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Bernie Pleskoff ‏@BerniePleskoff 1m1 minute ago #Dodgers Kershaw resumes pitching after getting hit with broken bat liner. 0 retweets 0 favorites

Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 9m9 minutes ago Adam Eaton's deal could pay him $43.5 million through 2021 and he's guaranteed $25 million. #WhiteSox Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 8m8 minutes ago Love Adam Eaton's five-year, $23.5M extension with two club options for White Sox. Him, Abreu, Sale, Quintana all super club-friendly deals. Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 5m5 minutes ago Eaton was scheduled to become a free agent after the 2018 season, so this extension gives #WhiteSox three more years of control.

Bill Shaikin ‏@BillShaikin 56s56 seconds ago Clayton Kershaw hit by line drive, collapses on mound. Stands up now 12 retweets 0 favorites

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 12:01 PM) Brooks Boyer, it would appear, is among the elite in Reinsdorf's Ring of Loyalty, as he can't even put something exciting and fresh around an awesome offseason. The Sox have an ad agency.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 03:39 PM) Agreed. It seems a bit premature, but that seems to be the way MLB works nowadays, no complaints. The longer you wait, the higher those end years go, and the less likely they are to resign.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 03:32 PM) Adam Eaton will receive $850,000 in '15, $2.75 mil. in '16, $4 mil. in '17, $6 mil. in '18 and $8.4 mil. in '19. A little more early on, a little less later, and two awesome option prices.

I love that guys want to stay here. (hint, hint Jeff)

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 20, 2015 -> 02:09 PM) Opening Day was never on the table. If it is the middle of March and the best you have done in 20 months is throw in a simulated game or BP, there is no way you are going to be ready for opening day. Opening Day was not on the table before this.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 06:35 PM) No, not the HOME OPENER. The very first game of the season Sox @ KC April 6. I'm off for those days and looking for ideas as to where to watch the game. Trip to KC anyone? Their first game after a trip to the World Series? Good luck getting tix.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 05:27 PM) I would go with Carroll or Johnson. I had honestly forgotten about Carroll. I'm not sure there was much other depth out there that would have given you anymore than Scott Carroll would.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 05:18 PM) does anyone really think Penny would be a good option in a game??? Again, if he was a good, or even mediocre option, he wouldn't have been a minor league free agent signing. We are talking about the guys who are past the top 150 best starting pitchers in baseball right now.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 05:03 PM) The guy behind the shot had a better angle. Either way it was horrible, but SMU didnt need a three back down on the other end anyway. Nic Moore is usually a dead eye. I am honestly shocked he missed both of those looks. Great pure shooter.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 05:03 PM) Yeah, I have no idea how tight their budgets actually are -- I just know we didn't get enough small-guy SP depth but we DID we Beckham, who I just don't think we needed at all. Could be no connection between those two facts. I think Beckham's signing was more about putting Saladino and the loser of Sanchez and Johnson into the minors to play every day so as to keep developing. They could care less if Gordo rots on the bench. I also believe the White Sox honestly believe that between their five leading starters and Brad Penny, they have enough to bridge the gap for Carlos Rodon to be ready to go by June at the latest. Another starter would have been behind Sale, Q, Smarj, Danks, Noesi, Rodon, and Penny, at least. Then you also have to look at guys like Johnson and Beck as possibilities for later in the season, or just a trade by then.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 04:49 PM) The problem is his odds really making him a lottery ticket. If he were still good, he wouldn't be available for $100,000.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 04:27 PM) On April 1, the Sox either need to add him to the roster, cut him, or give him a $100,000 bonus to report to the minor leagues. I think he will be cut. If he doesn't have the option to opt out, $100,000 is nothing to keep a lottery ticket around.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 04:27 PM) The roster spot is as important as the $2m bucks. We needed pitching depth and OF depth, did not need IF depth. raBBit's list is good -- even if don't like those guys, they filled holes for us while Beckham is just another guy on a pile of guys we already had. The $2 million is about as close to meaningless as it gets. That is the salary of a mimimum wage guy, which the roster spot would cost anyway, plus $1.5 million. In 2015, it is nothing.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 04:12 PM) If there is a worse McD AA than Amir Williams in the history of the game I would like to see it. You might remember one Charles Macon...

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 04:22 PM) Lol so bad. Neither team really deserved to win. Too bad there can be only one loser.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 04:18 PM) Bryce Alford is out of his mind right now. It is like watching Steve 25 years ago.

lol, Tyler Wideman still hasn't learn how to hustle. Ball on the floor, four guys around it, he was the only one who didn't go to the floor.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 03:49 PM) s*** outside of Kentucky its fairly open. I like maybe 4 teams as that top tier, the rest are very close Kentucky is on an whole other level. Then there is a tier of 2 or 3 more teams that would be title contenders most years. After that, meh.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 03:39 PM) The issue isn't whether or not Gordon Beckham can adequately be a backup 2nd/3rd baseman, it's that a backup 2nd/3rd baseman was literally the last thing we needed to spend our limited resources on. It pretty much was the last thing we used it on. Beckham was signed really late, and after everyone else who wasn't a minor leaguer.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Mar 19, 2015 -> 03:33 PM) I thought there was going to be either very few or tons of them and it looks like we will have tons Once you get past the top few teams, there isn't a lot of separation between the rest of the teams. This is a prime upset year.

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Yep. ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo 24m24 minutes ago Through 3 games, only 86,737 of 11.57 million brackets (0.7 pct) in the ESPN Tournament Challenge still have perfect brackets.