Jake

Dunn tried to act like he hasn't done anything different. ...and I respect that. He doesn't want to draw attention to himself with a bunch of fluff pieces. He just wants to play better.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 16, 2012 -> 07:09 AM) So they spend over $100 million on 3 players who were All-Stars, but that doesn't count as spending money? lol nope - they have to be all-stars after you sign them, like we know Cespedes will be

That's scary - I hope they took him out of context or something because that sounds very pessimistic, especially for him.

QUOTE (MEANS @ Jan 27, 2012 -> 11:49 AM) Can't wait to go to Spring training, we usually go out every year but didn't last year b/c we go married and wanted to save some money. Going to 2 games while we are there. weak priorities

This is like when a college team signs a top recruit's older brother. Sure he might not seem worth it, but the person he's close to will be.

Looks like the Sox are giving him a chance to prove that he is a changed man - nothing at stake here. We're not even letting him in Major League camp to potentially screw up and sour the team chemistry.

Cubano is back!!!!!

It would have to be so damn tedious and slow to articulate any kind of thought that it would be near maddening, especially if you could remember a time in which you could simply speak or type with your fingers.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 13, 2012 -> 09:50 PM) SERIOUSLY! Where'd he go and why? IIRC, someone pissed him off in the Filibuster - I could be way off there, though.

I miss Cubano.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jan 12, 2012 -> 11:35 AM) Kevin_Goldstein Kevin Goldstein Multiple reports, originally from @kevcabral , have Yeonis Cespedes joining Aguilas Cibaeñas in the Dominican Winter League. 2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply Marco Paddy, enjoy your stay in the Dominican.

Well, that was a waste of my time to read. Phil Rogers would fit in really well on a message board, because there it is acceptable to not do research and just say whatever comes to mind, biases or not.

So is this dead?

How was this rumor so hot, only for the thread to die for 45 minutes?

WAHHH just confirm something damn it

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Jan 5, 2012 -> 04:43 PM) FarrellBall FARRELL BALL They're close, but nothing is done though. #FarrellBall RT@AndrewStoeten More Twitter Rumour Fun: Guy Claims Jays Are Acquiring Gavin Floyd 1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply This is good to read.

I believe he needs to gain citizenship in DR first before he can be given a work visa to be signed and play in US.

Lol at being mad for trading Jason Frasor and not getting a big time arm in return - I'm pleased. KW seems to be doing a good job at this rebuild/reload so far.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 31, 2011 -> 03:41 PM) Sox are also willing to spend money to build a future (ie, signing Danks to long term deal). We sign Cepedes, and we get him through the 2017 season a the minimum. This. I am worried about a player that hasn't been tested by basically any reference point that we have, though. I'm okay with rolling the dice though - more fun.

I wouldn't want anyone to think I was throwing my son under the bus.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 22, 2011 -> 01:03 PM) Not tweeted by k0na, therefore I don't buy it. this ^

Can we recap which trades he has broken before?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 21, 2011 -> 12:42 PM) What replacement players? Did we sign some veteran I didn't know about? If Sale and Reed step up to give 5 WAR, that works, but that's not something you can obviously count on, especially with Sale probably hitting an innings slowdown in July. Point is, just from those 2 guys departing, we have 5 WAR to make up somewhere. Dunn alone having an average season for himself at DH would be an enormous WAR turnaround.

I wouldn't talk about Carlos Torres like he had no stuff. When he pitched with the big league club, he showed that he had decent juice on his fastball and rather impressive movement. I remember a good, hard slider and an alright change, as well. He just couldn't throw strikes - I'd imagine he could have been a good middle-back starter himself had he not had jitters/bad luck/whatever it was that made him lose his normally impeccable control when he pitched for the Sox.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 11, 2011 -> 10:06 PM) I don't think that is physiologically possible. That's why when Braun tested that high it's pretty much guaranteed to be from outside his body. That's what I was thinking, but I'm just some guy on the internet.