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QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 31, 2014 -> 07:18 AM) I actually think it was pretty unprofessional if he said that. De Aza was bad but he wasn't a bad person or bad teammate that deserved that from a bad announcer who thinks he was some stud pitcher in his hayday. It means there is more there that we don't know.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 02:56 PM) Balta, I'm amazed that your able to determine the White Sox's break even-point so accurately, but you can't account for their $46M in payroll obligations next year. John Danks $15,750,000 Alexei Ramirez $10,000,000 Jose Abreu $8,666,666 Chris Sale $6,000,000 Jeff Keppinger $4,500,000 Jose Quintana $1,000,000 Felipe Paulino $250,000 The $46M already includes Keppinger's corpse and Paulino's buyout. You're right about the arb guys and the total cost of all the minimum salaries however, so we probably are near $60M to field a full roster. Either way, I have no doubt the Sox will be able to afford a $100M payroll next year, regardless of if they actually spend it. While I'm impressed that you have direct access to the Sox's financials, you've yet to convince me that we're approaching some $90M payroll limitation, especially when you have no insight into their 2015 revenue forecasts that their payroll budget will be based on. All it takes is a bit of history, the Forbes numbers, and some common sense.

http://orioles-nation.com/players/mark-blackmar/ http://orioles-nation.com/2012/01/13/top-5...-mark-blackmar/

QUOTE (Reddy @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 04:44 PM) I'm as huge a fan of Abreu as anyone and I'm glad as hell we got him, but just remember that Cespedes was a near-MVP-caliber player his rookie season, and he's taken a nosedive as the league adjusted. I think Abreu's better, but I've also been a White Sox fan for too long and I'm prepared to be disappointed THAT SAID - loving this ride. He is much more hitter-ish than any of the Cubans I have seen so far. He reminds me so much of young Frank Thomas, it isn't even funny.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 08:59 PM) Did Farmer really truly say that? The Sox have the best announcers in the world. How many announcing teams would go there? Not the Royals. Absolutely.

Overheard on the radio: Farmer: "Did it surprise you that De Aza got traded?" DJ: "No. You?" Farmer: "In the respect that someone wanted him? Yes."

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 10:27 AM) The Cubs doubled down yesterday and said Bryant is not on the 40 man and will not be added this season Then why bring up Baez and Soler?

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 11:44 AM) I understand. But the point I was making is, eventually your bat speed goes, your strength and your eye. I'm not interested in guys who just had a career year at 34 or 35 and are up for a contract unless they're coming for cheap. For Victor, the absolute most I would pay is 2 years - 16 million. He won't sign for that. Unless that is $16 million per year, you are correct.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 10:26 AM) He should clarify that by saying "the baseball team, not the city" Obviously.

QUOTE (peavy44 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 10:45 AM) We need too protect abreu hello. No one said differently hello

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 08:37 AM) I think my biggest problem with them (and most hosts) is that they don't follow all of the teams very closely. Waddle doesn't follow hockey, baseball or college sports. Jurko doesn't follow nba, baseball or college (sometimes watches NCAAF). So, basically it's Bears 24/7 and uninformed conjecture on the rest. At least they're not bitter like B&B, but is it too much to expect them to casually watch some of the other stuff? That is the dirty secret of sports radio. No one watches it all. The hosts just stake out opposite positions, and argue. That is the shtick.

My question is why would Victor Martinez want to leave Detroit for Chicago?

Cabrera from TOR is a name that comes to mind for me.

WHITE SOX MAKE THREE ROSTER MOVES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, August 30, 2014 CHICAGO – Prior to today’s split doubleheader vs. Detroit, the Chicago White Sox purchased the contract of right-handed pitcher Chris Bassitt from Class AA Birmingham and recalled left-hander Eric Surkamp from Class AAA Charlotte to serve as the 26th man for the doubleheader. To make room for Bassitt on the 25-man roster, the White Sox optioned right-handed pitcher Scott Carroll to Charlotte following last night’s game. Bassitt, 25, went 3-1 with a 1.56 ERA (6 ER/34.2 IP) and 36 strikeouts in six starts with Birmingham in 2014. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound Bassitt suffered a broken right hand prior to the start of the season and did not debut with the Barons until July 29 after pitching in three rehab games with the Arizona League White Sox. He threw 16.0 consecutive scoreless IP over three starts from August 3-15 and limited the opposition to a .206 (26-126) average with the Barons. Bassitt was selected by Chicago in the 16th round of the 2011 draft out of the University of Akron. He will wear uniform No. 61. Surkamp, 27, is 1-0 with a 6.91 ERA (11 ER/14.1 IP), five holds and 11 strikeouts in 23 relief appearances over two stints with the White Sox this season. He also has gone 4-5 with a 4.69 ERA (41 ER/78.2 IP) and 86 strikeouts in 18 games (11 starts) with Charlotte this season. Carroll, 29, is 5-9 with a 5.28 ERA (63 ER/107.1 IP) in 22 games (16 starts) with the White Sox this season. The Sox 40-man roster is at 40. -30- © 2014 Chicago White Sox

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 10:56 PM) Yes it is. And yes he is (one of them, anyway). Players have quit on him - he bears some responsibility for that. And this isn't the first time. With his record, he'd have been out on his ears a year ago and scorned like Bevington were he not Robin Ventura, a "hero". If players have quit with jobs for 2015 on the line, they are about the stupidest people on the planet. Who quits with millions of dollars on the line?

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 10:49 PM) This game was not a serious effort. The team just clowned it up. Reason number xxxxx that they need a real manager. If certain guys can't play hard with their jobs on the line for next year, it isn't the manager that is the problem.

Bruce.Levine.

QUOTE (peavy44 @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 09:54 PM) Carlos sanchez gets traded in offseason. That makes no sense at all.

On the bright side, I don't have to listen to Hawk to hear the same people say the same things about the same people over and over and over...

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 08:33 PM) Stone still thinks he will spend September in the bullpen. He actually was really good out of the pen.

I can't stand De Aza and all, but if your coach said go, you go.

It will fail miserably, just like his other business ventures, I am sure.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 04:08 PM) same here and I would venture to say, if Jeff was indeed pick and sign, that other player would have been signed as well. I think it is safe to say that the scenario is interesting. I think the Sox would have avoided dealing with Borass and got a cheaper deal done with Hoffman. The Cubs seemingly had an early deal worked out with Schwarber for WAY under slot. Do they make the same move, or do they alter their entire draft strategy and go for Rodon and sacrifice the younger high end talent that they signed later for overslot? As for the White Sox, are they then able to sign De Oca? Maybe they make more choices like De Oca with the lower signing total from Hoffman. The counter-factuals are endless.

QUOTE (LDF @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 03:39 PM) you got a point. I always thought it was Jeff Hoffman, Without TJ surgery, I would imagine he would be a White Sox property.