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QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 01:27 AM) If the Sox add Melky to this.... I'm going to lose my damn mind. Mariners are the favorites right now...they want Cabrera and Ne.Cruz to go along with Cano, Seager, Zunino, Ackley, LoMo, etc.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 01:32 AM) Thanks to WAR, FIP and SIERA, you could tell if that pitcher is a #3 on other teams. Personally, I think Bassitt has a chance to be a good #4/5 starter on any team. Take into account that he will be dirt cheap the next 4 years or so, it makes the deal less attractive. I'd still do it because we are in all in mode though. You could say the same thing about Noesi, Beck or Erik Johnson. To produce those results consistently is the question, and with all the pressure of facing the Angels, Mariners and Rangers/Astros teams with a ton of young talent. There's a razor-thin line between Phil Humber/Lucas Harrell and being out of baseball.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 01:27 AM) Yup. Danks and Dayan are gonna be the focal points. Who wants to spend $18 million on those two? I guess they needed Dayan as "insurance," but let's hope it's just an expensive insurance policy. Rival executives believe pitchers such as Ervin Santana, Francisco Liriano and Brandon McCarthy are waiting to see how Lester’s choice alters the terrain. Until then, the Royals will continue to be active, if unable to display much progress. The team met with agents for Melky Cabrera on Monday night. Their list of other candidates includes players such as Kendrys Morales and Alex Rios. ESPN connected the club with Colby Rasmus. At 28, Rasmus displays both All-Star talent and a brittle frame that has been incapable of handling a full big-league season. He posted a .748 OPS and averaged 124 games a season the last three years in Toronto. Asked whether the free-agent market or trade market was more plentiful with hitters, Moore said, “"It'’s not very good either way.”" Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansa...l#storylink=cpy

QUOTE (Baron @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 01:20 AM) Let's not forget they'll probably try and sign Masterson too You can't spend $8-10 million on Masterson and also address LF via FA...unless you make a trade involving Ramirez (not going to happen now) or Anderson/Montas/Danish/Hawkins. Maybe, just maybe, they trade Danks for Ethier and then replace Danks with Masterson/B.Anderson in the rotation.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 01:16 AM) It does when you look at some of the performancss. He was a rookie and showed promise. He will be a good 3, 4 or 5 starter. Anyone can LOOK like a #3 starter in Oakland...even Kazmir, Jessie Chavez, Straily and Millone.

QUOTE (beautox @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 01:13 AM) The rotation is very exciting and still a fair amount of money left over and if jerry wants to party like its '05 he has some deep pockets to reach into for Melky and Headly. If there was ever a year to say f*** it and go for it, this would be it, our top ten pick is protected and they have a lot of money to spend. Headley is just too expensive for the expected upgrade, and getting older. I'm sure they made the same determination on Sandoval. LF is another issue, though. We can obviously state ad infinitum we'd LOVE for 3B, 2B and C to be sure things, but no team has that certainty top to bottom through their 25 man roster.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 01:04 AM) So we got a closer, we got a righthanded starter to go with our other 2 great starters and Danks, we got a slugger. i'll hand it to Hahn. ON PAPER, he's turned the Sox into division favorites. How can you not win with 3 good starters (I'm not sold on the ex-Cub), a new bullpen set-up guy, a closer and a slugger to go with Abreu? Now it's up to the f***ing players to produce. Sox are division favorites now, even with the bad defense. p.s. sorry to see Semien go. Not convinced the ex-Cub is great. I'll give Hahn the benefit of the doubt. He's made moves that on paper make us the favorites. We'll see if in reality it happens. Getting greedy, it'd be nice to see an upgrade at one of these two spots (catcher and/or third base). Not quite. We're definitely in the conversation at the top, but the Tigers still have Price, Verlander, Sanchez and Porcello....and they brought back Victor and they've still got a lot of time and resources to address both their defense and bullpen. They've already made a move to upgrade CF. If I had to guess, I'd say the Tigers and Royals are still slight favorites over the White Sox, with Chicago a clear 3rd, CLE the best 4th team in baseball and then Minny 5th. And there's always a possibility Scherzer ends up returning. How many teams can afford that contract? Dodgers? Cubs? Red Sox? Giants? Yankees? The Tigers are still a Top 5-6 landing spot for Max, and Illitch might feel a bit more pressure to respond now that the White Sox are making a strong move.

QUOTE (Baron @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:46 AM) I guess they couldnt not talk about the Yankees for a few minutes Betances as closer, as expected. If the White Sox already had that guy, they would have been crazy to add a closer for that money, too.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:43 AM) This is about to get even more crazy once Lester signs. Latest is either 6 or 7 years. Is not looking at the highest AAV or total dollars but where he feels most comfortable (supposedly).

QUOTE (heirdog @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:41 AM) You can get some top 10 prospects from another team at the deadline which by virtue of the Sox system would make the haul better than what they just gave up. Except the main way that happens is the White Sox fail to live up to expectations and they have to peddle Samardzija, LaRoche, Duke and Robertson...along with Alexei and Danks. That's about the last thing that we should want to happen. There's a big difference between dumping DeAza/Beckham/Dunn/Viciedo and having to sell off one of our new core pieces six or seven months down the line.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:39 AM) Plus you have Abreu at a fair deal and Eaton is also a very good contract as well. I really wonder if we can find a way to move Danksy. KW and Hahn will be kings of Chicago if they could manage to bring Kemp on board. Much more likely to end up with Crawford or Ethier, of course...with the problem being that Noesi and Bassitt would have to hold the fort down for at least 2-3 months until Rodon arrives on the scene.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:38 AM) I'm very excited for 2015 until I remember who will be managing all of this talent. Balta and the rest of Soxtalk get their wish. A fair opportunity to judge Ventura when the team's expected to compete right out of the gate.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:35 AM) Holy s*** I forgot all about Nate. If Jones comes back strong, that bullpen will have Robertson, Jones, Duke, Putnam, Petricka. Then a LOOGY and Bassitt/Noesi. Like. Guerra, and perhaps Webb or Sanburn might play a role as well.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:31 AM) No Bassitt? If the Sox can dump Danks and get Rodon in there, watch out. Could be the nastiest rotation out there. The Dodgers (especially if they add Scherzer) and Tigers would have arguments...

QUOTE (longshot7 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:31 AM) Love the deal, but who plays 2B? Sanchez for a half season, then Micah Johnson probably... Saladino as back-up for 3B/SS/2B (Leury Garcia's role last year) Colby Rasmus is going to be next in LF unless they shock the world and go after Melky and surrender that 3rd round draft pick as well.

Jon Heyman ✔ @JonHeymanCBS deal to send samardzija to the white sox is agreed to 385 Retweets 178 favorites Collapse Reply Retweet

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:20 AM) MLBN saying Yankees never offered him a deal. Well, technically they offered him a one year deal for $15.3 million. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12002705...david-robertson Both trades/moves are official according to cbssports.com http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-he...sox-seem-likely

Who may or may not be able to stick at 3B...that's the main question with Trey, along with contact/BB numbers.

http://www.sfgate.com/athletics/shea/artic...ure-5925003.php SF writer questioning what the heck Beane was doing with the Donaldson trade

She's (Susan Slusser) a baseball beat writer for the San Francisco newspaper (sfgate.com). That has more credibility than anything coming from the White Sox PR side/mlb.com.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 11:19 AM) Which should have resulted in their #5 starter and starting 3B for 2015. Nestor Molina was a 3 at least, lol. Maybe KW did watch and confuse him with the wrong prospect in Venezuela, after all.

Hawkins going back to replace McKinney on the outfield depth chart makes a lot of sense. I don't think Samardzija is worth BOTH Semien and Hawkins. Also seems Hahn's not going to trade Anderson.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:20 PM) Samardzija to #WhiteSox for Marcus Semien, Hector Noesi and Josh Phegley makes sense to me https://twitter.com/scotgregor/status/542141564257304577 Making Bassitt and Danks our last two starters? Hmmm... Still would be more comfortable if they added a veteran ala Masterson/B.Anderson in there. If we don't sign another reliever, you'd have to throw Bassitt and possibly Sanburn at the relief problem/s. One way or the other, that would seem to leave the remaining hole as either LF or the closer's spot. Hard to address both and not go way over budget.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:18 PM) Nick Capra told me during Instructs that Tyler Saladino, recovering from Tommy John, would prob be most ready at SS behind Alexei of course https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/542141026782048256 So maybe Saladino's going to take Semien's role. Ramirez at SS, Sanchez at 2B with Saladino backing up all 3 infield positions and Leury Garcia and Josh Phegley drinking sake in Tokyo.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:11 PM) We saw first hand this week that Chicago reporters are perfectly willing to sit on a story. The Perfect Storm: Chapter 2 Lester signs with Giants or Red Sox and The Shark is traded to the White Sox on the same day. ND alumni bombard the White Sox ticket hotline with season ticket requests to the point where the wires catch on fire, and Ed Farmer is eventually forced to lead them in storming the barricades (think storming of the Bastille) to turn in their deposit money.