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QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) It may be possible. I think a veteran NL player needs time to adjust to AL pitching. There is no adjustment. Increased interleague play has taken care of that, plus all the FA and trade movements, same umpires, etc. American league is just the superior hitting league right now.

Hanley Ramirez/Manny Ramirez. No thanks, unless they throw in Benintendi.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Oct 8, 2015 -> 04:06 PM) Q for Betts or Q for Moncada and Margot would be what I'd look at. Bosox love Betts; they would never trade him one for one for Q.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 8, 2015 -> 10:01 PM) Well they do go over budget IMO when spending on veteran NL talent. Great post. That says it.

Did word of this signing interrupt Hahn's afternoon nap?

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 11:33 PM) Q for Arenado Nitetrain is correct: Not Happening. Still, the Rockies can be a suitable trading partner. They need pitching badly, and they are under a lot of pressure to improve. Also, they have trading assets. Forget Arenado. Do not forget Dickerson. He can rake and is still cheap. They have several other really good prospects, including a couple of catchers, and outfielder named Dahl, and more. A package of Q and either Montas or Beck could possibly get Dickerson and 2-3 other prospects.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Oct 3, 2015 -> 07:19 AM) I would not trade Sale. The reason is simple, you have other trade pieces. If a team offered a bundle for Sale, I would counter for a lesser bundle for Q or Rodon. But it may not cost a fortune to pick up Sale's production. For example, Boston has a bunch of young talented players--Bogaerts-Bradley-Betts-Vasquez-Swihart-Rodriguez all under similiar team friendly contracts. Now if Dombrowski offered 3 of them for Q I would jump at it. Unfortunately my guess is several of them have moved to the untouchable category as well. Betts is untouchable, for sure. Probably Bogaerts and the two Cuban kids, too.

Old guys need names. Back in Veeck's day there might have been only 16 teams, rosters didn't turn over as much, and there were no baseball TV packages, MLB Networks, etc. Just because the snobby Yankees don't use names, doesn't mean the rest of the free world should follow suit.

Eaton's OPS is .792.

I'm looking for a post from Stan Bahnson regarding RV in 2017.

Although these numbers are meaningless, I looked at the 2015 stats for the Top 10 picks in this year's draft, and Benintendi of Boston looks to be the leader. Average of .313, OPS over 1, 11 Homers. Low A. Fulmer next best. Can't complain.

Back to Trayce. I love the Photog-tweeking of the catch, calling him the "Splash Brother". But beyond that, Trayce might be one of those guys who hits better in the majors than he did in minors. He won't be the first. Kind of the opposite of Avisail. I love his defense, his speed, hustle, youth, power. And back to Lillian's post, I can see Melki hitting DH a lot next year.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 08:28 AM) I know at this point the difference between pick 8 and pick 9 (or 11 and 12) is essentially meaningless, but then I go back to the last couple drafts and if we were just one spot higher in both we miss out on both guys we wanted. 2015? Were Sox going to take Benitendi if Bosox passed on him? 2014? We got our guy in Rodon. 2013? I can't remember who we wanted.

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 1, 2015 -> 05:18 AM) i really don't know what the problem is or the answer. i will go back to what i stated earlier. not my rant on the owner and not getting enuf players nor the profit and lost. the one problem that i keep coming back to is this. many thought that the sox did enuf changes to be in better shape, including me. the owners and FO thought the same and to be honest most was in a giddy mood b/c it. dang, even at the trade deadline, the sox rolled out a series of wins. now this is a rhetorical question, what happen to cause most of the team to fail, to go into a prolong slump?? could anything have been done from management side to change the momentum?? yes.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Sep 28, 2015 -> 11:02 AM) Get him now, there are plenty of other young Cuban guys out there to make it worth your while to go over the limit this year and all alot closer to the majors then the guys the Sox would be signing on the next two July signing periods. Now is the perfect time to bust the limit with the abundance of players available, the depth of position players in the Sox system, and the impending international draft. Slight exaggeration?

And yet, the Rockies drew over 40,000 on Saturday and over 32,000 yesterday, despite a worse team/record.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 08:58 PM) I wouldn't mind the White Sox defrauding a team or two with such a trade. It'd really help our progression forward to not give up talent to receive talent. Really, looking back when is the last terribly lopsided White Sox trade in our favor? Nellie Fox for Joe Tipton.

I agree with Fathom on the Sale issue. They would surely get 3-5 good players who can hit. This would be more valuable than the 12-15 wins Sale could get. Maybe get rid of LaRoach, too. Gotta check it out. It'll give Hahn something to do.

Say goodbye to Alexi, put Saladino at short, at least check out what you can get for Sale, hope for improvement everywhere, tell Anderson to hurry up.

Deion Sanders is such a jerk. There was this incident and also the one later in NL Division Playoffs when there was a live, televised confrontation between the idiot and Tim McCarver in the locker room. If anyone wants the details, I remember them vividly.

QUOTE (LDF @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 05:03 AM) with Sale and Abreu, i 100 % agree. now Eaton is make a great case for that spot. Eaton hitting stats since july has been great, except for aug. however lets think about this, in order to get where he is in his avg, while batting #1 and all the pressure that comes with that. he has been short of spectacular. let me emphasize, batting #1. others where constantly chg in the lineup to help them get started. he batted #1. another one for me would be Q.... look at his stats. 200 innings for the past how many yrs ... but knowing the sox they would put Rodon up there. That leaves 20 days.

The Samardzija Trade should be re-titled "The Ynoa Trade".

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 20, 2015 -> 07:26 PM) So the LOYALTY crowd wants to hired a guy as team President who has never been in a front office? lol. Balta, are you saying that it has never been done before?

I don't think Sox will get rid of Alexi. They keep playing him -- one day off is all. Don't get it. Things look pretty bleak for 2016. Especially with Hahn running the trade show. I think Sox need to trade one of Sale/Q -- at least determine what we could get for either one of them.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 18, 2015 -> 07:51 PM) No and we shouldn't. If we're smart though we can set ourselves to finish up ahead of them in 2017. If we try to finish ahead of them in 2016 that could leave us in just as much of an unprepared mess for 2017. If we aim for 2017 we can set ourselves up to actually do that. That almost certainly means trading Sale.