caulfield12

It doesn't feel like they can go through two consecutive seasons where there is no clear direction to add or subtract at the deadline. They're going to have to try to do everything possible to compete this year and simultaneously set themselves up to have an even better chance to win the following season.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ted-cruzs...1?siteid=yhoof2 This is pretty hilarious...Cruz' daughter rejecting a hug from him.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseba...seball-for-2016 Desmond ranked 12th best starting SS http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseba...seball-for-2016 Eaton ranked 9, Fowler at 11 for CF

If Stephens is really that talented, and we typically hear this fluff from Bell but this time more open to listening to Hostetler/Capra, that's going to be huge for the system. Seems the knock on him from scouts is his relatively slight size and concerns about how long it will take for his sharp curve to return after surgery.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 31, 2016 -> 02:51 PM) yeah you mention a name i wasn't thinking about, but i can agree. the one player i was thinking about was maybe a earlier player, they referred to him as a kickback to the old ST Cards team on the dirt kids, never washing the uniforms and sox falling down to the ankles .... but he would put 110% into the game. oh well, PK is a good example. Probably Eckstein or McEwing.

http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-c...of-ted-cruz.ece Some more reading to get you put of the Cruz tent... http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/...ama_129494.html And away from Sanders as well.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 31, 2016 -> 01:57 PM) You missed the thread where Leonard Pitts convinced me that Trump's legion of fans were too dangerous to put him in office. So I'm not a Trump guy anymore. I was saying Sanders vs. Cruz would be a fair election. Or isn't it time Bush rally? I just don't see how anybody can justify backing somebody like Hillary. She already got her participation award when they named her Secretary of State. Give her another job like that if we must. Great, now I'm reading all the articles that she is ahead in Iowa and going to win Monday. I forgot about the media charade in which they 'criticize' the Democrat when it doesn't matter, then come out blazing in favor of them when it's voting time. I bet you didn't notice the NY Times endorsed Kasich... The GOP would prefer Trump to Cruz at this point. And Rubio, if he can just go along in third place until Cruz implodes, he still has a decent shot still at winning unless Trump runs the table through South Carolina. Why would anyone vote for Ted Cruz, exactly? http://news.yahoo.com/cruz-campaign-under-...-230709122.html If Obama couldn't work with the GOP, an elected Cruz has even less of a shot at cross-aisle cooperation from Congress. That's actually one of Trump's selling points, the lack of being beholden to special interests on either side and chameleon like nature (Democrat to independent/moderate to Hitler) of his fascinating political ascendancy. From all the recent tea leaf readings (see Nate Silver's site and latest DMR poll), Cruz is falling now...not Trump.

Depends on how much we spend between now and Opening Day, for one thing. Unless there are major injuries in the rotation and/or setbacks with Anderson and Fulmer, they're adding instead of subtracting, with everything pointing to a legit playoff run in August/Sept. and especially 2017. LaRoche, Danks and relievers are the most obvious pieces to start with...Garcia or Sanchez might also be good change of scenery candidates, with Saladino fitting better than Sanchez into the utility role covering all three infield positions.

I think I read somewhere that every major league team either averaged using eight starting pitchers...or actually had a minimum of using eight different starters over the course of the 2015 season.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jan 31, 2016 -> 10:48 AM) Bill Clinton was one of the smartest presidents alive? Wow, you can't make this stuff up. What are you basing this on? Rhodes Scholarship... One of the rarest kids to be able to go from one of the three poorest states in the US to Yale Law School, especially since his family had little money and no connections. Encyclopedic knowledge of policy minutae...a true wonk, combined with the unique ability of knowing every single campaign donor's name and treating them like the most important person in the world.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 31, 2016 -> 07:00 AM) You make a Todd Frazier quote thread of your very own, and what does this post have to do with Todd Frazier? Seriously you are lost. The ignore feature is there for a reason. If someone curses at me, I will respond in turn. In all the years on this board, I have never cursed at another poster nor a member of the White Sox. The mods can just delete this thread anyway, nobody really cares about your personal war with me. My posts about developing a hitter, about Desmond and Jackson, about Kiki Hernandez....100% doom and gloom. I know one thing, since 1979, I've never gone out of my way to judge other White Sox fans and tell them how to act and behave.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 31, 2016 -> 06:10 AM) WTF else would he be referring? Besides he mentioned Avila and Navarro and Sale. Avila and Navarro have never been in a White Sox clubhouse either. Do you have a problem with Sale? This routine of yours is so f***ing old and tired. We get it, the Royals are great, anything the White Sox do is bad, and any quote from anyone should be spun to explain why the White Sox suck. If Frazier said the atmosphere was intense, and not laid back. You would have said that was the problem. Why don't you just tell us what Frazier should have said that shouldn't make anyone pause, Does it really help your case to curse? You always complain about being attacked personally but what do you do to others? I haven't mentioned the Royals for a long time, you keep interjecting them deliberately to get a reaction. The only thing I know is that it would be nice if we came into Opening Day prepared to compete and not still in spring training mode. 8-11 5.5 games back 14-15 3 games back 10-15 5 games back 11-11 1 game back 10-18 9 games back 9-14 6 games back 11-10 tied 14-13 up 1 game 12-11 2.5 games back Is there any team in baseball over the last 9 years that has never been more than 1 game over .500 coming out of April? You can curse all you want, but there are numerous posters here who question the leadership and atmosphere around this team. At least I've tried to present numerous solutions in recent days. It's your prerogative to attack all of them if it gives you an exceeding amount of pleasure, but I haven't seen any of your suggestions or solutions other than it would be fine if we sign Cespedes, Upton, Gordon and Fowler. To tell the truth, I was going to leave the board this weekend (until Ventura was fired) but I saw you making more comments once again accusing me of being a Royals' fan, and that I cannot abide. If that was actually the case, you would be able to find me easily on one of their boards. I'm the only one who consistently writes with an ellipsis (....) in most of my paragraphs. Nobody is capable of influencing me to change the team I root for, and there's also no point in following your favorite team and being self-restricted in your fandom because of some random person on the internet. Have at it.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jan 31, 2016 -> 02:24 AM) Why trade multiple prospects instead of just giving up one future prospect that the draft pick is? After Anderson, Fulmer and Adams, we might not have any prospects worth $12-15 million, for one thing. But it all depends on the hitter. Unquestionably, we could have Austin Jackson, Kiki Hernandez, Alex Guerrero or Scott Van Slyke for much less than that. And the final aspect is not only that pick itself but the elevated draft pool money that allows us to find another Adams between round 2-10.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 31, 2016 -> 01:44 AM) How can you in good faith vote for somebody as sinister as Hillary Clinton? You don't think the smoke around this email thing signals a blazing fire?? How in the world can you want her making decisions for the country? How could I in good faith vote for someone who you could put side to side with Hitler quotations and you wouldn't be able to differentiate which quotes were to attributable to each? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...olf-Hitler.html Pass that quiz and I'll vote for Trump. Trump, to my knowledge, has no plan about improving education or the economy...and dodges policy questions consistently...he wants to penalize every middle class American by putting a tariff on Chinese imports of 45% and doesn't realize that few of those outsourced low-end manufacturing jobs are returning to America no matter how much he blusters. In good faith, would I want someone who could put the lives of every American at risk if he was in charge of the nuclear arsenal? Someone who is indifferent to God and yet is openly pandering to Christian conservatives in Iowa with the picture of him posing with a Bible...after saying 2 Philippians or Colossians instead of 2nd since he's clearly unfamiliar? With Hillary, you have one of the smartest presidents in history at her side...with Trump, you get a former fashion model.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 30, 2016 -> 11:37 PM) Exactly how many games has he been in the clubhouse for? Something tells me the attitude of the fans and players is a little different than the clubhouse. You are really misrepresenting the discussion or are making drastic assumptions about the clubhouse. If he's just referring to the atmosphere of SoxFest or meeting some of his new teammates for the first time, sure. What is the perception around the league the White Sox clubhouse in your idea...? We've seen a number of stories in the last week or two about lack of leadership, without quotes or pointing fingers at any specific players still with the team.

If Braun gets off to a great start, they can also shed 40% more in payroll. Setting themselves up to be the team to stop the Cubs' run 3-4 years from now.

http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2016/?list=prospects Tyler Jay's at 60, Montas at 95. 6 Twins, 3 Indians, 2 Royals, 1 Tiger 6 Cubs still

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/todd-f...-fans-teammates Depending on what your feelings are about the way the Sox run things, there's a quote "it's so laid-back and a comfortable atmosphere..." Not sure exactly how well that atmosphere has helped in the past decade.

http://www.vox.com/2016/1/28/10858464/hill...litical-realism I will vote for her unless Bloomberg's in it, and the economy is still worsening. That said, almost nobody is very excited about her. The Sanders excitement is more about the message than the candidate himself. Assuming he wins NH but loses Iowa and SC, he really needs to win NV or for there to be more legal issues relating to the e-mails.

QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ Jan 30, 2016 -> 12:12 AM) Good to hear, he has some solid answers then. Hopefully he can round out the 25 man roster with some pitching or a nice bat for the bench. What I mean is advocating for "strategic retooling" while being more careful about making big mistakes in free agency and still maintaining your top minor league pieces...kind of like tightrope walking, since there's little margin for error over the next couple of years.

QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ Jan 29, 2016 -> 11:08 PM) I'm glad that his answers were at least sufficient. Like I said, I wasn't there so I can't judge, but I remember when I used to go, I used to hate when KW would just BS answers like a true politician. I don't expect the FO to spill the beans on everything, but I would like them to at least make the interaction somewhat meaningful. I think an answer about the organization's philosophy and how it fits them over the Cubs philosophy for tearing down and rebuilding would at least have an interesting answer. He sort of answered that....but it was the "we have too good of a young core to tear it apart" so we're going to try to assemble the additional pieces to fit around that group without hamstringing ourselves financially kind of a statement. He mentioned examples like the Pirates and Royals and how it took them decades to get back to competitiveness using that approach.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jan 29, 2016 -> 10:57 PM) This crap has to change. Older guys that break into the bigs late get absolutely screwed. Any guy who's not elite gets screwed. It's not always about the money. FA is supposed to be this great "you earned it" moment, and guys cant even pick where they want to go because the amount of offers shrinks down to almost nothing in some cases. Definitely the college guys that are superstar quality get there a year or two later than the ARods, Harpers, Trouts and Correas. You can also blame PED's, it wouldn't have been the case 5-6 years ago that there was the prevailing assumption most players would be pretty much done at 34-36. You also have to consider this phenomenon as only screwing over Morales, Drew, Desmond (more his fault for rejecting original extension before last year)...and Gallardo/Fowler. You're not talking a massive amount of players. I do remember it working against Orlando Cabrera as well when KW and Ozzie basically pushed him off the 2009 team through the media.

He didn't discount being done and this being THE team, but I'm sure at the very least he realizes the need for a stronger bench player instead of Sanchez/Leury Garcia. If they were to cut LaRoche in the spring, they pretty much have to go after Alvarez. Navarro could do it part-time, but hardly an ideal solution. Garcia would be another obvious possibility if they could find an outfielder to take his spot.

http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/dodger...multiple-levels And then there were three...Desmond, Gallardo and Fowler. One major factor working against Kendrick was his relatively advanced age. Austin Jackson still out there as well. Note the writer? Doug Padilla already on the Dodgers beat.

Paulino averaged roughly a 1.5 war between 2011-12. Turner had one decent season in 2013 with Miami, his war was 1.4. Thry're both -1 to -2 war cumulative for their careers. Paulino's still getting opportunities because he has a live arm and might be able to help someone out of the pen this year. If they could get one Phil Humber season from either, pretty miraculous...