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QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 01:41 AM) I bet there are trades on draft day. Is Cleveland really going to pick No. 1 again rather than trade after last year's disaster pick? If no trades, I see it this way. Cavs - Wiggins Bucks - Parker Sixers - Embiid (still) Flip the first 2 and I think you've got it. I think Parker will go #1 to Cleveland. Wiggins #2. I'd take Wiggins #1 though.

Tim Anderson will be in Jason Parks' Top 50 prospects in baseball. Jason Parks @ProfessorParks · 18m He made it. RT @Dayshift34: @ProfessorParks Tim Anderson gonna be in that Top 50? Or am I just projecting my feelings onto the Top 50? ReplyReplied to 0 times RetweetRetweeted 0 times FavoriteFavorited 1 time1

Josh Byrnes was fired as GM in San Diego today. Rumor has it that they'd like to bring Kevin Towers back to SD. Fleecing him for Grandal shouldn't be too hard.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jun 22, 2014 -> 12:05 PM) f***, I hope not man. Why?

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 07:35 PM) Melo is nice, but I'd like to get greedy and get both Love and Affalo. Would like to see if we have enough trade chips to get both. If all Magic is looking for is a first rounder, we can package Dunleavy, combination of James, Amundson and Brewer and the 16th pick for Affalo. For Love, we will offer the rights to Mirotic, the carcass of Carlos Boozer, the 19th pick, first rounder next year, and the rights to the Kings pick for K Love. If we can somehow get Love without losing the defensive value of Taj and Jimmy, this team is going to be tremendous. Noah-Love-Butler-Affalo-Rose with Taj, Snell coming off the bench would be fun to watch. They could do the same thing and get Melo though. They'd be over the cap. Which is a good thing because then they can utilize the MLE and the Mini-MLE. There is a scenario in which Melo, Mirotic, and Afflalo are all on the Bulls next season with Noah and Rose.

Blackhawks: Find a way to bring Ryan Kesler to my tv screen wearing the Indian Head. Thank You.

QUOTE (OilCan @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 07:23 PM) I think the Andre Rienzo experiment may be over soon. Erik Surkamp has been pitching pretty good in his last 10 games overall. I agree with this but I still think Rienzo could be a pretty good late inning reliever.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 08:56 PM) What are you proposing to trade for Grandal with? Viciedo and Rienzo

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 10:21 PM) The Sox have the money, right? So why not start the pursuit of Tomas. Make it clear to Boras the Sox want and need him. Why would they need to tell Boras that they want Tomas?

QUOTE (professa @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 04:48 PM) What we're really lacking is a true #3 hitter in our lineup (even tho conor is doing a great job) and a #2/#3 starter RH starter. Unfortunately, there really aren't any true #3 hitters hitting FA unless you're gonna spend crazy money. I think getting a guy like Markakis or Zobrist would be smart on a 3 year deal ~ 36 million until we figure out if Hawkins/Avisail can become that guy. Also, getting a vet right hander like Haren or Peavy on a 1-2 yr pact would be ideal. Resign Dunn for a year too ~8 million. Lineup 1. Eaton CF 2. Semien/Micah/Sanchez 2B 3. Markakis/Zobrist LF 4. Abreu 1B 5. Dunn DH 6. Avisail RF 7. Conor 3B 8. Alexei SS 9. Flowers/Nieto Rotation 1. Sale 2. Peavy/Haren 3. Quintana 4. Danks 5. Rodon/Johnson They have a #3 hitter. Robin just bats him 4th. I have seen 5 times that I remember this year in which Gillaspie has made the last out with runners on base and Abreu leads off the next inning. With the current team, I'd go like this: 1. Eaton CF 2. Gillaspie 3B 3. Abreu 1B 4. Dunn DH 5. Viciedo RF 6. Ramirez SS 7. De Aza LF 8. Beckham 2B 9. Flowers C

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 04:29 PM) Beckham--Maybe a low level prospect. Alexei-Yes, we'd get a lot for him. Dunn-Absolutely nothing but a low level prospect if that. Downs-Nothing but garbage in return if that. Belly - Nothing but garbage in return if that. Actually, they'd hang onto Belisario because he's under team control. Those other guys don't factor into the future though.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 04:36 PM) Lol. If the Sox do make some trades, they could end up with another top five pick in the 2015 draft. This should be the goal. No reason to hover around .500 when you have the chance to unload again and draft another quality class of players.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 04:26 PM) Is Adam Engel hurt? Didn't he play for the AZL Sox last night?

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 12:37 PM) Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 17m Buddy Bell talked today about numerous topics including Carlos Rodon. He expects his signing to go down to the Draft signing deadline, but. Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 17m he would like to see him sign sooner than later because he has such high expectations for Rodon. Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 17m Bell: "The sooner you sign and with his ability and how I see him, this kid is going to be in the big leagues soon.... Scott Merkin ‏@scottmerkin 16m More Bell: "... It just seems to me if money is the issue, he’s going to make a helluva lot more getting it started than not." So I would imagine that the Sox are offering slightly over slot at around $6 million. Boras is holding out for the entire overage that JR has never been willing to pay. Rodon will sign for like $6.1 million around the signing deadline date.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 04:30 PM) When? At some point next season.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 04:07 PM) Who are you planning on selling? I still say Dunn brings nothing and Danks brings nothing cause of his contract. These relievers like Downs will bring nothing. Ditto DeAza. I guess you mean Beckham and Lexi. Well, anyone other than Sale, Quintana, Eaton, Avi Garcia, or Abreu. I'd be fine unloading anyone else. Beckham, Alexei, Dunn, Downs, Belisario could net decent returns.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 03:55 PM) The wheels are about ready to come off for the 2014 White Sox fun while it lasted. I'm ready for it. Better now than later in my opinion. Selling off a bunch of veterans and securing another top 10 draft pick could really help the organization long-term.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 11:48 AM) Afflalo is not part of a melo plan. He is the plan. This isn't true. Keep preaching that narrative though.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 03:02 PM) Not getting the best players available is one thing. We've clearly done that. We have at least done it out of what seems to be a principled stance that we believe in deep squads a la Spurs. Unfortunately, our best player has been hurt since the plan seemed to start working. That doesn't mean that our fruitless plan to build a team that is impressive from top to bottom is the one we should stick to. What it does mean is that it would be dumb and make mockery of everything else that has been done to completely gut the franchise of all of its assets to bring in a star player. Imagine a deal of...this year's 2 first rounders, Mirotic, Butler, and Noah for Love. That's an awful deal because you're left with a team that has Rose, Love, and Taj only. Even if only Taj is the one to go, you've basically decided that your team will have 3 or 4 NBA playoff-caliber starters on it, at best. The whole point of the easy-does-it approach is that we should be able to make the big, bold move and bring a star player onto a team that is built to win. This is why I think we should ignore this Love business entirely if it is as it seems and focus completely on Carmelo, since we can likely get him to the team without moving nearly every positive asset the franchise has. I see no scenario in which we get Melo yet have a shallow team. Why would Minnesota take Noah in a Love deal anyway? He's a free agent again in 2016 and would never sign there.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 03:01 PM) That's why I think it would be wise to sign Shields and put him in between Sale and Quintana. Rodon will slide in nicely between Sale and Quintana

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 03:03 PM) My biggest concern with Shields is all the innings he's thrown in his career, as well as his stuff looking pretty mediocre of late. Yeah. Giving up a draft pick to sign a pitcher in the offseason is a stupid idea. The Sox are still in the process of acquiring young, cost-controlled players. Shields or another free agent pitcher that costs you resources besides money will not happen in my opinion.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 11:00 AM) http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?s...mp;ymd=20140621 Charlotte- Surkamp Birmingham- Jaye Winston Salem- Montas Kannapolis- TBA Great Falls- McKenzie Arizona White Sox- TBA DSL White Sox- TBA I love following the Montas starts.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 10:52 AM) Sigh. What does this mean? Haha

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jun 21, 2014 -> 10:26 AM) Basketball Insiders ‏@BBallInsiders 12m Sources: Bulls Pursuing Arron Afflalo: The Chicago Bulls are pursuing a trade for Orlando Magic swingman Arron I have no clue if that twitter account is legit or not but it does have 10K followers.....Hopefully this is in addition to Melo and they aren't JUST going after Afflalo. If they could really just get Melo for Boozer and a pick then get Afflalo for Butler and a pick or something along those lines, that'd be incredible. Afflalo is up there with Jimmy defensively but brings much more offense along with him.....Rose-Afflalo-Melo-Taj-Noah would be sick. Afflalo is owed $7.5 million next season. After doing some research, I noticed that they could fit Afflalo and Melo. Orlando would want a 1st rounder for Afflalo. So trade #16 along with the $4 million of non-guaranteed deals in Amundson, Brewer, and Mike James. That gets it into the $5.5 million range. Bulls may have to include Snell or some 2nd round picks o get it done. Should be an interesting next few weeks.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jun 20, 2014 -> 12:14 PM) Who cares? For that asking price it is worth having a season and a half of David Price plus the first round pick that you will receive when he reaches FA. The market for Price is down given that teams are becoming ultra protective of their prospects. That is the reason that Price was not traded in the offseason, no one would give up what the Rays wanted so they are going to try and increase their leverage at the trade deadline this season. Every start he makes for TB lessens his value as thats one more start his new team is not getting from him. Rick Hahn has said that he's only interested in trading for pieces that fit into the long-term plan. Price doesn't.