Soxfest

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 01:39 PM) Addison reed ‏@Areed43 10m Cant thank the #whitesox enough for everything that they did for me..2 years of my life that i will never forget I liked Addison wish him nothing but the best in Arizona.........good guy.

QUOTE (dayan024 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 01:27 PM) Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 4m As the roster is constructed now, I wouldn't say Davidson is a lock for Opening Day. But certainly a huge part of their future. That is fine 2014 will be full of growing pains anyway you slice it.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 01:23 PM) For a freakin reliever! I can't remember the last time I've been this excited for a Sox trade. I absolutely love this. Arizona did not like his footwork.........OK..........This is not ballet........Love the trade.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 01:20 PM) So for those keeping score at home, the Sox have managed to acquire their probable future #1, #3, #4, and #5 hitters in the last 6 months. Those hitters the Sox have gotten are under team control for 22 years. 6 for Abreu and Davidson, 5 for Garcia and Eaton. I am keeping score. Hahn is doing a outstanding job IMO...........I am stoked to watch these guys develop. Sox future looking real bright.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 16, 2013 -> 01:19 PM) Scot Gregor ‏@scotgregor 5m As of now, Nate Jones figures to take over closer role in place of Reed for #WhiteSox Makes sense hard thrower might do well in new role.

I think Hahn has done a nice job with getting young guys for future while not killing what minor league system Sox have left. Sox will have money for free agents when the time comes.

MLB.com's Steve Gilbert reports that the Diamondbacks are close to acquiring White Sox closer Addison Reed. Matt Davidson, a promising third base prospect, is reportedly headed to Chicago. Reed saved 40 games in 2013 for the White Sox while posting a 3.79 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 72/23 K/BB ratio in 71 1/3 frames. The 24-year-old righty should do well in the ninth inning for Arizona and will maintain considerable fantasy value on a good D'Backs team. Per Rotoworld Sox sure love to trade young closers.

Give away Gavin has moved to the NL..........goodbye.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 15, 2013 -> 02:24 AM) WTF? I get that people think I'm an idiot for backing Winston, but what the hell else was he supposed to do? People are going to say and/or think things about him anyway. He handled that incredibly well. If his speech was "all about the incident" then you're hearing what you want to hear. He brings up the allegations, he's dumb. If he doesn't say a thing about it, he's going to get ripped for ignoring it. That's ridiculous. EXACTLY. That was NOT the time or place to address it.

Charles took me down and lost by 4 pts.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 15, 2013 -> 09:45 PM) Cena heel turn may actually be coming at mania. I would be shocked If he went heel especially as face of make a wish for WWE and merch sales to kids.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 15, 2013 -> 09:06 PM) Bray Wyatt is absolutely fantastic. That backward crawl was awesome.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 14, 2013 -> 10:13 PM) Another disastrous second half collapse for Illinois Illini fading for long stretches with 8 minutes left against good teams happening alot under Groce.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 14, 2013 -> 08:06 PM) Winstons speech all about the incident. How dumb. That was the last thing he needed to be talking about right now.

This ruling is wrong on so many levels.

I like the Nieto pick low risk high reward.

QUOTE (dayan024 @ Dec 11, 2013 -> 01:00 PM) Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler 22m The Rule 5 draft is tomorrow. @jjcoop36 has the names to know and scouting reports in his in-depth Rule 5 preview: http://bit.ly/1h0eE1Q Cubs losing the 4th pick overall to Phillies I did not know.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,7800926.story

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Dec 11, 2013 -> 02:16 PM) SOA finished strong, still a tad confusing as to why something happened toward the end but still a decent show. Last 15 minutes were crazy.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 11, 2013 -> 03:23 PM) This is difference between football and basketball in Champaign. There actually are people who think there is no justification to fire Beckman. No matter what, year 1, year 2, if a basketball coach came in and his only conference win was a close one vs. NU, he would be gone in a heartbeat. And you are only kidding yourself if you don't think his job status has any effect on his recruiting. Recruiting under Beckman is rock bottom already, not 1 top 300 recruit under Beckman. All he gets is Ohio kids nobody else any good offered and are not Big Ten caliber players.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 11, 2013 -> 02:01 PM) Yeah not on board with Cutler getting an average of $20M a year. Spend the money on the defense seems Trestman's system will work with a lot of Qb's.

http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-...ll-be-back.html Banks will be back at Illinois, the youth crutch of 2013 is not going to fly next year... ....Only good thing is Beckman and Banks will both be fired after 2014.

CBS Sports' Jon Heyman reports that the White Sox will be fielding trade inquiries on Alejandro De Aza following the acquisition of Adam Eaton. Eaton will take over in center field, leaving De Aza without a position. De Aza is projected by MLBTradeRumors.com to make $4.4 million in his second year of arbitration this winter. It's not a bad price to pay for a guy that's batted .278/.343/.421 with 30 homers and 58 steals over his last two and a half seasons.

Jacobs no big loss. Still like the deal.

ADA is not going to bring much back in a deal.