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QUOTE (South Sider @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 09:00 PM) Interesting that Eddie O is doing the intermission show. Must have some east coast games to do this weekend and figured he may as well stay close rather then heading out west. He was at Pat Foley's HOF induction. Don't know if that is why or not.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 21, 2014 -> 08:56 AM) I liked Morgan on 30 Rock and SNL. He was always good as a background character that would make you laugh. As a bit player, sure. The problem is it was the same routine over and over again. For my two cents, it got boring really quickly.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 21, 2014 -> 07:55 AM) Dan's write-up of the moves on FutureSox is here. I'm kinda surprised that Saladino got protected. He's recovering from TJ and won't be ready until March or April, and doesn't really have any standout tools. I just don't see how anyone would claim him. You'd actually be able to stash him on a DL for a while and get a free preview while he recovers from injury.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 21, 2014 -> 05:33 AM) I never really saw why Tracy Morgan was so popular. He's obviously gonna get paid and rightfully so by Walmart . Agreed.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 08:56 PM) Call me skepical of this"inside source". Rock, I believe.20 minutes afte mlbtraderumors comes up with Jay Bruce being available, this comes up. I would bet my home the White Sox wouldn't offer Q straight up for Bruce, let alome Q+. He is playing you guys. Speaking of "playing you"...

Thanks for sharing Bucket!

QUOTE (South Sider @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 08:38 PM) ...And of course. 4 power play goals allowed all season and now the Flames are 2 for 2. I spoke too soon apparently.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 08:21 PM) Early. Revisiting talks. Might take Q + Any chance this was the three way referenced by Hahn?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 07:17 PM) And you're willing to give him essentially the same deal Adam Dunn had? 4 years/$60 million? I love how exchanging Dunn for Ethier and Viciedo for Rasmus leads to a worse season than 2013. If everyone believes in defensive metrics/DRS/UZR so much, getting Viciedo out of the outfield alone should give you a tremendous benefit. We can't, on one hand, say how great it would be to add Heyward for one year and then turn around and totally discount defense with Rasmus, at least in LF. His floor is so much higher than Adam Dunn it isn't even funny. Plus he can actually play in the field.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 07:37 PM) They'd also be able to offer him a QO if healthy right? He'd probably turn it down if he was still playing that well.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 07:12 PM) Buster Olney Rival evaluators say the White Sox asking price on Alexei Ramirez is steep, to the degree that you'd want to be buying in for 2-3 years. https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/535600657445945344

Nice way to start a game and road trip too.

That's a nice way to start a career.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 06:04 PM) Right, but he's just not a slamdunk player that would make me not care about the pick. He is almost Alex Rios-like in his sporadically good and bad seasons. Let me preface this by saying I know WAR is not the end all be all stat, but it's a good quick reference to a player's season, so check this out for his recent years..... 2009: 1.4 WAR (okay year) 2010: -1.4 WAR (epic bad season) 2011: 3.7 WAR (Very good, all-star caliber season) 2012: 4.5 WAR (Awesome season, all-star caliber again) 2013: -0.9 WAR (Only played 88 games, but was awful) 2014: 2.6 WAR (Decent above average year) That's 6 years worth of "What will he be next year"??? Giving him a long term deal is very scary, because his career is like a box of chocolates, you never know which one you're gunna get. 2013 he was hurt. Take that out, and things look a lot different.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 04:42 PM) Not that it matters, but Garcia got placed at #19 on top 20 prospects list according to mlb.com White Sox or Dodgers list?

Phil Rogers ‏@philgrogers 4m4 minutes ago Cuban LHP Onelki Garcia, 25, claimed on waivers by White Sox, is a mystery who essentially missed 2014 after ending '13 with a sore elbow.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 04:04 PM) Cool article I will point out that had this been written 3 months ago, the Sox longest tree would be a mundane Mike Cameron---->Paul Konerko. I wonder what the longest tree in the major is, including crossing teams. That was actually my guess before thinking about Konerko being retired.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 03:58 PM) I think it's early to call Surkamp trash. He's got some pitchability and throws with his left hand. Even if he's just an up and down guy that's worth something. He showed me enough to be given a shot as the second lefty next year. Robin also seemed to like him.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 04:23 PM) On what planet are we living on where Andy Wilkins provides value? He's a 27 year old non prospect that was absolute trash in his cup of coffee. He looked completely overwhelmed by MLB pitching. He struck out in half his 45 AB! Come on people. Funny only three months ago, people couldn't understand why Dunn hadn't been released to make room for him.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 04:13 PM) Why Raul Fernandez is on the 40 is beyond me, he should probably be next to go with Leury close to follow. He is a young project who throws 100.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 03:59 PM) I think Phegley makes a hell of a lot more sense for that chopping block. The Sox have very little first base depth at the moment. At least as a AAAA player, Wilkins has enough talent and upside that he could get hot for a month and perhaps keep the Sox afloat. Maybe his ceiling is Garrett Jones, maybe it's lower than that, but the guy can hit the ball out of the park. EDIT: Also, Raul Fernandez, Andre Rienzo, and Maikel Cleto. Cleto has to be the next guy out the door, especially when another reliever is signed.

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 03:21 PM) Wilkins and Carroll won't be around much longer. It wouldn't shock me to see Carroll as the White Sox long man next year.

He just absolutely cratered at the beginning of the season, and when the tried to make him a closer. He was either absolutely terrible, or very, very good. There was no in between.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 02:59 PM) They still have Jared Mitchell, they just cleared him from the 40-man roster. If I'm understanding correctly, he'll be a minor league free agent after this season if he's not re-added to the 40-man roster. There's still time for Buddy's buddy. Theorhetically, someone could claim Mitchell (that is unless they had already waived him and no one claimed him and just now announced that he wasn't on the 40 man.)

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 02:48 PM) After letting it go on for way longer than it should have. And hopefully they learned their lesson from it, and don't open the door for it to happen again.