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QUOTE (South Sider @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 11:07 AM) To anyone worried about losing Trayce: Not 24 hours ago articles came out saying he was going to be given a shot at CF in ST. Obviously, this doesn't completely preclude the Sox from dealing him. Nonetheless, I doubt that the Sox would deal him after not being too far removed from comments like that. I'm pretty happy about that, too. I'd like our organization to be the first to see if Trayce can make the adjustments required to be a good major leaguer. I'm not ready to trade him, at this point. More likely this was a planted story to try to get the idea that they would keep him into the media, in an effort to gain some leverage.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 08:14 PM) That's literally the first I've ever heard of the dad story. Especially since his agent was in contact with the Hawks repeatedly. Me too.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 10:10 AM) Only in common in that both will swing with polls to get elected. But No chance Hillary has the lack of boundaries for it that Trump does. No way. Trump is "special" that way. Not to mention that the polls she swings around on don't put her into hate territory. Their stance on same-sex marriage doesn't look great, but never did they imply some group of people should be deported or kept out en masse, which Trump has done with multiple groups now. Not even close. And that comes from someone who would rather anyone by Hillary gets the Dem nod. I honestly don't buy that. I think she is better at hiding it, while the group that supports Trump wants to see that, which is why he puts on the show. If the preferences of the demographics were different, I am sure Hillary would be doing the same things.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 10:07 AM) Hes also a colossal douchebag, and this is first hand knowledge. My office is in Valparaiso now. The DB per square inch ratio is off of the charts.

QUOTE (GREEDY @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 10:06 AM) Am I the only person that thinks if you trade one pitcher you should try and move both of them? If they trade Chris Sale, they should just trade everyone of value and go into it thinking about 2020. If you trade Q, you can survive based on the return if you get major leaguers at some of 3B/C/OF/SS

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 09:57 AM) Seems they're trying to trade Soler to open up a spot for Heyward Joel ShermanVerified account ‏@Joelsherman1 #Cubs finished 2d for Shelby Miller. Were willing to include Soler. But Atl liked #Diamondbacks deal too much to pass up Duh.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 08:05 AM) Keep this in mind if you are voting in a Democratic primary: Hillary is such a lying, conniving b**** that I'll even vote for somebody as insane as Trump or Cruz if those are the two choices. And I'm not alone. I'm not a fan of a big chunk of Bernie's ideas, but I at least find the man to be trustworthy enough to vote for him over somebody like Trump or Cruz. I have said before, and will say again, I can't stand Sanders ideas, but at least I can trust the guy. I know what he stands for, and what he wants to do. The rest of the fields? No f***ing clue. Honestly, Trump is the one person who might make me vote for Hillary. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 08:12 AM) Bizarre. I mean, I despise Hillary, but how can you even compare the two? Trump is - and yes I am going here - more and more approaching Hitler levels. The parallels are striking. Just replace "Muslims" with "Jews". The guy is a lunatic (and fortunately only supported by about 6% of the country - the lunatic fringe). I would rather have the most extreme policy people (Sanders? Paul?) than a person who might as well be that racist uncle you pretend isn't in your family. The guy is not only incapable of leading at that level, he's driven by hate and bigotry. I've vote for every single candidate running in either party, that I've ever seen run in 6 election cycles in my voting lifetime, than Trump and by a country mile. Trump and Clinton have more in common than you might think. While their styles are 100% different, they both are going to say and do whatever they think will get them elected, and not what they think is right. Honestly, I am not sure either one of them has any real stances that they absolutely believe in, other than power. Trump has identified with a specific group, and will do or say whatever he thinks they want to here to try to get himself elected. At this point, why would he stop? It has put him solidly in front of the polls, as disgusting as that thought it. I have no doubt that if he base started to evaporate, he's discard their opinions and find new ones that were more popular. Hillary just follows the polls when it comes to her opinions. She is obviously much less of a showman, and hasn't thrown her lot with an obvious bunch of idiots as of today, but I have no doubt if the polls told her to pick up some of those same ideas, she would. Let's not forget how many things originated under the Clinton watch that are now absolutely repulsive, such as the Don't ask, don't tell ideas, the protection of marriage act, and the birther movement. But now polls have shifted, and so has she.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 09:46 AM) ND, Cubs and sucked for White Sox....he's like the perfect movie villain. Luckily I can go back to being a H8r.

QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 09:42 AM) No doubt, back in June we'd probably shrug at Trayce Thompson getting traded. But the team (not just fans) actually saw him play for a couple months...and very well. They drafted an athlete, and it took him a while to develop. He's a smart kid with a great pedigree. For a team that is defensively challenged, it would be pretty surprising if he was involved in a Brett Lawrie trade. I think Thompson will be in CF or RF on opening day in Oakland...playing for the White Sox. Out of the names involved, he isn't he first I'd like to see go, but he also isn't the last.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 09:40 AM) He's got a ton of upside because hes a tremendous athlete. But I fear his bat will never be what we think it can be and he will bounce around as a defensive guy for awhile. High ceiling for sure. But he has a long way to go to get there, and age isn't on his side.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 12:57 AM) 100% because he went to Olivet Nazarene University. I'm from the area and the students from Olivet carry a hilarious arrogance about them. So it's a sports hate, not a genuine "I despise this guy" hate. Ha! I had a lot of irrational Samardjiza hate I had to pause... he's from Valparaiso, went to Notre Dame, and played for the Cubs. For me those are three great reason to root against a guy.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 09:29 AM) Sox have been negatively affected by the shifts so by this logic, the Sox defenders aren't nearly as bad as they're put out to be. While I tend to agree, if we made a Trayce-Lawrie trade in July, this site would ecstatic. There are probably contingencies in place and "tiered" groups of players. One thing is sure: Hahn and A's GM David Forst have a good relationship. They spoke about the Samardzija trade (starting during the 2014 season) in many different forms over the span of months last year. A's very familiar with our system. Thank you. I feel like I am the only one who isn't a Trayce believer. He had an incredible start, and a quick downturn to where he would be expected to hit. The defense is impressive, but I just don't see the bat being there. If he can get us a starting 3B, I am OK with that.

QUOTE (shipps @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 07:52 PM) Just think how much those two guys would have helped them last year though. They have the luxury to go for it next year. Those two additions are older but shouldn't have a significant drop off. These guys are trying to win a World Series for the first time in a hundred years and these two additions are great for the next year or two...and possibly worthless after that, but still totally worth it IMO. If they really fancy themselves as a World Series team, they needed a front line pitcher worst of all. They just signed a 36 year old who had a career year in STL, while having nothing special happen with his rates. His FIP was almost an entire run higher than his ERA. Zobrist will be nice, but offense isn't what the team needed.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 08:55 AM) Levine has no idea. This am, he tried taking credit for the news that broke out of San Francisco last night and it was just sad. He's been merely saying itd be a good idea for the Sox to talk to Oakland, and even that I'm he probably took from this message board or twitter. Bruce is really good at waiting until something comes out, and then saying he knew it all along. He is either the worst reporter in the world, because he won't break a story, or he is a liar. I'll let everyone else be the judge.,

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 08:32 AM) I wouldn't be happy about giving up Engel. I could see Trayce because of his brother in the area that makes sense plus he was productive in his small sample size in the bigs. If anything else, we'd be selling at his peak value after his AFL.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 08:26 AM) Didn't know that Brett Lawrie was the Canadian cover athlete for MLB 14 The Show. Weird that they picked him over Bautista/Encarnacion and company. He was actually born in Canada, not just playing there..

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 08:11 AM) The difference is that Lawrie played half his games at a pitchers park and he also plays a more important position on the field. And he will be improving one of our worst positions on the field.

You can bet whoever gets dealt becomes way more valuable once the deal is announced...

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 06:56 PM) Don't want to make this a Cubs slurp fest, but it's quite impressive watching a Front Office with a very succinct plan and executing on it. Color me not impressed. Coming off of a trip almost to the World Series, their two top signings are Zobrist and Lackey. Honestly it reminds me of the White Sox winter last year, in that all are second or third tier guys. For a team that is going to be one of the most profitable, probably in all of sports, I'd be pretty pissed if I was a Cubs fan that they didn't bring in A level talent to go with that offense.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 06:44 PM) Interested to see what else the Cubs do, but seems like a bit of an odd fit for them. This is like the White Sox signing a LH SP.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 04:17 PM) Do you have a link for that published story? In what world is a GM going to call a player, get his dad, and then still outline his contract offer to him? Also worth noting is that Saad's father is native Syrian, who moved here at age 18. I am guessing at best he is ESL, so the likelihood his being involved in his son's contract negotiations directly have to be pretty slim.

QUOTE (Sockin @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 04:05 PM) The Sox just shared the work in progress photo of the new video boards being installed. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/674348532804018177 The weather has been friendly for them this year.

The only way I would think about it is if they were willing to kick in one of their top prospects in an area of weakness (say Odor or Alfaro) to soften the blow.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 03:30 PM) Still would rather have Rodon for 3 extra years than Fernandez. Fangraphs projects Rodon at ~3 WAR/year and Fernandez ~5 WAR/year right now, which means Rodon would give us more total WAR over his time with us than Fernandez, and that's assuming Fernandez is healthy and Rodon doesn't improve. Then you're adding all those other guys? Rodon has a shot at being as good, or better than, Fernandez, and whatever he does will be at the league minimum for the next three years, while Fernandez quickly accelerates towards the nine figure contract he has coming.

Saw all six at the movies. The first Star Wars I was like 4 years old and saw at the drive in. Was addicted ever sinvce.