might be obviously that the sox will not improve the OF position and he is the person in the starting lineup..... as of right now.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 21, 2016 -> 05:49 AM) Is it still a low risk high reward signing? well for me, i rather not voice my opinion or negative rant. however..... i look at the positive of this, if there is any, the sox usually have a 4 man rotation in the beginning of the season. next, the sox usually as with the rest of the teams, really need a #5 started sometime in late may but definitely in that late july and aug months. so this can be a introduction to ej to the games and if he falters, they will have latos rehabbing and will if he condition improves, will be able to help this team. i will still said, with this happening to latos, i will now look at getting another fa-sp.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 21, 2016 -> 07:01 AM) White Sox have a much better chance than the Bulls. Bulls are in basketball hell. They can't get out of the East and if they could they can't best the Warriors/Thunder/Spurs anyway. If the Sox get in the playoffs, they can win the whole damn thing with their pitching. this is a really nice post. i would change only a couple of things. ref to the bulls, they are in basketball hell, b/c of 2 things, #1 being the most important. they have a some really lousy contracts that needs to come of the books whether thru a trade or whatever. that it is what is holding back the team..... roster flexibility. the #2 is the team does not see how great this team can be, as in the past teams, b/c of their spending $$ philosophy.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Feb 18, 2016 -> 10:59 PM) Carl Crawford. only if they sweeten the deal with some of the dodgers prospect |s|, comp pick |s| and cash.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 19, 2016 -> 03:50 AM) No she didn't realize it. I just ignored her after that. It's been 5 years and she wants to get married within the next 2 and I just don't think I'm ready for that. On top of that, she wants to have kids before were 30 (we both just turned 24). I'm just not ready for all that right now and it's been 5 years, I do love and care about her, but it seems like we just want different things in our lives at this moment. It sucks. i am not going to give advice on relationship but i have screwed up everyone i ever had. so i will tell you my story and i will shorten it up and make it clean. i had a horrible teen age yr and yrs until 23 yrs of age. why, let say b/c of my social activities with my friends, being stab, shot, arrested... i never thought i will live past 23.... then i saw God the Lord almighty... btw, i still go to chapel 3x a week still. but i had a long road back to being legal and repairing my life. then great stuff started to happen, i found out i had some skills and succeeded, made really good money, went to work in DC, became good at what i did. but my career was my everything. relationship, i had then but my career came first and foremost .... now, well my life is in the twilight yrs, and i came to realize, i lost great, super great ladies all for my career. what a waste. point is, this is your burden, but sometime you will never know what you have until you loose it. really think hard and make sure you are making the choice you want to, not b/c of what your friends says or what you think the macho part in you will say. remember every male has that macho person in them wanting to come out. hence the beauty of the internet, they don't meet that other person.

saw the movie tonite call the race. story of jesse owens. great movie

what i am posting is not a direct or indirect shot or correction to anyone. what i am posting was something i thought would reinforced what was said, which is a great topic. #1 nice article and actual chart and explanation. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/st...-nations-combi/ #2 show global spending per top military https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldvi...t-of-the-world/ #3 RANKED: The world's 20 strongest militaries http://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-t...s-ranked-2015-9

i really don't know if the sox will go out and finish this, as far as i am concern, the fixing up the team is finish.

QUOTE (Saufley @ Feb 18, 2016 -> 02:36 AM) At this point, it does look like a good offseason. As many of us feel, we just don't want to see them stop short of making this team even stronger. shades of the 90's and only 1 WS title .... the owner great legacy to the sox fans.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 18, 2016 -> 02:06 AM) It may have nothing at all to do with money. It seems to have a lot to do with Hahn believing that Fowler isn't worth giving up a draft pick. I know that would drive the droves of "Sox are cheap" idiots crazy. Sox don't sign a free agent and it having nothing to do with money. draft picks or not, the point is to finish this job of fixing this team. the statement of the owners want another WS ..... at what point is the value of that statement, unless it is about "as long as it in the the sox budget"

QUOTE (Saufley @ Feb 18, 2016 -> 02:04 AM) If JR doesn't give him the money to sign someone or anyone who's fault is it? i have been saying, it is about the $$$$. is a thought, what if the sox does not get anyone of worth, or get no one else, was all this just lip service?? or how bout a 1 yr and 3-5 mil kind of player????

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 18, 2016 -> 02:05 AM) well, Hahn did blow a lot of money last offseason on guys that ended up being garbage....so it's an organizational fault. and RV had nothing to do with that???

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 06:46 PM) I think Jerry Sands can do anything vs LHP that Raburn could do. i really don't know anything on sands and i went and look him up, so basing on the stats, while i do respect your opinion, the stats does not paint a good picture on him. now with raburn, the one that stood out, every other yr he did good to really good offensively, but the other odd yr, he barely his weight. but of the 2 i will gamble with raburn, if i had to gamble. otherwise give me jackson.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 06:24 PM) Still think if they don't bring in Desmond or another outfielder, Raburn would be an ideal fit. very good idea. i haven't thought of him. i agree.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 05:27 PM) I could see the Sox going with a 6 man rotation early on to keep Sale/Q/Rodon fresh for a potential postseason run. i think the idea for yrs was to keep the early season rotation with a 4 man rotation then increase. i also remember some saying in aug, the dog days of summer, the bring up a 6th man to stretch the rotation. i can see the 6 man being use, esp if the sox are doing well, more like in aug and maybe sept.

QUOTE (Tannerfan @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 06:02 PM) So maybe the answer is already on the roster. JB Shuck: left handed bat, better defensively than Avi. 266 BA, 689 OPS compared to Avi's 257/675. Small sample size? Yes. Long term solution? Probably not. Better than Avisail Garcia? I think so. great idea i always wonder about that, but this is not the time to gamble with an experiment

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 05:47 PM) It's probably way, way too late to make the decision to go over the 2016 international budget both has to be spent, no choice, the owners made this mess thru their bad management. now they have to fix both.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 05:57 PM) Putnam? He had a down year last year However, he still had a 11.8 K/9 rate and is projected to have a 3.76 ERA in 2016 (according to B/R). The Sox have a solid bullpen and I think all those guys have value which leads me to believe either a member of the current bullpen or EJ will be dealt before Opening Day. Johnson absolutely tore up Charlotte last year and has nothing left to prove there. a great counter. i really can't find fault.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 05:40 PM) Let's spend over and bring in a lot of talent! at least once....

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 05:35 PM) Upgrading a -1 WAR position should be really easy to do, it doesn't require a "high impact" bat to be a significant upgrade. and that is great news from the advance stat group. damn it. pay his price, the team will make that money back. they can book it.

QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 05:31 PM) Just sign Jackson and be done with it. If a need is still there, you can always make a trade in season. i agree, but i think the decision will come from the highers ups.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 05:27 PM) If the Sox intend to trade for an OF upgrade and don't intent to deal Anderson or Fulmer, they would have to deal from their pitching depth. Sox will carry 12 pitchers, so I numbered viable guys for reference. Rotation 1. Sale 2. Q 3. Rodon 4. Latos 5. Danks Bullpen 6. Robertson 7. Petricka 8. Duke 9. Jennings 10. Albers 11. Jones 12. Putnam So potential trade chips or depth to step in for any of the above guys... Johnson, Turner, Beck, Kahnle, and Webb. Three guys who could potentially start and two who might be useful bullpen pieces. Just hypothetically, I wonder how valuable a Erik Johnson/Spencer Adams package would be to a team looking to get younger? With the cost of starting pitching skyrocketing, those two have a lot of years of control. i really like that list you assembled, but i still think EJ will be on the team, maybe starting in the pen. if, and i mean if that happens, looking for your opinion, whose sport will he take?? with ref to the list above.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 03:20 PM) So a guy who all 30 teams passed on is our #8 prospect? good point, my rating is based on potential, but more like a 13-15 type of prospect and as i said, i am really lousy in rating the sox prospects.