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Minor league deal? Absolutely no downside then.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 01:03 PM) Not that I didn't see it coming, but that's inconvenient. I was really hoping for a 6:10 start or something. Opening Day is always a day game (unless you are the first MLB game of the season on Sunday night).

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 12:28 PM) Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 11m11 minutes ago If a TOR/Duquette deal is finished, compensation will be substantial. Jeff Hoffman discussed. Looking back now, if the Jays were heavily pursuing KW like reports said they were until Duquette came along. Would you rather keep KW or get Jeff Hoffman compensation? I think I know the answer, but it's slow around here and just wanted some discussion. I would of gladly take Hoffman or Dolton Pompei (another rumored player for compensation) for KW. That is a great question. I think with Hahn in place you let him go.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 12:28 PM) While it was a cute PR story, the Sox did not specifically acquire $14 million to sign Melky from a few weeks worth of season ticket sales. That was just a (positive) spin the team attached to the timeline of those two not-independent-but-not-directly-related events. Not saying that has anything to do with Shields though. While it is true there was no one sitting in the ticket office with a counter and calculator saying "If we only sell 15 more season tickets we can pay for Cabrera", that doesn't mean that a busier than usual off season for sale wasn't responsible for the Sox making the offer to Cabrera. I promise you if season tickets were a net negative again, they don't make him that offer, at that point in time.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 11:54 AM) Still, he is the head coach and the buck stops with him. Suspend him for the Super Bowl. The Patriots will never have that problem again. Absolutely agreed.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 10:21 AM) Used to play OOTP 6.5 a ton. Haven't played in a long time though and the computer I had it on crashed hard. I tried OOTP 10 or 11 and there was just too much for me and I couldn't get into it. I had 11 and played it up until I got my new computer. I am planning on getting another soon.

QUOTE (Tex @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 05:52 AM) Thanks everyone. From my early research travel in the pre Eisenhower Highway days was a challenge. Basically you would be connecting local and state maps to find a route. I am looking into the history of AAA. My grandparents were members and I remember the big trip planner maps they would use when I was young. Every adventure started with a trip to AAA. (with my family it should have ended at AA) Contact AAA directly. They probably have someone there who serves as a defacto historian.

Jim Bowden ‏@JimBowden_ESPN 20m20 minutes ago Just heard from a source that Dan Duquette’s move from Baltimore to Toronto is getting close and going to happen... but it is unconfirmed..

Dan Wetzel ‏@DanWetzel 7m7 minutes ago Belichick dared investigators to prove he's lying [so he's probably telling truth]. And Brady is just another player http://sports.yahoo.com/news/bill-belichic...-170301312.html …

Every day this thread comes back.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 21, 2015 -> 09:59 PM) I think it's kind of lazy to be honest. If Magglio played in the NL East his whole career that comp would never be made. I think Juan Encarnacion is the best comp I can come up with. His swing and his approach are very similar, as is his body type.

Detroit has a real need for Shields, and even if we were interested, I don't see us outbidding them. And I am perfectly fine with the idea of Detroit paying Shields $20ish million a year in years 4 and 5 of that deal.

Speaking of the Magglio comp. If you take the three pieces of major league seasons for Avi you get 141 games and 497 PA's Garcia slashes at .272/.314/.408/.722 with 14 HR and 63 RBI. It worked out to a 98 OPS+ Maggs first full year was 145 games and 578 PAs for .282/.326/.415/.741 and 14 Hrs and 65 RBI and a 94 OPS+ Garcia is now 23, Maggs was 24 for his first full season.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 21, 2015 -> 07:45 PM) Those are some lofty expectations. Maggs was pretty damn awesome. I have seen the comp before and I like the idea behind it. I don't think he will ever get to that power level, as I think there was a little extra involved there, but I like that gap to gap power, and swing type as a comp. Maybe more like 25 to 30 homer power, but a solid all around hitter, with a good amount of doubles.

I quit watching the State of the Union 10+ years ago when I realized it was basically an episode of Whose Line is it Anyway. Everything is made up, and the points don't matter.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 21, 2015 -> 07:11 PM) as much as i think this is a stupid lawsuit, i still hope they win against the sCrubs. The Cubs were the idiots for entering into a contract with the rooftop owners in the first place. If they hadn't been worried about getting a cut of their revenue, and thus legitimizing them as a business, they wouldn't be in this situation today.

jon greenberg ‏@jon_greenberg 2h2 hours ago Thru 43 games, Bulls are averaging 102.1 & giving up 99.7. Last year thru 43, it was 93/92.9.

New details on how a Moncada contract could be structured. Tax money is due one month after the signing period closes. While Moncada has to sign a minor league deal, any bonus can be paid over a three year period of unlimited installments, and not just immediately, or within the first year. http://www.baseballamerica.com/internation...e-yoan-moncada/

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 21, 2015 -> 04:37 PM) Understand when looking at the Sox prospects as a whole (sans 2013 and 2014) that the Sox have had one of the worst systems in baseball. The Sox spent less money than any other team on the draft from 2003-2012. They also had their international scouting department hijacked and compromised. While you do still have a point, both schools of thought have had success in the MLB. The Tigers are a team who almost always trade their top prospects, get ripped for it by internet people and still seem to be okay. The Cardinals rarely trade their prospects and have a few World Series in the past decade. The Tigers have had to explode their payroll to support that team though. Because of that their window seems to be closing. They just lost what is probably their top pitcher going forward, and are looking at replacing him with an older/lesser guy in someone like Shields.

QUOTE (Armchair Hahn @ Jan 21, 2015 -> 04:23 PM) someone please give me the 'scouting report' on why we feel he has so much potential? Sometimes it feels like everyone gets giddy just because he had the "Little Miggy" nickname.... Google bro, google. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article....articleid=18701 http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/2/12/3979...-avisail-garcia http://www.blessyouboys.com/detroit-tigers...-avisail-garcia http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/...-upside-for-sox

Garcia is only 8 months older than Jorge Soler. Keep that in mind when thinking about how much room the kid still has to grow into this game.

I have had the thought lately that maybe Thibs has lost the team. For that type of coach, there is usually an expiration date where players keep listening. I don't know if that is what has happened, or not, but it crossed my mind.

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MLBRosterMoves ‏@MLBRosterMoves 32m32 minutes ago .@Brewers sign LHP Dontrelle Willis to @MiLB contract with invite to @MLB #SpringTraining.

Weird Al tickets go on sale on Jan 27.