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QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 27, 2016 -> 11:00 AM) I can't wait for the post mortem articles on how whatever trade happened went down +1

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 27, 2016 -> 10:48 AM) The NYY prospects are overrated, aside from the guys they received via trade (Frazier, Torres, Tate) and Rutherford. Torres' stats aren't as great because he's so young for the league he plays in. I wouldn't put much stock into his. What's your thoughts on state specifically please - seems like his WHIP has been pretty bad so far professionally.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Dec 27, 2016 -> 09:30 AM) This offseason is f***ing exhausting. The Sox FO is so incredibly predictable with the way they go about their business. Oh really? So you knew they would trade Sale and Eaton. Got it.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 27, 2016 -> 08:57 AM) @BNightengale reports Sox -Yanks expanded Quintana trade talks with D Robby. Pirates /Rangers and Astros still very engaged on Quintana https://twitter.com/MLBBruceLevine/status/813790388221804545 Hopefully a bidding war Makes the leak idea more credible IMO but also has truth. Hahn turning up the heat trying to push a deal across the finish line? Urgggggg

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Dec 27, 2016 -> 08:43 AM) All we need is for the Rockies and a mystery club to jump into the rumor mill and we have full on pandemonium So far Astros, Pirates and Yankees have been strongly connected to Quintana The latest MLBTR post on Q sums up this entire thread nicely ( minus all of the comedic insanity ). Reality has been almost as full of s*** as the mock GM hamfoolery thread.

QUOTE (shipps @ Dec 27, 2016 -> 08:31 AM) I just cant do it anymore. Once something seems to be on the verge of happening is when I will care. All these hypothetical's are like listening to someones fantasy team conversations. Clearly you can see I'm losing my mind as well

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 27, 2016 -> 07:02 AM) Why do people assume it's a leak? If these talks are happening, it's not like they wouldn't go to other teams and say they are talking about this deal Because the possibility of it being a leak makes sense logically - especially considering the source has historically been connected to Sox leaks.

On this day in history there have been 3 trades in the last 15 years. However, one of them involved Sergio Santos... so, there's a slightly better chance than yesterday! ( +1 to the poster thinking this could be a Sox leak - I was gonna state the same )

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Dec 26, 2016 -> 09:43 PM) Meadows & Glasnow... instead of... Cutch n Q. Well that certainly puts it into perspective. They wanna win in the next two years - there's a clear path to having a better shot.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Dec 26, 2016 -> 08:38 PM) Sincerely, - The guy who does whatever the f*** he wants, whenever the f*** he wants, wherever the f*** he wants... breaking cheerleader hearts, vacuuming the house at 2am, butt ass naked on a Wednesday afternoon while ball sweat staining the rug. #f***MarriedLife Ok, I'll stop.

QUOTE (Blackout Friday @ Dec 26, 2016 -> 08:28 PM) Would love Diaz. What is it about him that you love? I know little other than the little write up I've read on MLB pipeline. Sincerely, - The guy with medusa for an exwife

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 26, 2016 -> 08:09 PM) Then go back to where ever you have been for the last decade... Or we could all make obscure references to movies made in the mid 1990s while singing Kumbaya. Edit: How complete is a post without including a call to song?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 26, 2016 -> 05:41 PM) Yeah, I couldn't agree more. While generally, 4 years of control is preferable to 3, these trades don't exactly work off a scale like the NFL draft picks do or something. While I think it is optimal to acquire him now if you are another team, I don't think it is that big of a deal if you have to move him in 6 months or even a year from now. One thing I will add though, and I wrote this earlier in the thread, if one of these teams that is kicking the tires on Q now comes back in desperate straights in July, I am making them pay a premium for forcing me to go into the season with Q. Make them pay some consideration for their wait and see approach. +1

QUOTE (BRIRO2017 @ Dec 26, 2016 -> 04:57 PM) LOL and i would care why? Especially your opinion. If you do not want people thinking youre a moron(that i do), stop acting like one. And opposing everything i say, isnt going to change a thing. I like apples and ba-nay-nays. Popsicles, pork tacos, and fruit roll ups. Yay, yay, yay! Wheeeee!! Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!! Whooooo! As the famed farmer said in the prolific film, "Babe"... "That'll do pig, that'll do." Such mastery of film making, that was.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Dec 26, 2016 -> 04:42 PM) Same guy who traded a pretty good, very young prospect (Tatis) for an expensive, over the hill pitcher (Shields) about five months ago. I'm still shaking my head over that one. That deal reeked of Kenny Williams and Hahn has wanted to rebuild for ages. We're finally getting an opportunity to see Rick do his thing with less opposition.

QUOTE (BRIRO2017 @ Dec 26, 2016 -> 04:18 PM) God why cant people see this??? The sox DO have to deal Quintana this off season. This isnt Dwight Gooden. Or Kerry Wood. Hes never getting better than he is right now. He has 4 years of control. 3 is LESS lol. The market is weak. Hes not injured. Hes at his ABSOLUTE PEAK. You are rebuilding and you dont have to deal him now? Thats retarded. There's a lot of retards on this form and in the national media that just don't agree with you. You're not going to sway us. Cheers, -Retard #42

That's it - the Rockies are all in and are certain to trade for Q now: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/12/rock...p;post-id=81407

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?