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QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 05:09 PM) Alexei WAS the best SS in the AL this year, but he's been stuck on 7 HR/36 RBI since May 25. It's June 25. His average has also dropped since then. Yep. He's also going to be 33. Paxton and Nick Franklin and I'm driving him personally.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 05:04 PM) How many years has Rizzo been in the MLB? I wouldn't say Rizzo is the better player yet. Currently, maybe. Rizzo looks like a completely different player this year. I get what you are saying but Rizzo will always be LH and always play a better 1B. Abreu will hit for more power. Both really good.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 11:30 AM) I don't really see how the Bulls are getting Afflalo if they use their picks this year? They aren't. I think Cleveland will take Afflalo, #4, and #12 from Orlando for #1 tomorrow night. I expect the Bulls to take Dario Saric at #16 if available tomorrow and draft a player for someone else at #19. Bulls won't get a player tomorrow night.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 04:46 PM) I just saw an amusing Abreu vs Rizzo argument in Bleacher Report comments. I'll take .274/22/60 in fewer games over .288/17/44 any day. Rizzo has been the better player. He is younger. He is much better defensively. He has a wOBA of .400. Anthony Rizzo is turning into a stud. Abreu is awesome too but we are being homers if we suggest that Abreu is better and it's not close. Come on.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 09:37 AM) I think dunn does a lot more than he is credited for, clubhouse wise. with that, I think this yr is a wash rebuilding and getting better prospects. dunn coming back at what cost ($$). also there is a lot of swing and misses with a low 200 avg for me. The strikeouts and low batting average don't really matter for him though. I actually wish his batting average was lower and he had more homers.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 08:20 AM) It'll take him a while to get back into it but I think/hope once he gets back into game shape that he'll be good to go... until he gets injured again. If Rose plays for Team USA it shouldn't take him very long to get acclimated in Chicago.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 04:58 PM) And I don't want Kesler because I don't want to have to root for him. I wouldn't want Burrows or Bieksa either. I hate dirty players and I don't want them on my favorite teams, regardless of skill level. They aren't just faceless names on a scoresheet to me. Are you okay with Bobby Hull being a team ambassador and spending time around the United Center?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jun 25, 2014 -> 07:23 AM) I listed Beckham, Ramirez, and Gillaspie. I don't think any of them is untradeable if the right offer comes along, but all three of them are hitting significantly above league average for their position. Given how difficult it is to find good defensive infielders who can also hit, it would take a pretty nice offer to get me to part with any of them. I know that the minors is deep in the infield right now, but there's no guarantees that any of those guys can produce like this. If you assume that AGarcia comes back next year and is at least a little bit above average offensively for a RF and Eaton continues to improve, you're really only three spots (LF, C, DH) away from a really good lineup. Dunn is having a good year and I'd like to see him back, but I think that he is exactly the kind of guy that a contending team will overpay for in July and the Sox can't turn that down. There are also three quality starters and three quality bullpen arms (plus Jones coming back next year), so while this team is bad right now it isn't far away from being very strong. Gillaspie isn't good defensively. Beckham will not be worth what he'll get paid next year, and Alexei is their biggest trade chip. Gillaspie will be here because there's no reason to trade him but the other two will be gone in my opinion.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 09:43 AM) Grandal has had less than 500 ML PA, and only have of them have been bad. And really, not THAT bad -- he's accumulated 3.1 fWAR over those 500PA, which equates to a very decent seasons, and is better than any stretch of 500 PA in Beckham's career. Why do we think we can get Grandal for cheap? Because their best prospect is a catcher and Grandal is expendable and hasn't been great.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 24, 2014 -> 10:02 AM) So, you were 5 during the 2010 offseason and don't remember it? Yeah. I'm actually 9 years old. It's a good explanation for why I have so many bad posts.

This offseason will be fun regardless of what happens. So many possible moving parts. Lebron could win a title in most places but he'd be stupid to go to the West and run that gauntlet if he doesn't have to. I hope he does. That means Bulls can win the East. This is all basically hinges on Wade though. Bosh will probably opt out. If Wade opts in though, Lebron can't go back to Miami. My guess would be that Lebron and Wade end up back in Miami with more of a supporting cast and Bosh gets a max deal elsewhere.

Hawkins 2 run triple. As bad as Davidson has been, he's still going to hit 20 homers.

Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler 9m Two more years until MLB teams can sign players born in the year 2000, in case you were wondering when I plan to retire. Reply 9 Retweet 4 Favorite James Fox ‏@JamesFox917 6m @BenBadler How is it that White Sox have so much $$ to spend, but aren't linked to any of the big names on INTl Market? Reply Retweet Favorite Delete Ben Badler ‏@BenBadler 4m @JamesFox917 I've tied them to multiple guys already. James Fox ‏@JamesFox917 3m @BenBadler I saw Ynoa as possible, a SS, and Alfaro. Just not the supposed top 10-15 types. So they should do a decent job, then? This was my convo with Badler. Have Sox been linked to anyone other than those 3 guys?

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 06:27 PM) Boras is doing what he is getting paid to do. He's gonna get a bigger cut the more his client gets. It's in his best interest to do this, and it's in Rodon's best interest to do this. I don't know about 99.9999% that this gets done, but there's a very high chance that it does. Ehh. There's really not though. He will end up signing around the deadline for the same money that he could take today. It's not the old system. They can only offer so much and I bet it's been offered.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 07:03 PM) They have to rework the rules, it's ridiculous how a team can just blow their budget one year and then take the next year off, ad finitum. Presume a fix will be in the next CBA. White Sox could play by the same rules. They choose not to. Would you rather spend $10 million on the INTL. Market or spend the money on the ML team during a rebuild? Gimme the 16 years olds.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 23, 2014 -> 10:51 AM) For what though? Stephen A. Smith this morning said Melo's priority is money, but the Knicks and Phil Jackson have made Melo believe that they're not going to offer him max money. More like 100 million (a little more than the 96 max he can get with another team), not the 120+ million max deal. If true, money won't be a big factor in his decision. Mitch basically said that Jim Dolan would trump Phil Jackson and give Melo the max. Mitch Lawrence also reminded me of why everyone hates New York. What an arrogant, elitist, asshole.

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?