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Assuming the Yankees view Frazier as a core player due to his proximity to the big leagues (and need to replenish their OF with young talent), it would have to be Torres and Rutherford as your two headliners with Mateo (somewhere between Robles, but closer to Basabe) as the wild card third piece or four players and the last two being bigger question marks.

We do have that propensity for HoF or borderline guys at the end of their careers. Kind of Sox tradition. And, speaking of the Phils or ex-Phils, there's always Domonic Brown. Is he still with the Jays? At least he's "only" 29 still. Or perhaps trading a young (prospect) pitcher for Odubel Herrera? The problem is they just gave him an Eaton contract, so they look at him as part of their new core going forward.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/ryan-howa...-201321226.html Depending on the price, there's almost no risk...just like with Rollins/Latos last April/May. The only cost is potentially blocking at-bats for Davidson/Avi Garcia/Coats at the moment. Something like this is more likely than Morneau coming back to the Sox or paying even more for an Alvarez/Chris Carter/Valbuena, etc. KW always gets his man, etc.

The irony here is that the biggest argument for Q with the Astros is the undervaluation of him due to analytics...being over-corrected to the point with some front offices now that undervalued has morphed into "overvalued." It is strange to see the feedback from Colorado being that Q is "no sure thing" out in Colorado...well, no pitcher is or has been, not even extreme sinker/groundball pitchers. If it was that easy to find the perfect pitcher for that environment, you'd think they would have done it over the past 20+ years, right? By their argument, they should never trade for front-line pitching because of Mark Hampton/Darryl Kyle or whatever argument they wish to make. Then, fine. You can remain buried behind the Dodgers and Giants in Carlos Gonzalez' last season.

The USNS Bowditch is an "infamous" military reconnaissance ship that has been surveying China's coastal waters since 2002, said Ma Gang, a professor at the People's Liberation Army National Defense University. "Oceanic data is crucial for ship formations, submarine routes and battle planning," Ma said. "Therefore, it is normal for the Chinese Navy to be suspicious of Bowditch's activities given past experience." Ma said frictions between China and the US would increase if the diplomatically inept Trump continues to undermine China's territorial integrity. "Trump might eventually learn the hard way that China's sovereignty is absolutely nonnegotiable," Ma said. Zhong Feiteng, a senior researcher on relations among major powers at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Trump initially hyped the drone issue as leverage against China. But he quickly discarded the issue when China and the US resolved it peacefully. "The whole drone fiasco proves that Trump only cares for things that benefit himself, and will abandon them once they lose value," Zhong said. "This must be disheartening for US allies like South Korea and Japan." Love the Chinese "spin" on this one. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-12...nt_27704071.htm Republican Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told CNN’s "State of the Union" that the Chinese would be able to retrieve some "pretty valuable" technical information from the drone through a process known as reverse-engineering. McCain said the Chinese seizure of the drone was a "gross violation" of international law. McCain, a critic of Democratic President Barack Obama's foreign policy, said the United States was not projecting enough strength in the world and said China's move reflected that. "Everybody is taking advantage of it, and hopefully that will change soon," McCain said. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-aide-plays...-164400709.html

Yeah, basically you've only got Moncada, Collins, Basabe and then you're into the 12-18 range with the next set of position prospects...need at least 2-3 more (via trade), also concentrating on the next couple of drafts and international free agents to remedy the shortage.

It might take an unexpected injury in Spring Training to a #1/2 or waiting it out until June/July...where we know we're more likely to get minor league pieces. Trading 1 to 1 for a player like Bregman, or Bregman + a complementary piece, that's just not the kind of trade they need right now. At any rate, it's kind of pointless to keep talking about when someone like Rodgers with the Rockies is a much higher likelihood of happening, and that's only 20-25% at best.

QUOTE (Tony @ Dec 17, 2016 -> 02:25 PM) Was reading some stuff on Reddit, and I saw multiple comments o , it's just fan service...." YOU REALIZE YOU ARE A FAN, RIGHT??? THEY ARE DOING IT FOR YOU. SHUT UP.

It's hard to say that Rogue One is better than even The Force Awakens...it's a smaller scale story that basically connects all the dots, but it doesn't have the "newness" of the original three. For me, the trilogy from Lucas is almost impossible to beat, but then I grew up watching all those movies in the theatre with my father when they came out. It's a different feeling for those in their 40's, compared to a milennial. Living in China, it's also hard to not view it from the prism of The Force Awakens being a (relative) box office disappointment in China...so they added Donnie Yuen and Jiang Wen to prop up the ticket sales on January 6 here. Disney is always going to be a profit and family-friendly merchandising machine above all else, but their formula has proven to be successful time and time again. TFA was almost a carbon copy of A New Hope but almost everyone loved it regardless. As a personal preference, I like/d Felicity Jones more than Daisy Ridley, but that's a minor quibble. If nothing else, this most recent film shows how well the Joseph Campbellian myth works, even with almost completely new characters other than Vader and a couple of CGI Lazaruses.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Dec 16, 2016 -> 05:21 PM) Just telling you what I've heard. It sounds like a lot of people, including the Red Sox, put Benintendi over Moncada anyway, and I like Law also puts Devers over Moncada. Benintendi's more similar to Ellsbury/Gardner than a perennial MVP candidate. Why would Devers be higher than Moncada? Just for power numbers?

Danks for McCarthy happened between XMas and New Year's as well

Wasn't the weather getting bad already at that point?

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2016-...nt_27692281.htm Making Globalization Great Again...basically, the Chinese believe Trump's a dealmaker and will be willing to overlook human rights violations/"innocent until proven guilty" and curtailed freedom of speech/free press for the good of earning more profits. Tests with the Philippines, China, Russia, Syria, North Korea, Iran and Turkey are all on the way. Cuba, too.

Funky delivery...has to be the next Takatsu, Wunsch, Bradford, Wasserman, etc.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 16, 2016 -> 09:55 PM) If Hillary would have won, Chelsea would have been very visible during her 8 years. Do you deny that? When you are visible, you can run for president. Donald Trump won. Do you think he'd have won had he not had a popular TV show and been in the public eye a long time? By this argument, Kanye and The Rock will be battling it out with George Clooney and Tom Hanks in 2024. http://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/min...ebunked.html/2/ Minimum wage increases haven't led to massive job losses Republicans predicted

What has Trey M. done to be ahead of Adams? 12-17 all seem interchangeable, and Engel feels a bit low. With Fisher and Call, they both need to prove it over a full season. Guys like Mitchell and Hawkins fooled everyone early in their careers, although they're obviously representative of different styles of play compared to this year's draft class.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 16, 2016 -> 04:40 PM) I just think that this is not a sign of business as usual. This is justified now when it was not last year. The encouraging thing and all that we can hope for is interviews from Hostetler and Hahn of an organization moving toward a longer term view, a realistic assessment of their talent, and a psuh toward player development. This move makes plenty of sense toward that. This move a year ago would have been a compatible with competing. This move makes sense now, it did not make sense then. I think they were capable of doing a good job,I just don't think they were supported to do the right thing and were not talented enough to convince their bosses. But Hahn is the master of negotiation...and what more education can he have? Law degree, MBA and ?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 16, 2016 -> 10:42 PM) I think it's pretty rare for a baseball player to b**** and moan after winning a world series. I mean, Aroldis, you disagree with the way you were used? Most baseball fans will laugh at you cause the way you were used helped your team win a ring. Can you guys remember any player b****ing after a WS title? Closest thing to Chicago might be George Bell b****ing during the playoffs about the way he was being used. That was not so special. Miguel Montero.

http://gothamist.com/2016/12/16/trump_ivan...63fff8e-1605013 Tea with Ivanka for $78,000...with the money supposedly going to charity...no possible conflicts there! I was hoping Greg would pick up the torch now that any possibility of Chelsea running is all but gone. Otoh, there's an increasingly higher likelihood Ivanka sees herself as the heir apparent...with Melania seemingly content to remain out of sight with Barron. There's probably 50%+ of America who would vote for just because she seems non-threatening yet is articulate, is attractive and has been artificially enhanced to make her the perfect pseudo-Barbie for modern times in the GOP. Tomi Lahren, Conway, Coulter, Ingraham, Karina Pierson...all cut from the same cloth. Other than Rachel Maddow, who does the left counter with from a feminine perespective?

But those guys like deGrom and Syndegaard are pure power pitchers and typically have the shortest shelf life. It's unlikely with those four and Matz (that a trade goes down), but the reason for not making the deal shouldn't be where Q would arbitrarily rank in their starting rotation.

https://www.yahoo.com/style/princesses-terr...-170037397.html Princesses are terrifying. So is Ivanka Trump.

Shouldn't we be comparing it to Saving Private Ryan with the realism of the D Day/Normandy/Omaha beach landings?

And Nate Jones might be the most valuable after Q, not to mention Jennings and possible rebounds from Petricka or Putnam.

How many Trump voters are just sitting there saying, "Doesn't matter because my mutual fund is up 20%!!!" 1 in 4? 1 in 5?

Danks is really reminiscent of Jim Parque at the end...you just kind of feel sorry for the guy, except for when you look at his checkbook. At least he got paid big time, compared to, say, Daniel Hudson.