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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2017 -> 04:29 PM) MLB Trade Rumors‏ @mlbtraderumors 10m10 minutes ago All nine qualifying offer recipients have officially declined their offers: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/11/all-9-recipients-will-reject-qualifying-offer.html …://https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017...ng-offer.html …://https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017...ng-offer.html … This was the expected behavior after new CBA right?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 17, 2017 -> 08:33 AM) Pretty amazing. I voted for him initially. Didn't vote for him in the primary but did in the general election his second time, and vowed not to vote for him ever again. If a better candidate doesn't emerge, I am leaving that portion of the ballot blank or writing in someone as a protest. He initially looked like he was going to be good, but he's all about who is ponying up cash. I live in the Gold Coast, right on the border of Old Town. It may seem simple, but on the Gold Coast side of Clark, all new sidewalk. On the Old Town side, sidewalk repairs here and there. That was about 2 months into his reign. I knew all I needed to know then. Yeah pretty much same. But seems like a lot of the good talent that could have ran against rahm went after Rauner. And I swear it's going to end up being like Rahm vs. McCarthy and ugh.

I wonder about that. I feel like they consult cooper for ML guys, but after we acquired Lopez/Giolito it was clear cooper hadn't watched much on them. I wonder if he's brought in on the minor league guys or if it's left to the scouts.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Nov 17, 2017 -> 08:41 AM) It's pretty crazy how Porter centered that team is. Reminds me of the Eric Gordon Indiana teams. They won 8 games last year so not that crazy.

It doesn’t blow my mind or anything, but kinda shocked how effective Rahm is at clearing the field when he’s this unpopular

Mizzou uh, getting pretty destroyed here. Maybe shooting 14%

I know no one is gonna shed a tear for me but game no. 3 of no Porter Jr. No more clear information than a week ago. When you only get 30 or so games with him ...

I am not sure I could disagree more. White collar crime like bribery can cause just as much societal damage, either it be through distrust of institutions or in some cases schemes that end up in death like Ryan, but get viewed as harmless since they weren't holding guns to peoples heads. They deserve the same punishment. They were given power, they knew better, they took advantage. They don't deserve a soft landing. Should those accused of cyber crimes just get house arrest?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 16, 2017 -> 01:39 PM) I thought they get more than that. I'm sorry! That was 2016-2017 so this is 4.75, my bad everyone I"m going to edit the original post

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 16, 2017 -> 12:49 PM) And the Supreme Court has kept refusing to hear any of his appeals. With what pols get away with in this country, it amazes me that he is still in jail. I don't know who he pissed off, but he did a damned good job of it. For one Pat Fitzgerald was a very good prosecutor so there was less to nitpick. But yeah, I actually thought blago had a very good appeal. I'm glad he went to jail and I thought we were in a turning point. But then bags of money in freezers and now menendez off. Bob McConnell off. Not good.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 16, 2017 -> 01:37 PM) The Yankees have a 40 man roster crunch problem as well. *Suggestive eyebrow raise* Though the sonny gray trade helped a bit in that regard.

Are we aware of how much money we have left? We had 2 300k signings (I believe). 4.75 million-600k = 4.15 million 4.15 million - 500k = 3.65 million Say the other two were 500k, then were still ~2.5, so yes we can make quite a few more.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 16, 2017 -> 12:21 PM) The good news is that it did not cost 20 million Americans health care coverage. So yeah, Supreme Court, you legalized bribery but it kept people insured! This still sucks. Menendez was always one of my least fav senators after the Nelson/Landrieus left.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Nov 16, 2017 -> 11:15 AM) I haven't watched a ton this year because with Lavine out the only interesting Bulls player is Markkanen but the guard play is just painful to watch every time I do tune in. None of Valentine, Dunn, Holiday, Grant or Zipser have any offensive ability. Holiday could be really nice in a jamal crawford role but he ends up being our main ballhandler on way too many sets.

Bob Menendez case ending in mistrial. Basically bribery is legal now. Blago case almost assuredly could not have led to conviction under these new standards.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Nov 16, 2017 -> 11:28 AM) Not sure how much the sox have left in pool money but most they can give ohtani is 300k. So any money they have over that is free game. While this is technically true, but providing more signing money to the teams that are the most likely and competitive to sign him they are decreasing their chances each day. We are not suitors for the guy.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 16, 2017 -> 11:26 AM) He's also got a power curve. If he figures it out command wise, him and Burdi at the back end of the pen.....oh my..... Yeah just saw that video.

On twitter, the prospect guys are loving this trade for white sox which is nice to hear. His k rate is surprisingly low to me for this kind of arsenal, but I'm so excited for our pitching coordinators and Cooper to work with him. This guy could be Kahnle 2.0, and was in AAA last year so may be on our bullpen this year.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 16, 2017 -> 11:18 AM) Just give away all the international money to Otani's suitors for more warm bodies. warm bodies but each with one plus tool

Nice move. As others, I don't expect us to compete for Otani, so taking advantage of that market in this way is nice to see. Burr and now Vieria are the types of players I like seeing added.

It's funny but I think we overrate how much these players are interested in money, they want to play with the best in the world and know they'll get paid well if not maximum amount, to do so.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Nov 16, 2017 -> 10:32 AM) Not too bad since he can collect another $3 million for his trouble. Really not awful. No, but they already force them into a system that restricts how much they can make. He did that, and the team got in trouble for basically acknowledging he is worth much more and cheated to do so. Then they send him back again into that system. He's not in that class anymore, he's had 2-3 years in professional instruction and teams have been able to scout on same playing field. He should be a FA.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Nov 16, 2017 -> 10:50 AM) What would stop a guy like Maitan from taking millions to play in the NPB for three years and then come back to play in the majors? That path would create a much larger earning opportunity and he could come back to a Tanaka like deal and not have to go through years of team control and the arbitration process. If he progresses the way that people think, a 23 year old Maitain could get a huge FA deal instead of perhaps entering his second year at the league minimum. He'd have to be 25 now.

Sucks for him.