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My god this thread. On track: I'm beginning to wonder if the Sox trade Dunn/Gordon/Alexei/Conor or trade some of the prospects for cost control guys that can help the team compete now. Damn Sox playing well making decisions hard and s***.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ May 24, 2014 -> 05:57 AM) Only in Greg's world is a .270 hitter with 35 HR worth just $5 milliin per year. Also in Greg's world, Abreu can't ever play 1B only LF or DH.

Loved/hated Days of Future Past. Really don't know how to feel.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 23, 2014 -> 05:20 PM) Sox won't sign a Boras client with no. 1 pick this year. Bank on that. Ok, Greg told me to bank on something. Sox will sign Rodon.

1. Rodon 2. Aiken 3. Kolek 4. Nola I think Kolek and Nola are flip-flopped on the Sox board though.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 23, 2014 -> 04:50 PM) The draft has changed drastically since the Sox were having battles with Boras before. The draftees have so, SO much less leverage than they used to have. This. It's a different draft era. Rodon either goes back to school and runs the possibility of slipping past next years #3 pick and where he CAN'T get the money he's looking for. He can get pretty good money at #3. He can't make it up next year if he slips and this year has shown he can slip.

Going on a trip for two weeks, but once I get back I'm going to dive right into Watch Dogs and Second Son.

QUOTE (winninguglyin83 @ May 22, 2014 -> 07:33 PM) Agree. It's Darwinian. Let the best guys play. If that makes Saladino the odd man out, so be it. Or else make a trade. Semien needs to play every day somewhere. They're having Saladino taking OF practice now. My guess is Mitchell is gone.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ May 23, 2014 -> 12:36 PM) I just now realized that you are two different people. So yeah, Sale is fun.

I was listening in the car. Apparently Stony did a massive jinx?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 22, 2014 -> 06:27 PM) The LeBron nut huggers are twice as bad. They have no real reason to attach to the guy, except for frontrunning. I've always disliked Bron Bron because he plays for my favorite team's rival.

Goodnight, sweet prince. Or something like that.

This thread is a microcosm of Soxtalk as a whole.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 21, 2014 -> 10:56 PM) Everyone is individual. It certainly didn't impact Quentin in 2008, or Eaton coming out of the gate this season with the Sox. Gillaspie has proven he belongs at the big league level too...it's not like Brandon McCarthy "deserved" to be the odd man out in 2006, but that's also what happened. Conor's emergence is creating a nice little dilemma. Sell high on Conor? Package Davidson for a piece? Somehow keep both?

Sigh

Big strike zone I guess.

I like new DV.

s***.

Looked like Coop and Ventura arguing?

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ May 21, 2014 -> 08:49 PM) Back to actual discussion... Can this draft help bring a little more balance to the league? Five of the top 6 picks in a supposedly strong draft go to Eastern Conference teams and 3 of them have an extra first as well (Philly and Orlando both have two lottery picks). It will take a few years, but I think it could help unless they take all the busts. Coming into the year guys like Parker, Wiggins, Randle, Smart, and Exum were talked about as franchise players. Now add in Vonleh, Embiid, and Gordon. Hell, LaVine's got the tools to be something crazy. Will they all be? No. But if this draft could live up to the hype and produce at least three franchise players, we can see that turn around with Dipo and Co. in Orlando getting help, Philly is adding to MCW and Noel, Bucks have got some decent pieces. Only one who will f*** it up are the Cavs who will likely draft McDermott #1 overall cause Cavaliers are incompetent f***s.

Davidson at .201 Is it bad that I'm excited for that?

Astros taking Kolek is best for Sox.

1) I like Dunn. He needs to be gone after this year. 2) Who the f*** wanted Masterson? QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ May 21, 2014 -> 12:33 PM) Is there a way to just have a Caufield random thoughts thread? That way he doesn't have to interject them in threads that have little to do with his posts.

That last pitch was nasty as hell.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 20, 2014 -> 10:03 PM) Huh? Another Paul George crack? I already said i'm an idiot and he sucks. What the hell does 1988 have to do with the incompetence of the current Bulls FO? With you on this. Different regimes entirely. Also, can someone link me to the latest LeBron flop?