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Is Anthopolous going to Miami or will he like consult for a year before being the biggest GM name available?

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 06:56 PM) If Thibs was still the coach people would be freaking out that Portis didn't play. Nope. We would have complained about Mirotic still not playing enough. Mirotic never would have scored all those points in the Cavs game because as soon as he let up that dunk he would have been on the bench.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 29, 2015 -> 08:40 AM) AA not returning to the Blue Jays is a bit shocking. He turned an extension. Does Shapiro go after KW now? I'm pretty sure Kenny doesn't want to be 2nd in charge somewhere else. He wants to be the First Black President of a team.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 10:02 PM) I don't think anyone is penciling him for 33 starts. They're going work with his health, watch him pitch and evaluate. The cost is use of a roster spot. He has a much better ceiling than Drabek, like SS2K said, and he's a couple years younger than Drabek was. You don't have to buy in but at the very least he's low risk with considerable upside. I know Cubs' fans weren't happy about losing him. Drabek lost his stuff with all the injuries. Turner didn't. Just never finished developing and needs to develop 3rd pitch and get over injuries. I love this move.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 03:43 PM) I believe it's 38. Could be wrong, but I had 37 in my mind before this pick-up. Three on that list are pretty certain to be moved: Shark, Beckham, and Webb. It's in the thread. 40 man stands at 38. Shark, Soto, Albers, and Beckham will be off soon. They could outright someone like Scott Carroll to get it to 33.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 01:17 PM) Can't believe he's still so young. My informed Cubs fan friends are both pretty fond of him. Apparently if he didn't get hurt in ST he would have been their #5. I've had contacts mention the same. I've always liked him. Big time upside. I think he's a major league bullpen piece at minimum. He'd be nasty with just his fastball and off speed pitch.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 11:14 AM) The Sox shouldn't trade Q unless they get at least 2 of a team's top 10 prospects as well as a lower ranked one with a lot of potential. I think they need to get guys close to major league ready or young guys already in majors. Trading Q for prospects doesn't really make sense.

If they could move Danks and go with Johnson and Buehrle as 4/5, I'd be fine with it. I'm not moving Quintana though unless I get a ton back.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 09:17 AM) That said, who has more potential superstar offensive upside at his age at a discounted, "buy low" price...at the current moment? Waiting with bated breath. I'd still take the chance on Puig. I just read Molly Knight's book "The Best Team Money Can Buy" about the Dodgers. It's really good and there is tons of Puig stuff in there. It talks about how the White Sox were one of the few teams that scouted him and really wanted him. Part of the reason why Dodgers offered so much money at the time.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 09:10 AM) And doing pretty poorly. In A ball. Yeah, because no one will claim him. But I think in Smith's case, he could be claimed. Northside, do you have the list of guys that will be exposed to Rule 5 if unprotected? Sox are in a position to make a bunch of claims of guys like this. Cubs in particular have a lot of guys Rule 5 eligible. Astros in the same boat.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 10:08 PM) Great pick up. Low risk, high reward. Roster at 39 now? The roster is at 38. Albers, Samardzija, Soto, and Beckham going to free agency will bring it to 34 and outfighting someone like Carroll could bring it to 33. How many guys need protecting for Rule 5?

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/10/jaco...-white-sox.html I like this move. No risk at all. 24 year old former 1st rounder that many here have wanted in the past. Worth a look.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 08:01 AM) Great post, but Papelbon? I don't see why anyone would want a guy who chokes his own teammates during games. I'd take Papelbon straight up for LaRoche. It's not idea. At least Papelbon has some value as an 8th inning guy though.

QUOTE (spiderman @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 10:42 AM) There seems to be speculation that Ramirez's option may be picked up. I'd actually be pretty surprised if it isn't picked up honestly.

Any SIU football fans here? One of my players at Lockport just committed today. OL. Really good kid and player.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 25, 2015 -> 09:54 PM) I will say this: If KC offered Gordon 15 million a year for 4 years he should take it. He has a chance to be the third kingpin in this town behind Brett and Len Dawson. I mean, first of all, KC can probably stomach giving him 15 million a year. I would think they could afford that. This isn't like letting Butler go; this is a key cog in two WS teams. At the same time, like Ned Yost said on a pregame show this year, "when Alex is going bad; he really goes bad." He gets in MASSIVe slumps. Now I'm saying he's the best fielder in left in the game and he's a fine player. But seriously will somebody give him 22 million a year?? Alex Gordon?? He's over 30. At what point do you actually give a Konerko discount?? Never?? Again ... if Alex Gordon is dumb enough to go to the Yankees or Red Sox or Dodgers for 25 million a year, I guess the team really wants him by overpaying that much. Odds are very good he'll wind up being booed out of that big market town unless he remains a stud well into his 30s. But again, this is not like letting Billy Butler walk. This is Alex Gordon and I would think 15 million a year for 4 years with a team option for fifth year would be very fair. If I am mistaken, if Alex is gonna get 19-30 million a year for those 'good' offensive numbers he produces, then my bad. I mean Alex Gordon??? At what point does the 20 million dollar club not include Alex Gordon?? Alex Gordon should not take $15 million on a 4 year deal. That doesn't make sense. I'd bet he gets $90 million over 5.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 24, 2015 -> 01:26 PM) Neither would Theo. The Cubs would trade Baez for Quintana in a second. Quintana is exactly the type of guy they are looking for. He's 8th in baseball in fWAR for pitchers since 2013. He's basically the same pitcher as the guy they gave $155 million to and he's much younger and locked up long-term. The undervaluing of Jose Quintana on this website day after day astounds me.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 23, 2015 -> 01:56 PM) I'm confused as to why Washington would rather pay $13M to a guy who had a -1.4 WAR last year than $11M to a guy who had a +0.3 WAR last year. I read that they have to get rid of him. Even if it means taking back another bad contract in return.

Would anyone be willing to take Papelbon back in a deal for LaRoche? Would this even be something Washington would do or would they just pay Papelbon and release him?

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 01:19 PM) He's definitely a Friedman hire, maybe doing his old TB friend a solid? Sounds kinda like the Sox. Josh Byrnes as well.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Oct 23, 2015 -> 06:55 AM) Up to .357/.500/.429 after yesterdays performance. Man would that be a huge coup if he could produce a 700+ OPS with his defense and speed. Too bad Kenny isn't running a different team. We could totally trade him Engel for an impact player.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Oct 23, 2015 -> 08:56 AM) I agree, and if packaged with Quintana you'll have some damn nice options in return. We'll easily upgrade two positions. Even assuming regression for Thompson, and having a slot in the rotation to fill, I'd jump all over the right deal. No one is untouchable. If our management is capable of looking past the NOW (ie, how can a struggling offense trade their second best player) they can really have a lot to work with I think you'd get more in separate deals. Why don't people understand how much Quintana is actually worth?

QUOTE (Real @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 06:07 PM) why would this team be signing more expensive free agents they aren't going anywhere next year. Because they have awesome pitching that could potentially do what the Mets are doing if they actually got back into the playoffs. I don't necessarily agree with the current method but it's what is going to happen.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 03:22 PM) You lost me right here. Sports Radio meatheads need to fill infinity hours of air time. Great. Thanks. Next time I won't create 6 pages of discussion with nothing going on.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) Define choke? For a 97 win team with the 3rd best record in baseball they put on an absolutely pathetic display in all facets of the game. The Mets aren't good enough to make a 97 win team all of the sudden look like a bunch of little leaguers. I'll say it again for everyone that doesn't understand: Variance trumps everything.