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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

In a nutshell... Don't do anything dumb in an effort to win 79 games in 2014.

Less rain outs now. That's for sure.

We need one of the insiders to find out how good it could have been if Crain pitched the last two months. Curious what was on the table.

More whatever... http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/p...id=kline-002ben

The "atrocious against lefties" thing scares me. Going into his Age 29 season. I don't know. I'd probably be happy if they signed him, but my gut is telling me this isn't the time to hand out 4-year contracts unless they land Abreu or break the bank for McCann--which is highly unlikely.

I wasn't impressed with the Cubs film. The music was over-the-top and too loud, and it could have been cut by 20 minutes. And get Dusty Baker a new chair.

I still view Zapata (or is it Adolfo) as a lottery ticket. He just turned 17. He shouldn't even be on Kannapolis until 2016, so I kind of just want to forget about him for a couple years and hope there's a baseball player there, come 2016. Hawkins was moved up too soon, but his problem may just be he doesn't have the talent to hit professional curve balls.

Sean Bierman, LHP http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/p...id=bierma001sea