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QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 28, 2014 -> 08:19 PM) i am thinking Marlins or sCrubs Rosenthal just said it doesn't involve him. We're obviously getting Reddick.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 28, 2014 -> 04:18 PM) Great pass by Versteeg to set up the 3rd goal. He has been amazing this year.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Nov 28, 2014 -> 01:58 AM) It's much easier to replace a LF spot than a SS spot. SS is the most important position on the field and the hardest to replace and find good talent for. LF is one of the easiest positions to replace. It's like trading your QB to acquire a good FB. I really wish I could find Kal or qwerty's post about the SS versus CF debate.

QUOTE (shipps @ Nov 28, 2014 -> 12:56 PM) YES! Agreed. His name alone makes this the best signing of the offseason by far.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am off till Tuesday (get holiday pay) so suck it.

A small part of me wants to "buy low" on JBJ but that's mostly bias as he was a personal favorite prospect of mine when he was turning heads a couple years ago in the Carolina league. Plus, he was insanely good defensively last year at CF. He alone improves our outfield defense ten fold. It's a damn shame he can't hit a lick at the MLB level. (yet.. or ever.. who knows) EDIT: I exaggerated on the "insanely good" part. I'll leave that for the Juan Lagares of the world. Still very good though.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 24, 2014 -> 09:39 PM) He's more of a corner guy now (see Rasmus), but he's clearly a much more capable defender than Viciedo, for example. Obviously. That's where I was getting at.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Nov 24, 2014 -> 10:14 PM) Use Alexei to bring the OF in here. We can get a younger Reddick + for Alexei. I don't get you. You don't want Cespedes (not that I'm advocating him either) because of his low OBP career wise, yet you want Reddick because he's a couple years younger... and he has a lower career OBP than Cespedes does with over 200 more PA..

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Nov 24, 2014 -> 09:19 PM) Cespedes is a Viciedo profile player: low obp, good arm, bad outfield coverage, good power. He's better than Viciedo, but he's a similar profile. Cespedes does not fit well with a low OBP ballclub like the Sox. He fits perfectly with Oakland, which is why they were hurt when they traded him (even though cespedes for Lester is a super value trade for Oak; Oak just needed the O more than they needed pitching at that point)

QUOTE (ptatc @ Nov 23, 2014 -> 07:39 PM) I'll take Anderson Rather easily too.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 22, 2014 -> 10:10 PM) I remember some recent embarrassing losses in Edmonton. Payback is a b**** I hope we put up 10+ on them from that Sam "Gretzky" Gagner led beat down. I do feel sorry for their fans though. That org is a joke.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Nov 22, 2014 -> 04:41 PM) You shoulda seen the associations back in 2004 while I was drinking still. Ah... the ol' Katy days. R.I.P.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 21, 2014 -> 06:33 PM) Hmmm...not my favorite signing ever, but shouldn't hurt us. Exactly how I feel about it.

Bollig's reaction is even more funny.

http://nbc.rotoworld.com/headlines/mlb/451...-miguel-montero Supposedly Sox and Cubs among others in on him. David Kaplan just spoke of his "source" and reported it on his radio show too for both teams.

Hopefully this little tidbit doesn't get bucket into too much trouble. Soxtalk is a pretty popular site. Also hope it isn't too steep for better or worse. (More so just talk)

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 03:06 PM) Should have taken that bet from Feeky.... LOL . Felt bad for Feeky and wite. They were his biggest backers on this board and he just continued to suck.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 19, 2014 -> 10:52 AM) You win. Left patella fracture, out 3-4 months. Just brutal for his development.

Not a fan of giving any reliever three + years unless there name is Mariano. I'm sure he'll be awesome his first year with us with the move to the AL. We will see about the next two. I like it right now as a need, but not a fan of the contract.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 15, 2014 -> 10:23 PM) Aw man, I think I just got punked! Yea I thought it was obvious. People must of forgotten how smart Kal is, despite only posting like once a month these days.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 15, 2014 -> 08:49 PM) Btw, I think Butler is now officially the Bulls' best player. An often injured Derrick Rose and Noah pretty much playing on one leg? Uhhh... yea I'd say that's not too far fetched to say. (some would say Gasol, but they don't understand the game)

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Nov 15, 2014 -> 10:44 AM) Velázquez is a hell of a talent. We'll be hearing his name in a few years. I'd bet money Williams turns out to be the better player down the road. And that's if either of them make it. Higher upside.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 07:36 PM) We will know five years from now. We will know who turns out the better player. We already know who decided the prospect drafted to us.

I remember bucket saying at the draft that KW wanted Jackson and Hahn wanted Rodon. Obviously, we know who won that decision. I'm sure there are things Hahn defers to, but this is his call in the end I feel.