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Saunders was last a full time player in 2013 and he wasnt much over an 700 ops. I don't think many Jays fans perceive him as a regular starter...more of a platoon candidate at best. And, health issues.

Stroman Estrada Dickey Happ Hutchison Jesse Chavez Do they really need seven starters?

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 10:13 PM) Just my speculation but I wonder if Toronto is the mystery team? Salary commitments to 10 players = 99.6M Arbitration projections for 8 players= 26.5M Minimum salary for 6 players @500k= 3M+ Toronto's total payroll for 24 players not including Revere sits at about 129M so they have room for one of Cespedes/Upton and I'd venture to guess they could have the money since they were a playoff team and made a few extra bucks. Not signing Price opened up this possibility, fwiw. Imagine that line-up with one more power bat. Blocking Pompey won't stand in the way of a super team if they can make the numbers work. The brewery certainly wants to sustain the financial success and bandwagon that kicked off last July.

But you can add the Jays to the list of all-in teams...in a loaded division since the O's will probably add one of the big names. Pretty much every team in the AL is all-in but the Twins, and you can probably cross TB and Oakland off too but Beane is the one who shocked the world signing Cespedes in the first place.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 09:47 PM) You forgot Kevin Pillar who is a good CFer, but hits 9th in that lineup. Thank you. Even more. EDIT:Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 3h3 hours ago Teams say agent Scott Boras has been pushing to create options for Chris Davis. Selling him hard as everyday RF/LF option, as well as 1Bman Oops. Right. The real question is how much rope does Pompey get after last season? Boras is just doing his job to open up his market to the NL, but it's as convincing as me selling Ian Desmond as the next Ben Zobrist/Chone Figgins.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 09:38 PM) Recap: Reported Outfielders available via FA or trade: Yoenis Cespedes Chris Davis Justin Upton Jay Bruce Carlos Gonzalez Corey Dickerson Charlie Blackmon Brett Gardner Jacoby Ellsbury Ender Inciarte Marcell Ozuna Gerardo Parra Austin Jackson Dexter Fowler Reported teams interested in outfielders: White Sox Cardinals Angels Tigers Orioles Indians? Astros? You can add Tucker,/Marisnick ,Braun, Crawford/Ethier/Van Slyke/Thompson, Markakis, Bourn Calling Davis an OF is a bit of a stretch...

Dan Jennings (the GM/manager not Sox LHP) to the Nats too, Anthopolous to Dodgers... Fwiw, Pompey, Saunders and Bautista seems a bit suspect. The Blue Jays just announced Revere was going to be their leadoff guy last week. Interesting. Where are the Blue Jays payroll-wise?

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/justin...p;vkey=news_mlb Agent: Upton still seeks long term deal http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14531913...-larry-reynolds

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb-must-hamm...-005253782.html Passan wants the Cards to be absolutely hammered by MLB...but argues ownership might be influential enough to protect the franchise.

And Parra...and Jackson. And a whole slew of possible trade candidates.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 09:21 PM) But Pedro Alvarez will not get a rebuilding Brewers team out from under 90M in salary commitments over the next five years. This based on the idea the Brewers would be interested in trading Braun in the first place which is what were talking about. Sure, if the Brewers, Reds, Rockies and Braves are in such desperate financial straits they starting selling off assets for 50 cents on the dollar....then it becomes interesting. Milwaukee is a strong revenue machine since the new stadium...even with disappointing teams.

Well, we know what happened with the White Sox, Padres and Red Sox last year... The question is which GM's aren't playing the market well? A lot will argue the Cards for overpaying Leake and "losing" Heyward, the Dodgers, maybe the Jays for overpaying on their starting pitching. Are the DBacks and Cubs early winners of the offseason or fools? For example, the Twins haven't been mentioned once. Or the Indians, who have been rumored to be dangling Carrasco, Salazar and perhaps Bauer on the market...are the Rockies being too patient not trading one of their outfielders? Are the Orioles going to end up with neither Davis nor Upton/Cespedes and really frustrate their fans?

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 03:00 PM) MLB is swimming in revenue. They are a money making machine right now. As Tom Verducci pointed out in S.I. MLB's revenue is up 102% from 15 years ago. Before he left 'Proud to be your Bud' Selig said MLB was now a nine Billion dollar a year industry. Any team crying "poor" is lying through their teeth. Mark http://www.hardballtimes.com/predicting-ma...-salary-growth/ http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/whic...-revenue-051414

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 09:02 PM) I would take on the contract if it meant the Sox could unload LaRoche and limit the prospect quality the Brewers would seek in return, iow, they can't have Anderson or Fulmer. They just signed Carter for $2.5 million and incentives. Pedro Alvarez is still out there. LaRoche is stuck for better or worse.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 12:19 PM) Thanks for the info. It's not really something that important. It was just a topic of discussion we had and when I saw the posted information, it picqued my interest. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/stocks-tumbl...-210104458.html This is a helpful article dissecting it.

Nats trying to figure out a way to take every ex-Twin. Aaron Hicks should be next...

But it was a never-ending day!

Possibly NY if they deal Gardner or Ellsbury... Rangers but only on a shorter-term deal.

"Chris Correa, 35, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Houston to five counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer. As part of his plea, he admitted accessing the accounts of three Houston Astros employees, including information about prospects, Astros scouting reports and trade discussions. He also admitted taking measures to conceal his identity and the location of his computer and admitted that the "intended loss" for all of the hacking was about $1.7 million." Here's the detailed story from the Post Dispatch... http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/pr...72308a8095.html Each conviction of unauthorized access of a protected computer carries a maximum possible sentence of five years (up to 25 years total) in federal prison and a possible $250,000 fine. Correa will pay $275,000 in restitution as well. The value of the information that Correa gained unauthorized access has been set at $1.7 million. Federal attorneys said they came to the $1.7 million figure based on the Astros’ scouting budget and the number of players included in the database. http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2016/...n-hacking-case/

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 05:28 PM) Wouldn't be the first time the Sox acquired an alleged wife beater. Remember Brett Myers? That was one half season as opposed to a four year commitment. Wil Cordero and D'Angelo Jimenez came with flashing warning signs as well...Albert Belle, etc. Probably not the best marketing moves from the standpoint of the female portion of the fanbase...yeah yeah, doesn't get in the way of the NFL's profits machine. Always the counterargument.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 05:21 PM) Yep. I'll take one year of LaRoche at 13M and hope for the best instead 2 years 48M of Reyes wife abusing ass. Absolutely agree! Apparently they have the inside scoop to White Sox finances or JR is playing with Monopoly money. This is equally likely. Raymond Reddington pilfered the new $100 bill printing plates and paid back JR for a past favor.

This might be another case of the typical big spending field clearing nicely like with Abreu but still a long way to go.

These moves except Reyes sound great but there has to be a payroll amount they won't exceed prior to the season. Dumping top prospects to get rid of LaRoche isn't preferable. We did something similar before to offload Teahen, sacrificing an asset that could have brought a quality return in Edwin Jackson at that time. Except Tim has even more value by far. If Anderson achieves his potential, you're losing 15-25 affordable future war at a key position just to save money this year, and Colorado would have no use for Adam anyway.

The movie dragged a bit from the two very exciting action sequences in the first 20-30 minutes...to the set up of the last two hours. I thought it was an excellent film, epecially the cinematography, but not ready to give it best picture. Previous films like Dances With Wolves and then also a number of revenge/vengeance-seeking themed ones just resonate a bit more imo, but it's definitely a movie you should try to see in the theatre. It's likely the best shot for Leo's first Oscar.... https://www.yahoo.com/movies/2016-golden-gl...-153016723.html Golden Globes predictions... The Martian and the Big Short aren't your typical comedies...but not a huge Schumer fan, either.

We can have Ryan Braun...so there's that.