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That's so Merkin... https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/391252009338171392 Hey, if they want to find a way to move Dunn out of Chicago, and bring back PK as a part-timer, fine.

What gets lost in the overall numbers with Viciedo, is that his bat goes silent for months at a time. He's so inconsistent, and you never trust him to get a run in when has to be driven in.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Oct 18, 2013 -> 11:33 AM) Keith Law's Insider reaction piece essentially says that this is a weird move for the White Sox because it's risky and that Abreu has a good chance of declining rapidly by the time the Sox are contending in a few years. While I don't have expectations for contending in 2014, maybe the Sox feel like with Chris Sale as an ace, they have to force the issue right now. There's no point in keeping an ace pitcher on a perennial losing team (you hear that, Mariners?). Hey, the Sox have money to spend, some pieces to trade, some prospects that look promising. Let's see what they can do by Opening day, 2015. They could be a contender by then.

QUOTE (PolishPrince34 @ Oct 18, 2013 -> 10:55 AM) Supposedly 4 other teams made bids between $63-$66 million on Abreu according to Rosenthal I guess it's comforting to know that four other teams were in the same ballpark and had the same confidence that Abreu can hit major league pitching right now.

Koko

Let's get McCann and Brandon Phillips. Every team needs a couple of assholes. BTW, is McCann an actual jerk to people, or just old school/fun police?

https://twitter.com/Royals_Report/status/391212387002372097 Sox interested in Seitzer. Called that.

The Sox were in the perfect position to overpay to get home runs. They need home runs at the Cell, there's a vacancy at 1B, and there was a lack of power bats on the free agent market. Plus most of the Sox prospects are fast guys that don't hit homers. So they overpaid to get 25-35 homers from Abreu. My expectations are low for him to be an MVP-type player, but if he hits 175 homers over the next 6 years, he will have been worth it.

I'm glad the Sox "won" on this signing, but he better be able to cover a 95-mph fastball. They must be pretty confident he'll at least hit homers and drive in runs, and take the occasional walk.

QUOTE (glangon @ Oct 18, 2013 -> 07:46 AM) Maybe on the back of signing Abreu, Konerko will retire from playing and become the new hitting coach You must not ever hear Konerko speak. There's zero chance he'll immediately coach/manage after he's done playing. Frank Thomas is a name, but I don't know if he can coach. And I doubt Kenny Williams wants to go there even if they buried the hatchet. Plus Hahn already said they're going to hire a guy with experience. Rudy Jaramillo maybe.

Also have to like the overall presence the Sox are starting to make internationally. Wilder buried them for years.

It would be funny if they now traded Viciedo and Alexei this offseason. Could happen.

#79 I think the Sox can provide that one.

http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gi...ox&sid=l119 McCray 4 hitless innings. Johnson out at 3rd trying to stretch double into triple.

The real question is what does this mean for Dan Black?

QUOTE (ChiSoxFan05 @ Oct 17, 2013 -> 04:28 PM) But what do we do with him? You don't just bench $56 MM But you might eat part of 15 mil.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFan05 @ Oct 17, 2013 -> 04:25 PM) Say we sign Abreu and Konerko requests to return...... Hey Paulie, what weekend is good for you for the Number Retirement?

Getting excited about the prospect of 150 games of Abreu, Semien, and Avi Garcia. New blood.

If he's a right-handed version of a younger, healthier Kendrys Morales, I'd take that. Abreu looks like he was fat a couple years ago. Looks slimmer in the WBC clips I've seen.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Oct 17, 2013 -> 03:03 PM) While the reports that keep coming out are sounding better and better for the Sox, I still would not be the least bit surprised to see him sign with the Red Sox or Rangers. They both just like to throw around money too much. I also wouldn't be surprised to see some random team sign him from out of the blue kind of how Cespedes ended up with the A's when nobody felt they were serious contenders. At this point, it's just a good thing to know there's a legit shot to get this guy. But we still don't know if he's any good at Major League Baseball.

Wow, that escalated quickly. Bye, Paulie.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 17, 2013 -> 02:43 PM) Why do you say that? He can very easily sign with the White Sox. Astros do have Singleton on the way , so I honestly don't know why they're going after him. Olney just tweeted that the Red Sox don't expect to sign him and that the Astros and White Sox are seen as the front runners Just not getting my hopes up. But if the Sox do sign him, I hope he's a force. The Sox need some relevant offensive players in the game.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 17, 2013 -> 02:33 PM) That doesn't mean that MLB.com is on the ruse, it just means multiple people "in the industry" may be. We'll see. I guess it's a good thing this gets sorted out before Konerko makes his big decision.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 17, 2013 -> 02:24 PM) Everyone is saying the magic number is 70, which is probably why the Rangers will swoop in and offer 6 yrs/$75M. I don't believe that he has really trimmed his list down to 3 teams already, I think that's just hot air to get one of the other teams to scramble and offer more. Seems pretty legit when they allow mlb.com to put out a story that says multiple industry sources say he's down to three teams. He'll be an Astro.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...rticle_63066500