Dick Allen

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 07:43 PM) So around $3.2 million. That makes sense. $5.5 million is pretty much the midpoint between $7.9 and $3.2...almost exactly. Seems that's what Luhnow and company believe is a fair settlement. The Astros have him by the balls. He is 17 or 18. $5 million sets him up pretty well if baseball doesn't work out. He is hurt. If he needs surgery, the draft next year is probably out. As long as the injury is legit, I think they are being more than fair.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 07:36 PM) The Cubs aren't going to make up 10,000 seats a night, in one year. That is just absurd. They wouldn't have to make up 10. As bad as they have been, there still is only 4 seasons in White Sox history that have drawn better than the Cubs this year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 07:32 PM) Aiken is going to get paid if he holds out. Remember, if the Astros don't offer 90% of slot, they lose the compensation for Aiken not signing. His slot value is $7,922,100. Meaning if the Astros don't offer about $7.2 million, they won't get a replacement pick for Aiken if he doesn't sign. They get a replacement pick if he failed the physical and they offered 40% slot.

It will probably take him a while to be ready to play then a rehab assignment and then the majors. September 1 the rosters expand if they haven't sent anyone packing.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 02:40 PM) If Shark is really criticizing the Cubs (like I believe Kyyle said?) toss in Garza's comments and Theo saying EJax's contract was a massive mistake (which it was) while he's still on the roster and it'll be really hard for them to attract big name pitchers at good prices if the Ricketts are as poor as they claim. Unless the checks start bouncing, as long as the Cubs or Sox or any other team for that matter are willing to pay the most, they will have no problem attracting players. I went to the games Saturday and Sunday. One guy to keep an eye on in the future is Cano. He appears disinterested half the game. Jogs to first. He has superior skill, but when that starts to go a little bit, if they don't do something with the team to perk his interest, those last 5 or 6 or 7 years of that contract are going to be painful for Seattle fans to watch.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 02:22 PM) And we quit going to games. I wonder how many season tickets Addison Russell sold? If you want to think the Cubs and Sox are in the same boat, fine, but IMO, the Cubs are one 85 win season away from being constantly sold out again. And to answer your question, sadly not much less than Jose Abreu sold.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 02:31 PM) Aren't the heat $50 million under the cap? How do you get a mid level exception when you are under the cap? I am guessing cap holds.

Isn't McRoberts the guy who gave LeBron a cheap elbow to the neck?

BA just recalculated their top prospect list. Bryant, Baez and Russell are in the top 7. We do the Irish jig if the Sox trade for someone in a team's top 7.

Google the Bryant and Cubs stories last year. Reports were he wasn't going to sign. He signed a couple of days before the deadline for slightly more than slot. Rodon will sign. It's all part of the Boras game. Besides, if Boras has spoken to the White Sox on Rodon's behalf, going back to college is no longer an option.

The Cubs obviously aren't winning this year or next, so you make it like a draft and take the best players available for guys you don't want to pay more than $100 million for when they are over 30 and don't have a long track record of success. With the way pitchers are dropping, maybe waiting until they are ready to win makes the most sense before acquiring them. If Bryant, Baez, Russell, Rizzo.... live up to the hype, they should easily be able to acquire needed pitching down the road. They do have enough hitters now where even if you factor some will bust, they should have a pretty good offense in the next few seasons.

Danks has made 17 starts and 3 were really bad. Throw those out he has a 2.65 ERA the other 14.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 6, 2014 -> 10:21 AM) Name one of those $100+ million megadeals for a starting pitcher that the signing team would repeat if they had 20/20 hindsight over the last 10-15 years??? Tanaka's about the only one, and you probably won't be able to say that 3-4 years down the line when he inevitably breaks down or has TJ surgery. Greinke.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 09:46 AM) I would guess that means in the $50-100k range I googled and came up with an article from 2009 with the top 31 bonuses given to the Latin players, up until then, Cubans excluded. Miguel Cabrera was on that list then, but only a couple more names many would recognize made the list. It seems given these to be 16-17 year olds, you are far better off spreading some money around than dumping it on one or two. IMO, the Sox have a solid strategy here.

Since his hit tool is deteriorating, and he has been hitting like hot garbage, if we could trade him for a bag of balls, there would be a lot of volunteers willing to drive him to the airport.

On the board today it said Belisario was the Venezuelan League closer of the year in 2010. 14 saves and a 1.00 ERA.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 06:19 PM) The crowd looked smallish on mlb today. It wasn't bad.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 06:37 PM) I was disappointed Petricka was removed as well I think they are trying to lighten his load a bit. He has been pitching a lot lately.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 06:28 PM) I liked all the signings in the pen, they just haven't worked.....Not only did Jones and Lindstrom go down but Downs and Belly haven't preformed like expected. In todays MLB where relievers are largely hit or miss from year to year those 2 had been fairly consistent. Matt Lindstrom was hated by this board. When he got injured there were several posts indicating it was actually a blessing. I will say it again, if losing Jones and Lindstrom makes your bullpen the worst in baseball, it wasn't anywhere near average to begin with.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 06:21 PM) Alright Herm. Cano has never faced me either. You know why? Because I'm not an mlb pitcher. Neither is Surkamp. No, but Putnam still entered with a 2 run lead and only one man on, against not exactly the strongest line up in baseball, and he didn't get the job done. Blame Robin all you want, but you are wrong. If he had a decent closer, he wouldn't have to use Surkamp, and if Surkamp isn't a major leaguer why aren't you blasting Hahn

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 06:18 PM) Things change a lot in two weeks. Gordon Beckham and Dayan Viciedo were dramatically different hitters a couple of weeks ago. Putnam still had at least a modicum of confidence from all of his success in the set-up role. That's funny.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 06:15 PM) No, that is not what I posted. Read. The idea is to win the game. Cano hits righties better, most likely has never faced Surkamp so it makes sense to put him in there. The way Putnam threw, I don't think anyone can conclude he would have retired Cano. This staff leads the world in walks, and it seems walks always cause problems.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 06:05 PM) Does Surkamp even have any experience pitching in a save situation in Charlotte this year? He was in to face Cano only, and then Putnam was going for the save. You know, the guy you said Robin was stupid not to use instead of Petricka a couple of weeks ago.

Surkamp in.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 09:56 AM) Oops, for whatever reason I was under the impression that he was a fa after this season. Changes things a bit but still a great trade for them imo. It is quite like the KC/TB trade. Sheilds for Myers.