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Juan Pierre is one of the hardest players in baseball over the last 15 years to strike out.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Dec 11, 2010 -> 09:22 PM) Langford won't play much as a freshman, IMO. Bertrand isn't that good. Paul/Richardson/Richmond are the starters 1-3. And then there minutes to be won. Abrams/Henry are still freshman, so Crandall will have an edge on them assuming his head is on straight. That's the only way I see him leaving is because of academic issues. If Paul has a good Big 10 season or strong postseason, look for him to try and test the draft waters.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Dec 11, 2010 -> 09:46 PM) Yep, heck they have bets on who scores the first bucket, who creates the first turnover, and who's likely to make a 3 pointer first. Combined 3 pointers is always a fun bet

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Dec 11, 2010 -> 08:46 PM) Quick Litmus: if Morel performed just a touch better than Getz did that one year (offensively), would we be satisfied? I think I would. He better hit for more power.

Congrats on the win Heads, but Iowa St. might win the all-ugly team this year. At least The Mayor looks spiffy in his suit.

Cowley now saying Sox are looking for a "Carlos Lee-esque package" in return for Quentin.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Dec 11, 2010 -> 08:53 PM) Yeah, if I'm Bertrand, I'm definitely transferring because he has no future with Illinois. I'd consider thinking the same if I was Crandall Head too. I've heard that Head's stay in Champaign won't be very long. He just doesn't have his head on straight, and really never has. I know for a fact that his people reached out to DePaul ever after he announced for Illinois, but they couldn't get on the same page.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Dec 11, 2010 -> 07:53 PM) Well, this offseason HAS gone pretty well. True, I still don't think it's sunk in yet that we have Adam Dunn AND Konerko back.

I wonder what directional school in Illinois Bertrand will transfer to now?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 11, 2010 -> 08:47 PM) Does anyone else think that a Viciedo/Domonic Brown RF platoon wouldn't be the worst thing to happen? Goodness people, do you really think the Phillies are going to give up the top prospect in baseball for Carlos Quentin?

It was great to see Thibs abandon the pick and roll and go more to the post up offense. That changed the entire flow of the game.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Dec 11, 2010 -> 03:06 AM) Good 2nd quarter for the Bulls. This game has been horrible to watch though. Yep, great 2nd half for Bulls. Korver needs to be playing 35 minutes a game just to spread out the offense. Not sure who is playing worse tonight, D. Fisher or Taj?

Bulls look overmatched against Lakers. I can't believe Bogans continues to get the start, and Boozer seems to just get in the way on offense more than he should be. Team definitely had better chemistry before Boozer returned.

Cubs are going to try and get Garza for guys like Carpenter, Archer, etc. It would be funny if they got Garza, as it would give them two of the most unlikeable players ever in Zambrano and Garza.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 10:34 PM) We might as well throw Jordan in too. Make it kind of a double family affair thing. Then we'd have to get BJ from Tampa, because i'm getting all sentimental in this holiday season. If I'm getting BJs from the state of Florida, I'm going to Gainesville and hitting on the Florida dance squad.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 11:21 PM) I'd package Johnny Danks + all of our prospects for Upton in a heartbeat. Agreed, especially if you can get a mediocre starting pitcher in return for Quentin.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 09:11 PM) Man I wish we had enough in the stable to get Justin Upton. Please tell me this is a cryptic message.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 07:10 PM) Ok, I know nothing about this guy. What is so intriguing about him? I assume we are referring to the guy that had played with the Blue Jays? All I can tell is that even the one year he posted a good ERA he had a horrendous WHIP (>1.5). I assume he has a live, power arm or something? Throws a cutter, I'm pretty sure. I think he has some drastic splits, as righties hit him much better.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 05:03 PM) I have no faith whatsoever in this organization to develop position players, let alone a catcher. I don't know what happened to Broxton last year. But from 2006 through 2009 he sported a 2.79 ERA, a 1.12 WHIP, a K/9 of nearly 12 and an ERA+ of 154. Not sure what his contractual status is. But he's one of the few relievers I'd have no problem with dealing Viciedo for. Torre also killed his arm by trying to have him pitch multiple innings. There were games I watched where there was no excuse for him to still be on the mound.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 05:47 PM) We have top prospects? I keep feeling like we'll trade Viciedo, Flowers, and Teahen for Broxton.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 9, 2010 -> 04:42 PM) Posting from my phone. Could be a rumor but I hear the Sox are deep in talks that involve some of our top prospects for pitching. Maybe we are also trading someone from our rotation? And there goes my work day.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Dec 8, 2010 -> 06:24 PM) One thing I think we're missing here is the fact that we don't know exactly what has transpired over the past three days. We have been going off of tweets and posts from people who have sources, hear things, etc. We don't know that it was all PK who held this up. And we don't know for sure that he was asking for $15 million a year. My speculation is that the sticking point was the third year. And they came to an agreement including the third year with some creative deferrment. I'm not saying PK is innocent at all, but to say he's greedy and he acted like Jeter...I don't know. Agreed, great post. We have no clue how much he was asking for, and considering what he finally signed for, it seems like Konerko and Landis holding out for $15 million was incorrect. Whatever happened, we got a good deal out of this.

So is he just prime trade bait now? Seems like he's blocked for 3 years now. I have no problem trading him with his value being pretty high.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 8, 2010 -> 05:20 PM) It is but we'll be able to sign a decent reliever for relatively cheap and then go out and trade for one somehow. Like I said, KW isn't leaving the pen like this, not happening. Everything I've heard is Thornton or Sale is closer, and they'll sign Byrdak as their other lefty reliever.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Dec 8, 2010 -> 03:46 PM) 37.5M over 3 years per ESPN. Not bad at all!