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QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Dec 16, 2014 -> 02:39 PM) General rule of thumb is to stay away from work relationships, right? I married a woman that works at my company. It is a large company. We don't really interact with another.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 14, 2014 -> 06:13 PM) So poor character deserves an additional suspension, yet Melky Cabrera's admitted poor character did not earn a second suspension. Ergo, the statement that he served his time is false by your admission because lying and fabricating, character moves, earned Braun a larger suspension. You've done a dynamite job convincing me that he never fully served his time. Thanks. Let it go...I don't care for the guy as a player but he's signed. I won't think twice about cheering for him to help the team win. I could give a f*** about him otherwise.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Dec 13, 2014 -> 09:45 PM) Why? I would have preferred Kemp, just never cared for Melky as a player.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 13, 2014 -> 09:44 PM) If it's because of PEDs, how do you feel about Quintana? It's not, but that comparison is not a great one.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Dec 13, 2014 -> 09:39 PM) It's not official due to his medicals but they're working on it. How long has this been in the works? Heard this about 2-3 weeks ago from a pretty solid source, but wasn't sure...

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Dec 13, 2014 -> 09:42 PM) I'm not excited at all about this, but I gotta buck up and accept it. I agree

Bought my soon to be 3-year old nephew one of those Power Wheels jeeps I always wanted when I was a kid. I don't get to see him much since I'm in Vegas, but pretty excited to see the smile on his face when he sees that

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 12, 2014 -> 08:14 AM) For two weeks. Then you'll get used to it and want something in the 90s. I'm still in love with my 70-inch after among 2 years... Ordered a 13-inch MacBook Pro with retina display tonight. 16 gb memory and 512 gb of flash storage, 2.8 GHz Intel Core i5...pretty stoked. Got put in charge of a huge project at work and will be out of pocket for much of the next year and refuse to depend on the piece of s*** Dell Ultrabook the company forces down our throats.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 06:05 PM) Great post. It's always good to have a closer with a track record. Not meaning to start a fight here, but is this guy a LOT better than Addison Reed? But having a closer is great cause we can put some of those other guys in the battle for setup guys. It really was annoying last year seeing our guys blow game after game. I hope he gets off to a good start and is an effective closer all year. Great point. Just imagine if Davidson wins the job and fulfills the promise the Sox obviously thought he had. Would be amazing if we had a power bat at third and he could field at least as good as Gillaspie. Among the most predictable questions from Greg, ever...

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 11:26 AM) You can't have it both ways. You either want a top if not the top reliever on the market for a big contract or you are ok with scrap heap hopes and dreams. Understood, I guess I just didn't expect this to come so soon. Another year of seeing some of the kids might have changed our expectations of our needs moving forward, but hey, I'm all for pushing up the timeline to take advantage of Sale and Abreu while we can.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 09:34 AM) Wow, Ynoa is a nice get. Really nice tools, K rate of 12+ in the minors last year. Ack, he's a bust...but has some upside for the pen at least.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 09:19 AM) With Samardzija added and Semien subtracted, it no longer makes sense to move Alexei. Well, not directly, but there are still plenty of cases where it could make sense in the right deal.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 08:49 AM) The Dodgers wouldn't eat enough money to make the move entirely payroll neutral, but they would have to eat some. Danks is owed $28.5M Crawford is owed $62.2M The difference is $33.7. Somewhere around half that amount may be the right figure. I'd need more than that, to be honest.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 07:58 AM) Crawford is someone that I think the White Sox have always liked and could be a good fit in LF. If the money works out, then yes please. I suppose that would qualify as creative.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 07:58 AM) So I should speculate that KW is behind all of this and Hahn is doing nothing for us? Ever since KW was moved into his made up position he seems hellbent on moving back into the spotlight. No, I don't think so. I think JR knew he owed Hahn the GM role if he expected to keep him working on the south side, but it sure seems that they work as a team. Hahn is involved on a daily basis, KW does things on a more global level. But when it comes to the Winter Meetings, the trade deadline, etc., it's all hands on deck.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 07:55 AM) I don't know if that has anything to do with it, is there any actual information out there about KW having anything to do with any of this other than saying "ok, here is the money to make it happen?" This seems all ego to me. Why would JR deprive him of a chance to leave right now then?

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 07:54 AM) I'm amazed in this day and age the 3rd player hasn't been leaked yet. Sox and A's front offices are sealed tight. The real question is why?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 07:52 AM) Am I the only one around here that's kind of tired of KW still pretending he's the GM and seemingly taking credit for all of Hanhs recent moves? Well considering Jerry wouldn't grant the Blue Jays permission to talk with KW as of this time because he is needed for our rebuilding effort, it seems like maybe he deserves some of the credit (or at least Jerry thinks so).

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 07:43 AM) They were at 39, prior to that. Brantly makes it 40. We'll assume the TBD is a member of the 40-man, which is TBD, Semien, and Bassitt. That brings it to 37. Then you add Samardzija and Robertson, and voila, back to 39. Susan Slusser didn't seem to think it was someone on the 40-man.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 07:09 AM) Then people in the other threads need to stop counting on him, it seems like no one knows that there either. Trust me, whether they count on him or not will have no impact on how the bullpen performs

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 06:19 AM) It's pretty close. People will always point to the fact that Rodgers doesn't turn the ball over as much. Which is true, but Favre played in a time when cornerbacks were actually allowed to play defense. Yeah, similar to Jordan playing in a time when there was actually defense played in the NBA.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 07:00 AM) He may be out the first half coming back from TJ. When was his operation, again? Ack, I forgot about the TJ.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 05:38 AM) In all seriousness though, I would have to say C Robertson SU® Petricka SU(L) Duke MR Webb/Putnam/Surkamp/Guerra I guess wildcards will be Cleto, Rodon, Montas I know i am forgetting someone Jones?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 06:43 AM) That fixing the bullpen with the additions we've done doesn't bring us nearly as far as people are thinking. It helps, no doubt, but people who are saying "oh if only we'd blown 10 fewer saves we'd have been a .500 team" are doing an exercise that doesn't work that way. I smell what you're stepping in, but you've got to start somewhere. Bringing in two guys hopefully will really create some big incremental improvements.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 06:22 AM) I agree the white sox didn't give up a lot, but that doesn't mean I like the concept of going all in on 2015. I can satisfy myself with the fact that such an "all in" kind of move means that in the event it fails, which I still think is likely, I shouldn't have to put up with another Ventura coaching embarrassment season. Yeah, I feel the same way...I can deal with the Shark move I guess because of the draft comp, but the Robertson move frightens me a bit. I'm glad if we were stuck on committing a lot of money to a reliever in this FA class it was Robertson and not Miller, but it's still a frightening commitment. Other than the draft comp they'll give up for Robertson, they haven't done much to alter their path, which is likely why Kenny was able to convince Hahn to gamble a bit