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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.

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...