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QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 09:17 AM) Really dumb markets question: Why do super-low oil prices drag down all of the markets? Very annoying that I can't get cheap gas and 401k growth at the same time. Many of the main Dow and SP components are oil based companies, such as XOM and CVX. Those are blue chippers that are also coming from the dividend paying sector. Honestly if it were me, I would be buying the s*** out of these companies now, because once oil goes back up, these will get expensive again, much like banks did in 2008.

The Force has Awoken.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 10:14 PM) You want to pay 42 year old Bartolo Colon to pitch in the AL? Say that out loud. I'd rather bring back Mark Buehrle.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 09:50 AM) Colon signed back with the Mets on a one year deal. And supposedly turned down more money elsewhere to do so.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 05:29 PM) Listening to the podcast. Hahn sure didn't seem happy discussing the front office about who's in charge lol I don't blame him. It comes off as petty tabloid BS.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 07:31 AM) Somehow the 92 win Dodgers can find a use for Micah. But Robin and his 76 wins couldn't fit him in. That might require platooning and late inning replacements on a regular basis. It's like the sox run the org. For the convenience of its limited field manager. Sure they stick Sanchez and Saladino out there. They had no other choice. But they could have been more creative in their use and used Micah as well. But why bother when you have Alexei to take all the snaps and beckham to fill in. Somehow the 76 win White Sox can find a use for an All Star 3B who hit 35 homers, but the Reds can't fit him in.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 11:43 PM) Worse than Avi? Here's a gif of Avi playing RF last season, I ripped from mlb.tv: That is the gif of the year.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 07:20 AM) Alexei does not improve this team. There really is an absolute disdain for imperfect young players in this organization. Love the mediocre vets however. Then again, imperfect young players ceilings are usually mediocre vets.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 12:19 AM) It's a shame, I feel like when we look back in 20 years, Crawford isn't going to be talked about in the likes of Toews-Kane-Keith-Seabrook. He's closing in on surpassing Belfour for #3 on the Hawks all-time best list, in my opinion. He has really stepped up. For all of the talk about his contract, he is one of the guys who is paying for himself.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 03:14 PM) I'd personally prefer someone with a little more of a track record that may be willing to sign on the cheap with some incentives. Someone in the Arroyo, Beachy, Billingsly, Latos, Marcum, Simon, Fister mold. Admittedly, those guys won't all be signing super cheap deals, but most of them will. Then we are talking about $2 million anymore. We are talking about more at risk.

OMG

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 03:09 PM) $2M more you can spent on getting a bounceback SP to back up EJ/Danks. Generally, I agree. But $2M is still $2M more they can spend elsewhere, but in the scheme of things, it's chump change. They already brought that guy in with Jake Turner getting $1.5 million. If they see another guy that fits that bill, I have no doubt they would spend it as well.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 02:24 PM) I still think Boers and Bernstein is the best radio show in the city. It's weird that it's so Anti-Sox because they have the most Sox fans at their station I believe. Bernstein, Goff, Mully, Laurence, Tannehill are all Sox fans. I think DeFalco is the only Sox fan on 1000. They are 50,000 watt trolls.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 42m42 minutes ago Hahn on radio today said 'in all probability' Saladino is #whitesox SS. Ventura said today 'I don’t think Alexei is totally out of picture.'

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 03:00 PM) Agreed. And he may. But $3M with a $3.5M club option with no buyout would be about as far as I'd go. Anything more and I'd rather have Saladino. Realistically, if you are going to bring him back, the difference between 3 million and 5 million today is nothing. If you want him back as an organization, get him. If not, move on.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 02:19 PM) How do you fail a physical? For a pitcher I would guess something like a torn labrum or torn UCL.

With the White Sox off of the Score, I have no idea why anyone listens to that garbage anymore.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 11:56 PM) There was some talk earlier about what power JR has to make decisions, is he chairman or majority owner, etc... It really doesn't matter. JR and co. bought the team for $20M. Forbes puts their value at just about $1BILLION now. That's something like 5000% ROI (if I'm figuring that correctly) on $230M in annual revenues. Money should never be an issue with this franchise. JR could literally spend $500M on payroll for a single season and his fellow investors would STILL be in line to make a ton of money off of their investment. The difference between a $100M payroll and a $150M payroll, assuming the team with $150M payroll has some success, is not really much of gamble in the grand scope of things. Look, we've got Sale, Quintana, Rodon, and Fulmer cost-controlled for the next several years. Pitching wins in the playoffs. If there were ever a time to go all-in, it's now. I am forced to believe that KW and RH are saying the same things to JR and money will NOT be an obstacle as we continue to turn this team into a contender. Sox fans have no reason to be down on this team....we can, and I trust will, make the moves necessary to get back on the map as a respectable franchise. Ugh. This just hurts. There is a difference between being worth something on paper, and actually having the cash in hand to do it.

QUOTE (Baron @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 10:27 PM) I like Dan...but so far he's been a little bit off with what's going on. He forgot Cespedes(he corrected himself later) doesnt have a QO offer attached. Plus I told him Rick Hahn said in an interview I believe it was on MLB Radio that he was talking to free agents with draft picks attached. Nightengale said they were discussing OFers like Upton. Even Merkin is kind of changing his tune on this. I dont think they really know what's going on. Or he is just writing what his bosses are asking him to write.

another good second half for the bulls.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 09:26 PM) Where does this leave Mike Olt? Sox 40 man down to 36, I believe. Is any team lower? Gotta believe Montas was the big trading chip here, and that Hahn offered him to others. I thought we could have gotten more for those three players, but Frazier is now a big part of the team, so we are now pulling for him big time. Even Hawk, who lost his "game changer". It leaves him in Charlotte.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 09:15 PM) I can't recall the exact numbers but Sox position players had like 17 cumulative WAR, which was dead last or near it in MLB. good teams have about 40 WAR. So let's say Frazier gives you 5-6 extra. Lawrie 2-3. where's the rest coming from? Earlier in this thread someone put the numbers together and the Sox as a team was just barely behind Cleveland for the highest predicted WAR in the AL Central.

Justin Upton would be a good fit here.

QUOTE (L. Ron Paultard @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 03:37 PM) used to love Trayce Thompson's skill set/upside. He will be an All-Star, one of the rare prospects wh is much better as a matured major-leaguer than his mediocre minor-league record projects. The batspeed, the hand-eye coordination, natural power + the cool yet aggressive temperament, athleticism, instincts = major league quality. Forget about stats, that's not how you evaluate talent in any sport. If OTOH you believe he is a poor man's Brian Anderson, then it's good trade. Same with Montas. If he's a raw Bartolo Colon, then it's a mistake. If just pen arm, no big deal. Micah Johnson? Never got the hype. An All Star? You are still insane.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 08:14 AM) The difference being that the players would get vilified for quitting on the program. Sure didn't happen to Spike Albrect and Michigan.