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QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 12:06 AM) The poor Thunder. They sit around and do nothing every offseason. If Houston gets Bosh, look out. What is the Thunder's problem. I guess they'll just blame Brooks instead of the front office when they suck in the postseason again next year. They need a big guy who can score! They are trying to get Gasol for the MLE. It's a small market and they are pretty much up against the cap. Their coach is a dips*** though.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 08:44 PM) That may be the case, but offering to start his clock is an incentive to get him to sign and there was no need to do it to get him to sign for the max bonus without giving away future picks. He's better off in the minors learning to use his change (which apparently saw very little action last year) rather than in the major league bullpen and probably relying on his fastball-slider combo. I don't want him in the majors either. If he comes up in September though, his clock doesn't start.

Another summary of tonight's events: http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/201..._medium=twitter

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 08:11 PM) Absolutely no need to make him any guarantee with how much they went over the slot. If I was the Sox I'd have been saying 'you can either sign for slot and we'll fast-track you to the bullpen, or you can push for overslot and you'll stay in the minors until we're satisfied with your changeup.' Why though? They just got an ace for $6.5 million. I know what the system is but lets look at the big picture here. In the old system, he would've gotten $12 million and not been a White Sox. Carlos Rodon is an absolute bargain.

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 08:27 PM) Ouch. That's a big bite in the ass. Wonder if Hahn has heard from Cashman yet. Jose Abreu is 2014 AL Rookie of the Year

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 05:46 PM) What was it last time...playing cards in the clubhouse instead of prepping pitchers and watching too many University of Florida Gators football games? Who was the Giants' pitcher who complained about him the most, can't remember? It was a fifth starter type of guy, I remember that, not one of their best pitchers at the time. Brett Tomko.

Thread should be changed to: Sox willing to deal Beckham in "any deal". Sheesh.

Bruce Levine @MLBBruceLevine · 10m Baseball source confirms Carlos Rodon signs a $6.82 million deal with White Sox . @BaseballAmerica first report . ReplyReplied to 0 times RetweetRetweeted 11 times11 FavoriteFavorited 6 times6 Levine just wrote the incorrect $$ figure right?

John Manuel ‏@johnmanuelba 57m Expecting definitive news on @CarlosRodon16 signing w/#WhiteSox today. Sox' bonus pool leaves max north of $6.5M http://www.baseballamerica.com/draftdb/?te...6&team=1026 … I was tweeting back and forth with Manuel. He doesn't think the $6.45 million number is accurate. He thinks it's more than that.

Brian McTaggart ‏@brianmctaggart 5m Astros Minor League pitcher Bobby Doran has been traded to White Sox. He's headed to Triple-A Charlotte.

John Manuel ‏@johnmanuelba 57m Expecting definitive news on @CarlosRodon16 signing w/#WhiteSox today. Sox' bonus pool leaves max north of $6.5M http://www.baseballamerica.com/draftdb/?te...6&team=1026 … I was tweeting back and forth with Manuel. He doesn't think the $6.45 million number is accurate. He thinks it's more than that.

Emmy Nominations come out today and Actor in a TV Series is going to be All Time Ridiculous: Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Kevin Spacey (House of Cards), Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom), Matthew McConaughey (True Detective), Woody Harrelson (True Detective).

Some anonymous Red Sox players dumped all over Pierzynski on his way out: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/...asyleaguegm.com I'm not surprised that AJ wasn't the best teammate but some of that stuff isn't really his job. Where was that Giant Smiling Syringe Ortiz at? I thought he made everyone feel better.

I don't want anyone that costs the Sox a first round draft pick.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 10, 2014 -> 09:27 AM) The question you're dancing around is...assuming the Bulls have missed on Anthony, what player could they feasibly get that fills your requirements, and would that actually make them competitive for the title in the east? Hard for me to see the answer to the 2nd of those being yes for just about any random solid but unspectacular shooting SF. If it's Ariza, Gasol, Mirotic, and McDermott, I think they can win the East. Remember that Derrick Rose will be back people. That team is good for an ECF appearance.

I think bringing back AJ would be a terrible idea. Why are so many people interested in doing that? He isn't hitting and he's awful defensively. He also didn't get along too well with Ventura. I don't see it happening.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 10:37 AM) Does anyone know how the amnesty rule works in NHL? I imagine it's gonna happen in the next few years with Hossa. I believe if he retires early before 2021, the Hawks could face some major cap penalties. And the Crawford deal still sucks. Yes they can amnesty Hossa at some point if necessary. Pay his salary but won't count against the cap. I think they are allowed to use the provision twice.

Heyman detailed 60 players that could be available at the deadline. Lots of White Sox as expected. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-he...go-or-have-gone

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 10:43 AM) Defensively Kyrie-Waiters-James-Love Verajao (but realistically their backup C due to injury) is possibly worse than rockets with only 1 plus defender (James) Kyrie-Wiggins/James-TT-Verajao(but really backup C) is still not great. That would all really depend on Wiggins development. Kyrie still has yet to be as great as people assume he is, to me he's nothing more than a streaky shooter and capable ball handler on a bad team that increases his usage rate. I wouldn't trade Wiggins for Love. I think Wiggins is going to be a star and Love is empty calories to me. Somebody has to get those points on that terrible team. He's good. Just not worth the max contract that he wants.

Some of the Mets pitching prospects to the Cubs for a SS makes too much sense in my opinion. I agree with an earlier poster about the pitching staff. They have Arrieta and Wood. If they got Wheeler for one of their SS and signed Masterson or Lester, they'd have a pretty decent rotation. They have like a $30 million payroll. I'm pretty sure they will spend a little next year.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 10:36 AM) And his June numbers still are pretty similar to the year Mitchell had in AA when he was supposedly "rushed" to AAA. Davidson should finish out the minor league season, then see if he is worthy of a September call up. Other than the leading the league in homers part. Aren't Davidsons doubles and homers numbers about the same as his minor league career still?

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 8, 2014 -> 10:34 AM) Kyrie's better than anything he ever had in Cleveland. Honestly, I think Lebron, Varajao, Wiggins, and Irving is better than Lebron, Bosh, and Wade at this point.

David Kaplan reported yesterday that it sounds like Kane and Toews will be getting rough;y $10.8 million per season.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 10:41 PM) You're right, Aiken has no leverage at all. He either signs for $5 mill, or he goes JuCo, in which case he's not getting drafted that highly again for at least 2 years, or he goes D1 and then he can't get drafted for 3 years. He HAS to sign. It's a goodwill offering by the Astros that they're giving that much. Appel did have a little less leverage than Rodon. So long as Boras has not had direct negotiations with the Sox, he can go back, but you can point to what Appel got as a senior draft pick #1 overall. It's still 99.9999%. The most that the Pirates could offer Appel was like $3.2 million. He went back to school and got over $6 million I believe. Rodon will get $6 million now and most likely won't next year.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 7, 2014 -> 02:30 PM) This really should not be a shock. Anderson oozes potential, but his lack of defense and poor K-to-BB rate will cause him to drop in many eyes. Everyone else in our system has major flaws. Rodon no doubt would be there, if eligible. the guys at BP love Anderson. They think he may end up at 2B, but they love the power potential as a Brandon Phillips type player. Anderson didn't even crack the BP Top 101 in tyne offseason and Parks talked about regretting that after seeing him more. Now he's up to #38.