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QUOTE (oldsox @ Jan 29, 2015 -> 09:27 AM) Kinda like blowing the $4mm on Viciedo? They're not going to have to pay him that. Arbitration salaries aren't guaranteed unless the player stays on the roster through, I believe, Spring Training. I think he's going to cost them like $800k or something.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jan 28, 2015 -> 01:22 PM) Crazy how deep the SS talent is in the minors I think it's always that way, it's just not many of those guys will be SS for long in the MLB.

I feel like Shuck probably has a little upside, at least. Besides, if Constanza is better, he's not better enough to make it worth the effort/cost of the transaction

$2m could have gotten us some BS starting pitcher to throw in the fray. I just don't see how we needed him. We have defense-only utility men aplenty, and there's no way this was the best platoon bat option we had for the bench.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 28, 2015 -> 04:17 PM) Another starter would be great, but right now, unless you are going to spend a ton, you aren't going to get anything better than John Danks. I think that a reasonable alternative, though, would be signing a couple more guys AS GOOD AS John Danks. At least then we have a few extra shots.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jan 28, 2015 -> 03:06 PM) Kirk Hinrich hit that three last night so maybe Gordon can contribute vs. lefties QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 28, 2015 -> 03:59 PM) The disabled list needs some bodies Two fantastic post-of-the-year candidates, lol. Didn't think about that, did you, wite? We have MI depth but we don't have any DL depth. TCQ provides that IN SPADES, as they say.

Jesus christ -- I thought we were finally done with this guy. To me, this seems like one of those situations where we're in danger of having the coach overplay him. EDIT: Also, this isn't how I envisioned getting rid of Viciedo, lol.

QUOTE (AlSoxfan @ Jan 28, 2015 -> 12:07 PM) A decent starter would push Noesi to the bullpen and we would then have him for long relief or emergency starter if needed, essentially killing 2 birds Which is an excellent point. Especially considering we're talking about 'depth' here -- our bullpen doesn't need back-end studs here, and stashing decent starters is always tricky because they want to find regular gigs. Using Hector Noesi as a mid-innings reliever solves the bullpen depth issue and I'd LOVE him as an injury contingency starter much more than as our defacto 4 or 5 man.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jan 28, 2015 -> 11:55 AM) so the 4 added in the top 120 would be..... Rodon, Montas, Anderson..... Adams? Gotta be. The fourth COULD be Micah Johnson, but I don't think Law is high on him.

QUOTE (AlSoxfan @ Jan 28, 2015 -> 11:42 AM) I'm thinking the same thing. We don't seem to have anyone if someone goes down for any length of time. I'm not counting on Rodon till he earns his place and you can't count on him for the whole year anyways. A guy like Carroll would kill our post season chances if we had to use him like we did last yr. Exactly. Even if you DO count Rodon, that's only six 'serviceable' starters, and that's counting Noesi and Danks as 'serviceable.' I think teams use an average of ten or something each year.

It seems like a snippet to me, but please feel free to delete this post if you think it's too much:

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 28, 2015 -> 10:00 AM) Check out his 2013 offensive numbers with the Rangers. Very solid. Soto? Yeah, I'm not sure he isn't the best catcher we have. I think his is a health question.

I'd much rather they get some SP depth.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jan 27, 2015 -> 04:56 PM) It's hard to imagine it being Kottaras. To be a bad defense catcher the upside has to be huge on the other end of things, and it seems to fall short of that. In the platoon role he's played, his offense has been worlds better than any of the other players. He's been an above league average bat practically every year. Flowers has never even sniffed that. Soto used to be that, but it's been a little while. Nieto is an okay prospect who is bad defensively, too. I wouldn't be surprised if any combination of Flowers/Kottaras/Soto ends up as the starter and backup. IMO, those guys are all about the same and the best two performers should get the jobs.

Kottaras has been awesome at the plate in a backup role every year since 2010. http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playe...&position=C

I voted Other -- Tyler Flowers

Chris Sale's side-slinging ways give his four-seamer a unique advantage -- no one has more horizontal movement in the Pitch FX era: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/chris-sale-...er-great-pitch/

Tough not to like that guy

Met him briefly about 7 or 8 years ago at his 500 HR statue/wine unveiling thingy. Really nice, humble guy. Seems like he lived a good, long life. RIP

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 10:54 PM) I still see no reason to believe Viciedo is moveable. He's DFA-able though.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 08:59 PM) I suppose it was saying there's way too much negative stuff considering the awesome off season but that's how I feel so it is my opinion. I could literally say I don't want to see any negative stuff and that wouldn't effect how people post one bit. I expect all that stuff and without it I wouldn't have anyone to hassle . Doesn't phase me in the least that I know how you feel about Avi because you've literally said it 10 times if you've said it once just as you know I think he's hugely talented. Without your ying I have no yang. Better ? Carry on. Yep, better. Haha

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 12:33 PM) Why throw spaghetti against the wall? That's not only a hell of a mess to clean up, but that's delicious spaghetti you're throwing against that wall! It's a good question. Ask Hahn at Soxfest!

QUOTE (Stev-o @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 12:46 PM) Chicago White Sox announce the signings of Ron Karkovice, Joel Skinner, Jim Essian, and Ed Herrman to minor league deals. We already got Brian Anderson too

QUOTE (Stev-o @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) Looks like the Sox have cornered the market on bad Catchers! Should be signing Lavernway any day now. Definitely the "spaghetti against the wall" strategy this year. But, you can't have EVERYTHING you want, right?

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jan 23, 2015 -> 10:56 AM) Bah, I was all set to drop knowledge before I saw your edit, but I'm gonna do it anyway. For something like this during an offseason you can go to the Fangraphs leaderboards and select Past 3 Calendar Years as the split. For something a little less cut-and-dry you go into the player's game log, hit All Dates, and then customize the dates you want from there. The second way is easily one of my favorite features on the site. Ohhhh nice. I didn't notice that in the Splits section. That's way easier. Thanks