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Lots of rumors flying about a possible Beltran for Hochevar trade. Hochevar would partially replace whoever the Yanks trade (Miller/Chapman) in a set up role...with KC, Beltran would play RF primarily. Royals would then have huge weakness in set up with Soria struggling and Hochevar gone. But they desperately need more pop offensively.

She has to show some respect to Warren, who's absolutely popular with the same groups Sanders won over and don't really like Hillary but like Trump even less. Fwiw, they don't particularly like each other....and it would be a shocker for her to be named VP. Same with Sanders. They couldn't control or keep either "on message," and that's anathema to the Clintons, who treasure personally loyalty over all other qualities.

Selfish piece of garbage? He might be the most popular and most well-respected teammate of anyone in the entire organization. Perhaps the best overall since Pierre in terms of work ethic, swagger and positive attributes.

Wilson Ramos seems more likely. Gomez or Rasmus in CF. Two moves that have to go exactly right to provide much hope at contention in 2017.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 05:40 PM) It is easy to say sell, but once you do sell, unless you are Caulfield, you can't take it back. Some prospects are nice, but who do the Sox trade that brings back top prospects who,actually are any good? There were several people excited about Avi Garcia back in the day. How does acquiring players like that enhance the future? No,way would I trade Sale or Q and not get at least so,etching major league back. Trade Robertson and you will spend the next few years looking for a reliever. It isn't like they are going to be able to make much of a splash in the free agent market. If I were Hahn, I would be looking for offensive upgrades from teams that want financial relief. http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/...braces-new-team Yes, I was 10x more ebullient than Hahn and Bell...lol. I called him the first seven tool player, and a surefire future HoFer. Except I didn't say anything remotely resembling that.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 03:02 PM) Hahn is a good solid baseball man. He is not the problem Based on what? The idealized version or reality-based one?

QUOTE (Baron @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 03:00 PM) They will be in baseball hell if Hahn and his staff are allowed to sell off pieces. I have zero faith that they can actually scout correctly. I'd rather sit here and watch them rot in mediocrity than let them tear it down and wallow in misery for decades. We're your mediocre, but low-cost option for MLB baseball in Chicago!! Great...that will put attendance at 18-20000 per game next year. Indians for sure will outdraw us. Tight battle with A's and Rays for last.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 02:51 PM) Well, they had no expectations in 2013 or 2014. They did last year and this year with nothing to show for it... After leading all of 2012 until the final two weeks? 2014, sure.

Hahn making it easier to fire him than Ventura. Let's bring Fulmer out of the pen when the game's essentially over. Should have just left him alone with his regular Birm schedule or promoted him to Charlotte.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 07:36 AM) He will probably go in the same class as Guerra, Semien, Puig and Carter, no? No they will have to wait a minimum of five years, if not for the Veterans Committee. What HoF career did you call recently? Let me guess, Chris Sale...

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 17, 2016 -> 07:44 AM) Except he wasn't available in June. I know you were only posting what the White Sox would do, that is why you included signing him in June with giving Latos $10 million and Gerardo Parra $8 million, a couple things the Sox surely would have done, Right up there with giving Ubaldo Jimenez the biggest contract in White Sox history...brilliant stuff. If we signed Parra, we'd AT LEAST have a lot better DH production than Garcia. It's his defense that's dragging down his WAR.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jul 16, 2016 -> 07:23 AM) Remember....the Sox should have signed Desmond after the draft! That's what Hahn wanted to do with Fowler and Desmond. He wasn't going to surrender the pick for anyone but Alex Gordon and BJ Upton, who luckily didn't want to come to the Sox. Smart strategy.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jul 15, 2016 -> 01:59 PM) Fixed. Gee, I spent all of twenty five words this offseason talking about him. Everyone went over the same list of about 500 players who would have been better options than Avi Garcia. Unsurprisingly, he still sucks and we still need a big bat. I didn't even argue nearly as strongly for Alex Gordon as Richie Allen.

I think I should copy and paste my thousands of words on why Desmond would succeed starting in December...because there weren't many here who thought signing him was a good idea at all. Bad defense. NL player. In decline. Won't easily be able to convert to outfield play. Too many strikeouts. Etc.

The Brewers don't have to trade Lucroy...they're doing just fine financially. Whereas the Padres weren't sure at all how well Pomeranz was going to hold up over time and felt they sold high compared to what they paid for him. Lucroy's also their franchise player, with Braun entering the decline years of his career. Nothing to see here.

Robin Ventura will go directly into the HoF when his managerial career is over...no need to even insult him with a vote.

Gurriel signing with the Astros and likely adding to that lineup in August and September isnt exactly going to help... The only question is where he plays. Bregman, Correa, Altuve....then you've got Valbuena, Reed and Gattis for 1B/DH. Wonder if they try him in LF? That would knock out Rasmus from playing time.

I'd ALMOST be willing to vote Trump if he named Ivanka as his VP and resigned after he was elected in January...so she could take his place. She'll be 35 the week before the election. Btw, looks like Tebow and some Lt. General Flynn will also be speaking. I guess, all things considered, it couldn't be worst than 90-95% of the canned political speeches typical of both parties over the last 20-30 years, with the keynote address getting most of the attention by political pundits. Now they're saying Tebow is "just a rumor." Hmmm...wouldn't be much of a shocker, he's been outspoken about his conservative religious beliefs since entering the public sphere, and might want to explore a political career instead of a media one.

But Fulmer and what else? For 1 1/2 seasons? Well, that part make sense...having control through 2017. But I'm pretty sure 3-4 other teams could beat Fulmer and Adams, if they actually chose to make him (Lucroy) available...in a further irony, one of the reasons they might not need Fulmer/Adams is because of what they're getting out of Junior Guerra on the cheap. Otoh, if they do end up trading Garza and Nelson, they'll need some pitching prospects who could step in. Just not sure how much Adams' stock has fallen so far this year. Or they could try to leverage Guerra (just like the Padres did with Pomeranz, although Drew had more of a pedigree in terms of his draft position, but spotty career up until pitching in the friendlier NL West)...into a couple of young prospects as well, selling high on him.

Lillian, with all due respect, back to the drawing board with that plan. We might be laughed out of the American League with that plan...or at least the City of Chicago.

Yeah, the problem is going to be he will end up with an innings limit of something like 150-170 next year. He's at 87 right now, and you'd guess he would probably end up around 40-60 innings over the remainder off the season out of the bullpen, putting him in the 127-147 total territory. It would be a LOT to expect 180-200 innings next year, especially if he ends up on the low side of that total. So the problem created will be finding yet another starter next year for 5-9 starts, roughly. That's the real opportunity cost, and his continued development as a starter in the minors (now that he has more confidence again) vs. lessons learned at the major league level, but as a reliever. And seemingly, Burdi won't be far behind Fulmer...it's definitely a gamble/calculated risk.

Do you think all the die-hard Republicans in this thread are volunteering to send their sons and daughters to fight against ISIS? Funny how that works. Last time they did a survey, it was something like only 3 or 4 children of Congressmen/wmen or Senators were in active duty military service.

http://fox8.com/2016/07/14/ny-times-trumps...akers-revealed/ Natalie Gulbis, Dana White and former Real Worlder Sean Duffy. Captivating stuff. The only two I care about listening to are Melania and Ivanka, haha. Will listen to Peter Thiel as well, since so few Californian Silicon Valleyites will publicly identify with the GOP these days.

Up to 83, 84 now...that's three major attacks now in France alone. Charlie Hebdo, then 300+ killed eight months ago at different sites in Paris (especially the concert in the Bataclan)...and this one.

Personal or personnel? Not quite sure I understand the "personal reasons" for why he wouldn't be starting but would be coming out of the pen instead...