Dick Allen

i am pretty sure if you offered Hahn Frazier for Cordell straight up he would think you need rehab, and would let you know as soon as the paperwork was complete.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 9, 2017 -> 05:20 PM) And bullpen arms can be so volitale, you could sign a stud reliever this off-season and he might be worthless when the Sox are trying to compete in 2020. I read an article that stated bullpen pitchers' performance isbecoming a little more consistent. The belief is that guys are being groomed to be relievers far sooner than ever before.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 9, 2017 -> 03:49 PM) Especially since the options were limited due to contract and no-trade clause. Literally only 4 teams. Yes. They told him if he didn't agree to a trade, they were going full rebuild. He still said no the SF and STL. He held all the cards. They needed to get rid of his contract, so he told them where he would go. To think a team that owes a player almost $300 million, holds a player with a full no trade over a barrel, is hysterical. Especially if he can opt out in a couple of years.

The last time a team led the league in HRs and then added the player that led the league in HRs was 1919 when the Yankees bought Babe Ruth.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Dec 9, 2017 -> 02:02 PM) Not saying Jeter is on the take, but this trade is bad for baseball for several reasons. Freaking Yankees. It was bad enough when they ripped us off in the Frazier, Robertson, Kahnle trade. This one takes the cake. The problem is the Marlins can't afford hom, and they are limited in where thy can trade him. They had no leverage. Plus it is a contract very few teams would take. It all adds up to, if you can take on a lot of money, you can improve your talent level. Hopefully in a year or 2, the White Sox can partake in a trade like this. There is still a lot of risk the Yankees are taking on. There are only a few who can do it to this level.

Money is the key to winning. Taking on contracts, signing players to huge ones, being able to absorbed a mistake or 2. This Yankees deal is a no brainer. They don't give up much, so even if Stanton opts out, it still makes a ton of sense. If he doesn't opt out, they get $30 million from Miami. Sanchez, Judge, and Stanton is quite the middle of the order. The new international rules will help even out those signings. The draft is now pretty fair. So if you do things right, you could be good for a couple of years, but sustained winning requires spending a lot of money.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Dec 9, 2017 -> 09:49 AM) Honest question, but can the Cubs actually add him and stay below the 2019 luxury tax threshold of $206M? The Cubs have nearly $100M committed to six players already (Lester, Quintana, Chatwood, Rizzo, Zobrist, Heyward). Bryant, Russell, & Hendricks will be in their second year of arbitration. Baez & Schwarber will be in their first year of arbitration. Let’s just hypothetically say those five guys earn a combined $40M. That basically puts them at $140M give or take for eleven guys. Even with Contreras & Happ still dirt cheap, they’d have roughly $67M to add Harper and fill all their remaining holes and quite frankly there are quite a few on the pitching side. Unless they’re willing to blow through the luxury tax, I just don’t see how they make Harper’s potential $40M AAV fit into their payroll. I don't think paying a luxury tax kills them initially. What might is a couple years down the road when everyone has to get paid, but by then, a few will weed themselves out, and Theo will probably trade a couple. The Cubs are buying up the area around them. Their new station is going to be interesting. Although they are so beloved, so are the Dodgers and a lot of LA couldn't watch them. Signing Harper might be something they need to strengthen their position with cable and satellite providers to carry their channel.

In 2011 Trump tweeted a blast at Obama for hosting a White House Hannukah party early because he was going to Hawaii on vacation. Trump just hosted an early Hannukah party because he is going to Mar a Lago. Every. Single. Tweet.

What was the deal with Trumps speech? I think his fake teeth may have been falling out

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 5, 2017 -> 01:22 PM) Longenhagen said the bat looks a lot slower now than it did when he signed. Not saying I don't wish we had him, but I can get down with not ruining next years plans to give him $2mm+ as a solid call. Sox couldn't give him $2 million if they wanted. They only have a $300k limit per next year.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Dec 5, 2017 -> 01:20 PM) WaPo: A special counsel needs to investigate the FBI and Justice Department. Now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-s...m=.0d8cbe887fca From the wiki page of the author: Hewitt participated in several of the 2016 Republican primary debates, where he clashed with Donald Trump.[20][21] In February 2016, Hewitt wrote that, despite being repeatedly publicly insulted by Trump, he would support him should he become the Republican nominee for President.[22] In June 2016, after Trump's controversial remarks concerning Judge Gonzalo Curiel, Hewitt publicly called on the RNC to disendorse Trump as nominee. A week later, Hewitt reversed his position.[23] On August 3, he publicly floated the idea of replacing Donald with Ivanka Trump on the ticket.[24] On October 8, he called on Trump to drop out of the race because of a controversial recording of Trump that was published the previous day.[25] Hewitt ultimately voted for Trump.[26]

Avi seems to me to be a guy who will really slow up running as he approaches 30. It seems it happens to the bigger guys who can run a bit earlier. But trading either guy all depends on the return. If other teams aren't going to pay for last year's production, there is no need to give them away, and Hahn won't.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 5, 2017 -> 08:41 AM) The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would effectively allow restaurant owners to steal tips from servers: Fun thing I learned recently: it's generally legal for management to keep anything left in tip jars on the counter, and they usually do. It's trickle down. They take the tips, therefore making more money, which they will pass down to their employees. Very simple. MAGA.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 01:21 PM) The fact that Fox still has a job is probably my least favorite thing about Ryan Pace. He hasn't drafted terribly and has yet to really make very many long term signings for me to grade those, but Fox still has a job, which is really disappointing. Fire him and Loggains and just let Trubisky go out their and show his stuff. The end. If there was anyone on the staff they would consider as their next head coach, I would think he would be canned by now and that person given at least a little look. My question would be if you don't think any of the current assistants are potential head coaches or at least worth a look on an interim basis, why the hell wasn't the staff upgraded long ago? No one should be surprised about this season. Everyone knew Glennon sucked. Everyone figured if Trubisky would see the field, at best, there would be a learning curve. Everyone knew Kevin White would get hurt, leaving a receiving corp some NCAA teams can top. Everyone should have know Kyle Long is going to get hurt. Everyone knew McPhee would be a part timer. You had to figure Leonard Floyd would miss games, although concussion would have been my guess. As Dennis Green would say, the Bears are what we thought they were. Between them and the Bulls, it seems everyone knows what they are except their front offices. Fox hasn't been great, but he was set up to fail.

QUOTE (Baron @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 12:52 PM) His criteria is a little stupid though. Apparently small market teams unless your in the LA area...which is now a small market? LA isn't small. Dallas isn't small, SF isn't that small, the Cubs aren't small. The small market didn't apply to more than half.

QUOTE (Baron @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 12:44 PM) Seems like Kenny was surprised/not pleased that they werent given a chance to meet with him face to face in the 2nd meeting. I dont blame him. What I do blame them for is making it appear everyone had some sort of chance, when it is now quite obvious that wasn't the case. I wonder if they even bothered examining half the presentations. When you have $300k to gvie him and the White Sox recent history, you can't blame him for looking elsewhere. KW is mad like I am made after I buy a Powerball ticket and don't win.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 11:28 AM) They're about to talk about the details of the Cubs pitch on The Score. I wonder if the Cubs get them if their moron fans will break out the racist t-shirts again.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 10:26 AM) Yes, Alshon was horribly mismanaged. So was the Robbie Gould fiasco. I said both all at the time of the deal and couldn't be more right. I was okay if you were going to move away for Gould and invest in the future, but Barth was none of those things and Gould's contract was never going to get in the way of making a signing. The only way dumping Gould made sense was if you went looking for a young kicker or you went out and got a better / as good vet for a similar price. By the way, even though I defend Fox, etc and don't think he's the reason we stink...I'm not going to be upset if the franchise goes another direction with the head coach. There are enough things I see on the field that I don't like, but I think everyone had blinders on when it came to Trubisky and just young QB's in general. He has a huge off-season ahead of him and I think this will be Pace's defining off-season. You need to show how you build / invest around a young QB, from the coaching staff to personell, etc. Look at the Eagles and what they did. They have put a lot of things around Wentz to put him in the best position to succeed (and that includes an excellent defense and strong rushing attack...plus weapons at the wideout). Gould is 36 of 38 since the Bears cut him.

QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Dec 4, 2017 -> 10:09 AM) Lol how would you want him to go down? For me, it would be the pee tape on youtube.

Otahnis agent is based in SD.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 3, 2017 -> 05:21 PM) "Or a smaller market"... not "and"... maybe we're still in it? Chicago, even though it is essentially for the White Sox, is neither a smaller market or west coast. What I don't understand is why , if some teams were not going to be considered, would they send a note to each team to make a presentation. I am starting to not like his representation.

Someone tweeted Cashman said he preferred smaller market West Coast, so probably Seattle, SF (although is really small market) and SD.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Dec 3, 2017 -> 03:03 PM) Rub it in Robbie. You deserve it. Can you make this up and have it be believable? Bears cut Gould. Sign Barth. Barth is terrible, he is cut, replaced by an injured kicker. Gould comes back to Soldier Field and kicks 5 field goals for the win. The Bears are cursed. Probably a good thing OB and Hampton are preemted today by NU basketball. I am pretty sure at least one of them would leave the studio in an ambulance.

Santos may be out. ODonnell was praciticng place kicking at the half.only the Bears sign still injured kickers.

I don't understand why Cohen just didn't take it out of the end zone. Take a shot.