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Phil Rogers ‏@philgrogers 3m3 minutes ago White Sox likely to finalize Adam LaRoche deal Monday. Stockpiling SS depth, with AAA regular Juan Diaz the latest. Alexei Ramirez in play.

I have advocated for Yasmani Grandal for a long time. He's available. The White Sox should trade for him. http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/..._Mike_Petriello

Buster Olney wrote about the Adam LaRoche deal as well here:http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/buster-olney/post/_/id/8678/white-soxs-climb-boosts-al-central Here is a snippet from the piece. LaRoche raked against RHP last year. And now the White Sox seemed poised to climb, after 13 months of tremendous growth that really kicked off with the signing of Jose Abreu -- which looks as if it could be one of the great value deals in recent baseball history -- and continued this week with the signing of reliever Zach Duke and their Friday agreement with veteran first baseman Adam LaRoche, who crushed right-handed pitching last season, with an .891 OPS, 67 walks and 65 strikeouts in 431 plate appearances.

Jon Morosi @jonmorosi · 1h 1 hour ago Sources: #Rays have made Matt Joyce available on trade market and have had some talks with other clubs. He is comparable to Jay Bruce. Jon Morosi @jonmorosi · 1h 1 hour ago Matt Joyce career OPS+: 118. Jay Bruce career OPS+: 111 . . . Bruce is about 2 years and 8 months younger. Jon Morosi @jonmorosi · 1h 1 hour ago Sabermetric context of Joyce/Bruce comp, h/t @TheFantasyFix: Joyce has higher WAR than Bruce over last 3 years. http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=...ayers=9892,3353 … Jon Morosi @jonmorosi · 1h 1 hour ago To be clear, not necessarily arguing for one player over the other. Bruce has hit more HR. But there is a legitimate discussion to be had.

More high praise about Tim Anderson: Comment From Tony G. I'm obsessed with the American League. Who are a few of your favourite prospects to watch in 2015? 12:20 Kiley McDaniel: I think you should contact the producers of My Strange Addiction because you might be able to get on TV because of this. I'll go with White Sox SS Tim Anderson as a fun to watch guy

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 06:29 PM) If the Sox don't land Moncoda, I think that they should go after Bryan Emery, who is a left handed hitting OF from the DR and could'nt come to terms with the Yankees or Padres during July 2nd. http://padrespublic.com/sacrifice-bunt/pad...-sign-the-rest/ Emery signed with the Yankees yesterday.

QUOTE (flavum @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 02:22 PM) https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/535528432592257024 Montas, Ravelo, Smith, and Saladino added. Mitchell outrighted to Charlotte. LHP Onelki Garcia claimed from Dodgers. Belisario DFA Here's some video of Garcia: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2019606...nto-2014/page/4 He's a 25 year old LHP. He's Cuban. He was a 3rd round pick in 2012. Live arm with control issues.

QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 20, 2014 -> 01:13 PM) Not good most of the time, but when mlb draft happened they were only station discussing. Liked it then. But I mean, 87.7, most people don't even know that's on the dial. Sounded like college radio the few times that I listened. I have a 2008 Kia and my radio dial in the car doesn't go down to 87.7. If it worked in my car I would've listened when 670 was on commercial. Oh well. Lots of guys left gigs to go there too.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 19, 2014 -> 01:57 PM) And I'll disagree with you. If the Sox are serious about competing in 2015(which I think they are) and if Rodon is one of the 5 best starters on the roster(I think he is) then he should be on the opening day roster. And I know that wont be a popular decision around here but if we're looking to win in 2015 then put the best roster out there, worry about 6 years down the road when it's here. Your viewpoint is totally fine and I understand it. I'm just never going to agree because of the variables involved. There is no below market extension with this guy. In fact, there will not be an extension at market value. The Super II date doesn't really matter but it's very important to get that 7th year of control. 7th year of control is much more important than 5-6 starts with the 2015 White Sox.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Nov 19, 2014 -> 02:11 PM) If true, I suppose the Sox are look to spread their money out. Perhaps the Sox go after the Guerrero clan? Could mean the Sox already have deals in place so their money is already allocated. Suppose we will find out. I think the Cubs already have a deal in place with Vlad Jr.

Ben Badler's latest doesn't even mention the White Sox as 8 most likely to sign Moncada: http://www.baseballamerica.com/internation...avorites-watch/

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 19, 2014 -> 01:19 PM) Rodon should be a starting pitcher with the Sox the moment that he is one of the five best starting pitchers available, regardless of whether that's April 1, June 1, or September 1. Disagree. When you hire Scott Boras, that thinking goes out the window. Your idea does a disservice to the franchise.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 19, 2014 -> 12:19 PM) I think it depends on Danks this off season. If the Sox somehow manage to trade Danks and Rodon performs well in ST, then I think he will be the #4-5 starter. If not, he starts in AA or AAA. I don't think there is any way that Rodon starts with the major league club because of service time.

God there are 2 people that think he should be in the bullpen? Those are bad thoughts.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 19, 2014 -> 12:15 PM) If it were up to me, he would start at Birmingham and go from there. I agree with this. I'm pretty sure he'll be starting for the White Sox at some point in June though for sure. Rodon pitching out of the bullpen is a terrible idea.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 19, 2014 -> 08:35 AM) Isn't one of the reasons teams are blowing through their limits is because they all know an International Draft is near? Probably so. There is a large incentive though in doing it DA. If you think the class of talent the following year isn't as good, I think it makes sense to go nuts and then sit out a year. Something I wish the Sox would do.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 07:57 PM) Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 1m1 minute ago Sources: #Athletics in serious talks with free agent Billy Butler. First reported: @CoverThoseBases. Robert Murray ‏@RobertMurrayMLB 4m4 minutes ago Source: Billy Butler agrees to three-year, $30M deal with the #Athletics. $5 million signing bonus.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 1m1 minute ago Sources: #Athletics in serious talks with free agent Billy Butler. First reported: @CoverThoseBases.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 06:28 PM) I'm not giving Alexei away. Pay with good prospects or we keep him. He's an all star SS at a good price Urias, Seager, and Pederson will be off-limits for Alexei. The question is basically whether or not they can get a pitching prospect better than Chris Anderson from a different organization. The White Sox really liked Chris Anderson in the draft when they took Tim Anderson. Just a thought.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 01:51 PM) Yeah, I can go for this. A little steep, but that's the market. Let's make a trend and sign another failed starter who's been great out of the pen (albeit in a small sample size) in Hochevar. I've been with you on this since you first mentioned it. They've liked Hochevar in the past IIRC as well.

Not sure what everyone is angry about here? It's a slight overpay but it's free agency. If he continues to pitch similarly to how he pitched last year, it's actually a bargain. This hinges on him not regressing but last year he would have lead the White Sox bullpen in K/9 and FIP. (He has a FIP of like 2.80 since becoming a reliever). He would have also been 2nd in BB/9, ERA, and WHIP. It's a huge upgrade. Stop thinking about Zach Duke the failed Pittsburgh starter.

Anyone think they may have something else to announce later as well? What's the point of waiting to announce it?

Zach Duke had a really good year last year. Curious to see the $$ but I love it.

I'd much rather have Jon Lester on the Cubs than an AL team like the BlueJays. Can't believe others don't feel the same.

Levine on The Score this morning mentioned that Sox are still talking to Andrew Miller's agent. Expects whatever deal he gets to be in 4 year $35-$40 million range. He also mentioned Montas as a late season bullpen option.