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Chuck Garfien ‏@ChuckGarfien 43m43 minutes ago Tigers will pay Martinez, Verlander and Cabrera $288 million in next 4 years, plus $24 million to Prince Fielder--and he's w/ Texas.

The first question is who do we have to add or risk losing to Rule 5?

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 06:45 PM) Holy crap, look at the empty seats in Miami. The bandwagon is empty.

Colleen Kane ‏@ChiTribKane 3m3 minutes ago White Sox's Chris Sale finishes 3rd in AL Cy Young voting behind winner Corey Kluber and Felix Hernandez, who was second.

QUOTE (Baron @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 05:46 PM) The Tigers owe Verlander,Martinez and Cabrera 78 million in 2018. They got about 2-3 years before all hell breaks loose.

We just had a girls player from my high school sign with the University of Arizona for basketball.

We are getting six years of Abreu for the price of a 36-39 year old Victor Martinez. #WinHahn

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 05:28 PM) Semi-bold prediction: Bulls never win a championship while Rose is the star player. Since Lebron will be in the league while Rose is here, I don't see that as bold at all.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 01:41 PM) I wonder what kind of ridiculous package it'd take to get Cashner. Anthony Rizzo?

This is over now, Martinez has re-signed with Detroit.

Hopefully it is a big number, and fully guaranteed.

This is a great honor for both the page, and everyone who puts work into it. Top notch work guys!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 02:40 PM) Who is this guy? Is he available? I want him on the Sox NOW. What power!! He'll be a fan favorite with the glove and the bat. Is he a legit signee? Does Hahn know of him? Nope, Soxtalk scooped him first.

Go get 'em tiger.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 01:28 PM) Yap! I want the Bulls to win a title because I am Bulls fan.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 01:00 PM) When did I say I want them to sign Scherzer? You keep implying that I said that, when in reality I think it would be a terrible idea. And sorry, expectations always drive ticket sales to some extent, I can't believe you and SS2K are actually arguing against this. Fans purchase single-game and season tickets in the offseason, and those decisions are heavily based on expectations. If the team goes out and spends $40M on free agents and vastly improves the team, those fans will be excited/optimistic and will more often than not purchase more tickets than they would have otherwise. Obviously if the team fails to meet expectations, walk-ups will drop as the season progresses. Winning clearly has a major impact on ticket sales, and I would argue to a larger degree, but to say offseason expectations have no impact on is on a Greg-level of thinking. History dictates otherwise. Sox fans show up after a team has already been a winner, and not before.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 11:50 AM) I don't feel sorry for him and his millions. I'm annoyed by the constant b****ing by the fans/media on the radio, internet and twitter. To some extent, he is paid to put up with that stuff. That is why the guy is making $95 million over the course of the contract. There is a bigger burden put on to your star players. No one made him sign the contract.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 11:38 AM) This just goes back to holding professional athletes to some higher, near-impossible standard. And then people can complain when he doesn't reach that standard. Or complain when he's not open/honest enough. Seriously, the kid can't win. Yeah, poor Derrick Rose. We should all feel sorry for the awful situation he is in.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 11:09 AM) The bigger question is would we even bid in excess of our allotment? If that answer is no, then its a non-starter. If the answer is yes, then I don't know why they wouldn't be aggressive if they liked their scouting. I realize some of the big boys were out of the Abreu sweepstakes but we weren't shy in that regard and by all accounts we were pretty aggressive with Tanaka as well. I don't see it happening.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 09:41 AM) I don't even think its going to be a JR issue. He's willing to spend. The real problem is throwing away the next two years of amateur LatAm signings - which I don't think Hahn or KW are willing to do, just when that pipeline has started working again. It is a JR issue, because he won't allow the spending to happen for something that goes over the caps. I am also curious how people would feel about this signing if it precluded us from spending anymore money the rest of the winter.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 10:54 AM) That's what "per cap" means. The sox aren't going to sign Scherzer. It would be a bad business decision. If you think that "showing the fans you're serious" will drive attendance, you haven't been paying attention to the white sox and attendance over the past ten years. Attendance will increase when there is a winner, and not before. If you think adding Scherzer to a 74 win team will do that, then we disagree on a different level altogether. The discussion should end there.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 09:54 AM) While I don't care that he thinks it, he has to understand how poorly that would come off. He is truly tone deaf Exactly. Even if you think it, you don't say it. It is a five course dinner for the meatball fans.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 09:01 AM) It seems to be, but I don't think they are meant to be. I just think the guy is probably one of the nicest guys in the NBA, one of the most talented guys in the NBA, and in the team photo for least intelligent guys in the NBA. QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 09:34 AM) [/b] Sitting in the front and f***ing center. Yeah, anyone who has to have Reggie Rose take their SATs...

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 08:58 AM) It's amazing how bad he consistently screws up the PR game. Those comments were just a big F-You to the fans. If anyone should have learned how to placate the public, you would think the kid who grew up seeing Jordan play the public and the media would be it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 10:49 AM) It would have been interesting to see how everything went down if WWW was still around. A good core of the talent was already there at the start of the 07 season. As much credit as Rocky & McDonough get for the franchise turnaround, the success & talent on the ice was the #1 factor. Agreed. It would have been interesting to see how it happened. The one thing that happened, that I am not sure would have happened under Bill is the signing of Hossa.