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QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 02:22 PM) We will find out in 40 minutes but always felt that was the plan. It is nice that we are swimming in money and our rotation will cost less than 20 million next year. I'm guessing we add a bunch of midlevel free agents. Sounds like 2005 Good, young rotation with an underperforming offense

QUOTE (chunk23 @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 02:19 PM) They pay him to play for another team so they can get good prospects so they can rebuild. Right now they're just dumping salary and will be fielding an even worse team next year. You're assuming we could get good prospects for Rios -- so far, the evidence suggests that we could not.

As much as I'd like to see Avisail up here, I'm not giving up Rios for nothing. Avisail could use some refinement as it is. He's hardly played a season's worth of games above A-ball

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 02:15 PM) What does that term mean, btw? Just filler? Yeah typically these are players that aren't expected be major leaguers, and if so don't have ceilings much higher than bench players

What we don't know is what exactly eating money gets us. If we eat money just to get a s***ty return, then no, I wouldn't eat any money

JIM BOWDEN ‏@JimBowdenESPNxm 15s Angels had no interest in a Trumbo deal with Pittsburgh...NO INTEREST lol NO INTEREST

I can sense it...people are going to start believing they know what all the offers were

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 02:03 PM) Sounds like they're trying to talk Cruz into appealing Even if he stays, their offense hasn't been good enough

It will shock me if Rangers don't do anything.

Come on stealth Hahn!

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 12:19 PM) Gillaspie shouldn't be starting on this team after this year. He's not very good. Of course he should be on the team. And, for now, he should be the starting 3B. The emergence of just about anyone as a 3B prospect would certainly relegate him to a bench role. There's no reason for him to not be on the team.

If Dunn went to Texas, he'd be beloved and their GM would be hailed as brilliant. He'd continue to knock in runs for a team that really needs it and they wouldn't have to give up anybody that the fans are familiar with to get him

Baseball America made the perfect comparison for Iglesias - Rey Ordonez. Rey was a f***ing amazing fielder, but just an abysmal hitter with no silver lining at the plate. While he has some of the best UZR numbers I've ever seen, he only exceeded 1.1 WAR once in his career.

No one considers it a bad one, but in mid-season there aren't many clubs that have budgeted for it.

I would feel that way if bucket hadn't made it seem like a deal was, in fact, likely Could be misreading that enigma though

I would feel that way if bucket hadn't made it seem like a deal was, in fact, likely Could be misreading that enigma though

Make a FutureSox.com banner and put it up there

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 10:05 AM) If you trade Alexei today, it wouldn't hurt to give Beckham a tryout at SS the rest of the way. I still would be interested in bringing Semien up. Can't argue with having Beckham slide over, though. Wouldn't mind seeing Sanchez up, but it would be like Jose Iglesias in that you know he's not going to hit

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 10:02 AM) Would he be a good defensive shortstop? We need that. I would say he probably couldn't be much better than average and there is some chance that he is bad at SS. I'm okay with that, though, if it makes room for a good 2B. I'd just assume bring up Semien, really

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 09:57 AM) Or maybe the Sox want to give Garcia a shot in CF, move ADA to LF and Viciedo will get some practice at 1B and split time with Dunn/PK? There's no way in hell Garcia should be getting more than token innings in CF

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 09:53 AM) Would look better with Blake Tekotte and Angel Sanchez

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 09:48 AM) This org has talent in it that can contribute pretty soon, now it's all about turning that talent into actual big league contributors. I still think that Dayan is the player most able to turn this franchise around. I wouldn't call it a likelihood that he does, but if he just starts to sniff his potential... The nice thing about getting Garcia is that it makes it hurt less if Dayan does not eventually pan out. I doubt they both fall flat. It should be said that IMO Garcia does not have as high of upside (as a hitter) as Viciedo.

We don't necessarily have to do this, but you have to think at least one of the veterans will go. Shaking things up seems inevitable and the right thing to do.

Rangers make way too much sense for Rios

Dayan, Avisail, De Aza, Beckham, Gillaspie, Phegley - That's not a bad young core to start building around. Get one or two of Semien, Wilkins, Sanchez, Trayce Thompson, Brandon Jacobs and you're doing pretty good. Hopefully Dayan and Avisail really figure it out, because they both have some insane upside as 3-4-5 bats