fathom

Judging by his twitter account, Desmond is not in Chicago taking a physical....he's out fishing today

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 08:54 PM) http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/orga...-rankings-list/ BA ranks us at #23. I know they graduated a ton last year but still surprised the Cubs fell to #20. Texas traded a bunch of prospects for Hamels but improved from #11 to #7. Braves went from #29 to #3, pretty impressive. More shocking was how high Law had the Cubs ranked

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 09:04 PM) Seems steep, honestly. Desmond Jennings is pretty blah. Before last year's injury-plagued season, Jennings had been better than Fowler in 4 straight season.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 09:59 PM) Can't imagine the Sox would be interested in much more than a 1 year deal + club option with Anderson waiting in the wings, unless they plan to use him in the IF. I'd love to see Desmond, but still think they should add an OF in addition. Always felt that if they had the money and desire to give up a draft pick, my dream scenario was Desmond and Jennings. I wonder if Saladino and Petricka gets you Jennings, as Tampa has been known to be looking for some more SS help.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 09:42 PM) .674 OPS last year, right? Yep, clearly had a bad year last season. Hope is it was an outlier and he bounces back to the form that made him the best SS in baseball. I don't expect him to be a near 5 WAR player, but I'm confident he can be a 2.5

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 09:40 PM) I know the Sox need to improve defense, but I have a really hard time stomaching a FA deal for a guy whose offense is so bad. Desmond?

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 09:39 PM) I really do like this. Saladino coming in as a defensive replacement and spot starting is his ideal role imo. Sanchez replacing Lawrie. Shuck replacing Avi in RF. Saladino replacing Melky in LF. Not bad. That's if we sign Desmond and/or don't sign/trade an OF. I also love the idea of Saladino as a PR. Saladino would get plenty of at bats backing up Frazier/Lawrie/Desmond. Would give the others a chance to DH vs LHP as well.

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 09:38 PM) Players who do not have a good approach at the plate and are huge defensive liabilities, that Viciedo and Avi for us. Guerrero fits into that category. As previously mentioned, Avi is younger and still getting stronger. While Guerrero has more power at this point, he still doesn't solve our issues of OBP and outfield defense. Wasn't all of Guerrero's power the first few months? Seemed he had ten homers early and just fell off a cliff.

3 straight tweets about Desmond....that's it, done deal

Seems like a trade with the Indians would make a lot of sense

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 12:40 AM) I just hate that Fowler doesn't do anything to improve the OF defense. If he were a good defender, I'd be fine with it. Remember when Hahn said any addition would have to be a good fit? Absolutely thought at the time he meant that Fowler wouldn't help the defense.

Simplest solution is they have no money left

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 10:15 PM) if they "promised" him that already then they really don't have much confidence in Johnson at all. Some strange things relating to Johnson over the last few years: - inexplicable velocity drop - going to an outside source for help - rumor that Sox were looking to trade him

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 10:22 PM) Just to point out roster is now full. There has to be at least one more bat brought in, as right now there's no one to push LaRoche.

I think Latos has a much better chance of rebounding than Lincecum

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 10:10 PM) Just makes you wonder what is really up with Latos when Fister, Arroyo, and Masterson all got deals with the possibility to make double what Latos got. As everyone here noted his peripherals were for the most part good and his velocity was even up a tick. Plus he's still under 30. The writing is on the wall for a very plausible bounce back and there was literally 0 market for him? Just doesn't make any sense. Either he's the world's biggest douche or there's something else up we don't know about. Or he really wanted to go somewhere that would promise him a starting spot?

From mlbtraderumors chat: 2:08 Justin: Thoughts on Latos to WSox? 2:09 Steve Adams: Pretty stunned that the deal is $3MM without any sort of incentives. There are tons of reports of Latos' clubhouse persona being a negative, and I've heard from a couple execs who were very averse to the thought of adding him to their clubhouse, but I still expected a bigger guarantee. Love it for the Sox.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 09:11 PM) Better yet, Puig. You have been pretty outspoken about his character issues, what stories are you going on? For Latos, it's just general reputation. Seen some stuff on twitter in last 15 minutes by writers for other teams saying he's a horrible clubhouse person. Colin DunlapVerified account ‏@colin_dunlap 48m48 minutes ago I can't get mad at Pirates for not bringing in Mat Latos. Heard from many he's one of worst clubhouse guys out there. Atrocious teammate.

Might as well turn full heel (bad guy) and trade for Braun

40 man is full now, FYI

Latos might be a terrible person, but even he has to know this might be his last chance at getting a MLB contract. Lots of motivation for him in 2016.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 07:53 PM) I'm just surprised Baltimore didn't take a chance on him or offer him more than $3 million, their rotation is projected for 2nd worst in baseball. Seems like they're the favorites to sign Gallardo. That won't go well

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 08:49 PM) The only things I can see is he somehow burned his bridges out of Cincinnati and was pretty upset with how the Dodgers used him. I am sure Frazier was consulted about his perceived clubhouse issues, and they signed him, so it probably isn't nearly as bad as rumored. There were rumors about his attitude as far back to his first few years in San Diego

Just hope we don't see a follow-up tweet saying Sox are done

Time for Bulls to sign Will Bynum and take over his home town