Buehrle>Wood

So the Big Ten isn't good.

Pleaseeee get an upgrade at catcher. I want Castro very badly. I would not hesitate to give up a decent minor league piece.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 05:02 PM) Someone with a better baseball mind tell me if we should expect Samardzija's current trend to continue and for him to be one of baseball's best #2 starters the next couple seasons. Yes. Buy he'll a number 3 because Q is still better.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 04:31 PM) Who's this other guy, Michael Ynoa? He "looks" like a right handed Chris Sale. ( 6'7' 209) He was once a top 20 prospect way back in 2010. He was called the best Latin prospect since King Felix. Since then he's been a nice mixture of hurt and bad since then. He's still only 23 though.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 03:56 PM) Interesting posting. I would be amazed if Shark puts people in the seats. Now I am a White Sox fan who splits time between Boston and Tampa during the season. In casual conversation, I have never heard a Red Sox fan say they were going to a game because Lester was pitching. Pitchers in New England do not sell tickets, the team does. If Abreu did not have a positive impact on attendance, my gut is only winning is going to solve the problem. In baseball, the team is absolutely worth more than the individual players when it comes to attendance. I'm not going to pretend we'll average 35k for shark's starts or anything, but I do believe we'll see a noticeable bump in walkups when he's on the mound. I believe the same holds true for a lot of Sale starts, promotion notwithstanding. I'd be interested in the exact stats on that though because I don't have them. Also of note is that this grabbed huge headlines without winning a game. That's something we've struggled mightily with since Ozzie left.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 04:00 PM) Sure the Sox can sign Samardzija before he hits free agency, but are they willing to go 5 years - 150 million plus for him. He may give them a little home town discount, but it won't be much. That's 30 million a year. He's not getting close to that.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 05:53 PM) Already said in a Pale Hose thread, but A's deal Brandon Moss to the Indians for minor leaguer Joey Wendle. Little surprised there hasn't been more talk about this move.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 03:29 PM) Not with a third string QB. I'm pretty sure I could win the Heisman if I started at QB for Ohio State.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 03:23 PM) Meh, I'm just excited, for the first time a few years my friends felt the need to actually talk crap about the white sox. Good! Friends talking baseball? Partying like it's 2007. Yes. Shark is pretty much an icon in Chicago at this point between his ND and Cubs stints. I don't think many baseball players can directly put butts in the seats for us (that mostly comes indirectly from being good) but I do believe he can. There's a lot more talk about this move among the casuals then there would have been if we signed Scherzer or Lester (not that he's better). I still had to explain to a lot of people today who Jose Quintana was though.

Thanks for showing your hand shark

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 11:50 AM) When he signed, he was considered a crown jewel. Yeah but he's not even a starter anymore. Not complaing. Shark is the haul here and I love this.

QUOTE (South Sider @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 11:37 AM) Ynoa a bust? Dudes just turned 23. Coop'll fix 'em and we just snagged another bullpen piece. Yeah buddy!!! Edit: probably not this year though. Still hasn't cracked AA. 23 year old who hasn't pitched in AA yet and started his pro career in 2010? Yeah he's probably a bust. Obviously injuries are a factor but that's good either. Still, worth the lotto ticket.

Ynoa was a top 100 prospect....4 years ago. Was as high as 20.

I imagine the 2nd Oakland player is actually a good piece then. Hopefully. Reddick.

Give us 25 million too and I'm in.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 09:45 AM) And then resumed crying for his Cubbies. He then said he thinks the cubs will go after him next offseason. Not sold we will sign him, but he sure as hell isn't going back to the cubs.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 09:46 AM) Why would the 2 teams do that unless it was a guy who needed a 40 man spot? Waiting until late May to complete the deal & seeing how guys do early in the year? It doesn't appear to be a ptbnl. We just don't have a name yet.

Levine said it's going to be a minor league pitcher going as the third guy. Seemed like he just found out on the air, but won't say a name.

QUOTE (Real @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 08:47 AM) Levine saying on the score that samardzija has not been told he's been traded yet. As well as the other players which is why they haven't announced anything.

I do think our starting pitching depth will be the downfall of this team, if anything. Sale will miss starts and youre probably going to need 6-7 guys making double digit starts. Good chance that means Rienzo and Carroll if he's around combine for say 15 starts. Last year Carroll, Rienzo, Bassitt, Johnson, Paulino, and Leesman made 45 starts. Danks made 32 on top of that. Obviously shark will clean a lot of that up. Hopefully Rodon can too.

See what you have with Noesi and Danks first. I'd rather have Rodon at the end of the season, and I'm not sure he can pitch a full year. I do wonder if we'd be willing to delay his season by a month.

Q>Shark. Both can be top ten pitchers in the AL though.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 07:20 AM) That mystery third player is killing me. But F*** it awesome job Hahn. The 3rd player is not going to be worth a damn or they would have reported it already.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 01:15 AM) I swear, some of you simply can't be happy with any deal. They just got a top of the rotation pitcher for 2 unknowns that made it to the majors and had a small amount of "success" if you could even call it that. Beck and Danish will make most forgot the prospects of Bassitt in a short time. I think everyone is happy with this.

Maybe we'll get another piece too