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Well, either way. I have to work late tonight so this is perfect

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 05:52 PM) Wow. Well, he may not have been able to hit those if he didn't have a starting gig.

QUOTE (Tony @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 05:45 PM) Dan Hayes just confirmed. https://twitter.com/CSNHayes/status/697928034154782721 The Sox want this out there. What that means, you can make your own interpretation. Correct. Though, it is just after soxfest. They may have decided to throw Danny some bones this year. Reinsdorf does own part of CSN.

I bet Dan is just confirming that Heyman tweeted.

Do they really though? All of Hahn's recent moves we've known pretty well in advance they had interest. Samardjiza days in advance. Frazier interest for months. Lawrie was telegraphed like a glove. Latos was only "surprise" Peavy to Boston, etc etc

If we didn't use WAR would we know just how useless Avi was?

I'm fine with lower OBP, as he is improving our power considerably (as a whole, we are much improved). Looking at a likely 100+ home runs from our infield with Desmond. We had low obp + low power last year. At least have solved one half of that equation in this signing.

My main problem with qdoba is rice. Their rice is always dry and grody.

Well, I guess the wire is right. The question isn't if they'll make a dumb move, it's when. Kudos to the patience of the law enforcement officials here.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 02:43 PM) I would love a Desmond signing. Infield would have serious power and then you could try trading for an OF piece to platoon with Avi. Couple of random thoughts if this were to happen: 1.) Do you sign him for 2-3 years or offer him a 1 year prove it deal where you recoup the comp pick after next season? 2.) If Saladino is moved to utility, that pretty much makes Carlos Sanchez expendable, right? I think Saladino can cover anywhere in the infield better than Sanchez Depth has been sorely lacking on this team. Having two players with elite defense and speed on the bench isn't something we should just trade for...trades sake.

Falling out of love with this. Maybe 2 year deal with latter being a team option.

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 02:04 PM) Nerlens Noel is the guy I wanted all along. I don't think Noel is a good fit next to Okafor, and if Embiid comes back next year, they'd have a logjam of poor spacing. I wonder if Noel could be had for Niko + first rounder. Noel would be a good fit next to Gasol and Portis. Why would Philly rely on Embiid coming back?

Lopez + something is hilarious considering the team. Picks? Jarret Jack?

Nice to hear stuff on minor league instructors like that.

That is hilarious that he traveled.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 07:04 PM) That wouldn't be bad. I would like all non playoff 1st rounders protected. This makes most sense to me.

Wait wha? Alvarez in OF or Davis moved to OF?

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QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 02:23 PM) Were the Blue Jays? Yes. They were in the playoffs and won their division.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 02:17 PM) Hell all you gotta do is play .500 ball through July to be one. Were we legit contenders last year?

None of what Cameron just said sounds like he "hates the white sox". We've all said similar things of this team.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 01:34 PM) While I am an advocate of getting Fowler/Desmond cheap, imagine what 3 top 47 picks and an influx of international talent from going over the pool could do to the system. They have to replace Fulmer/Anderson... It would certainly make me feel a lot better about 2020 and beyond.

Sounds about right. Could use a LatAm and draft infusion.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 01:20 PM) If the majority speaks, the majority speaks. It applies a lot of pressure though for candidate to take their campaign through a lot of primaries. That's a money suck.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 10, 2016 -> 01:14 PM) I was operating under career norms and I am in no way expecting best case scenarios. If Frazier could has a sub .300 OBP I wouldn't be surprised. LaRoche performed in the 90-100 percentile. He can't get worse. 3B, SS, 2B and RF were all black holes. You cannot get worse. If a performer is worse than one these positions production level last year they will be replaced. I think Eaton/Melky could have drop offs. Other than that, the Sox just need Sale/Q/Abreu/Eaton/Rodon/Robertson to stay healthy and the bullpen can't blow up. I was actually defending you. I thought your anticipated improvements were pretty conservative. Eaton I would say is most likely drop off in power, hopefully he raises OBP to make up for it.