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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 03:34 PM) What would you expect him to say at a Cubs news conference? Do players say I really wish I wasn't taking this $184 million? "I like the public school system in Chicago."

QUOTE (LDF @ Dec 29, 2015 -> 07:11 AM) i am not saying yes or no to what you are stating. i am asking if this is like the bryce harper situation, where he graduated early so he can get drafted??? my my memory is faulty, wasn't there something about that, with him?? i am not too sure of the whole events and how it was finally solved. but in ref to that second site being a site to be taken serious. maybe..... but all it does it add to the reading of more prospects and seeing how it develops. just good reading material, for those who likes to follow the draft. no offense. My memory of the Harper situation is that he did graduate high school early, not to get drafted earlier, but to get into a Junior College program and thus better competition for what would have been his senior year in H.S. His draft date did not change.

Believe 4% is standard fee.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 24, 2015 -> 08:20 PM) Sign Gordon, trade Adams, Avi and Danish for Cargo too much. price for Cargo has to have come down.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 24, 2015 -> 07:13 PM) Ya this is the conundrum I'm trying to figure out. Seems like they are trying to replace avi cause he's not living up to expectations. Getting gordon doesn't fix that. It upgrades leftfield but now leave Melky without a spot. He hasn't played RF in a couple years. If Laroche is traded then Melky cam go to DH but that still leaves avi in right. Upton hasn't played significant time in rf since 2012. Cespedes I can't find him having played other position then CF and LF. I think he could maybe handle RF ok. So if the are truly on gordon I don't know what they are going to do. Only other thought is getting gordon, then many trying to trade for cargo. Could use Laroche, avi and spects to get cargo then play gordon in left with Melky going to dh. Not fully understanding everything. I think you do.

Great article, Kim. I feel like I know Jordan. Just wondering, since you saw so many AZL games, how would you compare Jordan to Zach Erwin, the kid we traded to Oakland for Lawrie?

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 04:03 PM) My favorite kinds of posts. Disliking a deal with no sort of explanation why. Tony, I was away from my computer using an IPad, which is a struggle for me, the print being very small, etc, so I made a one word comment. Ditto. Just re-inforced what Mike said. Last season, IIRC, Jones had a lot of troulbe getting anyone out, particularly in the last 6 weeks. I think they even shut him down the final 2 nweeks or so, which, to me, is not conduscive to giving a 3 year contract. Lets see how he does, but they could have buttoned him him for less than a million easily. I thought he should prove he can get hitters out first, that's all. Way to go, Mike.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 11:50 AM) I don't like this signing. Ditto

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 05:19 PM) His career OBP is under .330 and last year it was .309. It is the one thing I don't like about Frazier (all of the other pluses outweigh this negative though). That is partially explained by the fact that Frazier had little support behind him in batting order. The only other really good hitter was Joey Votto, and he batted ahead of Frazier. That likely resulted in our guy swinging at pitches outside the strike zone. Of course, I don't know who will be hitting behind Frazier -- Lawrie, Avi, ?

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 09:31 AM) J.B Shuck says hi. I think he did extremely well last season. Sox should sign Albers.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 08:21 AM) Ugh. This just hurts. There is a difference between being worth something on paper, and actually having the cash in hand to do it. Except in divorce court. Seriously, on another note, after looking at the prospects the Reds got, I don't see why they didn't deal directly with White Sox; the package we gave up to LA looks better than the package Dodgers gave up.

Where does this leave Mike Olt? Sox 40 man down to 36, I believe. Is any team lower? Gotta believe Montas was the big trading chip here, and that Hahn offered him to others. I thought we could have gotten more for those three players, but Frazier is now a big part of the team, so we are now pulling for him big time. Even Hawk, who lost his "game changer".

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 03:04 PM) Why would the Sox forfeit a top 30 draft pick to sign Upton for what is essentially a 2 year deal? Doesn't make sense They get a pick when they lose him in 2 years, assuming the CBA does not change much.

QUOTE (2Dbill @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 05:03 PM) Desperate times lead to desperate actions. Three teams from last year’s playoffs have or are projected to experience significant losses: Kansas City, the Cardinals and the Dodgers .the Royals and the Cardinals lost in the area where the sox also have a need-the outfield(I’m forgetting about Lackey as I think Heyward was a much bigger loss). The Dodgers lost big with Greinke . In the last few days the LA sports sites were talking about how they would have to settle for Cueto. Well that didn’t turn out too good for them either. Their fall back plan seemed to be to create a lights out relief back end with Chapman and Jansen and that fell thru .I think the Dodgers are getting desperate. I think we should see what the return would be for David Robinson. I would trade Robinson and Thompson to the Dodgers for Puig and Kiki Hernandez and one of their 1st round comp picks. I would sign Cespedes to a 5 year 1,112,000 (25/25/22/20/20) deal with an opt-out after year 2. I would sign Alexi Ramirez to a 1year 6.5million deal. I would trade Avi Garcia and Robinson Leyer to the Rockies for prospects 3rd base Ryan Mc Mahon and catcher Dom Nunez. I would trade Adam Engel to the New York Mets for 1st base prospect Dominic Smith. I would trade Mica Johnson to the Pirates for outfield prospect Harold Ramirez. I know people are going to say that the Puig trade is ridiculous- the Dodgers would never agree to it. But given the circumstances I’m not so sure. They seem to be petrified to trade any of their prospects. It seems Friedman thinks he is still in Tampa Bay. This would allow them to continue their plan of having a strong back end to their bullpen ( the only option they really have left). Robinson is also signed for three more years while Jansen is only signed for 2016. If Puig is as much of a problem as the rumors say it would solve that problem as well. There have been 3 trades so far this season which were considered significant overpays(Arizona for Miller,Boston for Smith and Huston for Giles) why can’t the dodgers be the fourth? I know I’m rubbing it in to ask for a comp pick but they may be desperate. On the sox side I think the influence of Abreu, Cespedes and Ramirez would do wonders for Puig. I am not signing Ramirez just for Puig. The more I thought about it the more I liked Ramirez in a part time role this year. The bullpen would be weaker but the daily lineup would be much improved and the starting pitching would be unaffected. In addition the sox would have 4 picks among the first 50 in next year’s draft. And by trading Robinson you free up the money for Cespedes as the efforts to unload Laroche seem to be going nowhere. Fantasy? If your major premise that Dodgers are desperate is correct, and that they need to strengthen their bullpen, then Sox should get more for Robertson and Trayce. Puig got fat and has warts; I don't know much about Kiki. But Robertson should get their attention.

Adam Engle's name has been appearing here lately. I would like to keep him and see if his AFL performance is indicative of the real deal.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 04:25 PM) if JR is really as loyal,as most say, I don't know why he would leave Robin with an in between roster and throw him to the wolves. He is obviously the next fall guy, so get him the horses or back off and make it clear the team is in transition. A well paid fall guy, like a lot of managers. Part of the job.

QUOTE (LDF @ Dec 13, 2015 -> 06:21 AM) they, the sox FO has a game plan, we, as fans do not know what the plan is. the other thing is, what will the owners allow hahn do to fix this problem, as well as putting a competitive team on the field. the ideal solution would be, not to trade any of the sp in the rotation . but who knows what the sox will do,. not convinced.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Dec 12, 2015 -> 07:34 PM) I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter what plans we have for next year... We're not going to win anything. 2017 opens our window - at the earliest. 2018 is more likely. After being in the optimist crowd for the last decade, I've finally joined the dark side. Unfortunately, I agree with you. Looks like a top 5 draft pick in 2017.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Dec 12, 2015 -> 06:25 PM) They're too busy thanking the heavens their version of Adam LaRoche is gone. They also gave up a draft pick for Cuddy.

Good article on purplerow.com about Rockies trading any of their three outfielders. It says the main players are Royals and Nats.

No loss of draft pick with Cespedes. I would love to sign him and give him an opt out after 1-2 years, then get a draft pick if he leaves. Who knows, he might love it in Chicago.

I love Steve Bartman.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ Dec 11, 2015 -> 06:12 PM) Don't forget Gene Freese or Tommie Davis. Yes, Gene Freese is a bad memory. Sox traded Johnny Callison for him.

Chisoxfn: You can still improve this site by posting more often yourself.

A talking head media type on MLB just said Cinci wanted Tim Anderson for Frazier, and Sox said no.