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QUOTE (coco1997 @ Dec 9, 2012 -> 10:51 PM) BREAKING: Royals acquire James Shields and Wade Davis from TB for Wil Myers and other prospects. Wow, Royals really attempting to bolster their pitching staff. KC GM being very aggressive.

Another guy KW always coveted is Michael Young and he has come up in trade discussions.

Why not, just like we did last year with Moskos. Looking forward to following him.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 15, 2012 -> 09:27 AM) Sox Prospects/Players in the winter leagues (I bolded some names worth noting)... VENEZUELA RHP Wilce Nieves, Caribes de Anzoategui RHP Scott Carroll, Leones del Caracas C Miguel Gonzalez, Tiburones de La Guaira OF Jose Martinez, Tiburones de La Guaira INF Jose Lopez, Cardenales de Lara RHP Leopoldo Sanchez, Cardenales de Lara RHP Justin Cassel, Cardenales de Lara (last pitched in 2011 in Sox system, didn't pitch in 2012) DOMINICAN RHP Brandon Kloess, Estrellas de Oriente C Tyler Flowers, Leones de Escogido MEXICO *No one, as far as I can tell PUERTO RICO *No rosters announced yet, season starts in early November I didn't look at Australia, but the Sox don't usually send anyone down there. Seems like overall, the number of players is lower than in previous seasons. Maybe when the PR teams announce rosters, that will change. Did Kloess get traded to the Padres?

Figgins DFA's by Mariners, would not be surprised if Hahn gives him a look as he will be pressed by KW to do so.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 4, 2012 -> 07:04 AM) I think Hahn has always had a hard on for him. The guy sounded like Hawk after Buehrle's perfect game when discussing him at Soxfest prior to the 2005 season. He will obviously miss starts, but if he's relatively cheap, there are worse things he could do. Well said and very direct.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 3, 2012 -> 05:38 PM) MLBTR is reporting that Brandon McCarthy has drawn immediate interest from the White Sox. Hahn might have been responsible for drafting him or was a major part of his development. You can never have enough pitching. Again, what a difference a year makes when talking about the off season.

KW never really wanted his son drafted by the Sox and there was not an easy way to solve the situation. Minor move, but removes a distraction. What are people going to do on this thread when the Gameday posts come up?

Yesterday's moves already changed the tenor of the whole off season compared to last year.

I really do not think AJ is back. My gut tells me if he was to be back he would be signed already. Some team is going to give him a three year deal. I hate to say it.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 09:14 PM) That would make me think that Hawkins will be a top 100 prospect next year, considering Bubba Starling will EASILY be one. It is impressive that BA ranked Hawkins over the much heralded Starling.

Hope he is ok after really increasing his prospect stock this year. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,7955939.story

At one point this afternoon on the Score, I thought I heard Bernstein say Youk was out of the lineup. Is that true?

Garfein just said KC adjusted rotation, Chen tomorrow and Guthrie on Thursday. Thought we were going to miss Guthrie, let's hope we can scratch out some runs.

It was nice to see RV go with Wise yesterday and again today, the games are too big to stay with someone (DeAza) who is slumping. Ozzie, I think, would have stayed with DeAza.

What is there to know about Taylor Thompson? Have never followed him at all.

I will lay it out there, I'm a wreck about this series. We cannot have the Royals ruin our season. Let's get them tonight!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 16, 2012 -> 06:30 PM) So is the Twins curse dead? I had hoped it died with the Metrodome, but the Twins have beaten us in some big games at Target Field. It is nice to bury them this year as they stopped us form the playoffs a number of times, 03, 06 etc....

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 02:51 PM) Thatta boy Thornton, big mental hump there Agreed, solid managing job by Robin in the ninth. Thornton was huge.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 02:33 PM) I'm thinking start Wise in CF Sunday and give DeAza a day off. Agreed, he is in a funk.

QUOTE (MAX @ Sep 15, 2012 -> 02:29 PM) I recall a game winning walk off hit earlier this year. Point well taken, stand corrected, .......has not contributed in a long time.

Orlando finally contributed to this team.....yesssssss

Need to manufacture a run here.

Any word on what happened to Leesman?

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 07:05 PM) On what channel? Game is on WCIU and MLB Network On CIU, which is picked up by a Champaign affiliate and I'm getting the Pirates/Reds game. Sucks, I guess I just have to vent. Thanks for the opportunity to deal with this crap.