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QUOTE (Quin @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 11:35 PM) http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20171102..._medium=twitter McGraw asking if the Bulls could win around Cousins? I'd love Cousins, but won't happen. But man...this lineup PG: Dunn / SG: LaVine / Nwaba SF: Porter / Holiday PF: Lauri / C : Cousins / Felicio Would just be fun. The Bulls are in a good spot going forward. There aren't many teams with the financial flexibility that they will have. But yes, I'm aware that GarPax are still making the decisions.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 08:16 AM) There’s a non-zero chance Adolfo is protected, but no one is selecting Clarkin and he will most definitely not be protected. The team has high hopes for Clarkin. Can they live with losing either player?

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Nov 3, 2017 -> 01:15 AM) Yeah, I don't know the status of every player as far as options and who needs to be protected but players such as Ian Clarkin (yanks pitcher), Micker Adolfo and Tito Polo I think will be added. Players that could end up being removed, if necessary, are Jacob May, Allen Hanson, Willy Garcia, AL Albuquerque and Danny Farquhar. Isn't the rule 5 draft at the end of the winter meetings? Yes. The Rule 5 draft is the Thursday morning of the Winter Meetings. White Sox players that are Rule 5 eligible: Eloy Jimenez, Casey Gillaspie, Jake Peter, Tito Polo, Jordan Guerrero, Brian Clark, Connor Walsh, Micker Adolfo, and Ian Clarkin. I would think that Gillaspie, Eloy, Polo, and Guerrero definitely get protected. Adolfo and Clarkin are in A ball so they should be fine but the Padres selected two guys out of A ball last year so they could be forced to protect Clarkin and Adolfo. We'll see.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 06:17 PM) If he has a strong spring, this is still the White Sox, I could totally see him starting in Charlotte. It's not the White Sox we were all used to though. I would be pretty surprised if he doesn't start in AA.

Perfect outcome for the Bulls last night. Markkanen looked great again with 25 and 8, Dunn flashed and looked pretty explosive and they lost a pretty close game. 1-5 on the season.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 04:24 PM) I'm amazed that Hahn apparently has bought into the philosophy that the only players you want on your team are young, young, young (judging from his Avi and Abreu comments as relayed by Dick Allen). At least young position players. We'll see if he adds any veteran pitchers for our contending teams. I contend you need at least a few veterans like Avi/Abreu but I guess I'm wrong. BTW let's see if Hahn can ever put together a complete team. Even if our young guys excel which I hope they do, we need some creativity in adding enough effective bullpen pieces and putting together a team at least average defensively to win anything of note. If I were GM ... I'd concede we have all star to superstar type players aboard in Eloy and Moncada, Avi and Abreu. I'd suggest we have enough pitching for Cooper to put together a WS starting rotation. We will not win anything though, without defense that rates a 7 out of 10 and bullpen that rates 8 of 10. And we could use a stellar catcher. Go to work, Mr. Hahn. Your work has just begun. Greg, the issue is Avisail and Abreu's contracts. THey each have two years left. What Hahn needs to figure out is whether they should extend or trade either player. The worst case scenario would be to do nothing in this instance. My guess is that they try and trade Garcia this winter and lock up Abreu to a 4 year extension.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 09:25 AM) I don't think it's very likely the Cubs trade him and we've got enough guys in our lineup who will need at bats that we really don't have a DH or corner OF spot for him. I'm not giving up anything of value for him with where we're at - talk to me in a year or two if they're closer to letting him go. Even guys like Fulmer have more value to me based on what our organization has. IF we're talking buy-low guys, I would be circling names of pitchers, starters and relievers. We have enough AAAA level guys to fight it out for lineup positions before the thing in RF arrives to take its rightful spot. The White Sox already turned down Kyle Schwarber. Doesn't really fit the the timeline. And they don't really have anything to acquire him that the Cubs would want anymore.

I don't really see them signing multi-year deals with anyone. Veteran backup catcher, veteran starter like Chris Tillman, 1-2 veteran relievers on 1 year deals as well. They could sign some guys to potentially flip and add a ton of guys on minor league deals. I also think they explore Avisail Garcia and extend Abreu. Next year isn't a compete year. It's a growth year with kids playing. Next year's free agent class is a different story though.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 08:42 PM) Yeah and kind of a waste for Patriots. They used a 2nd round pick to get him so the 49ers spent the same pick but get the Belichik experience for him. Bears should have waited I'd rather have Trubisky then pay a 26 year old Garoppolo $100 million.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 09:39 PM) The quitting on the team thing is so cliche. It was late in the year. The Sox wanted to get rid of the mouth that roared. He didn't quit on anybody. He did exactly what the front office wanted ... leave. Ozzie's demise is a great lesson in humility for the working class. Remember no man is bigger than the company he/she works for. ANYBODY is replaceable. Open your mouth too much (once for normal working stiffs) and you are GONE. Remember that. It's why those people getting arrested during protests are so stupid as well. You get arrested, you are done for life. No high paying job for you, arrestee. The world stops for no one. We are ALL replaceable. Ozzie is unhirable cause he opened his trap too much. Case closed. Caulfield?

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Oct 29, 2017 -> 11:49 AM) If he goes anywhere I think it will be to the Cardinals based on what Heyman has been reporting. Heyman just literally wrote an article about how the Giants were the front-runners for him.....

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 27, 2017 -> 05:48 PM) Niko's him or me request seems reasonable. I wouldn't want to play or work with a guy who decked me, and knocked me out of action for a couple of months. That's fine. Niko can't be traded until mid January though due to league rules which kind of puts them in a bind.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Oct 8, 2017 -> 10:55 AM) I think that's why i enjoy Spiegel and Parkins so much. They aren't super trolls by any stretch. I feel like Bernstein is the only super-troll left, although his opinions are often well thought out. Parkins was on McNeil's podcast recently and was really good. He was pretty transparent about his time at 670 so far. He talked about his rough times at the beginning because people there disagreed with him getting the gig. He's been excellent so far in my opinion.

Heyward is owed: $140 million over next 6 years- $28.2 (2018), $22.5 (2019), $23.5 (2020), $23.5 (2021), $24.5 (2022), $24.5 (2023). Samardzija: $19.8 in 2018, 2019, 2020 for a total of $59.4 million Melancon:$13 million (2018), $17 million (2019), $17 million (2020) Do the Giants need the $$ to take on Giancarlo Stanton's deal? Heyman has them as the frontrunners. This deal would save Giants: $5 million in 2018, $14 million in 2019, and $13 million in 2020. Jesse Rogers apparently brought up the same trade discussions on ESPN1000 today as well.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 27, 2017 -> 11:54 AM) Remember...Portis, Dunn, Lavine, Niko, and Zipser were all out yesterday. Not saying that is some massive upgrade (outside of Lavine) but most / if not all of those get minutes on the bench if they were on playoff teams. Who exactly did the Hawks have (at all)? Of course outside of Dunn/Zipser...they will all be out for a while anyway (or traded before they can come back). The Hawks are probably the only team in the entire league worse than the Bulls though. They would have lost to damn near everyone else.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 27, 2017 -> 11:20 AM) By the way, I completely agree...it is a bad scenario. I could live with it if it is because Lauri is a superstar, Levine comes back amazing (and continues an ascension) and Dunn becomes a beast. But I don't see all of those things happening (or at least not happening that fast). But there are a lot of really really bad teams in this league. Like a lot. It's why I said in another post we need to move Lopez sooner vs. later (and I can also see then moving Mirotic sooner...albeit I think if you hold him a bit longer, he could pad his stats and actually create some value). I think there are 12 teams in the East that are definitely better than the Bulls. Every team out West is probably better. I thought coming into the season that Bulls and Hawks were easily the two worst but New York might give them a challenge

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 27, 2017 -> 11:11 AM) So since I'm on a run of hot takes...I truly believe this Bulls team (as constructed today), if healthy, makes a run at the 8 seed. Not because the team as a whole is any good...but because the East is freaking terrible. We are way too good to be a bottom 3 team (if healthy). The injuries should give the Bulls a head start (in terms of tanking), but if Levine is healthy later on and Dunn make strides, we are going to win more games then people expect. If Bulls are serious about tanking, they'll need to move Lopez sooner vs. later (cause he flat out is a solid player who will drive wins but doesn't fit the long-term strategy) and who I would hope we could get some form of young asset for. No shot. And what you are suggesting is a worst case scenario. They are committed to being terrible this year. They know that they need to do whatever is necessary to lose a ton. Atlanta, New York and Phoenix will challenge them but this is one of the worst teams in the league. It's imperative to land Porter Jr, Bagley or Doncic. It's a complete failure otherwise. They'll likely move Lopez, Mirotic and Holliday as well. Markkanen is impressive. This is a very bad basketball team though and it's that way by design.

QUOTE (Da_Goob @ Oct 26, 2017 -> 02:02 PM) Rumors that it isn't just Ayo, but the Irvins too. If the Illini chose to take THT it may have cost them a good chance at guys like Okoro, Miller, and Whitney. I would have called Ayos bluff too if it didn't have the Irvins backing it. Maybe so. Simeon is down too but you get run the risk of alienating them. What if you do this and then you don't land the MIF guys?

This is stupid and I'm not even an Illini fan. I would accept THT's commitment and go from there. Ayo Dosunmo really gonna make himself look stupid and de-commit after all the "staying home" talk last week? You can't let guys like this dictate what you do with your program. He's good and it's a big deal for Illinois but he's not like some immediate top 3 pick or something.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 26, 2017 -> 12:34 PM) Nationals are a good job...albeit they go through managers like crazy. I don't think there's any chance the cheap ass Lerner's fork over the cash that it would take to hire Girardi

What is the big deal though? THT is a SG and Ayo plays PG. I don't understand what the problem is.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 26, 2017 -> 12:27 PM) Wow...I wonder who will hire Girardi. He's a really good manager, imo. I think he sits out the year

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. Disgraceful?

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 02:29 AM) Seby Zavala should be moving up the org depth chart right now. The White Sox should give him a shot to make the roster out of camp and if for some reason he doesn't make the team, he should get full time catcher reps in Charlotte. This is the type of thing that really accelerates a rebuild, finding a guy like Seby Zavala who comes out of nowhere to be a 4+ WAR player at a premium position for you, which he will be if he continues to hit the way he has for the past year and just manages to be not terrible as a catcher defensively. If he can hit like that and play good defense, he could be a future MVP candidate. Owen?

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 23, 2017 -> 01:12 PM) The other part of that quote leads me to believe that despite Bobby punching and injuring Niko the locker room is backing Portis. They tried to create an environment based on competition and hard work with their young group. Bobby Portis has been working since the beginning of the off-season. Niko Mirotic showed up at the start of the season, signed, and was handed the starting job at PF. That's not Mirotic's fault by any means but it's absolutely a factor here. Add in the fact that Portis and Niko don't get along and they play the same position. The punch was 100% uncalled for but it's pretty easy to figure out how this all happened in hindsight.