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I believe we signed four really young DR kids to significant bonuses last year, but they did not play. Anybody remember their names?

Former closer. Throws hard. His MO is that he starts the season verry effectively, then seems to lose it late in season.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 18, 2013 -> 11:05 AM) Since anyone complaining about Dayan Viciedo is a horrible thing in your opinion, I'll go off on your ridiculous homerism and your more ridiculous confidence that your way of thinking is so great. Viciedo's on base percentage is horrific, and he was worse than a replacement-level player offensively while providing no defense as a corner outfielder on a team that lost the division by 3 games - while he had an OPS of .660 after May. But keep slurping Dayan Viciedo and wearing your Sox-player blinders, Dick. 14 jacks over his last 100 games. Let's all roll out the red carpet for the future superstar and see nothing wrong with him ever! Viciedo has had one full season in the bigs. Who else on this team is likey to improve as much as this guy in 2013? No one I can think of. If he doesn't improve a lot, then he'll be trade material, but I think he'll hit.

MLB Network is very high on the Royals. John Smoltz picked them to win the division.

Mariners re-acquired Mike Morse from Nats. Too bad we could not get him.

Frank wasn't that bad in the field. He was very good at trapping short throws. He could not throw, but teams rarely took advantage of that, which always surprised me. Does anyone here remember him throwing to third?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 11, 2013 -> 04:19 PM) 1) Chicago media market 2) Unique position of the team having ownership rights of its television provider and having the future ability to take advantage of the explosion in local/regional sports network contracts 3) Cross-marketing with the Bulls 4) Weakness of AL Central for most of its history with a few recent exceptions, but lower payrolls compared to AL East and West 5) Rich and long history of the franchise in Chicago 6) Television ratings are decent despite softer attendance 7) Team still quite profitable in terms of producing overall revenues Then why can't the White Sox get a third baseman?

Where did he play last year?

The Rockies are desperate for pitching, and they have several young infielders and outfielders who can both hit and play good defense. Plus, the Colorado GM's, and I'm trying to state this delicately, are not very smart.

All this talk about getting Cargo is a pipe dream. It would take a monster package to get him. Sox are better off trying to get one of their other outfielders, namely Charlie Blackmon.

There's an article on ESPN.com (isnider about the Sox being a sleeper. Has anyone on this board read this?

Markakis got injured late last season. Can't remember details.

QUOTE (Real @ Dec 21, 2012 -> 08:12 PM) thank god definitely time to go in a new direction, especially when our staff has been known to dislike pitching to him I wonder if public testamonials from pitchers will surface now that AJ is gawn

2 years/$14 Million.

Opportunity of a lifetime?

Sorry for the confusion. I should have said I hope his Twitter comments will continue to be posted on this board by another member.

Sounds like this kid has a great attitude, and we know he has great wheels. If he has no setbacks, he might get as high as AAA next season. I hope he continues to give updates via SoxTalk.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 7, 2012 -> 08:25 AM) Seems like an odd move. He was added to the 40-man roster, which he'd have to think meant he had a decent shot of seeing the majors this year. Well, good luck Charlie! 40-man goes down by 1 if this is true. Very odd move. I have been to both Seoul and Charlotte, and I'll take Charlotte. He must think that a year over there will do more for his career than a year in AAA. Of course, I have no idea about the money over there...

Upton played very well against the Rockies the last 2-3 years, for whatever that's worth.

This looks like a good move. He might not be an all star, but he smacks of being a legitimate Major Leaguer, which is step up.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 3, 2012 -> 10:18 AM) It would be an interesting experiment in advanced statistics to get as much of a team like that, and see how the offense produced over the course of a season. .....as interesting as a last place team could be.

QUOTE (Real @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 06:25 AM) what do you guys think happened to Phil? permanent anxiety after throwing the PG, or do you think it was a lingering injury? David Letterman.

Rockettes prob reluctant to trade for a curve ball pitcher. Remember Darrell Kyle?

I said this somewhere before, but the Rockettes have a couple of guys who can play third AND hit, and they are desperate for pitching. Nelson and LeMehieu (sp). Pacheco, too, but he would be more expensive.

Pagon is prob looking for leverage vs Giants..