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QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Feb 7, 2018 -> 09:09 AM) It's amazing that no one seems to care about this. I check the news and twitter every day and... nothing. With the worst ratings in baseball, the problem is more likely that other radio stations don't care about the White Sox.

QUOTE (Da_Goob @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 09:06 PM) This trainwreck in Cleveland is just crazy to watch. Maybe lebron should waive his NTC and let them trade him or something. The LeBron>MJ crowd is pretty quiet now.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 7, 2018 -> 08:11 AM) At what point is it fair to change from playoff push to draft pick watch? Embrace the rebuild greg!!! This year is a wasted year. I wish they would sell at the break and mini-rebuild.

Bulls Talk‏Verified account @NBCSBulls 3h3 hours ago This @ZachLaVine dunk literally sent JaKarr Sampson to the G-League

MLB Trade Rumors‏ @mlbtraderumors 3h3 hours ago Pirates To Sign Daniel Nava https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/02/pirates-to-sign-daniel-nava.html …://https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018...iel-nava.html …

Mike Reiss‏Verified account @MikeReiss 1h1 hour ago Mike Reiss Retweeted Malcolm CB Butler Malcolm Butler: "During Super Bowl week, I never attended any concert, missed curfew, or participated any of the ridiculous activities being reported. They are not only false, but hurtful, to me and my family."

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 03:42 PM) If you don't mind the loss of draft pick. I thought under $50 million you don't lose a pick anymore?

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 03:28 PM) It just seemed odd to me that a big month of wage growth or interest rate increases could cause a panic'd sell-off considering almost every bit of forward guidance I've seen plans for big wage increases and transportation hikes, and you'd have to be an idiot to be surprised by interest rate hikes. Whatever the excuse is, a market correction is long overdue. And honestly I would hope that today is a deadcat bounce instead of a real rally, as we are still pretty overbought to see the kind of intraday swing we saw today.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 12:30 PM) Ranking the NFL head-coaching hires from 1 to 6 This article has aged well..... Oof that couldn't have gone much worse.

At 4/48 you take a chance on him, and adjust in a year or two if get someone making a push.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 09:34 AM) Politicization of law enforcement and justice is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 11:25 AM) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/us/balti...s&smtyp=cur Nicely done.

Let's get signings and cuts stories into here, along with related rumors and discussion.

After I got out of the VIX yesterday I put in a low ball bid to get back in, and it got hit this morning on a hard sell at the open. I am back in.

MLB Trade Rumors‏ @mlbtraderumors 32m32 minutes ago Rangers Sign Darwin Barney To Minor League Contract https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/02/rangers-sign-darwin-barney-minors.html …://https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018...y-minors.html …

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 5, 2018 -> 03:55 PM) Another more hopeful comp could be Kyle Tucker of the Astros. 18 year old out of the draft in 2015 he put up a .647 OPS, 19 year old in 2016 improved to .798, 20 year old in 2017 improved to .874 to make him a major prospect. The home runs went from 3 to 9 to 25 those years. Just used this name in another thread, but Micker Adolfo is another who had a couple of pretty brutal seasons, plus some injuries and aggressive assignments before having what is hopefully a breakout season last year.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Feb 5, 2018 -> 03:41 PM) Kinda surprised that Cease is not even listed in the consideration for the Top 100. He has got to show that he can be healthy and throw strikes. He is kind of in the place that Micker Adolfo was a year ago where the ceiling is very high, but he can't stay healthy for a season, and he has a pretty decent flaw he needs to fix. 2017 Michael Kopech might even be a better comp, as he had the same two big issues coming into this season, but he also has a superstar ceiling, which Cease doesn't seem to have. I would love nothing more than for him to have his walks get down into the 2.5 to 3 BB/9 range, and throw 150 innings in 2018.

Followed the chaos into the close and blew out of my VIX calls on the last trade of the day at 2.5 X's what I got into it. I saw a lot of panic in the last hour of trade and think we might have gotten the capitulation I was looking for. I am going to look at getting back in tomorrow at a discount if things are more calmed down.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 5, 2018 -> 02:37 PM) Total algo flash crash today. That was fun trading. Finally some volatility in the market. Absolutely. They hit a technical level and bids just disappeared. I actually tried dumping the VIX Calls I had, but I missed it before it tightened back up.

What an afternoon! All of the way down to 1400+ down on the dow, and now we are back to the down 700 range. VIX blew a 35.

Paul Skrbina‏ @ChiTribSkrbina 14m14 minutes ago Corey Crawford sighting on the ice.

Texas Rangers‏Verified account @Rangers 43m43 minutes ago ICYMI: We’re bringing #BigSexy back. Yesterday, we signed Bartolo Colón to a minor league deal with an invitation to major league Spring Training camp.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Feb 5, 2018 -> 10:50 AM) Rutherford had a 63 wRC+ after the trade last year. His statistical track record since being drafted is extremely underwhelming. It seems likely he ends up moving to a corner. Can someone please sell me on him being a top 100 type prospect? The publications seem to be much more focused on his ceiling, while Sox fans are focused on his stats.

QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Feb 5, 2018 -> 10:28 AM) Jon Morosi @jonmorosi 23s Sources: #Marlins, #Nationals remain in touch but have not made progress on a J.T. Realmuto trade. Thus far, Miami has asked for deal to include Victor Robles or Juan Soto; Nats have said no. (@JonHeyman first reported Robles as part of ask.) @MLB @MLBNetwork Seems like the Marlins asking price is still high, so I doubt the Sox have any real interest unless that price drops down a lot. It will be interesting to see how long they will sit on him to get a price. From the White Sox discussion end of things, what would people think of a deal that started with Zach Collins as the top guy?q

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 5, 2018 -> 09:36 AM) JT sounded muffled for a good portion of the performance too I thought it was just me getting old. I had the performance cranked up on the volume.

Really happy to see some of our drafted guys starting to get attention. That makes me feel much better about us having a chance to sustain something in the future. Hopefully this is the year we get some more of Latin American signings to break out.