Dick Allen

The money will be spent. Unfortanely, probably not on ballplayers.

For a team that seems to have a real hard time with people thinking they are cheap, they sure do some curious things.

As Pax has said with another franchise with very similar ownership, cash considerations gains you capital with the higher ups. If they weren't going to spend it, they did the right thing. My problem is why didn't they put themselves in a position to spend it?

Apparently they didn't have enough money to sign him. Wouldn't it be nice if the White Sox took on a Nate Jones contract and picked up some international funds for doing so to get a #3 prospect?

Obviously the Rangers plan to spend it on something. That's the dissappointment. I get they save $3 million, and they weren't spending any more, but the question I have is when you have a head start with this class, and have one of the biggest pools to use, why are you short?

Was he even on the 40 man?

The team is in a rebuild and was in a penalty box for 2 years. One of the rewards for losing is more international money to spend, plus they should have been working on this for a couple of years. It's dissappointing they actually had $1 million they didn't spend.

I wonder why the Sox, in the 3rd year of a 5 year rebuild, couldn't spend the $1 million in international bonus money. I guess getting Jones off the books is like GarPax selling 2nd round picks. Gives them capital when JR sees the profit/loss for the year.

I think his average is worse than Palka's, but all it takes is one.

I give Jason Kinander some credit. He has swung and missed more than Adam Dunn, but he keeps on swinging.

Obviously, Colome wouldn't have pitched last night had the Sox had an offer or two they really liked.

This will be telling. This is where home managers use their closers. If no Colome he is obviously either traded or near. If he pitches, probably nothing close.

Ricky’s boys don’t quit bunting

Colome not warming up. Hmmm.

I think Yolmer is a lot like Shields. I don’t know where else he would have 2200 plate appearances, even though he isn’t the worst player in the league. But to me and I am sure many more, just like Shields, the rebuild won’t feel like it is in the next phase until they move on from him. If he as a part timer these past several seasons, playing a role for which he is more suited, his arb number is probably lower and I probably wouldn’t feel the same way.

I think if a contender picks up a significant piece it may open the floodgates. If not it will be like the winter meetings all talk no action.

I think soxfan2014 is correct and this will be moved back a couple of weeks next year, but it's great for a seller, it's now or never for the buyers.

I'm sure even the White Sox brain trust can find another guy to put up a sub .600 OPS.

If the Mets trade him, at least the Sox would benefit in some small way.

I just don't see what Steve Stone gains getting into twitter fights with Sox fans, whether they are knuckleheads or not.

Again, I just thought it odd they have never won a WC. They have had to win the division to get to the playoffs despite being in a division that usually has 2 or 3 teams that are horrible, They had 17 winning seasons in a row, with a better winning pct. than your the White Sox are so great era, and you focus on the period before it and after it yet rip on people that are focusing on the period after they were decent or before they are hopefully decent. The fact is, overall, in the 39 seasons JR has owned the team, it's been very mediocre overall. Right around .500, very few playoff appearances, and 1 title .

Apparently the Dodgers want Diaz really bad. I also read the Red Sox may put Benetendi on the table for Diaz.

He pretty much logged off after an epic back and back with rabbit.

Because you can't win a wild card when there is no wild card. Since you said they were horrible forever, look at a year by year and tell me how many wildcards they would have made between 1951-1967? You wrote that period sucked. Great look. You must be related to Rick Hahn. Since he took over as GM, they are 145 games under .500. The closest they finished to winning was 16 1/2 games. This is year 7. Where does that rank? It's pretty pathetic.

They have been beating Minnesota? I went by their entire schedule. That is not picking and choosing. It's been soft. Sorry that is a fact, and they still have one of the worst run differentials in MLB. The White Sox are great. They get ripped off, they only get to play Detroit and Kc 38 times. They would have made the wildcard in 1990 if they had one, and would have made the second wildcard in 2006. if it existed. A fan could not ask for more.