Al Lopez's Ghost

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 16, 2017 -> 08:01 AM) When was the last time Levine actually broke a deal? So, he's due.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jan 15, 2017 -> 05:13 PM) .264/.324/.423 11 HR's, 52 RBI's, 17 SB's, 2.4 WAR Only if Tyler is playing AA ball.

Bruce Levine tweeted 6 minutes ago that interest was heating up, same old teams, same old names, and predicted a trade before the start of spring training.

Generally, 5'10" is really short for a righthander, but he'll probably grow some. I wonder how big his Dad or other older relatives are.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jan 14, 2017 -> 11:57 PM) How does this thread get 10 pages a day when NOTHING is happening? It's what we do.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jan 14, 2017 -> 05:52 PM) I don't see Moncada getting recalled until September. I think he needs a full year in AAA to work on both sides of his game. I think that projected lineup was not for 2017.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jan 14, 2017 -> 03:04 PM) Wait until Russell, Schwarber, Bryant,. Baez get to their arbitration years and become more and more expensive. That Heyward contract is already an albatross but is hidden, for now, by the cubs winning but as players become more expensive that Heyward contract will come back to bite them in the ass. Back to Q. It would be a wise move by the cubs to check in on Q and especially for a team that that's likely to lose two starters to FA after the '17 season, does not develop pitching well, have said they draft hitter heavy to trade for pitching later and don't have any room for the foreseeable future for the minor leaguers the Sox would likely desire (Happ/Jimenez/Candelario) so it does make sense. Another aspect of this is kind of a pendulum effect in that if the Pirates trade for Q they conceivably gain ground on the division leading cubs but if the cubs trade for Q they get stronger and pull further away from Pitt. Would be a slick move by Theo to jump into the mix and steal Q from the Pirates or to at least try to drive the price up on them. I'm not saying the Sox/cubs will actually make a trade but they do fit very well as trade partners and makes for interesting discussions while we're bored. Agree 100%

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jan 14, 2017 -> 01:22 PM) Why buy him at peak price a year before you really need him? They could get him next year when Arietta is gone and give up less. Or they could sign one of the millions of high-end free agents. Salary difference there is substantial.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jan 14, 2017 -> 11:51 AM) The Cubs are a bad fit. Do they need a starter? Yes. Would Quintana make them better? Of course. Does it make sense for the reigning WS champions and easy WS favorites to give up several elite prospects to upgrade their 5th starter? No, it does not. Arietta is in the last year of his contract, Lackey is 36, Lester is not young. You could make a case that Quintana is a fit for the Cubs.

Opposition singles turned into triples: 8.

#6. Still won't believe it's a rebuild until they trade Frazier.

When the trade happens we'll say a collective "Now what?" For 5 seconds. Then we'll critique the trade.

So Meadows projects to be a better center fielder than Rob Mackowiak?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 13, 2017 -> 11:41 AM) I feel like Catcher war is often lower due to games played, is that an accurate statement? Just by way of comparison, Johnny Bench (maybe the best?) totaled 70 WAR in his 12 prime seasons.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jan 12, 2017 -> 10:46 AM) We're over 6,300 posts between the 2. Insane. Imagine if this drags out to the July trade deadline.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jan 12, 2017 -> 10:25 AM) I would love to get an offensive monster type production out of second base as long as he can be at least average defensively. You move him to 3rd or center it drops his offensive value down a notch in my book. I don't understand why his offensive value drops down in CF.

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Jan 12, 2017 -> 10:16 AM) Would hate to move Moncada to third. He is pretty vocal about strongly preferring second base. Whatever works for the team I am sure he would be OK with though. There has been mention made that he could move to centerfield.

QUOTE (ChiSox1917 @ Jan 10, 2017 -> 11:18 PM) For those that don't want Bell as the headliner, how would Bellinger have been good enough as a headliner with the Dodgers for Sale? I think it's widely held that Bellinger is a superior fielder, and I think he's shown more power as well.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 10, 2017 -> 10:42 PM) I was just joking. With our recent luck, Trout would probably suffer a Bo Jackson-esque injury. So was I.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 10, 2017 -> 10:36 PM) Can't we just re-sign Micah Johnson and package him in a deal with 8-10 mid-tier prospects for Mike Trout? Where are we gonna find 8-10 mid-tier prospects?

I wonder if Atlanta would have interest in McCutcheon. They've been signing geriatric pitchers this winter. McCutch to Braves, Q to Pitt and we take two from column A and two from column B. We'd probably have to sweeten. The return for Atl, a reliever say, but it could break the stalemate.

QUOTE (striker @ Jan 10, 2017 -> 08:49 AM) I'd reject both of those, sign Bautista and Saunders and make things interesting in 2017. Trade everyone at the deadline. You would do this after having traded Sale and Eaton?

Call in a relief pooper.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 9, 2017 -> 01:20 PM) The Cubs have primarily spent on TWO players that the Sox probably wouldn't have. 1) Lester is something we will try to develop internally; and 2) Heyward has really not contributed significantly to their success. I'm not trying to glaze over the value of an TOR by any means, but that is exactly what we've been acquiring in regards to prospects in these deals. If you want to talk about how the Cubs rebuild has been different, stick with their focus on positional talent because of their belief that it is more projectable. Sox wouldn't have spent on Lackey, and haven't the Cubs spent a lot more on international draftees? They spent on Torres, which led them to Chapman.

I would think the General Manager smart enough to obtain them would be smart enough to trade one or two for commensurate help in other areas.