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QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 12:26 PM) Twenty-eight (nine) is not young for an NFL lineman. Yep. I think Jeff Allen and Brandon Brooks are the OG's that Bears will be looking at.

While I would like Austin Jackson added to the fold, it seems as if the White Sox will add an OF via trade or waivers. There are 4 teams I can think of specifically with OF surpluses. Tampa Bay: Jennings, Guyer, Dickerson, Kiermaier, Mahtook, Souza, Pearce Oakland: Burns, Canha, Coghlan, Crisp, Davis, Fuld, Redick Los Angeles: Thompson, Pederson, Ethier, Crawford, Puig, Van Slyke, Hernandez, Guerrero Houston: Marisnick, Rasmus, Gomez, Springer, Tucker Of these players, the most likely to be available for cheap are: Fuld, Crisp, and Guyer. Like everyone else, I'd love Scott Van Slyke or Josh Redick. Should be interesting but these are the names that I'll be monitoring as the spring goes on.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 11:55 AM) Yup. Like you said, that 2 day grace period let's teams/players negotiate/agree to deals, then become official on Wednesday. Many of those free agent deals were already consummated at the Scouting Combine. That's where it begins.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 11:35 AM) Where are you hearing these rumors? I wouldn't mind getting a little more speed on the edge, but the Houston/Young combo combined for 12 sacks. That's pretty solid. Houston himself had 8, you'd think someone would be interested in making a trade if they do wanna get rid of him. I've seen Vernon mentioned by Aaron Leming, Hoge. Biggs had a snippet in his column about a Texans FO guy talking about Lamarr Houston being released by Bears possibly. I don't really agree with it either. He was pretty productive once healthy last year.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 11:32 AM) Finally a realistic look at our team instead of a rosy outlook when everybody is 0-0. Our defense assures us of no playoffs. The team would have to hit like crazy to make up for this defense. The formula remains defense and a great bullpen and we have neither. If we wind up somehow outslugging every team in baseball, my bad. But the Sox hitting has not been great of late and as this thread suggests the defense is horrific. THE SEASON IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Miller getting the franchise tag means Trevathan and Malik Jackson will hit free agency. I think Trevathan to Bears is a poorly kept secret at this point but I don't expect the Bears to pay what it would take to get Malik Jackson.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 11:18 AM) Vernon is a good player, but I wouldn't spend big on an OLB if I was the Bears. Houston/Young quietly had a good year last year. Vernon seems undersized for the 5 too. He'd play OLB for Bears. They are reportedly interested. There are also rumors of Bears possibly cutting Lamarr Houston.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 09:48 PM) Nick Senzel so far: 11-25, 4 2B, 15 RBI Hostetler was scouting Senzel personally

QUOTE (oldsox @ Mar 1, 2016 -> 07:34 AM) I think 13 pitchers is one waaay too many. It's not 13 it's the American League. 5 starters, 7 relievers, 8 position players, DH, and 4 bench guys.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 27, 2016 -> 03:17 PM) So...just something I was pondering over last night. Let's just hypothetically say that Rollins were to win the SS position and let's focus on defense, position by position. OF - same as last year. 1b - same as last year 2b - Lawrie - he's an upgrade over Johnson but he's a downgrade compared to Sanchez. SS - Rollins - he was a downgrade defensively from Alexei in 2015, both UZR and DRS agree, and Alexei wasn't that great last year. 3b - Saladino was excellent there and Beckham was ok, Gillaspie was terrible. Frazier is an upgrade compared to the last 2 but a downgrade compared to Saladino. C - upgrade compared to both as long as they stay healthy. So overall compared to at least the 2nd half of last year, the defense around the infield is worse and the OF is the same. That's a pretty poor defensive lineup in the IF with no really strong anchor anywhere. It's better than what we started with in April/May of last year, but unless someone improves over last year, not by much. I agree that the defense is a concern but bad defense isn't why they lost last year. They had one of the worst offenses off all time and they didn't improve as a team once Saladino, Sanchez, and Thompson were on defense either. Hitting covers up a lot.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 03:33 PM) Unless Alshon absolutely does not want to play in Chicago (which I doubt). 4 years $11 per would be awesome. Not enough in this environment. I bet he's asking for $15 million per year. Bears are probably offering $11-$12 million hence the wide gap. I think right around $13 million probably get its done. 5 years $65 million with $36+ million in guaranteed $$.

If anyone didn't see John Oliver on Donald Trump the other night, it was pretty fantastic:

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 02:56 PM) Its not about nominations, its about opportunity. There was probably one minority acting snub from all of the roles, but there were other white people snubbed as well. The point is the roles available arent equal therefore nominations dont happen. This is probably a better question for caulfield but I've heard multiple people bring up the fact that Asians are generally racist. Movie studios make a ton of money overseas and in Asian nations, they don't want to see movies with black people in them. I'm not sure how true this is but Bill Maher brought it up and I've seen it mentioned in a couple of other places as well.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 11:21 AM) Given how much more ideologically separated the parties are these days compared to say 30-40 years ago, voting straight ticket makes sense if that's where your ideology lies. If someone is very strongly conservative, where's the scenario where they would rationally consider voting for a Democrat over a Republican? I guess this makes sense. I have a friend that votes for every Republican on every ticket because he claims to be a "Republican". You make a good point though. I think there are differences though. Kasich and Cruz are from the same party but are very different. I'm with Republicans on smaller form of government and similar issues but I can't go with them on almost any social issue. I could vote for someone like Kasich. I couldn't vote for Cruz. That's all I meant. If you go Republican because you dislike Hillary or go with Hillary because you are afraid of Trump I understand that. But I still think that far too many people ignore what is actually being said by the candidates and go with Democrat or Republican because they feel like they are supposed to.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 10:50 AM) Independent of party, John Kasich does not think it's the best thing for the country to elect a pro-choice President. I get it. It's a state issue though. Not sure why the president's opinion on it matters.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 10:20 AM) It's not even worth discussing. It gives beltway media hard-ons, but 1) Kasich would never do it and 2) Hillary would never do it. You realize she's basically saying "if I die, I'd rather a republican be president than a dem". I hate politics. Democrat. Republican. How about putting the best people in the best jobs regardless of what "party" they pander to. People who vote strictly republican or democratic regardless of who the candidates are are dopes. That's probably some people on here. I'll apologize now for offending everyone.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 09:57 AM) Kasich won't be VP to a pro-choice President. He's moderate on a lot of issues but very strongly pro-life. So he would turn down being the Vice President of the United States because the president believes in a woman's right to choose?

Chris Matthews thinks that Hillary should bring John Kasich as her VP. The Clintons have crossed party lines before. I actually like that idea. Basically insures her Ohio.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 29, 2016 -> 09:20 AM) When Dan Bernstein turns something into a controversy you know its nothing. WHo f***ing cares. I thought Bernstein actually defended Eaton?

QUOTE (soxfan85 @ Feb 28, 2016 -> 12:47 PM) No sir. Other than pitchers, they don't know how to draft position players...period. Don't fool yourself, they don't. Thus, unless another pitcher miraculously falls into their lap with that pick, it is meaningless. Last time I checked, we seem pretty well set with pitching in the majors and in the farm. We need position players. Desmond would have helped us, no doubt about it. The fact of the matter is, this organization has absolutely no direction. It is very frustrating as a fan. They have actually drafted a few position players that are in their system currently that many are high on. I don't want to ruin your narrative though.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 28, 2016 -> 08:47 AM) Yes it does. Updated my sig. Also takes them out of a potential run at Austin Jackson. Are you sure it's 48 and not 49? Did you account for the Nats receiving a pick for Desmond?

QUOTE (shipps @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 03:50 PM) Speculation? Or is someone reporting it? Leming, Wiederer, Hoge, others all saying expectation is that a deal will be reached. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 1h1 hour ago If I had to guess, I'm going to say that #Bears don't need to use the tag on WR Alshon Jeffery. Things moving positively, fast. 9 retweets 11 likes Dan Wiederer ‏@danwiederer 53m53 minutes ago At this point, Jeffery almost certainly will remain a Bear in 2016. And likely beyond. Next big news really will be #s on new contract. Adam Hoge ‏@AdamHoge 1h1 hour ago #Bears & Jeffery’s camp are still negotiating. And yes, they will tag him if a deal isn’t done. In other words, nothing has changed. 6 retweets 6 likes

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/02/26/lev...-a-2-year-deal/ Levine said that the White Sox offered Fowler a 2 year deal that was worth more than the $17 million total that the Cubs offered. Sox rightfully had no opt-out in the deal. That would have been stupid.

Sounds like Jeffery is getting a long-term deal to stay in Chicago.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Feb 26, 2016 -> 01:38 PM) I think just Rasmus and Wieters accepted, but yes, more players should be inclined to take it. My post was responding to someone suggesting that it's no big deal to lose a pick by signing Fowler to a one year deal because you'll just got the pick back the next year. It looks like you and I agree, that's not likely the case. Brett Anderson took it as well and Estrada signed a 3 year deal.