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If I had to guess I'd say the bench will be Konerko, C, Elmore and Danks. De Aza, Kepp and Conor all traded. Leury will be the first call up.

If I had to guess I'd say the bench will be Konerko, C, Elmore and Danks. De Aza, Kepp and Conor all traded. Leury will be the first call up.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 2, 2014 -> 01:52 PM) White Sox aren't rated in top 10 most likely to sign Tanaka. http://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/masa...e-japanese-ace/ I'd say more likely than the Tigers or Rangers.

Good. They can focus on the defense and shoring up the OL even more.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 1, 2014 -> 07:15 PM) That makes Dunn or Viciedo look a bit better...the days where you expected an 800+ OPS from 4-5 positions in the line-up are long gone. And somehow the Sox are loaded with raw power. Dayan, Davidson, Avi, JDA and Dunn.

Hopefully 2014 holds a brighter future for Chicago sports (aside from the Blackhawks)

If we have another out of another pitcher, I'm not complaining.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 30, 2013 -> 10:45 PM) You know, I don't post on PHT anywhere near as much as I used to. I'm strictly NBA thread and that's it these days. But I do lurk. And I will say this much, I want to have emotional, internet sex with Eminor3rd. This dude believes in the numbers and he backs it up. He reminds me of Kalapse/Qwerty in their primes (or even me before I became a peter griffin-like drunk). #Eminor3rd God damn that was beautiful.

Now that I'm home... Get rid of Conte. Please. God.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 27, 2013 -> 07:56 PM) Al Horford out indefinitely. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10202643...y-torn-pectoral QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 27, 2013 -> 06:09 PM) These past two years suck.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 27, 2013 -> 03:48 PM) Russell Westbrook is out until after the AS break due to arthroscopic surgery on his right knee These past two years suck.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Dec 26, 2013 -> 12:31 PM) Not caulfield though, he reads everything. Right now caulfield is in some Chinese gas station bathroom deciphering the scrawl on the stall door while remembering the career of Chris Snopek.

I think new guy's posts are as long as all of Balta's put together.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Dec 26, 2013 -> 09:04 AM) He still has it as his at bat song, along with a different track. He added Seek & Destroy when he hit his slump per Konerko's suggestion. The only metal he should be allowed is Slayer

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Dec 26, 2013 -> 11:28 AM) This is absolutely correct, however I would much rather keep it to the Santiago-for-Eaton, Freddy-for-Gavin+Gio, Garland-for-Cabrera, McCarthy-for-Danks and not shoot for the moon trying to make some meag deal & assuming all the risk coming along with it. I mean really I don't know what the team insurance is going to cover, but with Tanaka who is unproven here you don't just have the injury risk, you have a higher quantity of the Linebrink Factor, the Javy Potential, the Ritchie Risk, etc. because this guy could end up getting into some s*** & not being able to pitch his way through it. And I'm not saying that it happens for sure, but what do your expectations have to be to sign this Tanaka guy? They have to be pretty f***ing rosy, a little too rosy for the reality of a rebuilding team IMO. Did you just make up some dances.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 26, 2013 -> 11:22 AM) If you have excess pitching, and no one ever really does, you can easily flip that excess for hitting. Which Hahn showed this past offseason. If the Sox think Tanaka could be good, the fact that the rest of their core is paid so little gives them to add a Tanaka type deal. It's not like we're the Angels with 1000 aging players on monster deals.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Dec 25, 2013 -> 02:32 PM) http://www.minorleagueball.com/2013/4/19/4...ve-mark-buehrle Touché.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Dec 25, 2013 -> 12:35 PM) Buehrle was a draft-and-follow guy. The 38th round thing is a product of the old system, which they do not allow for anymore. You used to be able to select a guy and watch his progress, then sign him later. MB IIRC pitched at a community college & then the Sox signed him after. IMO if they still allowed that system you'd see a lot more "finds" like that, and I'm sure there have been some other pretty good draft-and-follow guys signed out of other organizations in the past. The way it is now though, you get until the signing deadline to obtain the rights of a player & if you can't come to terms on a deal then he's eligible for the next draft. Nope. Mark was taken and signed, no follow. He's possibly the most unique pitcher ever in terms of how he succeeded.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 24, 2013 -> 09:12 PM) Uncoachable? Why? Because he told Martz to go f*** himself? Martz was awful in Chicago and deserved it. Trestman doesn't seem to have issues getting to him. His first years in Chicago had bad talent around him and questionable coaching. Some frustration could be expected. Tom Brady cusses out the sidelines and he is a competitor. Cutler does it and he is selfish and uncoachable. Let's not forget that Jay Cutler players on a torn knee and is a quitter.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 24, 2013 -> 05:43 PM) Dylan Hernandez ‏@dylanohernandez 18m Nikkan Sports is also reporting that Rakuten has decided to post Masahiro Tanaka (h/t @mfsinatra). http://bit.ly/1le49YY David Kaplan ‏@thekapman 26m I just spoke w/an MLB source who believes Cubs will not be outbid on Tanaka. He also said convincing Tanaka to come to Chgo will be hard. Shocking, they posted him. If Hahn beats Theo, I'll laugh my ass off.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Dec 24, 2013 -> 04:29 PM) The difference between Q and Surkamp is that Q was a MiLB FA who could negotiate with any team. He just happened to sign with us thankfully, but there's no reason to believe other teams weren't as interested as we were. With Surkamp, he passed through the entire National League on waivers and still got past the Astros. When a write-up says 2 plus offspeed pitches and excellent command of a fastball from the left side, that to me sure doesn't sound like a pitcher that would get through half the league and still pass Houston. It sounds like someone that would get taken pretty quickly. Q was a non-prospect at that point. He had been made a FA by two orgs. Coming into 2012 he was our #32 ranked prospect and we had the worst farm system in baseball at the time. Q is Kenny and Coops best dumpster find ever. And I'm not ragging on Q, s***, we've nicknamed him after an Aztec deity. I think Surkamp could be another Quintana though, as he has good control of his pitches which helped him amass his gaudy K numbers. That sounds perfect for Coop to work with.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 24, 2013 -> 05:15 PM) Didn't he get rid of it because he went in a huge slump? Yup. Unbeknownst to us, it was the reason.

The easy way to fix Gordon is have Your Love be his at bat music again.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 23, 2013 -> 03:53 PM) I can't believe the length of these posts. I read a line or two then stop.

Sounds like a Coop project.