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I'm the last 21 years, on this day - December 26th - there have been 2 trades. So, there's a chance! http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/transactions.cgi

Probably my favorite baseball game that I ever attended: http://m.bbref.com/m?p=XXboxesXXSEAXXSEA201204210.shtml Also in contention: 2005 ALCS Game 5

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Dec 25, 2016 -> 08:28 PM) Might as well say 800 days. Next two seasons will feel slow. I'm personally going to love watching the team suck and develop - will be much more active following all levels. Future Sox will explode.

It just dawned on me: This offseason is going to be painfully slow. We've got like 50 days until pitchers and catchers report. Time to move on with my life. {good luck with that, don\'t read soxtalk daily like an obsessed fool}

QUOTE (Baron @ Dec 25, 2016 -> 12:00 PM) Except the free agent market is a little more saturated with pitchers next year plus the changes in team compensation probably decreases the chances he would get traded next offseason if he's still around. The Trade Deadline probably wouldnt happen either. Alot of these guys they are probably asking for will be playing. We've already seen how hesitant teams are to trade players that are contributing on the club in the middle of the season. So the previous post was correct. They need to trade him now if they actually want to. Meh - I still don't agree. To each their own. Only thing that will hurt Hahn's hand in dealing Q IMO would be an injury or a regression of performance. There are always going to be new badass prospects to be had and a top of the rotation cost controlled starter will always be in demand.

QUOTE (BRIRO2017 @ Dec 25, 2016 -> 11:54 AM) Did I forget poop? Lol I is the cap of handi.

QUOTE (BRIRO2017 @ Dec 25, 2016 -> 11:51 AM) This. The sox arent getting more value for Q than they will right now. English as a second language?

QUOTE (Con te Giolito @ Dec 25, 2016 -> 11:38 AM) Hahn cannot wait to trade Quintana. If they wait until the deadline they may not find a suitor and then you're trying to move him in a free agent market overloaded with very good starters. A year from now they won't get half of what would be considered a low return now. Either they deal him this offseason or they keep him for the next 4 years. Couldn't disagree more. It's all speculation dude. Half a year of Samdazjiezyeahhh got the top SS prospect in the game, the number four prospect in baseball at the time. No one knows what we could get now, or at the deadline, or next year, or in three years. Only thing that isn't speculative is this: if Quintana keeps pitching the way he has - he'll always be in demand and will always command a haul.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 25, 2016 -> 10:33 AM) That article showed quite a shallow understanding of everything going on. "Let's try and get hits not by perpetuating rumors but by talking smack about rumors."

QUOTE (reiks12 @ Dec 25, 2016 -> 09:58 AM) I just want to get on with my life.. find a girl and a job and settle down.. maybe get a dog For some reason that sounds like a movie quote

Why hasn't a deal been announced this morning already? What the f***... not like anything is going on.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Dec 24, 2016 -> 10:51 PM) Can i play Hawk for a minute? I don't give a yahoo about the defensive "stats" Stoney, because those still have a long way to go to catch up to their offensive counterparts. I'll tell you one thing. Todd Frazier is a championship third baseman on a contender. He gets his butt down on every pitch and he'll get every routine ball hit his way. He can even sprinkle in some big-time plays at some really big times. Is he Nolan Arenado or Adrian Beltre over there? No. But he's a chanpionship third baseman. Lotta teams at the deadline with a hole over there will be looking for a guy like that. Mercy!

Merry Christmas all - guess our present in a Q trade will come late this year. Sad panda.

QUOTE (Fantl916 @ Dec 24, 2016 -> 10:05 PM) Yep that's the one. Rookie ball stats ftw!!! A snippet on him from baseball prospectus: 2016 Stats: .271/.359/.449, 8 HR, 15 SB in 62 games at short-season Bluefield The Good: He doesn’t look like his father, and putting a Hall of Fame comp on him, bloodlines or no, would be irresponsible. However you’d be forgiven, if you caught Vladito on the right day, for seeing a bit of the same controlled violence that marked his father’s swing. He already has plus raw as a teenager, and it isn’t hard to see him finding another grade of raw as he enters his twenties. He has enough feel for the barrel, even when swinging out of his shoes like his pops, to make the power play in games too. The Bad: I do wonder if he rates as highly on this list with a different last name, although baseball bloodlines can be important. I guess you can dream big and imagine Vlad, Jr. one day hitting like his father, but that is where the comp will have to end. He’s already a large human being, with a very thick midsection and lower half. At 17. He’s likely a first baseman in the end and that will put an awful lot of pressure on the offensive profile to have a strong patrilineal influence. The stolen bases are more an artifact of every Tom, Dick, and Vladdy being able to steal in the low minors. He’s already a below-average runne The Role: OFP 60—Above-average major league first baseman Likely 45—Second-division starter at first base The Risks: Vladito’s precocious performance as a 17-year-old in the Appalachian League is nice and all, but he’s still a future first baseman in short-season ball. This could go any which way in the coming years. Major league ETA: 2021 Groovy, thanks for the continued education. +1 Isn't it just wonderful how conflicting scouting reports can be.

QUOTE (Fantl916 @ Dec 24, 2016 -> 09:44 PM) Vlad Guerrero jr Oh, you mean the 3rd baseman who had 15 stolen bases in like 60 games?

QUOTE (Fantl916 @ Dec 24, 2016 -> 09:30 PM) So in your quest for bats you'd rather have a rookie ball 1b w no speed who's 4 years away at best... over most the others? Vlad jr is not his dad. Personally I'd rather have pieces that will help in the next 1-2.5 years. Basabe is prob 2.5 away... add another 1.5 to vlad jr. Quintanas contract would expire before he sees the majors Get prospects that come thru in the same wave, will lead to a faster turnaround Who's this rookie ball first baseman with no speed that you speak of?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 24, 2016 -> 04:01 PM) Truth, this is. Thanks Yoda. Edit: 13 plus years here and it's the first time I've ever had to use that feature. I'm f***ing bats*** crazy guys and readily admit it.

Finally figured out how to find the damned thing. 402 pages. What the hell man - that's insane that I remembered that. Thanks for nothing Quinarvy.

QUOTE (BRIRO2017 @ Dec 24, 2016 -> 03:31 PM) Didn't you post in it? Look it up I have no idea how to find old posts like that - only see old game posts in the archives. I'm in the running for "duh award of the day".

QUOTE (BRIRO2017 @ Dec 24, 2016 -> 03:23 PM) Bout tree fiddy I thought it was 402 but am not certain and it's driving me batty. Edit: or 401 Yea, see.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 24, 2016 -> 03:12 PM) Now let it be real already. Yea... same. Soooooo how many pages are on that cespedes thread? It's seriously been bugging me for hours.

QUOTE (Blackout Friday @ Dec 24, 2016 -> 03:08 PM) Pirates fans and bloggers seem pretty reasonable overall. I'd be very happy with that offer, despite preferring Meadows. Yea... same.

http://www.outsidepitchmlb.com/michael-con...york-mets/59071 Duh award of the day.

Reading material for family eggnoging http://www.thepointofpittsburgh.com/the-pi...-jose-quintana/ Edit: they suggest Glasnow, Bell, and Newman

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 24, 2016 -> 12:36 PM) J4L, Q and Rabbit are just meanies. That's all I have to add. you suck.