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QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 24, 2014 -> 06:03 PM) really i thought it was 2020. umm then why is 2020 date interest me. no offense, i am talking out loud. either way, a couple of winning season, sir you are correct there. let alone, hopefully WS rings. i keep thinking of the Dodgers tv deal, $200 mil!!!! everything from now until the sox win their first WS ring, cough next yr cough cough , is getting the right mixture of players. $334 million per year...

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Nov 24, 2014 -> 08:17 AM) They have the pieces to get Hamels. That makes a ton of sense for them. $400 million of contracts in half a year with Rusney Castillo, Sandoval, Ramirez and Hamels. Makes the Stanton contract look crazy.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Nov 23, 2014 -> 09:38 PM) and that's the NL. The Sox don't have a good track record with NL talent. Eaton?

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Nov 24, 2014 -> 08:11 AM) Can we actually just turn this into the Boston Redsox trade thread? I'm not sure exactly what they would want from us but they have a ton of talent with out a spot right now...They have Betts, Bradley Jr, Castillo, Cespedes, Nava, Craig, and Victorino all competing for 1 or maybe 2 spots. Like I said, not sure what we would have to offer them, but they sure do seem like a nice trade partner. Castillo and Ramirez have to start in CF and LF. The big problem is that Bradley, Jr., Craig and Victorino are all going to be sold for pennies on the dollar. Not a good way to do business. In all likelihood, they keep Betts as insurance and simply for the fact they need some young, cost-effective players. As someone mentioned, Nava's a good LH bench option, but not worth much of anything in a trade after 2014.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Nov 24, 2014 -> 06:47 AM) The leverage for the White Sox on Alexei has to be really good. With Hanley ramirez going to Boston it now leaves the Mariners needing shortstop now since they wanted Hanley. Sofar the teams needing a shortstop are the Mets, Yankees, dodgers, mariners, A's and supposedly the marlins. Let the bidding begin. And M's were never planning to play Ramirez at SS. He can play 3B, LF, 1B (maybe) and DH from here on out.

QUOTE (lord chas @ Nov 24, 2014 -> 06:54 AM) Wow, hope Hahn get take advantage of the market now Trade market, not FA one. Until Scherzer, Shields and Lester sign, there's going to be a slowdown until the Winter Meetings.

And we have Alexei Ramirez and Dayan Viciedo to trade them. Boston's 100% in win now mode again. They need pitching, and that's exactly what we don't have. There's no scenario where Q for Cespedes makes sense (even with an extension), and there's nobody on our roster other than Sale (or Rodon, who can't be dealt yet) who's attractive enough to be the centerpiece of a trade, either.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 24, 2014 -> 05:36 AM) Beane, most likely will try to extract the most in trades. that a given, so with that info, pass. Every GM makes a lot of mistakes. Beane doesn't have a perfect track record by any means. Bringing in Jim Johnson from Baltimore comes to mind immediately. There's a good 7-8 year run there in the middle of his regime where he made more bad than good trades, other than starting the trend of maximizing value from his closers after their shelf life had expired.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/11/non-...ris-medlen.html Kris Medlen would be an interesting "buy low" candidate...

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 11:08 AM) I like how the crap Jax did at the end of the episode is kind of not an issue. That is a minimum 10 years in jail. I assume you mean decking Unser?

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2014/11/...2GxO/story.html Going by this White Sox offseason (so far), seeing Victorino brought in to be the 3rd outfielder wouldn't be surprising at all. Also, Cespedes and Jackie Bradley, Jr., could be in play as well. They (the White Sox) seem to be in the mode of "patching" holes temporarily while simultaneously waiting for Rodon, Anderson, Danish, Montas and Micah Johnson to make an impact. Personally, I would have Ramirez at 3B/DH with Bogaerts at SS, but that's just me. (If Sandoval signs, Ramirez would have to play LF/DH and rotate with Ortiz). Finally, Will Middlebrooks definitely is going to be on the market as well, although the returns will be nothing like if they traded him in 2012. If they do sign BOTH Sandoval and Ramirez, they almost have to trade Cespedes, who at one point they were planning to offer a $100 million extension. It's also going to be interesting to see if they can add those two big contracts, not get low-balled with offers for Cespedes (who everyone in baseball knows they want to dump) AND add a big ticket free agent pitcher in Lester or Shields.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Nov 23, 2014 -> 10:06 PM) This spending spree worked so well the last time Boston did it. It has worked to the extent they have three World Series championships in a decade. That said, their last WS trophy was a direct result of "value buy" veterans in guys like Napoli, Gomes, Victorino, Uehara, etc. Definitely not "big ticket" acquisitions like Hanley and Sandoval. That said, interesting Ramirez's career is coming back full circle to both begin and end in Beantown.

They're going to want more than Semien/Sanchez/Micah Johnson for Reddick. Maybe Johnson would be the centerpiece, but it would take more, even though I think Reddick only has two years of control. Would prefer to hold onto Johnson and see if he can put it together this season....that said, I would be happy to trade Beck and M.Johnson and possibly substitute Bassit for Beck. Reddick and LaRoche can hold down the fort for two years while we wait for reinforcements.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Nov 23, 2014 -> 08:43 AM) I also think Q is pretty much untouchable. In reagrds to Lester, his 3-0 w a sub.50 ERA in 2 World Series puts him pretty much at the top of the food chain. He may be as good as any lefthander not named Sale in baseball. Lester will get more than $100 Mil. My guess is $130-140 for 5-6 years. Or Kershaw. Or Bumgarner.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Nov 22, 2014 -> 06:04 PM) http://www.si.com/mlb/2014/11/21/adam-laro...surprising-move SI not happy.............too bad! Apparently SI isn't aware of Rodon's existence. And the point of free agency is to go where you're wanted...and/or you will receive financial compensation (respect) that is line with your abilities. By SI's narrow definition, signing FA's wouldn't make sense for the bottom 10-12 teams in the league every year...so I guess they should just follow the Royals or Pirates plan of struggling for two decades instead. Well, more disrespect and treatment as a "small market" club...the only way to reverse that is putting up wins on the board against the Royals and Tigers.

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Nov 22, 2014 -> 03:58 PM) Viciedo is one of the worst players in the game. There is so much evidence that documents his sorriness that it is beyond dispute. If he is in line for significant playing time next summer, RH will have failed his offseason report card. In the rotation, Sale, Q, and Noesi (at #4) are givens. Rodon will likely start the year in the minors. That means we have two slots open. Danks should be either dumped or in the pen. Just like there's plenty of evidence Me.Cabrera isn't very good defensively and only put up positive OPS/RC numbers around the time in his career when he began to take the peds and fabricate alibis.

Now we have Reds and Dodgers fans storming the barricades. Let's try to return to reality. It's amazing how some typical bold/brash KW comments have some believing we can acquire nearly any player on the planet regardless of the expense or talent demanded to consummate said transaction.

http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/buster-olney/post?id=8678

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/10/free...am-laroche.html Profile of LaRoche. This writer had him at 2/$30 million. Two years removed from sixth in the 2012 NL MVP voting.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...-011410312.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nation...cago-white-sox/

QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 21, 2014 -> 11:26 PM) Melky Cabrera wRC+ by season: 2006, 130 games - 98 wRC+ 2007, 150 games - 89 wRC+ 2008, 129 games - 68 wRC+ 2009, 154 games - 94 wRC+ 2010, 147 games - 77 wRC+ 2011, 155 games - 118 wRC+ 2012, 113 games - 151 wRC+ 2013, 88 games - 86 wRC+ 2014, 139 games - 125 wRC+ So, he was a rich man's Gordon Beckham for about 5 seasons. Then he becomes Alejandro De Aza. Then, well, we know what happened in 2012. Then he plays like s***. Then he plays pretty well last year. I think we can toss out 2012, since he was unambiguously on steroids. This definitely casts doubt on what was going on with his improvement in 2011, but who knows about that. He had an injury-riddled, crap season in 2013 after the steroid suspension. He played well last year, with an ISO at a level he has only had previously in 2011 and 2012. To me, you're taking a big risk on a guy like that. Either way, there's no sense in freaking out about us getting LaRoche as if that has any real bearing on a possible Cabrera acquisition. I particularly don't want to give up a draft pick to sign Melky Cabrera, and we didn't have to do that with LaRoche. Perfectly rational response to an over emotional exaggeration. There's nobody alive from Cal Tech or MIT that could assure me why Cabrera would be a better bet than LaRoche for two years and not surrendering a pretty high second round draft pick as well.

QUOTE (icroca @ Nov 21, 2014 -> 11:17 PM) Not taking into account 1-3 additional years on the contract when guys like Tim Anderson and hopefully Hawkins will be pushing for starting roles...

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/...roven-additions The irony is that the headline of the article is "Sox shun risk with proven additions" arguing that Eaton and Abreu were even more unknowns/mysteries at this point last offseason.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 21, 2014 -> 11:09 PM) It is 12 games in Caulfield chill out. You didn't grow up in Iowa, lol.

McDermott looks like the ghost of his college self. Surprising? How many times has that happened with elite outside scorers/pure shooters upon arrival to the NBA?