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Trayce has rallied from poor play enough times that I'm not sure what he would have to do for me to rule him out as a prospect

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 08:56 PM) He's got to get it going, as he's now 1 for his last 24. He and Trayce are on the wrong drugs right now

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 10:25 PM) No way do you make a trade with the Cards without getting Taveras in return. Would never make sense for them. He's the one guy they NEED on their big league team next year. Everyone else is fair game and there is plenty of talent in the "everyone else" group swing a deal.

They said on the radio that they told him to get the f*** off the logo and he was apologetic. I just don't see the reason to give this butthole the star treatment. He has no connection to Chicago.

If Thibs really loves Lu, so you defer to his judgment?

I would trade Sale for Matt Adams, Kolten Wong, Michael Wacha, and Stephen Piscotty. We get three guys you can pretty much plug right in, they get an ace without really shaking up the big league club's plans. Our pitching will still be great and Wacha can walk right in and be a potential ace as well.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 03:45 PM) Starters are more valuable than bullpen pitchers. But the key issue isn't really if pen-Axe plus starter-Santiago is more effective than starter-Axe plus pen-Santiago. The issue is that Santiago is the pitcher who has a real career in front of him. He's a good starter. he needs to be developed. I don't care if Axe sucks in the pen. Winning games this year isn't important. I like Axe, but he's 5th starter fodder. There's nothing to develop. Santiago in rotation and Axe in pen or Axe in AAA or Axe in Tokyo is still better than Axe in rotation and Santiago in pen. Santiago has always struggled to find consistency in the pen, has admitted that he had to quit throwing his screwball entirely because he can't find his release on it in a bullpen warmup, and he can't get lefties out. It should have been a no-brainer from the get-go

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/chicago...vailable-071013 More at link

I'm starting to hate Puig so much that I will actively avoid the innings he would play in the A-S game

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 03:35 PM) Who the f*** cares that Bieber was near the Cup. #BecauseItsTheCup

I'm rooting for T-Mobile. I'd love to have a carrier that rewards me for buying phones off-contract

I still think Pence makes more sense for us, but there's some chance SF pays handsomely to keep him there. He'd be a nice, marketable face to have around here and he may be overlooked by some of the other people vying for OFers

Hahn has long been the Boras whisperer in the White Sox org. I don't think we'd go into next year with 3 FAs and 0 new young guys in the lineup.

It's pretty clear that in most instances, Rose hasn't been able to bring out the best in his supporting cast. This doesn't mean Derrick sucks, but this isn't a situation like a prime Steve Nash where guys that suck kept having career years because the PG ran the show so well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 02:58 PM) WTF

Weird to think the 2-3-4 could disappear by a few weeks from now

Nobody gives a s*** if Puig doesn't make it. Seriously. It will be a non-issue.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 02:41 PM) Nick Cafardo ‏@nickcafardo 10m The Red Sox are looking everywhere for relief. Interested in White Sox trio Addison Reed, Matt Thornton and Matt Lindstrom. Okay, then I'l say with a straight face: Jackie Bradley. Gimme

LOL it'd be a shame if the best player won the All-Star vote, eh?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 01:36 PM) Not really. He was nearly Rookie of the Year for the Rockies his first season and then had a season like Viciedo is having now... But I wouldn't call it the scrap heap, I would just say we sold Aaron Miles at his highest possible value. John Danks was scrap heap? A Top 10 draft pick at that age....don't think so. John Danks was a near-MLB ready prospect, the original subject of conversation.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 01:29 PM) I think a lot of teams will hesitate on him because of his injury history and that'll hurt the length a little bit. I'd probably be willing to push 5/$75, but I can't be sure someone won't gamble Jose Reyes money on him. Might well depend on whether there's an org doing anything deliberately stupid this offseason like the Marlins were then. I don't think I'd want to give him 5 years. Would that be the longest term contract we've given a FA ever? Was Belle's that long (I know he opted out before it got that far)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 10, 2013 -> 01:25 PM) So was Carlos Quentin, Paul Konerko, Connor Gillaspie, and Gavin Floyd. John Danks. Juan Uribe was also a scrap heap trade get.

I'm curious what the difference is between the Booz that played with Deron Williams and the Booz that plays with Rose. Couldn't be the point guard....could it?

lol Caulfield, you have too much time on your hands. Just relax and don't overanalyze. Look what a couple days off did for Dayan!