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QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 08:37 AM) If I remember correctly the Sox were one of the teams not to have sent anyone to see him pitch this year. That can't bode well. Maybe they were satisfied with what they saw on film or expected him to chase a max bonus? The more that comes out about Otani, the more he seems like a perfect fit for the White Sox and their contention window.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 07:49 PM) Abreu is an average 1B, at best, with a good bat but not going to bring back 2 top 50 prospects so it's Groome or Chavis but not both. Chavis ++ is probably what were looking at. Don't forget Devers was only 20 years old. Devers will improve as he matures and Boston knows it. I have my doubts that Chavis or Groome would make a Top 50 at the moment, especially Groome after the season he had. Also, Abreu has had no seasons with a wRC+ below 120 and 1 season with a wRC+ below 130. The Red Sox are looking for a bat. They're not going to find many better than Abreu. If they're not sending Groome++ (with preferably one of the +s being better than Chavis), I'd rather keep Abreu.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 06:19 PM) Lol, sure they do and wouldn't need to pull from their MLB roster. Michael Chavis would be a good headliner in a package for Abreu. Maybe if they're also sending Groome+. They had a low OBP slugging 3B, it didn't work well.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 05:56 PM) https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/11/red-...y-tax-cora.html Jose Abreu would help Boston score runs. They don't have the pieces to get Abreu unless they pull from their MLB roster.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 02:10 PM) 670 The Score‏Verified account @670TheScore 7m7 minutes ago #WhiteSox ponder whether to sell high on Avisail Garcia http://cbsloc.al/2m1sQo5 via @MLBBruceLevine Will anyone buy his future as a 4 WAR player, though? I think the potential is there, because I think we will see positive regression on his power numbers coincidental to the negative BABIP regression that's likely to occur. Steamer's 2017 projection has him as a ~2 WAR player, but changing the HR output from 20 to 25 turns him into a ~4 WAR player, and that's something I think we could see from Avi in 2018 if the change we saw in 2017 is sustainable.

QUOTE (Tony @ Nov 6, 2017 -> 09:33 PM) And Ronald would be wrong. He was younger and produced similar numbers at the same or higher levels.

QUOTE (Tony @ Nov 6, 2017 -> 08:58 PM) Nothing. He is the best hitter in MiLB, and I don't think it's that close. Ronald Acuna would disagree.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Nov 5, 2017 -> 07:36 AM) Good idea. Why hasn't anyone in Congress thought of that yet? Medicare for All Act of 2017

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 07:04 PM) There is no reason why the White Sox right now need to focus on getting a major league ready guy back for Garcia. We have a ton of talent at the upper minor levels about to hit, and a ton of AAA guys who we need to try out over the next season. A-ball talent is fine if it is promising - that's where we have room to play guys anyway. Don't worry about guys being blocked, worry about the return. I'm guessing someone like a Bo Bichette would be too ambitious for an Avi return?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 07:04 PM) There is no reason why the White Sox right now need to focus on getting a major league ready guy back for Garcia. We have a ton of talent at the upper minor levels about to hit, and a ton of AAA guys who we need to try out over the next season. A-ball talent is fine if it is promising - that's where we have room to play guys anyway. Don't worry about guys being blocked, worry about the return. A ball for pitchers, AA for hitters.

With the Garcia/Kelly thing, I was just looking for a near ready top prospect who is blocked on a team that appears to be interested in OFs in free agency. Kelly appeared to be the best fit. Ryan McMahon looks like another. Is there anyone else who fits that bill?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 10:06 AM) I'm surprised he hasn't trashed health care worse and I'm surprised he hasn't had much larger international conflicts so far. The rest of this is what the Republicans have been saying the've wanted to do for 8 years. They've wanted to repeal and replace the ACA for that amount of time as well, that went nowhere. Hopefully their tax plan has just as much legislative success.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 02:52 PM) https://twitter.com/axios/status/925847425037713408 Apple CEO Tim Cook: Russia-bought ads are only "0.1% of the issue." Bigger deal is social media being used to divide Of course he's going to blame the other tech giants. He's the CEO of Apple, his company isn't a social media company, so blaming social media takes Apple off the hook entirely.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 09:20 AM) One thing that's not being covered too much in the tax plan from what I've seen is that while they are doubling the standard deduction, they're eliminating the personal exemption. This means the changes are more or less a wash when you combine those two, and you lose out if you're currently taking SALT, student loan, medical, or mortgage deductions. A family of 4 under that plan has more taxable income. Now, that's supposed to be offset by the new tax credit for each family member, but that credit has to sunset in 5 years for it to work within their framework.

Free Agency - Sign RHSP/DH Shohei Otani to minor league contract - Sign LHRP Mike Minor 3 years $24MM - Sign RHRP Steve Cishek 2 years $14MM - Sign RHRP Tommy Hunter 2 years $10MM - Sign RF Michael Brantley 2 years $16MM Trade - Trade RF Avisail Garcia to Cardinals for C Carson Kelly Projected 2018 Opening Day Depth Chart C: Carson Kelly/Omar Narvaez 1B: Jose Abreu/Nick Delmonico/Matt Davidson 2B: Yoan Moncada/Yolmer Sanchez SS: Tim Anderson/Yolmer Sanchez 3B: Yolmer Sanchez/Matt Davidson LF: Nick Delmonico/Ryan Cordell CF: Leury Garcia/Adam Engel/Charlie Tilson RF: Michael Brantley/Ryan Cordell DH: Shohei Otani/Jose Abreu/Nick Delmonico SP1: Shohei Otani SP2: Lucas Giolito SP3: Reynaldo Lopez SP4: James Shields SP5: Carson Fulmer CL: Mike Minor SU: Steve Cishek SU: Tommy Hunter MR: Juan Minaya MR: Gregory Infante MR: Zach Putnam MR: Jace Fry How unrealistic is this?

QUOTE (GenericUserName @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 04:33 PM) I hope he doesn't come over until he's 25 that way whatever team gets him has to pay a ton for him instead of getting him for cheap. It will be just about in our contention starts, so it might free up a free agent that can help us. I'd rather see him come to the White Sox at a bargain basement price this offseason than that scenario.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 01:36 PM) MLB Trade Rumors‏ @mlbtraderumors 12m12 minutes ago Mariners Decline Options On Iwakuma, Gallardo https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/11/mariners-decline-options-on-iwakuma-gallardo.html …://https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017...gallardo.html …://https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017...gallardo.html … 1 year flip candidates?

QUOTE (ptatc @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 02:27 PM) The interesting part about his long term health will be the structural integrity of the should without a portion of the bursa. Would you agree with what Hahn said in the article, specifically that there is no increased risk of reinjury?

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 09:41 AM) Anyway this is DOA in senate. Fun suicide mission by Ryan though. What makes you so confident of that? I hope you're right, but they have 52 Republicans in the Senate and only need 50 votes.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Oct 31, 2017 -> 04:29 PM) I'll give you points for enthusiasm but winning the World Series is really, really hard. Much less the same manager winning it multiple times with the same team. It hasn't happened much. Especially for teams not named the Yankees. Bruce Bochy — San Francisco Giants: 2014, 2012 & 2010 Tony La Russa — St. Louis Cardinals: 2011 & 2006 Sparky Anderson — Cincinnati Reds: 1976 & 1975 Miller Huggins — New York Yankees: 1928, 1927 & 1923 John McGraw — New York Giants: 1922, 1921 & 1905 Joe Torre — New York Yankees: 2000, 1999, 1998 & 1996 Walter Alston — Los Angeles/Brooklyn Dodgers: 1965, 1963, 1959 & 1955-x x-Brooklyn Connie Mack — Philadelphia A's: 1930, 1929, 1913, 1911 & 1910 Casey Stengel — New York Yankees: 1958, 1956, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950 & 1949 Joe McCarthy — New York Yankees: 1943, 1941, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936 & 1933 Not sure if that's an all-inclusive list. Just what a quick google search gave me. Francona did it with the 2004 and 2007 Red Sox.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 04:51 PM) it has been factually debunked with statistics, but yeah. Thing is, Bernie himself is now the divisive figure in Democratic politics. See: Women's Convention fiasco. The idea that it's "his party" is laughable. Should he run, Trump will be re-elected. Please present said statistics.

QUOTE (GenericUserName @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 10:31 PM) So if we do end up at $100 million its really a $50 million increase? Thats good, but doesn't seem like it game-changing money that will make us change our spending habits. It stands to reason that a $50 million increase in TV money per year would mean that the team could afford a max payroll that is $50 million higher than anything they've done before.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 07:24 PM) It is entirely different. He is vastly inferior to Jimenez. No one would dispute that, but I fail to see the point you're trying to make.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 05:39 PM) You're creating an issue out of a non issue to support your idea. Both played together at Kanny and WS and both split time at C and DH, and pretty evenly. Worked just fine last year and there's no reason to think them being together at Birmingham won't work out fine as well. I disagree. First, Collins repeated WS to open the year while Zavala repeated Kanny. They were not both on the WS roster for very long, as shortly after Zavala's promotion to WS, Collins received a promotion to Birmingham. The org seems to be interested in seeing if they have something in Zavala as evidenced by his AFL assignment, and Zavala has responded very well in a league made up mostly of AA and AAA talent after doing very well all season. He's also 24, and will be 25 by the end of next season. I think a platoon such as the one you contemplate would stunt the development of both players, especially defensively, and I think with Zavala's age, it might be worth testing him to see if he can handle it. Worst case scenario is he busts, and I doubt prior to last season that they had any plans for Zavala considering they started him at Kanny at age 23. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 05:51 PM) Let me put it this way. if Eloy Jimenez is playing at AA, you damned well bet that Seby Zavala is going to be playing at AA. Why is his pace dictated by Eloy's pace? Eloy is 3+ years younger. I also think Eloy could probably start at AAA next year, but considering how valuable of a piece he is considered to be to this rebuild, he likely won't. Zavala's situation is entirely different, the White Sox are (or at least appear to be) trying to find out if they have something in him, and I don't think platooning him with Collins is the best way to find that out, or help the development of either player.

The issues with Zavala going to AA are Zack Collins (who will start at C for Birmingham next year) and he's 24, will be 25 next season. I said IF (and I recognize those are big IFs) he keeps hitting at this level, which he has hit very well, and has gotten better with each step up in competition level he's faced this year, and IF he can be a good defensive C, he could be a 4+ WAR player (see: 95th+ percentile scenario). My point is if you continue to stick Zavala behind Collins on the same roster, you'll never find out what he has to offer, because Collins will continue to be the organization's priority. There's only two directions, then, for him to go: down to Winston-Salem, where he's already proven himself, or up to Charlotte or Chicago. I'd rather see the org see if they have something in him by pushing him developmentally to get him reps than have him waste away behind Collins and wonder what could have been, especially if Collins doesn't work out.