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QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 09:05 AM) The wealthy pay sales taxes, too. Though because they have an actually positive savings rate they pay a smaller percentage of their income to sales taxes than the poor do. Sales Taxes are extremely regressive.

QUOTE (daggins @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 11:11 AM) If the Rangers wanted to buy they could put together a nice package based around Gallo. The last thing the Sox need is the future Adam Dunn.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 11:15 PM) Why is hockey deplorable? Were you joking? I think it's pretty exciting, at least playoff hockey. Question time for the experts ... -- If Chicago wins, what are the chances of rioting? I say pretty slim. -- What's all this talk of this being the Hawks' last chance at a title? Why do they have to lose key guys? Salary cap again or ? -- Technically speaking, what does TB have to do to win this one? Hawk overconfidence and grab an early 2-0 lead after one? Are Hawks so experienced they know it's time to go for blood and win this baby, 6-1? How confident is everybody the Hawks wrap it up on home ice? I'll just ignore the first question completely. Second question I will answer by mentioning what happened to the 2010 team and noting that as long as you have the best two way center and defenseman in hockey today, you have a chance. Add to that Saad, Kane, etc, and you have a team that is in the top echelon of the NHL no matter who the last two lines are. Third question, technically speaking, Tampa needs to score more goals than Chicago win. If they want to win the series, they have to do it twice in a row.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 09:48 PM) Its still Keith's to lose. And it's not even close either. Even if Crawford wins it, he doesn't win it without Duncan Keith in front of him for 30+ minutes a night.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 09:19 PM) Doughty's pretty good. Don't get me wrong, there are guys who are close. But Duncan is 30+ minutes a night, on the highest stage possible, and just doesn't make mistakes, on top of just taking guys out of the game. He just makes play after play. Tampa is about ready to put Stamkos on a milk carton.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 07:38 AM) Who cares. LeBron is enough to win the east. Until proven differently, I agree.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 09:54 PM) For all that he does so well, LeBron as volume shooter is rarely a winning formula for his teams. MJ could routinely average 25-28 FGA/G with decent enough efficiency but that's not LBJ at his best. LBJ is best when shooting crazy efficient, distributing on offense, and making his presence felt on D. I'm actually becoming suspect of how much of a defensive player he can be anymore from all the mileage, but we see that offensive juggernaut all the time. Not in this series/with this version of CLE, though. I mean, there are some great distribution numbers, but he shouldn't be taking 35 shots. Someone else on his team needs to touch the ball. I know everyone makes the MJ/GOAT comp, but the true LeBron comp is Magic.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 09:39 PM) #gregpredictions #betthehouse

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 10:58 AM) There is always a deal to be made. I think any deal for Sale revolves around major league or major league ready players. The Red Sox could put together an attractive package that would fill in quite a few gaps. The Dodgers are maybe the only other team that could put something reasonable together. But if you listen to Red Sox fans, Chris Sale is already a beantowner...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 8, 2015 -> 12:47 PM) As picks come in, they will go here, as well as of course on the Draft Tracker on Future Sox. Players still alive in postseason baseball will be highlighted in green Players that have signed or have said they will sign will be in bold. Players who are confirmed as NOT signing will be in red. 1 (8th): Carson Fulmer, RHP, 6-0, 195, Vanderbilt - Playing in College World Series 4 (112): Zack Erwin, LHP, 6-5, 195, Clemson $508,000 (SLOT) 5 (142): Jordan Stephens, RHP, 6-1, 185, Rice>>>$300,000 ($80,400 under slot) 6 (172): Corey Zangari, 1B, 6-4, 240, R-R, Carl Albert HS (OK)>>>over $500,000 7 (202): Blake Hickman, RHP, 6-4, 220, Iowa $200,000 ($13,400 under slot) 8 (232): Casey Schroeder, C, 6-1, 195, S-R, Coastal Carolina (SC) $150k, ($24.8k below slot) 9 (262): Ryan Hinchley, LHP, 6-3, 205, University of Illinois at Chicago (IL) 10 (292): Jackson Glines, CF, 6-0, 195, L-L, Michigan>>>$10,000 ($142,300 under slot) 11 (322): Danny Dopico, RHP, 6-2, 190, Florida International 12 (352): Seby Zavala, C, 6-0, 185, R-R, San Diego State 13 (382): Ryan Riga, LHP, 6-0, 210, Ohio State 14 (412): Tyler Sullivan, CF, 5-9, 175, L-L, Pacific 15 (442): Chris Comito, RHP, 6-5, 220, Norwalk HS (Iowa)>>>$170,000 ($70K OVER slot) So far we have $260,900 built up in the under slot signings, with $70,000 for sure being ate up by Cotillos $70,000 over slot. Zangari's number still hasn't officially came in, but at $500,000, he would be $215,200 over slot. Sounds like it could be more. That will be mostly offset by the $190,600 we have left over. We still have the Hinchley bonus to factor in. Slot there is $163,200, which means if the Sox gave him $10,000 as a senior sign, we'd gain another $150k-ish to look at the HS players, part of which will be eaten up by Zagari. Again the big factor here is Fulmer. Say we have $100,000 left over out of the rest of our signings, if we can pick up $500,000 from Fulmer, we'd have a million dollars or so to give to one of the HS signings. If we tried to split it, we'd be over $500k for each.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 09:35 AM) Jim Callis ‏@jimcallisMLB 12h12 hours ago 7th-rder Blake Hickman's bonus from @WhiteSox=$200k (202 pick value=$213,400). Iowa RHP, big lg body & arm strength, still raw. @MLBDraft Hickman signs under slot. We just saw why we have the ACE program.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 09:39 AM) The return would have to be 4 top 50 prospects minimum, with two of those in the top 20. Even then I'd hate it. Please no. Most importantly the meatball fans would declare WHITE FLAG 2, and this franchise would be dead for a decade.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jun 15, 2015 -> 07:53 AM) Great post. They won't get equal value for either guy. How do they get better position players? I don't know. Trading Q or Sale wouldn't be how I go about doing it though. Unless you were talking about Mike Trout or Gio Stanton, you aren't. The problem is both of those guys already have ridiculous extensions in place, which make the trade not work anyway.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 09:17 PM) They didn't have the money to. That's only part of the problem, they spent about all they could and the end result was they had to just go with several positions, guys like Gillaspie and Flowers with no major upgrades. And then on top of that, they did a terrible job with the people they picked (Melky, Samardzija). If they didn't have the money to pull together a legit competitive roster, that makes spending everything you had and trading away cost-controlled players for soon-to-be FA's a set of very large mistakes. They didn't have enough money to build a full roster through FA but decided to dump everything into winning now anyway. That's a complete lack of patience to me. Hooray for appeasing the fan base!

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 01:41 PM) It was Keith's to lose after the WCF, but Corey may have passed him up. For all the talk about the Hawks only playing 4 D-men, seeing some of the scrubs Tampa kept on the ice the final 5 minutes was something else. You need a goal, your stars need to be playing every shift at that point, the season is over in a few days. I know defensemen aren't sexy, but we aren't even in the finals if it wasn't for Duncan Keith, let alone up 3 games to 2 in the finals. The guy is a machine. Hopefully people appreciate Duncan Keith, because there is no better defenseman in the game of hockey today.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 06:24 PM) I see no reason to expect anything else as it is. I expected to hear nothing more.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 06:23 PM) They've tolerated 7 straight seasons of missing the playoffs and 4 seasons under .500 in their last 5. No they haven't.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 06:22 PM) "A couple months of bad baseball" = 2 months of better than .500 baseball since August of 2012. "A couple" = 14. Still. And I am supposed to believe that Sox fans could handle being bad until next decade at least? LMAO.

Sox fans can't handle a couple of months of bad baseball. They would have a conniption fit if Chris Sale got traded, no matter what the return.

Sox fans have turned into meme generators. WHY DON'T THEY EVER BENCH SOMEONE! WHY ARE THEY PLAYING BENCH PLAYERS THEY ARE AWFUL!

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 14, 2015 -> 09:24 AM) talked about emotions and coaches getting into players faces.... philly game yesterday. 3 coaches go into the face of pitcher Giles and it was caught on camera.... damn why couldn't the coaches get into some one face???? http://m.mlb.com/news/article/130362610/ke...er-escaping-jam It happens, they just don't make a public show of it.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 13, 2015 -> 11:19 PM) I predict nobody will pay 1000 bucks. First chance to win on home ice since 1938. And you are right, people aren't paying $1000, they were paying OVER $1000 a standing room only spot.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jun 13, 2015 -> 02:43 PM) How does this pointless thread have 9 replies? Let alone 9 pages? Great, we have a manager out screwing around for an entire weekend, and our back up bench coach posting on Soxtalk.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 13, 2015 -> 03:12 PM) Since this thread was made Gordon Beckham is 1/22 with 1 walk and 1 sac fly. I think you are the most superstitious scientist I have ever met.

With the 3 picks we know about their bonus totals, we are somewhere around even for the draft. We are underslot by $222k with Stephens and Glines, but over by around the same amount for Zangari. We still have a big under slot number coming in from Hinchley and maybe Erwin. It would be huge for the Sox if they have an underslot number arranged with Fulmer as they could be allowed to make a run at some of their HS picks.