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QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 17, 2014 -> 11:55 AM) I also tired of hearing Tomas sounds too much like Viciedo. Not only was Viciedo not a LF when he defected, but people are jumping too much into the convenient fact that they're both Cuban, Those aren't the only two reasons for that comp.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 17, 2014 -> 09:13 AM) +Pi mmmmm pi

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 17, 2014 -> 09:09 AM) +1 +2

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 17, 2014 -> 08:28 AM) The rest of the country can do without your supplies at this point. No longer kidding. But not their refining.

I know it was pre-season and all, but it was sweet to see JImmy go off like that.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 07:33 PM) That's not using any advanced offensive stats. De Aza's had 200 fewer plate appearances and they have both hit 51 doubles, De Aza has 11 more triples and one more home run. Markakis has hit for a higher average. I would suggest that the reason a Sox fan would have the perception that "there is no way those two are in the same stratosphere offensively or defensively" is precisely because he/she doesn't watch Markakis on a daily basis and doesn't care/has is not emotionally affected by what he does well or not so well while every De Aza miscue is the end of the world. If you told the average Sox fan Markakis had 200 more plate appearances than De Aza over the last 2 years and asked which you thought had more extra base hits, somewhere around 100% would say Markakis. Their reasoning would be "not De Aza." More years distorts the comparison? When you are offering a player a multi year contract, how much of their recent performance should you consider? Exactly one season? How about half a season, that way it's not distorted by being a full season? De Aza falls into the same camp as Javy Vazquez did for me. I know what the numbers say, but he never seemed to be as valuable on the field as what his numbers said they were. There is just something that isn't quantifying right in my eyes.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 07:29 PM) Can I help? Please? Oops.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 05:59 PM) Markakis is basically a maybe slightly more reliable De Aza for way more money. See, for example (assuming it happens), the Orioles letting Markakis walk, plugging in De Aza for lots of million dollars a year less. OPS over the last 2 years Markakis .707 De Aza .716 Don't know where he's getting this "gold glove caliber" reputation. Fangraphs has him with negative defensive ratings in each of the last 6 years. UZR does in all of those other than 2014 (fluke?). He's got a better arm than De Aza, probably makes fewer boneheaded plays, and has notably less range. In any of the next 4 years he's a decent bet to be a less valuable player than De Aza. Would it make much sense that the plan was to trade away De Aza making $4.2 million a year in order to sign a similarly valuable player in his 30s to a multi-year deal worth (my guesstimate) more than $10 million a year? Some times I really hate advanced stats, because there is no way those two are in the same stratosphere offensively or defensively. Though those numbers are distorted by going two years instead of one.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 04:54 PM) Should I be reading that as him throwing the NAACP under the bus? That's what it looks like but I'm not sure. Yep. The guy is a real arrogant piece of work. That is how his entire feed reads.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 04:53 PM) From what I've seen, the best options to attach to the end of a deal are vesting options with a buyout if those certain requirements (99% of the time they're playing time requirements with the occasional "if not on the DL" also included) are met. 3 year, $42 million deal, breaking down as follows '15: $12 mill '16: $13 mill '17: $14 mill '18: $15 mill (option) - option vests with 1100 PAs between '16 and '17 or (500/550) in '17, otherwise, $3 mill team buyout It brings it up to a max value of 4/$54, which is still a pretty penny. Those numbers can be fudged with a little bit, but in today's environment, for a player that is not one dimensional, it's a fairly good contract for both player and team. That looks realistic, but you would have to imagine that someone will be willing to offer 4 years.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 9, 2014 -> 09:22 PM) So much for McDermotts chance at Governor. Mike Pence is smiling his ass off right now. Yeah, he continues to win the minority vote here.... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=102...e=1&theater

QUOTE (shysocks @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 04:15 PM) I'd oppose a four-year deal, I think, but I'd be on board for giving Markakis around 3/$39. The rule of thumb on the free agency market is whatever you would be comfortable with... add another year or two to that, because someone else will.

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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 03:01 PM) Here is a question, would you rather be relevant and in playoff contention 80% of the time (making the playoffs more often then not while not winning the series) or be relevant once every 30 years and win the series that one time. For me I'll take the relevant and not winning series vs. extended periods of irrelevance. It is about 75 years better than the Cubs model...

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 03:21 PM) What did you do with Zach Putnam? I would have saw what the market for him was on July 30, because I don't believe he will replicate his season. That being said, I bring him back as a sixth inning guy, and if he succeeeds great. If someone beats him out, I am cool with that as well.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 03:19 PM) So basically, one hot stretch... Well 2 if you count this last 9-0 stretch.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 02:58 PM) I'd rather he start in Charlotte until his Super 2 passes, that way he can get used to playing in a bandbox, and not a pitcher's friendly park like Birmingham. Give him six weeks in Birmingham and six weeks in Charlotte. Call him up on July one to avert all of the Super 2 and service time worry.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 01:53 PM) I would be surprised if he doesn't improve at this with time. All you had to do was see the in-season improvements he made this year to know that.

I'd be willing to put a nice offer out for Markakis. If we can't find a lefty 30 homer bat for the OF, he is the next best thing.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 01:32 PM) No such animal. There isn't a LH version of him either. His particular set of skills is truly unique, and likely not repeatable. Avert your gaze and try something realistic. Yep, Mark is Mark, which is what makes him special.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Oct 16, 2014 -> 01:39 PM) Dude, your over-valuing of Hector Noesi is incredible. He may be a solid #5 starter, but he's more than expendable if Rodon is as good as expected. We're talking about one of the best minor league pitching prospects in baseball. Hahn will find a spot for him if it makes the team better. A guy like Noesi should have no impact on the decision unless he flat-out exceeds expectations, which very unlikely IMO. If on July 1 Hector Noesi is still pitching like a 4 starter, there will be a market for him. I'm not worried about it.