ChiliIrishHammock24

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Nov 9, 2017 -> 05:54 PM) https://bosoxinjection.com/2017/10/15/poten...get-jose-abreu/ Eduardo Rodriguez is an interesting place to start trade talks. If that writer is suggesting an offer of JBJ, Sam Travis, and Eduardo Rodriguez....then yeah, I am doing that deal right now.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 9, 2017 -> 01:04 PM) Jose Abreu straight up for Jackie Bradley Jr. Who says no? The Sox. And I'm willing to bet everything in my bank account on it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 9, 2017 -> 02:29 PM) 670 The Score‏Verified account @670TheScore 1h1 hour ago #WhiteSox know Eloy Jimenez could force their hand and earn big league promotion in 2018, writes @MLBBruceLevine http://cbsloc.al/2m9Tk6X Bruce is always on top of these scoops.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 09:59 PM) I have my doubts that Chavis or Groome would make a Top 50 at the moment, especially Groome after the season he had. Also, Abreu has had no seasons with a wRC+ below 120 and 1 season with a wRC+ below 130. The Red Sox are looking for a bat. They're not going to find many better than Abreu. If they're not sending Groome++ (with preferably one of the +s being better than Chavis), I'd rather keep Abreu. Regardless of exactly the package it would take, that package can easily be put together solely from their system. Abreu isn't THAT valuable. That being said, I'd rather keep Abreu and let him be a leader for our young latin surge of prospects.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Nov 7, 2017 -> 11:09 AM) Tough call at this point on whether a team would rather have Acuna or Jimenez. Acuna has the better all around tools with speed and fielding, and could be a potential 30-30 guy in center field. Jimenez currently has the better hit tool and projects to have better power. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/260529020/pi...z-ronald-acuna/ Callis said it's very close, but he would lean Acuna due to the better speed and glove. Jimenez could very well be a player that absolutely tears the cover off the ball in 2018 as he starts to hone his power potential. Wow, what a GREAT question asked by that JoeCoolMan24 guy. Really intriguing.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 4, 2017 -> 08:08 PM) The question is, how does she have his number? Her job. She has a lot of contacts in baseball, across various different jobs (players, umpires, management).

I don't post in this thread often, if ever, as I hate politics, but this new GOP House bill is really going to swiftly kick me right in the nuts, and more directly, the wallet. https://electrek.co/2017/11/02/buying-tesla...t-gop-tax-bill/ $7500 jump in price for my car. Really f***ING sweet.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 10:14 PM) must be feeling ok: quinto doble I'm pretty certain that was Wednesday's game, and and he was removed after that play. He did not play Thursday according to mlbfarm.com

QUOTE (credezcrew24 @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 04:09 PM) You can make fun of Theo all you want, but Schwarber's 0.0 bWAR in 2017 is mighty sexy My girlfriend has Schwarber's number. I constantly pressure her to ridicule him via text. But instead, she is in love with him.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 02:20 PM) I don't deny Theo's love for The Schwab but come on now. But hey, if Theo loves him that much then by all means they can have him and go ahead and trade Happ, which I doubt they do if they are able to move Heyward somehow. Oh yeah, if they are able to come out from under Heyward, might as well go for it.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/11/2017...redictions.html MLBTR predicts the Sox to sign Micheal Brantly at 2 yrs/$20M. Of the players I targeted in my plan for the Sox, they have Morrow going to the Rockies on the exact terms I predicted (3 yrs/$24M), Alonso going to the Angels for the same 2 yrs I planned, but for only $22M instead of $26M, and Kintzler also getting 2 years like I guessed, but to the Nats, and for $14M instead of $10M.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 02:47 AM) Just my opinion but if I were the cubs I'd used Schwarber to try a nab a younger pitcher with team control and keep Happ. Well obviously, that's what an rational person who didn't have emotional attachments to him would do. But Theo is obsessed with Schwarber. He's his "told you so!" guy. He refuses to believe everyone who says he's just a DH. He is on record calling him "Babe f***ing Ruth". Theo is more likely to trade Rizzo or Bryant than he is Schwarber.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 11:17 AM) Also, this whole "bring all of these guys in to dump them" strategy works in video games, but does not work very well in real life. You can do that for a couple of guys, but bringing in 7 players for a combined $84.5+ million to dump them sets a really bad example for the franchise in free agency. 4 guys. QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 01:03 AM) But bottom line, all these guys (except for Rivera and Krol, and maybe Morrow due to years of control), are signings you make with the sole intention of dumping by July.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 01:23 PM) He may well go somewhere. With the needs in the rotation the Cubs have, someone is probably getting traded. Two things I do know is that it won't be the White Sox trading for him, and if a team does trade for him, it will be at a significant price. Epstein is obsessed with the guy. I could certainly see Ian Happ get flipped for a #3 starter and a reliever. Maybe something like Ian Happ for SP Dylan Bundy and RP Brad Brach. Maybe throw in Caratini if they had to.

Sign C Rene Rivera - 1 yr/$6.5M Sign SP Clay Buchholz - 1 yr/$9M (+1 team option year/buyout) Sign 1B Yonder Alonso - 2 yr/$26M Sign RP Neftali Feliz - 1 yr/$4M Sign RP Brandon Kintzler - 2 yr/$10M Sign RP Brandon Morrow - 3 yr/$24M Sign RP Ian Krol - 1 yr/$5M (+ 2 team option years/buyout) I don't see any significant trades happening. Doubt Abreu or Avi get moved, and no one else is worth giving up on. Almost all 7 of these guys are dudes you sign and then hope to flip. Krol is more of a project piece that you hope to mold. He's only 26 and was actually very solid in 2016. Needs to work on control. I would love for us to grab a big bullpen arms like Holland, Davis, or McGee, to flip at the deadline, but I can see the contending teams overpaying for all those guys and the Sox just going more for the B-tier and reclamation arms to try to sell high on. But bottom line, all these guys (except for Rivera and Krol, and maybe Morrow due to years of control), are signings you make with the sole intention of dumping by July.

I was at the Engel catch game, standing like 25 feet from him on the Fandeck. So obviously I'm voting for that.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 11:00 PM) Eloy is ready to run. Wow. Way to jinx him. Left the game with discomfort, somewhere, according to a translated tweet.

Awesome, my girlfriend will enjoy this

By the way, he has a 2-RBI double tonight.

QUOTE (KnightsOnMintSt @ Oct 29, 2017 -> 12:35 PM) I wonder if there is a chance that we see Eloy in Chicago before September. Have to think he'll make it to Charlotte fairly quickly. If he continues to crush the ball, maybe we see him with the White Sox in August? I think there is an absolute change he makes it up sometime in the summer. I'd rather he start at AA, and end in AAA, but at some point he may force the hand.

QUOTE (Quin @ Oct 27, 2017 -> 10:20 AM) This is hysterically disingenuous and you know it. He took at 78 win team that lost a HOF level starter, have a season of a Top 15 pitcher, a gutted bullpen, an elite right fielder traded and a grieving SS for the first half. And there was only an 11 win drop. You missed my point, while also missing my acknowledgment of most of your post. Firing Renteria in a year in which the team has bottomed out doesn't have the same optics as firing him right near the top of the rebuild when the team is a playoff contender.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 26, 2017 -> 11:54 PM) This is about opportunity. How could the Mets not have waited a week? They didn't hear rumors Girardi was getting axed? They could have had Girardi in a coup. It would have embarrassed the Yankees big time. The Sox should hire Girardi. Only he, Francona, Maddon are the alleged difference maker managers. Rick Renteria will be fine. He'll be a highly paid coach as long as he wants to coach. He's just fine. But hire Girardi and let him have his way witih all our young talent. And give him some power to suggest trades or personnel moves. Kenny is a joke; Hahn appears to be good. The Sox scouts we know reek and our player development people reek. The only guy who is proven at developing players is Coop. He does a fine job. Nobody else has a track record at all. I am not demanding Girardi be named. Rick R is doing a fine job except for the bunting b.s. But this is a chance to grab him. If he broadcasts a year, you can bet we'll hire him after next season UNLESS as I said before KW is threatened by any big name managing hire, which is possible. He won the war with Ozzie and he knows how miserable the Ozzie years were for him. Peace out. There is no reason for Girardi to want to come here.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Oct 26, 2017 -> 08:45 PM) Mario Odyssey reviews are in and it sounds like the game may be the GOAT. I know what I’ll be doing up until Thanksgiving. McCaffrey of IGN gave it a 10/10, masterpiece. I think I have one friend who is in to Nintendo for whatever reason, and he said he's getting it. So I'll have to check it out at his place.

QUOTE (Quin @ Oct 26, 2017 -> 10:01 AM) It was disgraceful when the Cubs did it, it'd be disgraceful if the Sox fire Ricky solely to hire Girardi. I think Ricky earned next season. I'm not in favor of dumping Ricky for Girardi, but it wouldn't be the same scenario as the Cubs. Renteria took a 67 win Cubs team and won 73 games. Renteria took a 78 win Sox team and won 67 games. I understand that was not Ricky's fault the Sox sucked this year, and it was stacked against him, but the Cubs fired him right as their rebuild was rocketing towards the finish line. The Sox *would* be firing him after the lowest point of the rebuild.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 10:36 AM) A smaller leadoff means you need less speed and momentum to get back to the bag on time, so you're probably less likely to inadvertently pop off by a fraction of an inch for a fraction of a second. I think Jake's post above makes a pretty good point. I don't think he does, because a runner is concerned about getting back to the base before he is tagged, not getting back to the base and not breaking contact with the top of the bag as he beats the throw back, which is kind of the point of the controversy.