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As of 2 weeks ago when Kirk first agreed, we did not have a legit backup PG who can step up and start if Rose was to go down. Kirk was actually offered more by a couple other teams, but decided to stay. If you are the FO , i dont know if you can just let Kirk walk knowing that there's no other floor general type PG out there that you can get with the room MLE or vet min. He flexibility to play the 2 and defend well is definitely a plus.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 21, 2014 -> 09:03 AM) Even if Hanley is out, they still can extend him, play Alexei at SS and Dee Gordon at 2B. I'd want Pederson, Lee and Reed for Alexei You are not getting a top 20 prospect, let alone with other prospects in a package for a 33 year old SS whose OPS is barely over .700 and playing in one of the most hitter friendly parks. Just did a quick research, Alexei has a triple slash of .213/.250/.281 in 41 games since June 1st, with 1 HR and 6 RBI

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 19, 2014 -> 02:35 PM) I think he can be a solid starter at the ML but I am not convinced he is untouchable. Personally I think Semien's skill-set translate better to the Majors than Micah. Between the two, I'll take Semien who is probably superior in all aspects of the game except speed. The speed is exciting of Micah for sure but I think there is still a lot left to be desired. Where did you hear that he's untouchable? Micah's speed is pretty close to 80 on the 80 scale if he not there already, and speed is one of the few things that translates well to the ML. He wow'd many scouts and also drew a few more critics on his bandwagon during his Future Game showing. I would also say his contact hitting is also superior compared to Semien. He has taken a while to adjust to Triple A, as he did with Double A, but his minor league K% and BA are all superior to what Semien has put up. Regardless, I'd like to see Micah at 2B and Marcus at SS for the next 5-10 years, and I think both will be solid regulars with a few borderline all star seasons.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 17, 2014 -> 03:13 PM) Let's get those predicts on-line! Whatever you want to throw out there... Sox final record Abreu final line Sale final line Who gets traded Who do the Sox bring in Any odd ball predictions etc Final record 71-91 Abreu - .278-51-125 Sale - 15-4 2.62 ERA 180 IP 195 SO Traded: Beckham, Alexei, Viceido, Danks, Dunn Traded for: Hard to predict, Paxton (Mariners), or Judge and Clarkin (Yanks) Odd ball: Abreu hits 3 HR's 1st game after Alexei and Viceido gets traded

They knew Bulls eventually will have no choice but to amnesty him, so now they ended up with him for a lot less.

It's like Mark Buehrle never left the team.

Disregard my scenario on Deng.. I forgot that his Bird rights will create a cap hold of 150% of his last year salary unless renounced, therefore forbidding us from signing Gasol.

I now wish we didn't trade Deng in a salary dump last year. We feel we have a scary roster with plenty of depth and length right now, had we not trade Deng, we could have still made all the moves we made, and resign him with the Bird rights, and still stay under the tax apron, which frankly would have been a greater addition than anyone we can get in the FA market right now.

I think there's a chance Sale and Kershaw will replace their respective starters after the 2nd inning. If that's the case, it should be quite a treat.

Alexei would have net us a Samardzija like return about a month and a half ago, but his BA dropped about 50 points since then. Nonetheless, I would like to see a pitching or catching prospect ranked in or just outside the Top 100, and I think that's realistic. People are forgetting Semien already, I think he can still cut it as a SS. Quietly, he picked up himself bounced back nicely in Charlotte since demotion.

A Micah scouting video uploaded not too long ago by BA. Of course, the dude made a blasphemous mistake by call him a Cubs prospect.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 14, 2014 -> 09:09 AM) Wheeler and Guerrero are interesting. Mitchell is too but look at his walks. And why do people still seem to forget that the heart of the White Sox pen was taken out early on with the two most likely closer candidates, Jones and Lindstrom, going down early? Few bullpens in baseball could take that without struggling. I dont think the guys we lost are very good either. So it just says that collectively, the bullpen is the weakest link of the team.

@paugasol · 4h It hasn't been easy. After meditating it a lot I've chosen to play with the Chicago Bulls. Looking forward to this new chapter of my career I guess Gasol to Bulls is a done deal. Just need to wait for amnesty of Boozer to finalize. Hurry GarPax, next move! We need to go make an offer to Lance Born Ready, he's been getting offers for 5 year deals at $9 mil per, we should be able to fit that in our cap space.

Trey is striking out at an Hawkins-esque rate. Still young, but definitely some serious flaws he needs to fix.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 12:52 PM) If this was 3 years ago, I would have been really excited about Pau. But he's just not the same player he was in his prime. Not even close. Pau hasn't been that much better than Boozer in the last two years. Bringing Mirotic over should be nice though. We finally have something on this year's team we hadn't had the past few years: depth and lots of it, especially in the front court. I'd love to keep DJ for the BAE as well. He'll be a nice security blanket for Rose and can come off the bench as some instant offense. We've always relied on our bench too much - Nate, Augustin, Bellinelli, Taj, the bench mob from a few years ago. We need superstars, multiples, and healthy. We still have the same issue as we did in 2011, we do not have an additional scorer who can create his own shot. This is sad.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 12, 2014 -> 12:50 PM) Ya...Bulls clearly should have moved all their salary BEFORE they even knew they were getting him....Brilliant. They did all they can do, there were reports that they had trades lined up to get Melo his money, it just didn't happen....This isn't xbox man, this is real life. If those reports were true and Bulls can offer Melo close to the max through a S&T, then shame on Phil for not making the better basketball decision by doing the S&T to clear up cap space and rebuild. Signing Melo for $25 mil a year when you have no young talent and draft picks build around is not going build you a winner.

Let's move on to Lance Stephenson. I don't think there is much of a market for him at this point, so maybe we can sign both him and Gasol and still come away a stronger team. The character issue is there, but perhaps playing with strong character guys like Noah, Jimmy, Rose, Taj and playing for Thibs will set him straight.

Regardless, Gasol is an upgrade over Taj and Mirotic offensively. I think he would be a bargain if they sign him for less than $10 mil per. Boozer and Noah used to be injury prone, the Bulls training staff has kept them relatively healthy the past couple of years. Signing Gasol means we will need to give up Taj in any S&T with Knicks. I wonder who we will bring in as a backup defensive big to fill Taj's shoes, because running both Gasol and Mirotic out there will be atrocious defensively.

How can Melo sign directly with the Bulls before we even amnesty Boozer? Unless he's talking about a S&T which we haven't heard that Phil is willing to do yet

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 05:54 PM) Houston now too you would think. I think they have to match Parson's contract by tomorrow, which takes away their cap space. Unless they work out a sign and trade with the Mavs.

Bosh is both a winner and loser in this Lebron decision. He probably received $40 million more compared to what he would get if Lebron stays, but he will be playing for a second round exit team instead of a Finals appearance. While Wade is clearly the loser of the situation. Also, we can pretty much rule out Wade coming to the Bulls now that Riley is pretty much giving every other team the finger.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 05:05 PM) LeBron has always come off as insincere to me, extremely fake. Maybe it's because he flops on the court so much. There is even a chance that he didn't write the essay himself. It's something could be easily written by his publicist to forge a better narrative about his return to Cleveland and make amend to some of his critics and haters.

If Wade takes the MLE to come here after turning down this player option of $40 mil +, he's the dumbest person on the planet.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 11, 2014 -> 12:21 PM) If lefty Rodon is awesome but righty Rodon sucks, can righty Rodon be sent down to AAA while lefty Rodon remains on the Sox??? I am all for left handed Rodon starting the game and right handed Rodon closing the games

Fun fact, in 3 of the 4 years Lebron left Cleveland, they had the number 1 overall pick. They finished with the best record in Lebron's last year, and will likely finish with a top 3 record this year.