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QUOTE (southside hitman @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 09:10 AM) Heyman is again being used for leverage by one organization/agent or another. The Orioles also have a reputation for being one of the worst run organizations in baseball. It isn't hard to squint and see them doing something stupid to get another named player in there.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 08:55 AM) It's in-stream. The White Sox are, like every other team, already locking guys up too - unofficially. And then based on their unofficial stack, they make a decision if it looks like they could go over. They have to decide if they're going to go big and push others out on some players with more money, or stay back. So it's not too late, nor too early - it's around the time the team will be making a call, just as other teams are. That's an important question, and one that I think is partially addressed by the big contracts falling off after this season. From the sounds of what I have read, and with the system as it is now, most big named guys agree early, and then once they have their handshake, they disappear from workouts until July 2. They quit talking to scouts, and get hidden away by the signing teams. Because the relationships are mostly with the teams and the coaches or buscones, they are more worried about the long term fall out of screwing a team over, so those handshake agreements rarely get broken. I have already read stories about the teams working on the July 2, 17 class.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 08:21 AM) Yeah, like he's bright enough to pull that off . . . Why do you think the admin/mod staff is here. It quite literally takes all of us to prevent mass-Gaging of the board. Let us not forget the Gaging of 2004. May they all RIP.

The other thing worth pointing out is that the extra cost comes from somewhere. If we push $26 million out the door, are you willing to give up $26 million worth of talent at the major league level to invest in something that won't be here until well after 2020? We spent $3 millionish down there last year.

The biggest problem is that from the sounds of it, most of the top talent is already locked up. It is too late.

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QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 08:28 PM) I highly doubt Hahn would say it was true. Still no evidence they offered more than 3 year base deals. This. They might have been willing, but they sure didn't do it.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 08:17 PM) When was the last time Nightengale broke any sort of news? Sox related he was the one who kept reporting that we would only go to 3 years with Cespedes when everyone else kept acting like we were in the lead for him.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 08:01 PM) But what about Hayes confirming it? I imagine his source was tied to Sox. What rumor has Hayes been out in front of this winter? If it has happened, I sure haven't seen it.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 07:58 PM) Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 1m1 minute ago The #WhiteSox have been publicly linked to free agent SS Ian Desmond, but one White Sox official said Thursday: "That ship has sailed.'' LMAO this **** is ridiculous. So this was totally a plant by TeamDesmond.

Ugh, apparently it is the Hawks turn to get blown out.

The thing is, this works great for ownership. The QO keeps prices down for certain players, and it makes other teams less likely to take away their players. This is exactly what ownership wanted when they created this system. It isn't meant to enhance player movement and make it easy for them to leave. It is meant to stop them from leaving. If the players want the QO system changed, they are going to have to give up something else. Maybe this is how the international draft comes about, in a tit for tat exchange? Players give up the international signing system for a slotted international draft, while player gets the QO system abolished?

At some point I wonder if the Sox are going to these guys and saying that this how much money we have left. The first to jump on it, gets it. The other gets left out.

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QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 03:05 PM) Where did Law have Anderson is his top 100? Thanks. #45

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QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 02:33 PM) I don't think Saladino would be that high but I know that the projections have said that. Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeyman 19s19 seconds ago White sox like current ss favorite Tyler saladino but he's a defensive whiz with versatility to play multiple positions

I would love to know what the demands for Fowler, Jackson, and Desmond look like right now.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 10:34 AM) Have you read a word of his posts about gay life? He's trying to educate us. He has a unique perspective and is trying to inform. What he writes is totally contrary to what is portrayed. 400 partners? Wilt Chamberlin said he slept with over 20,000 women. Does that mean all Kansas students sleep with 20,000 people? After all Wilt has a unique perspective and is trying to inform.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 12:40 PM) Agree with everything you say. I think it is unfortunate that the bridge to Thibs was done though, because I feel Gar completely sabotaged him (and obviously by last postseason, Thibs had finally had enough and was going to start leaking stuff). On a sidenote, Taj might be out. Sounds like he's pretty beat up, but given how and what he plays through (same with Jimmy), I always wonder how the guys deal with Rose. From the outside looking in, it is tough to call. Management wanted him to make changes that he refused to make. They wanted him to get an offensive assistant, which he refused. It isn't hard to squint to see what working with a guy like Thibs would be like. Obviously the Bulls were pretty bitter with him at the end, but that didn't happen for no reason.

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QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 12:31 PM) They clearly stopped last year. At least, parts of the team. Gasol never bought in to the way Thibs did things. I doubt Mirotic or McDermott did either. Guys didn't exactly clamor for him to stay. I agree. There was definitely a significant stretch where the team mailed it in last season.