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And then when you do get those guys like Downs or Scott Shields at the tail end of their careers....you're overpaying for career consistency when they're about ready to fall off a cliff from overuse.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 16, 2014 -> 07:01 PM) Eh. My wife and I watched this on Friday. It was ok, but I kept reading reviews like yours - one of the better action movies out in recent years, should have gotten more respect. I didn't see it. Entertaining, but nothing earth shattering. IMO it was on par with Oblivion, which again was fine, but not great. Edge of Tomorrow IMO is quite a bit better than Oblivion, unless you happen to have a crush on Olga Kurylenko. Actually, the difference between her performance and Emily Blunt's "bad ass" female action turn are probably 50% of the reason for my Edge of Tomorrow preference. Yes, the "Groundhog Day gimmick" reached the point of exasperation, but then the plot kicked into gear from there and moved forward.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 16, 2014 -> 07:54 PM) The Sox are gonna have a rotation with all lefties, while the Cubs have a lineup with all infielders. As I mentioned in the Alexei thread, I think Castro is getting traded for pitching. Alcantara can play the outfield. It's likely that Bryant or Baez will end up out there. Soler, of course. McKinney, who they acquired from the A's. Sweeney or Coghlan as your 4/5 guys. They might give Junior Lake one more shot.

Walker's very solid...when he's healthy. There were some concerns about whether their young SS Jordy Mercer would hold up over a full season, but he ended up being a better hitter than expected.

Speculation is he's down to the $3-5 million range plus incentives. I'd prefer to give that deal to Brett Anderson over Johnson and Floyd. Or Zito, haha.

Cubs and Rangers are out unless it goes past June or July 15th, the "reset" date.

They're unlikely to go after Liriano or Peavy again. You've got Volquez, Hammel, Vogelsong, Masterson, Brett Anderson, Floyd, Josh Johnson that would all be value plays. E. Santana, if they want to pay $10-12 million for three to four years. The argument over Santana has changed a bit since last year, although the odds of adding him with Danks still in the field aren't extremely high. Those guys one year away from fa like price shark and fister could be made available as well between now and midseason. Plus Maeda and Kuroda.

http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2014/...-in-2015-plans/ Do the Yankees need him more than Ramirez?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/giancarlo-sta...-035528275.html Passan on dangers of trusting Loria and also turning down biggest deal in sports history.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 15, 2014 -> 11:32 AM) ph really a free agent ...... hell yeah i 100% agree. But he still has the spending caps because of his age/experience level.

It would be interesting to hear the cigar smoke-filled war room discussion in terms of who was most adamant about signing Abreu. Or the various thoughts about Viciedo Ramirez Tomas and Moncada going forward.

Although they would have traded up if cooper was calling all the shots on pitchers.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...-193721975.html Food/concession problems in Kc...disgusting during world series.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 07:42 PM) How do you know that? All I heard was he didn't like Kolek. http://voices.suntimes.com/sports/don-coop...raft-prospects/ It was Aiken in the beginning.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 02:51 PM) I remember bucket saying at the draft that KW wanted Jackson and Hahn wanted Rodon. Obviously, we know who won that decision. I'm sure there are things Hahn defers to, but this is his call in the end I feel. We will know five years from now. Cooper also had his favorites among the first round pitchers...Rodon wasn't #1.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 10:37 AM) What is so intriguing about Greene? He put up a league average ERA+, never had great minor league results. He's largley a two pitch pitcher who throws 90-94 and has meh command. Yes, his ERA looked decent in a rookie campaign but I'm not trading Alexei Ramirez for him. Not even close. Would be pissed as can be if that is all we received. There is no top of the rotation upside in him. The upside in him is a cost controlled #4/#5? Is that really a smart decision to trade Ramirez for? Sounds like Bassit or Petricka.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 06:01 AM) you may be right but I don't agree. Murphy is a young prospects, is he rated no, is there a chance he will not make a productive career, yes. yet is this a fair compensation for a AS SS, good glove, nice real nice bat and cost control for 2 yrs with an option of a third. teams play a lot for players who are in the final yr of there contract to help the team out. Alexei will most assuredly be helping the yank while the yanks find a replacement. 2015 and then affordable 2016 club option.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 06:08 AM) especially if he going to make a trade. he is going to be very tough. to show he is not a push over to be taken advantage of. the problem is, he has no leverage to play hard ball. he has 3 outfielders contracts that is like an anchor around the dodgers neck. he has 2 prospect that should be starting. if he is going to play hard ball, then the dodgers should be prepare to buy out some contracts. Peterson definitely should be playing. Van Syke's probably more of a 4th although he would be playing a lot more for many teams.

Another reason that there's some concern about the White Sox not spending a lot of money this offseason is that idea we HAVE to find a LH bat and that's at the exclusion of players like Tomas or Moncada who could "blow up the budget."

Everyone in that Dodgers outfield other than Crawford seems to have "pouting/attitude" issues because they all want to play every single day.

https://us-mg204.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?...kdc0v#162121782 A.Ramirez for Shane Greene Shelby Miller for CarGo (you can probably forget the Rockies dealing him for John Danks if that's the asking price) Justin Upton for Johnny Cueto Cespedes (this makes a LOT of sense because Boston wants to trade him, and relationship with agents and Cano in SEA already) for Taijuan Walker or Paxton Starlin Castro for Zack Wheeler (Alexei Ramirez isn't quite enough to get Wheeler apparently)

QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 04:47 PM) The notion that the deal would likely be short term makes me wonder if it is indeed us. By short-term, no less than 2 or most likely 3 years makes sense for the White Sox. Otherwise, it would end up being another Cespedes type of situation...although he really did inject some life back into that organization with the "shocking" signing and subsequent run of competitiveness. (Why they would leave $40-60 million on the table for an unproven player is beyond me, unless they're tremendously confident in his ability to earn even more down the line.)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 04:33 PM) He is also not 19 years old and as much of a question. Except for being able to handle 3B. Everyone projects his bat to play (same things we heard about Dayan)...just where he ends up on the field (mostly likely corner OF to being with, 1B, DH). Pretty sure after experiences with Teahen and Viciedo the White Sox aren't going to risk another fiasco over there...although you could see the argument if it was between $100 million to Sandoval/Ramirez/Tomas and $30-40 million to Headley.

The Tigers must be desperate for someone who can cover CF to replace Austin Jackson defensively. That became a huge black hole for them in the last two months, outfield defense. http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tige...trade/18970609/ This nicely summarizes why the Tigers made the move, the limitations of Gose (against LHP, only .201), the fact that the prospect wasn't going to help them THIS year and the final scary possibility of them adding Melky Cabrera to give them a still quite affordable outfield of JD Martinez, Davis/Gose and Melky Cabrera. Apparently they're also considering trading Avila, whose father I'm pretty sure is still asst. GM to DD. http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tige...avila/18960851/ Good god, it would be crazy if they signed Russell Martin, too. While they would likely be history after 2016, that would come close to narrowing the White Sox window down to just 2017 and 2018 (if they can get enough starting pitching...and they still have Price this season, Verlander, Anibal Sanchez and Porcello...and of course a lot comes down to the health of those guys...losing Scherzer/Smyly and eventually Price hurts a LOT).

Royals were rumored to be looking at Erwin Santana and Torii Hunter. I think Tomas is a perfect DH fit for them to replace Butler, but maybe not an unproven guy for $100 million. Of course, he could also end up playing OF and they could do the revolving doors DH thing as well. If not Tomas, they should be in on Hunter, Michael Morse, Nelson Cruz...the latter two would be perfect fits for 2-3 year contracts to fit with the remainder of the Royals' contention window. Rios would be another option for RF, and his power was down to only 4 homers so he won't get much more than $8-10 million for three years. Not sure if that's really an upgrade over Aoki/Dyson in RF. They're unlikely to bring back M. Cabrera or Aoki.