Quin

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.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 05:50 PM) https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/692121083869315072 I'm assuming he has Philippine heritage.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 07:28 AM) How are the Cubs #1? Mets have Syndergaard, Harvey, de Grom, Matz, and Wheeler? I don't even know if I'd take the Cubs rotation over the Sox at this point. Sale and Arrieta is a wash. Quintana and Lester is a wash. I think I'll take Rodon over Lackey. Hendricks is probably better than Danks/Johnson but Hammel blows. Agreed. Mets should be #1, easily. QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 07:32 AM) I'd put the Indians rotation #2 behind the Mets. Carrasco and Salazar are as underrated as Quintana is. No one is as underrated as Quintana. But they're in the same category.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 25, 2016 -> 05:34 AM) If one really wants to nitpick and use hindsight, even if he had stayed healthy, Derrick Rose may not have been the best point guard in his draft class.. I still think he would have. Russ is great, but MVP Rose and the following season was going 25 and 8 with little offensive help or foul calls and was elite defensively. And while Russ has those thunderous dunks, Derrick was the best layup artist ever. Knee injuries robbed Derrick of a Hall of Fame career.

I see Arrieta falling hard this year. Like out of the top 10 hard.

QUOTE (ozzfest @ Jan 23, 2016 -> 09:03 PM) Excuse me, I forgot to mention re-signing 35 year old Mike Dunleavy was a bad idea as well. Explain why. Because his resigning had literally 0 effect on the cap and ability to sign other people.

Jesus. Derrick is getting to the rim at will and nothing is hitting.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Jan 23, 2016 -> 10:22 AM) Retire it right after you retire Minoso's #9, the real "Jackie Robinson" for Latinos. As an aside as orlando Cepeda said when Minnie passed, "I wanted to be Minoso, Clemente wanted to be Minoso..." Tony Perez echoed the same sentiments by the way. That says everything right there. Mark This.

David Griffin live on ESPN right now. "LeBron doesn't run this team, he is about this team." "This notion that LeBron runs this team is unfair to him and unfair to me." "I know what something that doesn't look right looks like. It may be the wrong decision." Apparently he didn't consult LeBron. Riiiiight.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 04:19 PM) They don't know how to control LeBron. Riley called the shots in Miami, but here no one can check him. That team is so much better with Wiggins on the wing and the cash flexibility that entry deal would give them than Kevin Love not being able to dominate the ball and just being a rebounding 3 point chucker who can't play without the ball. Which is how LeBron wants it, and why he structured his deals like he did.

I just don't want Thibs to coach this year. He needed a break for his own health - I hope he's gone on some dates. Cause this always makes me sad.

Dear god.

This is exactly what happened last time in Cleveland. LeBron gets to be best player, GM and coach. They could have had Wiggins instead of Love, but now they have two power forwards signed to max deals they aren't living up to, Shump signed for good money and Smith just...there. Watch them fall short again and LeBron bolt again.

We all know catching was a sorespot for the team last year, so Mike Holley (Eminor) took a look at how much the catching for the White Sox has actually improved. http://www.chicagonow.com/soxnet/2016/01/h...ching-for-2016/

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jan 20, 2016 -> 02:58 PM) Thanks for the great work as usual. If you had to only pick one, which Sox prospect do you think increases his stock the most in 2016? I feel like as a guy that voted for Taylore Cherry and Black Hickman, I think those two drastically increase their stock.

Watch it be the Beijing Ducks.