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Ken Rosenthal‏Verified account @Ken_Rosenthal 2m2 minutes ago Springer turned down seven-year, $23M offer from #Astros before playing a major-league game. That deal would have run through his first year of free agency. New two-year, $24M contract will increase career earnings to nearly $29M, with year of arb remaining before free agency.

That is spectacular. Love to see the bonding between the players.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 3, 2018 -> 11:20 AM) One nice thing about Rondon is he is only 27 and has three years of control left. If Coop can somehow fix him, he could become a valuable piece. Hopefully getting cut like that will serve as a wake up call for whatever mental issues he seems to have.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Feb 3, 2018 -> 01:13 AM) Just what this council needs: the insights of baseball's most tenured yet most severely flawed and obviously most failed owner with a seat at its table.

QUOTE (GenericUserName @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 06:00 PM) I wonder if they can start Nate Jones on the DL to get the extra spot to see what they have in a guy before they have to make a decision. Jones is supposed to be ready to go for spring training this year.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 04:03 PM) Hate to bust everybodys bubble but I talked to Scott Merkin at Soxfest. He claims as long as Machado wants to play shortstop the White Sox as of now have no interest in him. The White Sox like Tim Anderson at shortstop. So unless Machado wants to play 3rd base the White Sox have no interest in signing him to play shortstop.. I hope you understand that the whole reason he wants to play SS again is to try to increase he value on the free agent market. If the top bidder offers him the most money to play 3B, he will sign the contract and play 3B.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 03:29 PM) I was actually coming in here to ask about the VIX. Does the VIX always correspond so closely (timewise) to the dropoff? How forward looking is it? It is a measure of volatility. It is used as a "fear" index. It is expected change in the SP 500 over a 30 day forward period. From a math standpoint down days create more volatility because you are shrinking the overall index number, while putting the total change into it. A 500 point change in a 10000 market looks like 500 in 9500 for a down move, but 500 in 10500 for the same move up. Historically a VIX of 18 to 20 is normal, with 30 showing a period of selling/fear of selling. In 2007-8, the VIX got up over 70 during the height of the collapse. Today was the first time we have been over 17 since the Presidential election. The VIX of 9 to 10 we have seen lately are hugely abnormal, and a result of day after day of small increases, with no real fear. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/vix.asp

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 03:59 PM) Yes, trading a guy signed for one more year, a year your team isn't expected to compete is nuts. Pure insanity. I hate top 100 prospects, don't you?

Dow down 600+. VIX almost to 18 for the first time in forever.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 12:35 PM) Disagree. Convicted defendants are entitled to rights - including the right not to be attacked by a victim in court. Sentencing hearings - particularly in cases like this or in violent crimes - are extremely emotional settings. If you start drawing lines that attempts to attack the defendant in open court aren't going to be punished... that's really bad. Again, if this judge opens a window to some sort of appeals process because of ego, that would be the absolutely worst possible thing that could happen.

QUOTE (Sarava @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 12:33 PM) If they have an inkling that they might spend $300+ mil on Machado next winter, then yes I think they would take it easy on the bank account leading up to that to better afford it. And I love the Luis Robert signing. He's a bigtime prospect. He was billed as a guy that very well could be a top 5 or 10 prospect in short order. And did that affect next year's chances? Well, all the numbers come from the same place. But I've thought all along, they spent the $50 mil, knowing the next year's payroll (2018) would be significantly lower. In any event, you aren't going to get a Luis Robert caliber prospect for Kemp's contract. But hey, if you can, then I could accept hurting the chances of signing Machado next year. But it's not happening. The Dodgers are stingy with their prospects. They certainly aren't giving up a haul to remove one contract. If the difference between Machado in 2019 -2030, and not Machado, is a fraction of the Kemp contract in 2018 and 2019, they really can't afford to sign Machado because they wouldn't be able to add anything else of significance to the team if needed in the future. Realistically it means they were never going to bid on Machado anyway, at least not at a market leading amount. The White Sox have payroll room right now, and if they aren't willing to add assets with it, the rebuild isn't going to be able to go far enough to win anything anyway.

QUOTE (Sarava @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 12:27 PM) I was replying to the comment that the Sox wouldn't spend any real money until Kemp's contract is off the books - which would be in 2 years. Thus it would mean the Sox aren't players for Machado or others next winter. That isn't actually what I said. Spending any amount in terms of payroll.

QUOTE (Sarava @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 12:22 PM) For starters - it looks to me like he has 2 years left on his deal? So we're conceding that they aren't even trying for a free agent in next year's big free agent class? Also, even if it were off the books, the money is still spent. $40 million is still $40 mil. It's going to eventually come out of something. The Sox don't have an infinite amount of money to spend. Do you believe the White Sox are saving the money that they are not spending in 2017 and 2018 and putting it up for 2019? Do you believe they shouldn't have signed Luis Robert, because that was $50 million? Did that effect the likelihood of their participation in the next big free agent market?

Madeline Kenney‏ @madkenney 2h2 hours ago #WhiteSox are loading up their equipment truck today... you know what that means...

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 12:09 PM) And the payroll will be low in 2019 (subtract Shields contract) anyway to the point where it shouldn't effect adding someone like Machado if you were willing to pay the price for him. Realistically, even if you took on a guy like Jacoby Ellsbury who runs through 2020 with a buyout, you are still going to have so many pre-arb guys on the roster, that it won't stop you from signing a Machado. That will be because of a different story. Again, I'd rather have as much depth as possible to insulate against needing free agents whenever possible.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 11:38 AM) Not worried about Pelicans falling into top 5 Really the only way it happens is if they miss the playoffs and then hit the lottery.

A guy like Kemp would be off of the books before we would be spending in any real amount again anyway.

YOU GET A CLOSER AND YOU GET A CLOSER AND YOU GET A CLOSER!

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 06:28 PM) I don't think it is a coincidence that the White Sox and Bulls have both slashed payroll significantly. So I don't see any significant bumps in payroll until the Sox are ready to compete................or JR sells.

QUOTE (Tony @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 03:08 PM) I told you guys the LeBron-Bulls stuff would start to fly around.. https://twitter.com/stacey21king/status/959167405455966208 Stacey needs to stop himself.

Paul Skrbina‏ @ChiTribSkrbina 24m24 minutes ago Obligatory Corey Crawford update: No update. "Had some progress working out but not on the ice yet," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 02:53 PM) I would rather give the ABs to Davidson/Delmonico/Sanchez and whoever else we got I doubt the team would really worry too much about giving him a lot of ABs. The point would be to get another potential piece of the puzzle into the system. I mean if the Dodgers or Yankees offered one of them top 10, you do the deal. A Justus Sheffield or Jeren Kendall would look great in this system.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 02:49 PM) There's just so little upside to Matt Kemp. Giving more at bats to Davidson/Delmonico or signing an underpriced late-offseason free agent that got left behind by the market both seem like better alternatives to me. The upside to a Kemp or Ellsbury type of a deal is the prospect(s) they bring with them.

Bob Nightengale‏Verified account @BNightengale 45s46 seconds ago Chicago #Whitesox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and #Brewers owner Mark Attanasio are appointed to Rob Manfred's powerful executive council.

K.C. Johnson‏Verified account @KCJHoop 2h2 hours ago The first-pick is protected top-5 in 2018, which @daldridgetnt had 1st, and top-8 in 2019, per source.