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QUOTE (gosoxgo2005 @ Jun 27, 2016 -> 11:05 AM) Okay. Cespedes, Bruce and Reddick are the other options, with Bruce having a team option this year. Might only be Reddick, and the A's are reportedly trying to extend him. Soooo it might only Cespedes and Encarnacion. If it is then the demand will outweigh the supply, driving their prices up. It doesn't matter who it is for me really. As long as it's not the same patchwork we've been seeing. I really like Austin Jackson--- as a guy who plays 4-5 times a week with maybe 2-3 starts and as a defensive replacement. It's a really sad state when Austin Jackson goes down and it's a HUGE blow to your team. I'd throw good money at Reddick or Cespedes.

Guys, Bossard actually like was a legit draft choice though.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jun 27, 2016 -> 09:50 AM) It is all about the return. I just want Taj to get dealt to a winner. He'd look pretty good in OKC after Ibaka got shipped. I think he'd be happy there.

What is it with posters here and moving goal posts?

And just for reference, Mike Trout got 6 years/144M.

QUOTE (gosoxgo2005 @ Jun 27, 2016 -> 08:18 AM) why not? Because you'd have a 4-5 win player in the "win now" window that the team has set? They haven't been able to develop their own talent, so they have to buy it. Sale doesn't count, he wasn't developed. Anderson will probably be a good player, chances are he won't be a great player. After that, bone dry. Since they can't draft and/or develop their own players they have to buy them. And for a player as good as Encarnacion, $150ish million is the going rate. So unless you're willing to live with cheaper/older/washed up options a la Austin Jackson (who is a fine player) and more mediocrity, then you are forced to sign players to longer deals knowing you may have a few bad years at the end of them. What's "irresponsible" is continued organizational half measures Austin Jackson is four years younger than Encarnocion, who will be 34 at the beginning of this monstrous contract proposal you have. You're maybe getting one good year from that deal before it cripples your team.

QUOTE (gosoxgo2005 @ Jun 27, 2016 -> 07:42 AM) I'd offer him whatever it took for him to play for the White Sox, which is probably 5 years, 150+ million. Get him signed through the 2020 season when Sale and Co's contracts are up and live with the 1-2 years of dead weight at the end of it. Now, this will never in a billion years happen, not with Reinsdorf at the helm. Well that contract just isn't responsible

QUOTE (Markbilliards @ Jun 26, 2016 -> 10:22 PM) Eddy Alvarez average is still on the incline! Got it up to .238! Batting .361 in June. NorthSideSox did a good breakdown of why he was gonna start trending up in a thread a while back. QUOTE (beautox @ Jun 27, 2016 -> 01:33 AM) The 28%K rate is concerning but the fact that he is so young for that level and a switch hitter are very encouraging signs. Power is always the last tool to develop and the fact that he is over a .400 slugging is impressive considering he is at Birmingham. This is why many didn't drop him from our top 10

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jun 27, 2016 -> 12:01 AM) Just hope he doesn't pull a Beckham.. remember how good everyone thought he was going to be... yikes Big difference is Anderson is dripping with confidence, whereas Gordon had none.

QUOTE (MnSoxFan @ Jun 26, 2016 -> 10:21 AM) He played 2B and had an error Someone's a debbie downer.

Hero worshipers. All of you.

Seven homers and we're likely to lose.

So many solo shots.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 25, 2016 -> 04:05 PM) I just read that Texas and California want to follow Britain and have a Texit from the U.S. These states don't know what they are doing. Once they secede they are going to lose about 1/2 the population just by people who don't want to renounce their US citizenship. They they are going to be left with a state full of crazies who are their own country. They will need their own armies and nuclear weapons. Talk about morale killers. All these states want to secede now to follow Britain's lead. We do have a lot of problems as a nation at this time, though. They are thinking their economies will be better if they split from the USA. There will be all sorts of problems, however. I can't imagine the hordes of people who have moved to Dallas and Houston mainly for work would stay there if Texas secedes. Those are just crazy people Greg, don't worry.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 25, 2016 -> 02:56 PM) He has a long way to go to make himself into a .300 OBP player. Definitely not a leadoff hitter Eh, he had a long way to get to being OK in the field. He's 23, we can give him time.

Keep it going!?

Lawrie!

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jun 25, 2016 -> 12:29 AM) So he went from AZL to high-A just like that? Is he going to AA soon? Fulmer did the same. Basically like "eh, you signed so here pitch an inning while you're in Arizona."

MELKY!

Wow. Rodon coming in at 99

Oh boy.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 24, 2016 -> 04:48 PM) He isnt even capable. He has no charisma or social skills that would make him effective in recruiting anyone. Yup.

K.C. Johnson ✔ @KCJHoop Rose in New York: "Chicago is more than just like a home. It grew me into the man I am today."

Derrick saying he picked #25 for Chicago (honoring his Simeon roots and Benji Wilson)

Derrick sounds depressed in the introduction presser.