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The renovations made it go from awful to actually pretty good

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 3, 2016 -> 12:17 PM) Eddy Alvarez is the man. He's the most positive, humbled player. He was friendly, gracious and funny. When he was asked anything about his accomplishments he immediately brought up his mom and dad or Carlos Castillo (old Sox relief pitcher). When he was in the Q&A and Anderson/Fulmer struggled with a question he would jump in and bail them out by complimenting them. He is one of the best pro athletes I've ever been around and I feel like I'm going to struggle evaluating him because I like him so much. I hope he keeps up the great play. I feel better about my #9 rating. Like I said in the Future Sox podcast, if he were younger he'd be a Top 100. And I throw out his age due to his years away from the sport.

Good write up. Also love how sabermetrics keeps popping up in articles.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 3, 2016 -> 10:36 AM) Shuck is the only guy they have who can play CF off of the bench. He can play all 3 OF positions. He will be on the opening day roster. This. He'd be taking LaRoche or Avi's spot. And Avi has an option left.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Feb 2, 2016 -> 02:54 PM) Fulmer was actually taken 8th, but the point still stands. Sox have taken (what seems like) the best available player in the first round of the past three drafts (13' Anderson, 14' Rodon, 15' Fulmer). But that's not important. What's important is that they took Aaron Poreda a decade ago.

Jesus. Hoiberg needs to start drawing up actual plays or something.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 1, 2016 -> 05:17 PM) Cubs' marketing!!! Harry Caray! Babes in the bleachers drinking Buds. I would venture that Soler has about the same value Viciedo did after 2012. Um, Viciedo had 25 HRs (compared to 10) and higher OPS. And while both are terrible defensively, Viciedo at least had a cannon of an arm.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 1, 2016 -> 04:40 PM) Kills me we couldn't sign Soler (I don't know this counterfactual and whether it influenced us getting Abreu). We were just bidding $70 mill plus for aging talent when the potential, cheap bat of Soler will allow a great package of return or he develops. Wait. Are you mad about Abreu over Soler?

NHL actually left him off of the MVP ballot. Fantastic.

Looks like it was the right time to sell on Montas.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jan 29, 2016 -> 11:46 AM) Is any team loaded enough to survive a top 3 starting pitcher missing all/most of the season? QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 29, 2016 -> 12:47 PM) Exactly. Only the Mets, maybe. But the Sox should predict that and should have signed Price or Greinke.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 29, 2016 -> 10:55 PM) Brian's source has been rock solid all offseason and he told us that the 3 year thing was and is nonsense. Hahn confirmed that tonight. Are people really this dense or do some of you just not read before posting? SoxTalk said the 3 year limit is proof that the Sox will never be taken seriously, therefore it is true.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 29, 2016 -> 04:34 PM) shades of all the BS that was said about Felipe Paulino and the fans back then bought it .... hook, line and sinker Turner is 24 and the former 15th overall prospect in baseball. Paulino was 30 and not a Top 100 prospect. Turner likely won't be all that hot - but the Sox are the best team to see him succeeding with thanks to Don Cooper and Herm Schneider.

One player gets compared to Moses. Listen to find out who.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 10:44 PM) I'd agree he has definitely looked better and is trending upwards. Good? Debatable as he has been horrible distributing the ball and I'd say he has had 5 bad games in January (might be unfair to count the Miami game but he had a bad first half before sitting out the second half), 4 really good games and 2 solid games and the team has not been good with him on the floor. What's the opposite of rose colored glasses?

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 07:00 PM) bs..... money talks, even the sox, if they wanted to, could have beaten the mets offer. this is all lip service, damage control. why now, 1 day before soxfest. Do you realize how asinine it would be to give Cespedes $30M for one year then an opt-out?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 03:40 PM) "A Guy Like Me" - John Scott tells his side of the story, pretty enjoyable read So I don't follow hockey too closely, but does the NHLPA have the ability to go off about this?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 03:49 PM) Couldn't agree more. Hahn has been a total disaster so far. Results on the field have sucked and the system is a mess. The system isn't a mess. It's in an in-between point after all of the trades, which included a trade for an All-Star third baseman.. The 2015 draft class looks fairly strong and if those players and some LatAm signees perform well, the system will look fine.

That's why they dumped Flowers. Frazier wanted #21

And because it's funny, Adams routinely out dueled Kolek. How many times did they face off?

QUOTE (blackmooncreeping @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 10:52 AM) Well summarized; Either can work if Fowler isn't in the Sox plans, but I'd rather be paying Fowler $10 million plus a year than Either. Or less than $10 million a year for Austin Jackson maybe...and we don't have to do anything but give up a pick. A late first rounder isn't something to just throw away. I know Hostetler is fresh to the position, but I was a big fan of his 2015 picks (he picked everyone but Fulmer).

Well, Upton already signed so that won't happen.

Well. It's different.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 03:06 PM) Was hoping Eddy Alvarez would get a spot. Really want to see him. I was the highest on Alvarez - I ranked him 9th - but I don't think he's quite ready for this. I wish he was, but I understand why he wasn't given an invite.

Basically, the system is broken.