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Huntington: "Hey, Rick. We're gonna relent and give you a package around Meadows." Hahn: "Sorry Neil, SoxFest happened."

Tilson gets my vote.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 08:46 AM) I think if guys like Call and Curbelo are top 15 prospects, then this system probably isn't as good as people think it is. It's very top heavy. The next 2 years are very important. Curbelo's ceiling keeps him high while Call's production in CF keeps him. You're not going to find world beaters in any systems 15 range, but both of them have the ability to shoot up.

QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 09:10 AM) Maybe this is the democrats way of trying to sabotage the republican party, confirm all the picks, watch the carnage, and win the midterms in 2018? Could also be a way to say they didn't do complete obstructionism, but only voted against the particularly bad ones. Then it also highlights to the voting populace how bad DeVos, Tillerson, etc. are.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 05:48 PM) My favorite meathead opinion to throw at cubs fans friends is assertion that Q in NL would be a sub 2 era pitcher. While I dramatize for effect, Q to me has quite a bit of stat improvement if going to NL, to a good defensive team and to a team with better pitch framing. With the Cubs defense, Q would be absurd in the NL.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 04:41 PM) Q is a #1 on many but not sure most teams. I would think the heavy favorites to meet in the 2017 World Series are the Red Sox and Cubs. Q is a #3 on both of them. And whichever one has him has the edge in that scenario.

It's definitely not bannable and I don't feel threatened. Now, would a Nazi find it morally OK to kill me? Yes. This all boils down to where the morals of individuals and then society come from. Applying blanket Christian morality to the entire United States would be the equivalent of Sharia Law. When I say individuals come up with morals, I should clarify: society tends to decide what is morally correct, some through the Bible and others not. Most in society would say pre-marital sex is fine in today's society.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 01:59 PM) It's not a Soxtalk thing, it's a sports fan thing. It's an everyone thing.

QUOTE (brett05 @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 01:01 PM) So these individuals decide we no longer need a world with Quinarvy in it, that's be perfectly moral. I'm trying to debate if you just threatened me or not. Tread carefully here.

QUOTE (brett05 @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 11:18 AM) 3) What makes it antiquated? What determines morality? Individuals. The GOP playing morality police is the most disgusting pillar upon which they're built.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 10:49 AM) Q would be in Pittsburgh if this offer was on the table. That is the Pirates #2, #3, #4, #5 and Diaz is somewhere from #8-#12. This trade would make a top ten farm system a bottom third farm system. This is where people saying they wouldn't take this are out of their mind.

You guys are telling me you'd turn down Glasnow, Newman, Keller, Hayes and Diaz? You add two Top 100 arms, two Top 100 (depending on who is ranking) bats and a projectable catcher? Glasnow ranks above Giolito and Kopech right now, Keller is rising fast and Hayes is a Top 10 3B prospect. If Glasnow, Newman, Keller, Hayes, Diaz is on the table, take it and flip Jones/Glasnow for a bat like Frazier or Robles + a flier. And it's Rick Hahn, who loves three way deals.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 10:15 AM) Franklin Perez (HOU) and Ke'Bryan Hayes (PIT) are ranked 66 and 74, respectively in Law's top 100. BOth names bandied about around here in Q rumors. I really think if it came to it I'd be content telling Pirates they need to go depth if they're not including Meadows or Bell. Something like Glasnow/Newman/Hayes/Diaz with the possibility of Keller would be a phenomenal deal. Which tells me I'm looking at a deal that wouldn't be offered.

QUOTE (Sox-35th @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 11:05 PM) Jedi is singular or plural, so it doesn't tell us a ton. The red color of the logo is interesting. What if it's Kylo Ren and the red font hints at that?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 09:47 AM) Trump Administration Imposes Freeze On EPA Grants and Contracts Coupled with the Keystone Access, I never want to hear "Hillary would be just as bad!" for the environment ever again.

I'd say a combination of ceiling, expected production and circumstance. Davidson, May and Delmonico all have had their shine diminish, profile as bench players and wouldn't be getting called up if not for the fact that the Sox are rebuilding.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 09:47 PM) I truly believe Trump is trying to take us down. Anything to make himself feel important.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 08:58 PM) Right, and it was a verbal disagreement, who cares. It's not like Frazier shanked Eaton. That'd be one hell of a plot twist.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 03:24 PM) Gregg Popovich for everything. Employs too many foreigners. But watching Pop as President would be amazing when people try to debate or intimidate him.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 10:04 AM) Happ has not proven anything to this point either. His defense is questionable. Sox should not have rushed Fulmer to the majors in 2016, and a season in AAA will hopefully help him get back on track It's too soon to call Fulmer a bust Yup/ I'm sure we'd be fine with it if not for the rush job / back and forth between the rotation and bullpen.

Logan Forsythe got the #33 prospect in baseball. It's things like this that put the requests for Q in perspective.

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 01:34 PM) I keep seeing this observation made over and over again, but how is it that one of the top 3 pitching prospects in all of baseball as recognized by every legitimate source out there is somehow "not good enough" to headline this potential trade for Quintana? The guy IS a TOP 10 prospect in the game, and is actually rated ahead of the likes of the Torres' and Fraziers' of the world on almost every top prospect list out there. Yes, there is a scouting report here or there making certain comments about his stuff, but if it were that bad, he wouldn't continue to be at the top of all of these lists. I think perhaps our fan base's desire for prospects of the positional player variety may be muddling the true value of this guy as an elite prospect in the game today. Torres is going to supposedly rank in the Top 3 in many of the new lists. Really, if the Pirates are stuck on Meadows, the Sox should look at Glasnow / Newman/ Keller / Diaz while flipping Glasnow / Robertson / Cash for a prospect like Robles, Frazier, Tucker, etc.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 01:32 PM) ""Doing something that either protects America or is in our economic interests." -on military action after Trump wink-winking about getting a second go at Iraq to 'take their oil,' my estimate on him launching a war within the year is 50%. Also we won't let the environment get in the way of jobs.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 12:07 PM) It's pretty funny that an entire campaign and its supporters, who ran on ending PC culture, are offended by the language used during the march on Saturday. They've got their own - it's called Patriotically Correct.

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/823609680572256256 Spicer tells White House press corps his intention is to tell the truth: “Sometimes we can disagree with the facts”