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Chatwood and cash from Cubs for Fulmer. He's owed $13 million in his last year of a deal, let's throw the Cubs a bone and pay $5 million and let them pay $8 million for a guy to pitch for us. His stuff should play in the AL and he can start if needed. Anyone know anything about this Austin Brice guy the Marlins designated for assignment? I'm also down for bringing Nova back at $5 million. Never enough arms.

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What about Tyler Chatwood and/or Kimbrel from the Cubs if the Cubs keep 50% of their salaries and we give up nothing prospects? Chatwood 1/6.25 and Kimbrel at 3/24 might be buy lows worth taking. Chatwood has the stuff to pitch in the AL and could be another starting option in a pinch. If Kimbrel really is washed, you can still probably flip him to an NL team by eating 50% at any point I would think. Also do the Marlins have any relievers who would be worth going after with Zach Collins? Send him back to Miami where he raked in college to give them a local connection that they could sorely use down there.

Would there be a price that you would want Heyward/Darvish from the Cubs if the we got them for next to nothing? Would rather help the Cubs over the Red Sox if we are being serious about winning a World Series in the next 5 years.

Baseball tonight mentioning adding 2 SPs, Price + Benintendi for Prospects White Sox WILL add 2 starting pitchers to front of rotation this offseason.

Arenado became available yesterday afternoon. Would Vaughn, Madrigal, Dahlquist & Thompson get it done? Could something along those lines be this interesting offer?

All 3 of Price, Eovaldi and Benintendi and $27 Million for Carson Fulmer. Use that $120 they were about to spend on Wheeler for 5 seasons and use it over 3 years instead for 2 starters in Price and Eovaldi. I call it...plan E (as in plan Emergency). You're welcome, Hahn.

Who wouldn't Theo part with to get Colome? Instead he throws 3/43 at Kimbrel an gets this. Does anyone else think with Colome this team is in the playoffs or at least in the lead at this point?

Kelvin Maldonado trains at 1st Round Training near Bradenton/Sarasota (technically Ellenton) Florida. Former White Sox player Lastings Milledge is part owner. They are very responsive on social media (Instagram, Facebook, etc) if you have any questions on him specifically.

Haven't seen much of Singer but I'm getting a Carson Fulmer vibe... Can someone explain the similarities/differences of those two in college?

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 11:40 AM) That's more than a calculated risk. Max I'd do is something like pick 2 of Rutherford/Fulmer/Cease/Dunning, and a less regarded guy like Jordan Stephens, Clarkin, or Puckett is the final piece. Anything more than that it just doesn't add up. I agree with the max that you would give up but that doesn't match the news (possibly fake) that we had the best offer. Many other teams would have definitely been willing to beat that for even 1 year of Machado.

It could have been an offer like Timmy Anderson, Giolito and Fulmer, which would be the best offer likely out there. It is a calculated risk like Rick said, we have the depth to rebound pitching wise and lose the risk on Timmy. We would also be "cashing" in on an early contract Rick signed like always. I wouldn't like that trade. Or even two of those guys for a rental and showcase of the greatness that is WhiteSoxdom, but I could see something like it happening.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 09:55 AM) Yeah definitely concerned about losing to prop up our rule 5 position give me a break. I did not say I wanted to lose for better Rule 5 position. We also could have traded basically nothing to the Phillies for him anyway. Drink some coffee, stay warm and calm down.

So which 2 wins last season do we blame for not getting Burdi? Picking an OFer to trade for cash to an AL team with a wide open bullpen and a few bech spots open as well? Can anyone explain this logically? What am I missing?

Here's a Twitter list I put together with as many of our prospects on Twitter as I could find. Good way to follow them and interact. https://twitter.com/MrGoodTunes/lists/chicago-white-sox Jordan Stephens is offering free autographs if you send him a card and return card. https://twitter.com/J_Stephens27/status/893695264585895937 Enjoy.

I posted this a few weeks back. Was this it? Baseball America Organizational Talent Rankings 2010 TB TEX CLE SF BOS 2011 KC TB ATL TOR NYY 2012 TEX KC SD AZ TOR 2013 STL SEA TEX TB MIA 2014 PIT BOS MIN CHC HOU 2015 CHC BOS LAD MIN NYM

Someone will give us something for him. He is a solid bench option if nothing else. We don't want to chip any $ in I'm sure so we are just waiting until the deadline so he is owed less $. No one is willing to pay an extra $100,000/game for him but they will before August 1st. I would think we get two prospects similar to the last 2 in the Cubs Q trade.

Greg has been much better laying out his thoughts. His thought process on the draft position is a little puzzling but he does have past situations (Fulmer at 8, Sale at 13, and on and on) that show his thought process. Like I have said, top 5 is critical and top 3 can be franchise altering. I don't know about a rebuild grade now, I like the trades to varying degrees, but what I can tell you is that our best team above Low A is 17 games under .500. I'm all for rebuilding and losing games at the MLB level but the lack of wins in the org is not acceptable to me. That isn't the way to build a winning culture. If they don't improve dramatically (minor teams) between now and the end of the year, some heads should roll. I know Charlotte will be losing some talent but from what I've heard Grudz should be gone anyway. Anyone else bothered by the last place play across most levels?

I hope some of these savings and low payrolls get put back into quality minor league instructors & coaches. They should also be paying retired former White Sox players to come back and sign autographs at every home game for the fans who will have to suffer through some bad games this year and next. Baseball America Organizational Talent Rankings 2010 TB TEX CLE SF BOS 2011 KC TB ATL TOR NYY 2012 TEX KC SD AZ TOR 2013 STL SEA TEX TB MIA 2014 PIT BOS MIN CHC HOU 2015 CHC BOS LAD MIN NYM Just interesting to see how those farm systems were ranked and how they have fared in the 3-5 year window since being ranked.

Speaking of other team's fans... it would be nice to have the best posters/bloggers/people with sources from other MLB team's chat boards on here as well. An invite from one of our Mods or someone on here with sources looking to do the same on other boards should be able to get something worked out. They would love the extra attention for their blog/website/Twitter account and would be great sources of info for us all here. Maybe a separate sub-forum for each team's sources? They can post whenever (as Soxtalk members) or respond to questions we ask them. Right now we could be asking experts from the Brewers, Braves, Dodgers, Yankees what they are hearing and what they think about the prospects we keep mentioning as possibilities and for their scouting reports. Who's up for a project?

Proud Papa Kopech on Twitter... https://twitter.com/KopechDad Read a long story about Michael and his dad. What a great story. Congrats to both of them and best of luck obviously with their bright future here on the south side. https://twitter.com/KopechDad/status/884157052414808064

This draft tells me that they very much intend on competing in 2019 and 2020. I like the picks so far.

Got Gonzo!