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QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 6, 2016 -> 10:25 AM) Why? It isn't a win now year. If anything, the sox get Danks and LaRoche off the books next year so they will have more salary room. This could be the building year for following year. It could be a win now year but it doesn't need to be if the price becomes outrageous. I do agree with this. '17 could have Fulmer too. But we are win-now in the sense that we ...aren't ....win-later. If that were the case we'd still have all those young guys we just traded away. The Sale/Abreu window necessitates that.

QUOTE (Baron @ Jan 6, 2016 -> 10:21 AM) The win now players are Cespedes and Upton. Not Dexter Fowler. Who's been playing some Avi Garcia defense the past few years. Those are the win-now players but to get them we cant have anyone get into the bidding. If Gordon took 4 years from KC and we werent offering more than 3, that means we arent the only bidder. If a big spender is bidding, we arent getting Cespedes or Upton, point blank. We will give it our attempt i'm sure, so that would be nice if we get a surprise. Fowler or Parra make sense because we still have holes elsewhere, and the Sox usually are right around here salary wise, arent they? We dont differ tons year to year. Fowler would give us much needed OBP-- would be a lefty bat too, and his career numbers from that side are fine (though not his preferred side). We need more of that too-- not just RH star slugger power

QUOTE (Sockin @ Jan 6, 2016 -> 10:18 AM) Giving up a draft pick for Dexter Fowler would be monumentally stupid IMO. But it's a win-now year. The draft pick could cause his average annual salary to go down too (and it's not our best pick either)

This guy below isnt a source but he is along my way of thinking. I feel like they are pushing the Royals to spend...now they'll push someone else to spend........and then when the big names are off the board, they'll have a three year deal with a Dex Fowler or Gerardo Parra or something, which will leave enough money to bring back Alexei and be holeless. I may be crazy but I think that's the plan. To have a nice deal on a RF and maybe an Ian Desmond instead of Alexei--- it might actually be more total value than just Cespedes, who has only had one outstanding year ever James Fegan ‏@JRFegan 4m4 minutes ago The crowded OF market could allow the Sox to get someone good on three years or less, just not Cespedes nor Upton.

Cant help think how signing Yoenis means we'd still have a bad LH bat problem....and we'd be still suffering from a scary OBP problem.

Domino time Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 51s52 seconds ago The outfield market now will start moving, agents believe, starting with Yoenis Cespedes and Justin Upton.

This person has followers. Legit at all? https://twitter.com/royalsclubhouse/status/...564379208003585

Eerie

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 5, 2016 -> 09:30 AM) For f*ck's sake, players. Sh*t or get off the pot. I am expecting some movement today. Hope it happens for me.

Honestly if the real people cant use twitter properly, i'll take instead some grammatically correct fake accounts

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 10:44 AM) What? Seems like he was trying to answer a fan about something and mistakenly tweeted out something that looks like reporting. Probably nothing to see here...unless he just left some words out

Cryptic tweet from an insider, apparently a typo Jim Bowden ‏@JimBowden_ESPN 1m1 minute ago Pay Gordon & Angels sign Kendrick and Upton

Nightengale will be on 670 this morning, 9:20

Nightengale is reliable, though of course he could be fed something with purpose just like anyone else. Also it sounds like the # of buyers right now is pretty bad. You have to evaluate this with that info at the forefront of everything. This has the feel of a report that we'd get before (1) a signing (2) us getting out of the mix

dominoes all lined up behind this... Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 2m2 minutes ago Gerardo Parra waiting for more of top-tier outfielders to sign; Royals, Nationals, Giants, Angels have varying levels of interest in Parra.

Kazmir is better than Danks, but I am kind of surprised to see that their 2015 years didnt differ tons.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 29, 2015 -> 10:38 PM) Source: #WhiteSox want deal to be done so Hahn is ready to move on to other needs RHP and SS https://twitter.com/NickyMitch93/status/682038738965426178 More from this guy again Maybe we will get Cespedes, Gordon, Desmond and Chris Davis and then call it an offseason. Oh and Latos.

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 22s22 seconds ago Florida, USA chisox are at least weighing yoenis cespedes & alex gordon to fill an outfield spot @Ken_Rosenthal & @JesseSanchezMLB on it

QUOTE (Sockin @ Dec 29, 2015 -> 08:59 PM) More smoke, second person claiming Cespedes will sign with the Sox. @rickslat123 Multiple sources: Yoenis Cespedes @ynscspds has told White Sox he will sign with them. Deal worth north of 110 million. #mlb https://twitter.com/rickslat123/status/682015844033937408 This is an online liar. Longtime fraud

For what it's worth, Dan Hayes doesnt think we'll do much: Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 4h4 hours ago @mprotolipac24 I don't think they're doing anything Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 4h4 hours ago @mprotolipac24 I don't think it's happening. But again never ruling anything out with them.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 03:40 PM) That is too much for Gordon IMO. Unrealistic to pay Gordon the annual value of Melky, though. Gordon is far better and has been consistent for so long.

He murdered MiLB in his time there.

QUOTE (bruni @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 12:36 PM) Now we wait for the other shoe to drop: the trade of Robertson. Trading Robertson shed's $36 million in future commitments and gives Hahn an extra $10.1 million this year alone (Robertson $11M - Jones $.9M) from his closer role. Take the $10.1 and use it to put on a down payment for the 1st year of a stud OF like Upton or Cespedes and then back load the contract with the extra $27.5 M saved from the expiring contracts of Danks and LaRoche. Better yet, if you can trade Robertson for a young cost controlled OF w upside (think Soler type) and remove the financial burden and then take the money saved for another FA OF then you solve for both corners and move Cabrera to DH and dump LaRoche on anyone that will have him while even paying 80% or so of his remaining $13M. Make it happen Rick! Per Dan Hayes a Robertson salary dump is a 'very very small' chance.

Is Jesse Crain still in the org?

Jerry Crasnick ‏@jcrasnick 16s16 seconds ago Nate Jones has agreed to 3-yr, $8M guaranteed contract with #WhiteSox, sources say. Options included beyond that.