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After the first week, the Sox play 44 of 66 games on the road. Good luck with that hot start.

Abreu signs for 10.825 for 2017.

Low-key Quintana should be traded on a Saturday, where it would be ignored by the media. It would be fitting if it happened today. The Astros and White Sox need each other, in my opinion.

Probably could sign back on a minor league deal. Arms are arms. Especially lefty.

Purke DFA

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Dec 14, 2016 -> 10:19 AM) Is this signing official yet? I don't have any issue with adding him. He's not that old and it's probably a short term and cheap contract. Worst case scenario is he's a Shields or Danks clone and gets the Sox closer to the #1 pick. Best case is that Coop helps him out and the Sox get another prospect out of it. We'll see. Not official yet. Don't even know if this is a minor league deal. If it's a major league deal, they would have to clear a spot for him. This time of year, it sometimes gets delayed officially for weeks.

When they trade Quintana, Frazier, Robertson, etc., the win total will take care of itself the next couple years. I'm rooting for the guys they plan on having on winning teams in 2019-2023.

Looks like a done deal. Build up the value and trade him. Best case scenario.

2016 has been an all-timer for celebrity deaths

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Dec 13, 2016 -> 05:43 PM) Why? There is literally no good reason to just trade him. Get a good return that you like, or hold onto him and see if he regained some value in the first few months of the season. They could do that, but with the money he's owed and the team the Sox are going to field, I just feel like now is the time to move him to a contending team that's going to want bullpen arms going into the season. We'll see.

QUOTE (bighurt574 @ Dec 13, 2016 -> 05:21 PM) Match? For Robertson it can't be that tough to find an intriguing prospect or two. We're not talking about a Q deal here. That's what I think too. For him, lower the expectations, but just make a deal.

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ Dec 13, 2016 -> 10:57 AM) I think that's such a huge "if". Teams were absolutely crushing Robertson's fastball this year. I don't know if it was just that he was tired on back to back games, or if he's regressing. I would probably dump him now rather than risk it. Agreed. If there's anyone who is most likely to get traded before Christmas, it's Robertson.

I just like the idea of getting a positional player that could potentially play 150+ games and be awesome for a pitcher that can only do so much with the 33 games he's given. Quintana is very good, and there's no reason to think he won't continue to have very good seasons, but ya know, Greg Hibbard, Mike Sirotka, and John Danks all had a few good seasons too. Don't get me wrong, Quintana may be more of a Buehrle type than those other guys, but stuff happens. Give me the bat.

QUOTE (QuickJones81 @ Dec 8, 2016 -> 06:35 PM) I say no. Here's why, Bregman is not a more valuable prospect than Moncada to me. For Sale we got Moncada, Kopech, and two more prospects. The drop off between that package and just Bregman is much much more than the value of Sale to Quintana. For Houston, like it or not, the market was set by the Sale trade. Just because they aren't willing to part with Bregman doesn't mean him alone is enough value for Quintana. At this point, Bregman is more of a sure thing than Moncada is. Again, not happening, but yes I would take Bregman for Q 1-for-1.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 8, 2016 -> 09:07 AM) Oddly quiet this morning. I'm still expecting a deal for us today, regardless of how quiet the Thursday of meetings usually is. The meetings end when the Rule 5 is completed. Travel day. Don't expect anything today, and maybe not until next week.

Luhnow sounded pretty convincing yesterday when he said they wouldn't trade Bregman or Springer to address their rotation. It's going to have to be more like the other trades to move Q to Houston.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 8, 2016 -> 08:19 AM) Are you including guys like Moncada, Giolito, Lopez, etc? Those three are on the major league 40-man, so no.

Sox pass in the AAA phase

The Sox only have 29 players on their AAA roster. They could potentially take 8 guys in this phase...

Love what I'm hearing about Dunning. Great trades. Keep em coming.

Give me Heyman and Rosenthal or give me death.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 7, 2016 -> 05:21 PM) That would make it 40. Double check that.

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ Dec 7, 2016 -> 05:11 PM) Does anyone here know what impact these acquisitions have on our 40 man roster? Eaton subtracted. Giolito and Lopez added. I believe the Sox are at 39 and can pick somebody tomorrow.

What about Danks? I dunno...

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