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QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Nov 20, 2017 -> 04:22 PM) Clarkin, really? Nobody was going to pick that guy. Then why did we trade for him. No argument with what you said, but the whole trade with Yanks has me miffed. They got a lot from us, three guys who played a big part in their pennant and playoff drive, and we get Clarkin, who should not have been protected according to many here, along with Rutherford, who fizzled in Low A.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 19, 2017 -> 04:45 PM) I think they cut Petricka, Putnam, & Alburquerque and add Jimenez, Peter, Gillespie, Guerrero, Clark, & Adolfo. What about Clarkin?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 19, 2017 -> 07:49 PM) How many MLB owners do you really think are in it for the money? Loria perhaps, not sure I could name another. Most of these guys want to win above all else (as long as they don’t lose money). This idea that rebuilding is somehow super profitable is odd to me. Along with a decrease in payroll comes a huge decrease in attendance and ultimately revenue. If the rebuild goes south, the financial impacts can be significant in the long-run. I can promise you the last thing Jerry wants to do is endure a rebuild, but given where our organization was at we really didn’t have a choice. All of them.

Hang in there, Greg; they're unlikely to trade those two sluggers.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 18, 2017 -> 10:07 AM) Trades: Avi Garcia to OAK for SS/OF Jorge Mateo & RHP Daulton Jefferies Why?

Rivera was noted for his head first slide. Very few, if any were doing it then. Pete Rose got a lot of credit for making it fashionable as a sign of "hustle", but Jungle did it first.

Out of the four big trades Sox made (Red Sox, Nats, Cubs, Yanks), the Cub trade looks the best right now.

Chatwood is an excellent pinch runner.

QUOTE (Springfield SoxFan @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 08:57 AM) I cannot believe we have not heard more of Grandson to the White Sox to mentor the younger guys........bringing him home to Chicago.... Granderson is probably done. If he wants to be a mentor, sign him as a Coach.

Greatest baseball player to come out of Colorado. Graduated from suburban Denver high school in 1995, #17 overall pick. Lots of stories were written there about Halladay over the years, all of them complimentary. He would have looked great in a Rocky uniform. Future Hall of Famer.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 5, 2017 -> 04:24 PM) Plenty of reason to trade Avi this offseason if we get something that counts as "fair", certainly not requiring being blown away. 2 years away from free agency, price going up, if he's this good then he's going to be very expensive to keep and we may not want to pay that price, if he isn't this good then the best deals available for him will be this offseason. Avi will be a lot more expensive next year, especially, if he has another good year. Sign him now. Sox can easily afford him.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 4, 2017 -> 09:06 AM) Didn't that framework include one of the other Marlins' outfielders though? Correct. It was Yelich and Stanton. That article is at least two weeks old now.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 11:39 PM) Same here. I don't think the Sox are interested. Guys. Wasn't there a recent rumor that speculated Groome and/or Chavis would could used to acquire Stanton? Don't remember where I had read it. Maybe posted in this thread for all I know, lol. A while back I referenced a Boston newspaper article that mentioned Bogaerts, Bradley, Groome. and one other unnamed prospect. Many here doubted Stanton could get that much. I agree with that now, too.

Who was the Miami GM who negotiated that deal?

Eloy can put the White Sox back on the baseball map again.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 27, 2017 -> 08:33 AM) I still maintain that if Stanton is moved he gets moved for very little. Depends on how good Jeter is at finessing the other GMs. Remember, this is Jeter's first rodeo. All it takes is one or two teams to offer a real package for Stanton, and the bidding will start. It will be interesting, and the Boston GM is probably salivating right now. They need some home run power, and they can probably afford Stanton. However, I don't know where they stand on the luxury tax.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Oct 27, 2017 -> 08:13 AM) The amount of money owed to Stanton dwarfs ALL of those. But, he can hit.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 05:44 PM) You named two pitchers and " a bunch " of rule 5 players. Who are the bunch anyway? And the point you missed is when was the last time a prospect position player jumped from A to AAA? Pitchers and position players are very different. Pujols? He went from A to the Bigs.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 26, 2017 -> 03:53 PM) Insane. Give me the Boston players every single time. Not really, if Jeter really is under a mandate to get payroll down to $90ishMM. DD certainly has the balls to pull off a trade like that. Stanton and Ozuna?? I'll take those two. It came from one of the Boston papers, by the way.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 26, 2017 -> 04:59 PM) Mostly this. If they had used Erstad appropriately and he had been a 4th OF, backup 1B, and pinch hitter, I wouldn't have cared, but I knew he was going to be the starter over Brian Anderson, who was clearly a superior talent, even when the Sox got to a point when they were out of contention. Instead, he was used as a regular and it was as bad as I thought it would be. In that one partial year with White Sox, Erstad was one of the worst centerfielders I have ever seen.

Lots of Stanton rumors in Boston. Some combination of Bradley, Bogaerts, Groome, and others for Stanton and either Ozuna or Yelich. Jeter told to get payroll down.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 12, 2017 -> 06:07 PM) I don’t think we need to fill up Charlotte’s roster Sure we do. Plus, Ravelo is a better hitter than many on the Sox roster. Had he not been included in that Shark trade with the A's, he would have made the Sox roster eventually. He certainly fits the description of "buy low".

Or he could have gone into first base head first.

I say get Rangel Ravelo from St. Louis. Not on 40 man roster. He had another solid year in AAA this year.

Both Sale and Q pitched their asses off for the Sox. Both great competitors, really good pitchers.