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Odell Beckham Jr. and Jeremy Hill are awesome.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Dec 14, 2014 -> 02:11 AM) Also... time for the folks who said we'd only have 20 - 30 M in spending money to eat up... we're over 50 now in my estimate. Had us pegged for 45... so even this offseason has surpassed my lofty optimistic pleas. Duke - $5 million Samardzija - $10 million Robertson - $11.5 million Cabrera - $14.5 million LaRoche $12.5 million $53.5 million. We had $48.5 million committed at the start of the off-season. Add all of this on and we'll be at $100 million. This isn't all that surprising, since a lot of teams are over the $100 million mark. I think we still have room for some improvement.

Things I'd like for the Sox to add: 1) #4 or #5 right-handed starter 2) Veteran 2B for insurance in case Sanchez/Johnson don't work out For the 2B, I'd love for us to get Jed Lowrie. Not sure if he'll be affordable though.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Dec 14, 2014 -> 01:11 AM) Jesse Sanchez @JesseSanchezMLB · 14m 14 minutes ago Source confirms Melky Cabrera agreed to 3-year deal for an estimated $42-43.5M with CWS pending physical. @MLBBruceLevine reported agreement* *taken from SSS Hopefully Melky's a 3-win player. But this is about his market value. It's hard to get extra value out of bigger FA signings, that's just the way it is these days. FWIW, Melky's always killed the Sox. He's hit .336 at the Cell. Maybe he likes the hitting backdrop. Or maybe we never found out how to pitch to him, lol.

Mirotic is having a ton of success running the floor.

Aldridge was just making everything. Nothing you could really do.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 12, 2014 -> 03:54 PM) Seriously, how is this different from last year for the Knicks? They hated their coach, switched GMs, clearly had nothing on their roster long term and were playing for cap space several years away. They weren't 4-19. They were bad, but not this bad.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 7, 2014 -> 11:36 AM) Was battery improved? I've gotten 5.5 hours of screen-on-time on this thing. Lasts the whole day easily.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Dec 11, 2014 -> 11:32 AM) Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 35s35 seconds ago The #Royals have their Power hitter in Kendrys Morales, who comes at $17 million over 2 years, $13 million cheaper than Billly Butler lol A guy with almost -2 WAR last season in only 400 PA just got $8.5 million a year. That's like giving Adam Dunn that much money. Hell, I bet if Dunn comes out of retirement, he can out-hit Morales next year.

When I first read this, I thought the thread title said Desmond Jennings. I got really excited for a second.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 11, 2014 -> 11:06 AM) Don't know much about him. ERA, strong k numbers, not so great WHIP. In general though, would appear to be an upgrade, especially since it appeared Rienzo wasn't going to be a good long-term fit. Like the fact that Jennings is cheap / cost controlled. It looks like he gets hit quite a bit. Lefties hit .291 off him last year. Yet he still had a ERA below 2. His strand rate was 88%, which tells me he's really good at getting high leverage outs, or he got lucky as hell.

I like it. Rienzo had no real future on this team. Jennings can be used as a 6th and 7th inning guy along with Guerra. He's also left-handed. I wouldn't be surprised if he out-performed Zach Duke. He also has reverse-splits...so I'm not sure what to exactly make of that.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 08:07 PM) Can you imagine if we got Masterson? We might have the best rotation in Sox history, OK modern Sox history. Sale, Q, Samardja, Masterson (if he rebounds), Danks (if he continues to rebound). All those other guys in the bullpen? Robin could have some amazing options. For someone who loves that 05 team so much, you really forgot about that pitching staff... And Masterson would not make this rotation that much better. If he bounces back, sure, but the issues he had last year were very alarming. Decrease in velocity, bad control, just being bad in general.

There's one thing I do know, Alfredo Simon is worse than his ERA indicates.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Dec 11, 2014 -> 09:55 AM) Marlins and Reds making progress on Latos. Tigers going after Leake or Cueto? Do they have the pieces to get Cueto...?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Dec 11, 2014 -> 12:25 AM) I can't believe Mccarthy got $12M a year for four years Seems about right. Liriano got 3 and $39 million. McCarthy had a pretty damn good season.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 08:43 PM) I have, but I try not to get too sucked into it because I refuse to give them extra money for it. I get some free packs for my pre-order bonuses and eventually give up on it. It always seems to play differently than the regular FIFA modes. I can't put my finger on why, I think it has to do with the chemistry stuff, but it always feels different. I got sucked into it. Fortunately, I've given exactly $0 to EA on it. I played MUT and spent like $50. Built a pretty good team and then stopped playing once FIFA came out. I bought like $25 worth of coins from some coin sellers, that much gets you around 300,000 coins. I bought Di Maria and some of the more expensive players with it and my team is now actually good. It'll cost you something like $100 to buy the coins to get someone like Ronaldo or Messi. It's pretty damn crazy if you think about it.

Is Kendrick really worth a top 30 prospect like Heaney? He only has one year left on his contract and it's not like he's going to be cheaper than Dee Gordon.

QUOTE (flavum @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 04:08 PM) Jimmy Rollins is the Dodgers SS Meh. It's only for one more year (option year), so I guess it should work out fine for LA. I don't know how many more years Rollins can hold up at SS.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 03:43 PM) Cubs are down to 10-1 in Vegas, which is lol worthy. At best, this Cubs team might win 85 games. I don't remember the last time a team counted on 3-4 rookies (no matter how good of prospects they are) to make the playoffs. I feel Soler is legit and can contribute immediately, but guys like Bryant, Alcantara, and Baez are all big power hitters who miss the ball a lot. Those guys are going to struggle massively early on in their careers. To expect even 2 of them to give the Cubs positive, let alone average ML value next season is a pipe dream.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 02:28 PM) So the Knicks are absolutely terrible, and they all hate each other, and Melo wants to beat up Tim Hardaway because he shoots too much and doesnt play much defense, which the rest of the team also accuses Melo of(irony alert) full disclosure, this post is chock full o'SAUCES!!!! http://deadspin.com/report-the-knicks-all-...ther-1669314378 I'm loving this. This is what you get for chasing money Melo. Thinking that Knicks roster would amount to anything is ridiculous. With Butler playing the way he is, I'm almost glad he didn't sign with the Bulls.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 01:40 PM) Consider that based on "that stat" Joe Maddon isn't listed in either top-5 but Rick Renteria is... That stat is also a very incomplete way to look at the impact of a manager. Pythagorean W-L has value as a stat, but I feel like it's way to simplistic to say that the manager is purely responsible for whether a team over or under-achieved based on how many runs they scored and gave up.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 10:42 AM) Joe Maddon can, and anyone who replaces Robin Ventura adds a lot more than that. I'm one of the first people to tell you that a good manager can make a big difference in a team, but 16 wins is, like I said, completely asinine. Lineup optimization adds something like 1.5-2 wins over 162 games and that's one of the manager's biggest roles on a team. I haven't seen the numbers on bullpen management, but I'm pretty damn positive it's not at 14.5 wins.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 10:47 AM) Wasn't Noesi's line with just the White Sox much better overall? I seem to remember a third of a run difference in his overall ERA and his White Sox only ERA. His ERA was 4.39. But his FIP was around 4.7. In other words, he wasn't that good. As a 5th starter, he's acceptable, but if you want to be a contender, you need to have arms better than him and Danks as your 4 and 5.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 10:15 AM) ESPN just told me that Joe Maddon is worth 16 wins to the Cubs, yup. No manager can add 16 wins to a team. It's asinine.