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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 07:35 AM) Oh yeah. #CHAMPIONSHIP

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 07:30 AM) Because he has 5 years left on a cheap deal. He is a real little guy, I think his speed will be with him for the duration of the contract. I am not so thrilled with the return. I'm a big fan of Giolito so that's probably why we differ.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Feb 22, 2017 -> 02:34 PM) McKay just hit his 3rd HR of the season. Had 6 last year. He's on my watch list. Is he going to play a position or pitch in the majors though?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 07:21 AM) This. And what would one expect Hahn to say? The fact is JR either had to Illitch it (which resulted in zero titles in Detroit) or do some sort of rebuild. I really thought he may Illitch it at one point. I get the Sale trade, but I still don't understand the Eaton trade. I think that one will bite the White Sox. Why don't you understand the Eaton trade? They got a very good return for a speed player in his late 20's. Eaton would have been on the next good Sox team but his prime would be no longer most likely. Eaton was my favorite player on the team even though it seems that he was a giant pain in the ass. That trade had to get made to push this rebuild forward.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 23, 2017 -> 06:40 AM) I'm not defending Reinsdorf here, I've called him out many times for his various flaws including the ones you described above. But I'm not going to criticize a guy for having a hard time accepting a strategy that might result in him never seeing an above .500 team again in his life. Ultimately he did the right thing for the broader fanbase and not just himself. Again, there are plenty of things to criticize Reinsdorf about, but his feelings on going through a rebuild isn't one of them IMO. I don't care that he feels bad though. He's the primary reason why they had to rebuild. It was the right decision but many, many factors over the years led to finally doing it. He can feel however he wants but he should right in the mirror if he's wondering why this happened.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 22, 2017 -> 10:48 PM) Thad, I really hope Reinsdorf f***ed your woman or something, because your hatred/obsession with him is honestly out of control. There's absolute nothing wrong with a 81 year old not being excited about going through a multi-year rebuild. Meh. I agree with him in this case. He skimped out on amateur spending for over a decade and pushed his front office to take measures to try and catch lightning in a bottle all over again. Sorry if I don't give a s*** about Jerry Reinsdorf's feelings.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 22, 2017 -> 08:34 AM) Cousins is a coach killer, he isn't Lebron or MJ. He is in his 7th year. Last years 33 wins were the most with him on the team.maybe he won't be a problem in NO, but that would be bucking the trend since high school. They were horrible with him. They will be more horrible without him, but may be better in 6 or 7 years without him, and paying him $240 million wouldn't have made the situation any better. All that said, they weren't going to suddenly be good. And as long as they have the same decision makers, they either need to be incredibly lucky with no brainer selections or they will just suck anyway. What GM says he had a better offer a couple of days earlier but settled for this one? What owner thinks you can run an NBA team like an 8th grade girls team and get the same results? GarPax has been bad, and deserve to go, but it could be worse. They could be Vlade Divac. The Bulls lost a coin flip with the Lakers once so they wound up with David Greenwood instead of Magic. That sucked, but if they won that flip, they never would have had Michael. Maybe something similar happens here. Cousins is a good player, but he has his issues. Maybe they will become awful enough to get the next guy who really transcends the game. It wasn't like Boogie was going to lead them to the promised land. Doesn't mean you trade him for 40 cents on the dollar though

Joe Cowley just throwing daggers at the front office. Someone in his position needs to though: http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/those-h...ng-bulls-logic/

I wouldn't kick in any money to trade Robertson for Severino. He could be an elite defensive catcher but I'd need more than that in return to pay a big chunk of Robertson's salary. He's not really overpaid. They could trade Robertson at 2/25 at the deadline for a better package than that. Ted Lerner is the 2nd richest owner in baseball and they offered Jansen over $80 million. They can afford Robertson's contract.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 21, 2017 -> 10:56 AM) If the players are already gone in deals that were already agreed on before the new rules giving the Sox the extra $2 million went into existance, there isn't any real way to spend it, unless something happens in Cuba to suck up those dollars. By the time December rolls around the deals for the next year are long since done for the top players. The players can't really all be gone necessarily anymore. The small market teams can trade for max of $10 million total, big market teams at $8.3 million total. There is only so much money to go around now under this new system.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Feb 21, 2017 -> 10:13 AM) I'd take Soto + Severino, Sox kick in some cash and lets make a deal happen They won't trade Soto for Robertson.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 21, 2017 -> 09:49 AM) Eh, I am not sure why anyone would really expect different this year. These deals were pretty much made before this new cap program came out at a point when the White Sox thought they had about half of the money they do now. Maybe there is a guy or two that had fell through the cracks, but the timeline isn't really there to have been superaggressive in this market. I mean we all knew they were never going to go over allotment, so the fact that they aren't shouldn't reawlly be a shock. The one place they might be able to still make same hay is Cuba. They'll spend the full $4.75 million. During a rebuild, hell during any season, there's no excuse to not acquire more $$ and spend the full $8 million.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 21, 2017 -> 09:45 AM) Derek Norris? I don't see how he fits what the Sox are doing at all. Is he a good pitch framer? Norris is an excellent framer.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 21, 2017 -> 09:43 AM) I'm sure Severinos defense is advertised, but, I'm kinda questioning why we are falling over ourselves to get a likely backup catcher. Completely agree here. I'd rather have more upside in a Robertson deal. I'd take Severino along with 2 far away prospects for DRob and like Lawrie or something. Robertson for Severino does nothing for me though.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 21, 2017 -> 09:34 AM) He's in that class if he comes over next off season, isn't he? It goes from July-June I thought. There's no chance he comes over under these rules IMO.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 21, 2017 -> 09:09 AM) That is incredibly disappointing. I thought, as with when draft slots were announced, we would end up seeing immediate upgrade in our returns. What's more of what you have up there, half the teams it seems like are restricted to 300k signings. Unless this means we have some secret info that Luis Robert will be posted after 6/15 and have a deal, I'm equally disappointed. It could be the case. Paddy told Bilek last year that they were in on a big pitcher. They look to be continuing the strategy of signing multiple $1 million guys instead of a big fish.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 21, 2017 -> 08:48 AM) What does everyone think the best strategy to do is? Sign a bunch of 16/17 year old kids from Venezuela, Cuba, etc. or try to go all in on Otani? Otani is not in this July 2nd class.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/internation...b1xKFyoskYw5.97 Ben Badler's first International Preview is out. The White Sox are not linked to anyone in this article. They have $4.75 million to spend. They can acquire $3.5 million more. If they don't capitalize this year, they are the same old White Sox in my opinion. There is no excuse not to spend $8 million on the foreign market this year and they should get eviscerated if they do not do so.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Feb 20, 2017 -> 07:53 PM) Might as well give AJ a call. He might be willing to mentor the younger generation of catchers. Not sure who is still a good OF fit They signed Geovany Soto. He's better than AJ.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Feb 19, 2017 -> 11:21 PM) If Cousins doesn't re-sign, Sacramento wins He's not a free agent until after next season. They could turn around and flip him for more in the summer probably. Buddy Hield sucks.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 19, 2017 -> 02:11 PM) Beer is so good. The Sox need to do whatever possible to get him. I'd love to have him but it's hard to accomplish. They can't just start dumping guys just to get Seth Beer

QUOTE (Wanne @ Feb 15, 2017 -> 06:10 PM) hahahhaa....YOU BASTARD....that made me spit beer out my nose! Sorry. It's the first thing that came to me when I saw the name.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 15, 2017 -> 11:36 AM) My buddy said, before the season, that Theo will be a good Challenge cast member. :headshake There's a reason why that dude was "D1" in every sport and didn't make it. He played football at Bishop Mac in Kankakee. He had a full ride to Indiana State as a WR and then transferred to EIU and f***ed it up. That's not exactly D1.

I believe Sanchez is out of options. I think either he or Lawrie will be traded in spring training.

Mulva?