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That Adam Eaton twitter thread is amazing.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 02:01 PM) Quintana > Samardzija. All day everyday. And hooray that we have both. Man, Ynoa just makes this the icing on the cake.

"Athletics trade Samardzija to White Sox." "Pitcher Michael Ynoa also traded to Cubs." Lol SportsCenter.

Ynoa? Damn that's a nice get. And man, all our players we're sending over profile as Ben guys soooo much.

what the f*** is going on?

Saladino thine time is now. It's worth noting that at AAA, Saladino wasn't that far off from Semien's numbers. Better average, worse OBP, less power but supposedly better fielding. Hopefully he recovers well from his surgery.

I'd rather Ethier or Kemp, but I could possibly get on board with this. I think I'd rather they just pay Melky though.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 08:20 AM) While I'm not a huge JS fan, his presence makes the rotation significantly better and the Sox really didn't give up much unless one of the top pitching suspects is in with Bassitt. He is the Gio Gonzalez of the trade. Wait, what? Are you saying Bassitt is the Gio of this trade or the possibility of Danish being involved is the Gio of this trade?

With Robertson and Samardzjia on the team now, what's the plan with Rodon? Does anyone else think that if he pitches well enough in Spring Training to earn a rotation spot, the Sox start him in the rotation as he might provide the best shot at the playoffs or wait to try and delay his clock?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 08:08 AM) The rotation wouldn't be 2 lefties in a row, and Shark is better than Quintana anyway, he'd be #2. Debatable. I take Q over Shark. But I'm extremely glad to have both.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 07:45 AM) I'd imagine that the odds of Alexei getting traded now are pretty slim Yeah, something is telling me we intend on competing.

I like Bassitt, but I'm ok with this. Especially over Danish. Acquiring Samardzjia while keeping Danish, Montas and Anderson is a good deal.

And now Shark Extension Watch begins.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:33 AM) This pen has good potential. Hope they stay healthy and perform up to expectations. Then maybe add in Jones in Sept? Holy s*** I forgot all about Nate. If Jones comes back strong, that bullpen will have Robertson, Jones, Duke, Putnam, Petricka. Then a LOOGY and Bassitt/Noesi. Like.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:28 AM) Just to put it into text... 1.) Sale 2.) Samardzija 3.) Quintana 4.) Danks 5.) Noesi CL - Robertson SU - Duke SU - Petricka MR - Putnam MR- Webb MR - Snodgress MR - Guerra No Bassitt? If the Sox can dump Danks and get Rodon in there, watch out. Could be the nastiest rotation out there.

This staff went from bad to stellar overnight.

Samardzjia Duke LaRoche Robertson Still have Alexei This is a real nice offseason so far. Thank god Abreu, Q, Sale, Eaton, Avi, Conor and soon Rodon are all dirt cheap.

The f*** just happened?

Eaton going nuts.

Robbery.

Oh man...Danish, Semien and Trey is steep. Don't like Danish in there at all.

QUOTE (daggins @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 04:44 PM) shark and reddick for montas, anderson, webb and semien If I'm Hahn I counter with Samardzjia and Reddick for Bassitt, Micah, Sanburn and Hawkins.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Dec 7, 2014 -> 11:38 AM) Ha, I didn't even know you could do such a thing. I only played for like 2 hours. I keep running into large mobs on the way to missions and dying. Those two captains keep chasing me down and get the kill, think they went from like level 5 to 17. Yeah. Those captains will appear in my game, giving me the option to fulfill a vendetta. Thou hath been avenged.

I've had to avenge Zoom in Shadow of Mordor five times in the past 24 hours.