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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 10:53 AM) plus, that blade cuts both ways. The Sox have been spending, spending a considerable amount over the past decade, and the fans have not really broken the turnstiles. You cant hold the 90s against JR and then pretend like the last decade didnt happen, especially after the past offseason. Its like saying "Oh yea they spent a crazy amount of money, but still not enough because you make a lot of money" The team actually lost money last year.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 10:40 AM) and that is why i am saying it is all good, this is a great discussion, as i have stated already. this is what make being a fan great. esp the chi white sox fans who are really knowledgeable to the the whole game. i sometimes feel that the owners really don't appreciated our faithfulness. Come on man, the reality is that this is a business. The owners aren't going to cash our "faithfulness" at the bank.

@ESPNNYYankees To be clear, it's obvious Cashman wanted Moncada but it seems like he couldn't get Hal to go any higher

Jerry Crasnick ‏@jcrasnick 9m9 minutes ago Dustin McGowan gets a big-league deal from #dodgers with $1M roster bonus and $1.5M in potential performance bonuses.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 10:30 AM) Bryce Harper, Stephen Strasburg. Seriously. Moncada has some nice reviews, but there was a decent debate over whether he would have been the first player even taken in the draft. A guy like Strasburg would have destroyed this system.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 10:28 AM) However, there are also political ramifications here at play...US normalizing relations with Cuba, etc. It's not quite so cut-and-dried as Moncada signing is taking away $30 million from James Shields. We haven't seen a player at his age that was this close to major league ready and universally-predicted by be a future superstar...at any rate, the Red Sox have two test cases with Rusney Castillo and now Moncada. Castillo was impressive in his brief call-up last year. Yasmany Tomas with AZ will also be an interesting situation, to see if he can stick at 3B. And, of course, Jorge Soler as well. We'll see soon enough if this is the absolute peak of the Cuban market. Why not. Anyone want to guess what Brady Aiken would have gotten as a free agent last year? How about Carlos Rodon the year before?

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Feb 21, 2015 -> 05:52 PM) Two phones? Personal preference for that? I can't stand carrying an extra phone during my on call rotation. My work offered me a phone 3 weeks after I renewed my contract. I usually don't carry both phones, but it is a nice option because one is sprint, the other is verizon, so I get way fewer dead spots having the two options.

Anyone else still with 12 Monkey's or Vikings? Nice Debut for Vikings I am totally sold on 12 monkey's after the 5 or 6 episodes we are into it.

QUOTE (flavum @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 09:59 AM) I wonder if a day is coming where the MLBPA supports American-born players to make scratch like this. Or more likely...Moncada gets thrown in the pool to be drafted just like everyone else. An international draft will happen sooner than later.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 07:57 AM) Especially with the 2nd and 3rd round picks gone this year, it's key to get the BPA in the 1st and probably for the 4th/5th too. But I would like to see the White Sox try to grab the best college catcher available starting around the 5th/6th round if they haven't grabbed one already. And another one sometime not too long after. Normally, you don't start filling gaps at specific positions until much later in the draft, like perhaps starting in the teens. And normally I agree with that. However, I do think that catching is an exception, because it is nearly impossible to trade for it. There are just so few long-term successful catchers, and so few catching prospects out there that look worthwhile, that teams aren't trading them. And the White Sox have, IMO, a dire lack of catching talent depth across the organization right now. I want to see that addressed if at all possible. So my question to this group is, who are the current college catchers at the top of people's draft boards? Their draft board will also make going overslot much harder. They have way fewer picks to make those dollars up in.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 20, 2015 -> 05:19 PM) Pre-injury 2013 Crain on this team is very scary. I do like that there is genuine competition for the pen this year. If Duke and Robertson stay at the levels they were at, this becomes a scary good pen.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Feb 22, 2015 -> 11:36 AM) Interested to know why Brantly is seen as having more chance of winning the backup job than Kottaras, who "hasn't excelled on either side of the ball at the major league level". Kottaras is a lifetime league average hitter at the MLB level (100 wRC+), whilst Brantly has been horrible (69 wRC+). It's not like Brantly has excelled defensively either, ranking 88th of 108 in framing in 2012 and 109th of 116 in 2013. Kottaras has been 66th of 105, 32nd of 113, 80th of 112 and 78th of 108. A stat like this is in such an infancy, has such a variation between sources, and is so imperfect, that it is hardly worth disqualifying a guy over.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 09:25 AM) That was actually a question I had here. He has an MLB deal, does this only have implications in terms of dollar amount, or do you also have to keep them on the 40-man for the year? At the very least you would have to clear a 40 man roster spot for him until the 60 day DL opens up in the spring, when you could then put him there and open that spot back up again until he can get back to the majors.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 09:07 AM) I bet they offered them more than the other 29 teams though. I thought I remember in Robertson's case that wasn't true?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 09:08 AM) Does anybody want to buy some snow? Good QUOTE (shysocks @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 08:58 AM) BAKE SALE!!! Better QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 09:21 AM) Signing Moncada gives the BoSox the flexibility to finally send that package of players over for Chris Sale. Best

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 07:06 AM) fans are always talking about getting this player or that player, that is part of being a fan. so with that how am i doing it differently?? And fans respond to the fans talking... this isn't any different either.

QUOTE (LDF @ Feb 22, 2015 -> 08:05 PM) coming off the 2nd surgery is one thing, and a major thing at that. but come on, jr is not going to spend more than he has too. he would have been a great pickup, a 1 yr and out type of pitcher. that is if the club doesn't want a multi yr kind of pickup right now. He's not going to pitch for months, and there is a really high chance he will never be the same pitcher again. I'd hardly call that a great pick up. I'd call it a lottery ticket.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 08:55 AM) You can't take the other side of it as a perfect parallel though. Pitchers face a ton of different guys, and that will level out in the long run. Hitters are who they are, they don't operate the same way as pitchers. If you have 12 good hitters who all strike out more than average, why would they not score runs? They're still good hitters. I'm not here saying that their strikeout rates are perfectly fine or they shouldn't worry about it, but saying they won't be effective solely because they strike out a lot is, I feel, a little short-sighted. But what you can assume is that teams with more extreme line ups, like this group, will have much higher standard deviations of runs scored, leading to many times where they lose games because of the short ends of those uneven distributions. Teams with more stable line ups and run scoring structures, will have more stable runs scored per game deviations, and less variations.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 23, 2015 -> 08:24 AM) Reporting around $30M, Red Sox. Which actually means $60M the team has to pay out. Which means the Red Sox need to come up with at least $40 million, in cash, within a month.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Feb 20, 2015 -> 04:56 PM) After their evisceration of the CBA in regards to their INTL, this deal should not be allowed to go through. They are following the "rules".

Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler 15m15 minutes ago Sounds like the Yankees workout will be the last private workout for Yoan Moncada. Expectation among people involved is he signs next week.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 38m38 minutes ago Robin Ventura: "I expect us to make the playoffs. I expect us to make a good run at it and make the playoffs."

Mark Anderson ‏@ProspectMark 10m10 minutes ago Looks to me like the #Tigers have brought back outfielder Casper Wells on a minor league deal....

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 20, 2015 -> 12:54 PM) Are we sure that it is just a couple weeks for the extra year though? If so I agree, complete no-brainer for him to be in Charlotte (barring injuries that force the Sox' hand). I think technically all it has to be is one day, though that would bring a grievance from the union.

Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 3h3 hours ago Adam Eaton says he "worked smarter" in offseason in hopes of staying healthy this year.