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I do not have a doubt that Stanton gets moved in the next couple of months, and I hope it's not to the Sox.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 04:57 PM) The issues with Zavala going to AA are Zack Collins (who will start at C for Birmingham next year) and he's 24, will be 25 next season. I said IF (and I recognize those are big IFs) he keeps hitting at this level, which he has hit very well, and has gotten better with each step up in competition level he's faced this year, and IF he can be a good defensive C, he could be a 4+ WAR player (see: 95th+ percentile scenario). My point is if you continue to stick Zavala behind Collins on the same roster, you'll never find out what he has to offer, because Collins will continue to be the organization's priority. There's only two directions, then, for him to go: down to Winston-Salem, where he's already proven himself, or up to Charlotte or Chicago. I'd rather see the org see if they have something in him by pushing him developmentally to get him reps than have him waste away behind Collins and wonder what could have been, especially if Collins doesn't work out. There is probably a less than 1% chance becomes Zavala becomes a 4+ WAR player, let alone an MVP candidate. Heck I think less than 1% is being generous. That's like saying IF James Shields bounces back with a Cy Young caliber season we might compete for the division. There is almost no chance of that happening, no need to get a hard-on by playing the IF game. QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 05:39 PM) You're creating an issue out of a non issue to support your idea. Right on. There is no reason that you can't have 2 starting caliber catcher on the same roster for a couple months until they prove they are ready for promotion. No need to rush here.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 02:29 AM) Seby Zavala should be moving up the org depth chart right now. The White Sox should give him a shot to make the roster out of camp and if for some reason he doesn't make the team, he should get full time catcher reps in Charlotte. This is the type of thing that really accelerates a rebuild, finding a guy like Seby Zavala who comes out of nowhere to be a 4+ WAR player at a premium position for you, which he will be if he continues to hit the way he has for the past year and just manages to be not terrible as a catcher defensively. If he can hit like that and play good defense, he could be a future MVP candidate. He was barely a top 30 guy in the org before this year, had a pretty good year in A ball. Now he should either be promoted to Charlotte next year or break camp. On top of that he could be a 4 WAR player and potential MVP candidate. Boy that escalated quickly.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 24, 2017 -> 09:19 AM) Ding! Ding! Wonder if Kurt will wrestle for Raw now. Based on the promos last night, it sounds like it's team Angle vs team Shane

QUOTE (iWin4Ron @ Oct 24, 2017 -> 05:21 AM) Holy s***. I woke up just now and read the results of the raw Main event. Whose s*** ideas are this?? Just copied/pasted from another persons rant: "Now I'm all for having something unique or different be booked, or some huge angle that actually generates attention. Hell, they did this same angle last year between the five guys on Raw and on SD and it worked because there was good heat being built up between the two teams. This however, this was just utter crap. There are so many things wrong with this, with the leading fact that you basically negated the majority of storylines on SD and made everybody look like heels as they bum rushed everybody on Raw one by one. You had underdog sympathetic babyface Becky Lynch cheer on random Raw guys basically getting jumped from behind. You had AJ Styles attack Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, two babyfaces who he had JUST teamed up with earlier in the show. You had goofy babyfaces in New Day cheering the charge and choking out and beating up guys themselves. I don't understand what they were thinking with this. It just made everybody on SD look like assholes, much less destroy storylines as babyfaces and heels who hateone another randomly just decided to work together because of a blue shirt. f*** this storyline. This booking is the drizzling s***s." It's true. What the f***?? Also, seems like creative in the back is completely puzzled with Vince's decision to have finn balor absolutely burried last night against old man Kane... a night after he just regained a ton of momentum beating AJ Styles in a great match. Creative literally ruins everything. It's insane. Did you quote your own rant from another forum? The brand invasion angle has been done many times before, face and heels fights against the other brand all the same. Also obviously this is done to help boost ratings. Tune in tonight to see Shane o'Mac to heighten up his security against Raw invasion, but Raw still finds a way to invade and destroy the blue brand to close the show.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 10:07 PM) Ron, is there anything you like in the WWE right now? On TLC, thought Balor/Styles match was the match by far. Main event was good at the beginning and end. Middle of it kind of stagnant. I did pop when Angle came out to his music, would of loved if he had his gear on though. Overall, I thought the PPV was average. Second this. And you can probably it up the cluster in the middle as calling an audible in the last minute.

QUOTE (iWin4Ron @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 09:49 PM) Was it necessary to put Kurt Angle in the match if all he was going to do was take one spot and be done? It's really sad when the main event here is worse then the 3 women's matchs and the 2 cruiserweight matches. This match might be in the top 10 of worst matches I've ever witnessed simply due to how incredibly messy it is. Brings back WCW memories. Spoke too soon? If you thought the was how the match would end, you must be something else.

Exactly 1 reception for 8 yards by the Bears receiving corp. is that some sort of record?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 03:21 PM) Can easily end AJ-Finn with some type of shmoz with the Club involved. Then you can start a real build to one of the big 4. That probably wont happen just cause but would be easy to do and make all the sense in the world. Not a bad idea, but just bad timing since AJ is starting feud with Jinder on the SDL side. Also a shame that if Roman is out for the next few weeks then the Shield reunion will be short lived.

Wow. I like to see AJ vs Finn, but would have like to see that match being properly build up. I think it would have made more sense for AJ to replace Roman, and have Finn face a heel.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 01:24 PM) Should the Sox have hung onto Kahnle ? Held out for more ? If Kahnle doesnt pitch well next year, which is wont to happen with BP pieces, then Sox get 2nd guessed. Perhaps you think Frazier and Robertson alone could've got Rutherford ? Yes. And I really dont care for Rutherford, even at the time of the trade.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 12:14 AM) Some guys tend to perform better when they are surrounded by better players. On bad teams stink spreads. See 2005 White Sox. That may be the case here, but even before the trade Robertson was having a very good year with a ridiculous K% and only a single BS. He was definitely a top 10 closer at that point. Based on how much dominant relievers have gone for the past few years, most thought he himself would command a T100 prospect in return. If Yanks or Dodgers is able to win this year with their great bullpen, we should only expect shut down reliever prices to go up in free agency and especially trade market.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 08:32 PM) With every Yankee win, I despise this trade more and more. I'm with you, I hated the trade and this postseason did not change that. It did not take much to see than Kahnle's turnaround wasn't a fluke. Robertson may not have been valuable on a rebuilding team, but definitely earns his salary and more on a playoff team.

This is a fun argument, which one of the our pitchers should be crowned the minor league pitcher of the year, in all of baseball..

This pushes Lauri to the starting role, maybe it's a blessing in disguise.

It's going to be so weird seeing Rose starting next to Lebron and Wade on opening night. And that starting 5 is going to score 120 and give up 118.

Padres kept 3 guys who barely played above rookie ball in the ML roster this season. They will continue to do that until they are ready to compete.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 4, 2017 -> 02:15 PM) I don't feel a need to protect Micker. I dont know, I feel like Padres will take a shot at him.

I would think he got some sort of commitment from PG that he's staying as well.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 25, 2017 -> 10:28 PM) I'm sure plenty of people will disagree but I'm liking the Enzo stuff since he moved to 205 live. I think it's the best reality era stuff going on right now. I will also say I have no clue how I feel about this Shield reunion that's about to happen. They're one of my favorite acts ever but to bring them back to take down a trio that consists of Axel and Bo right now? I'll see how it plays out but I don't know. Yep, having the Shields reunite to face Miztourage or the rumored reuniting Wyatts (without Stroman) is a waste. I think they should just let it go instead of ruining their legacy. If they really wanna do it however, I wish they spend some quality time building up the feuds that puts them at a numbers disadvantage, Shield vs the world was what made them great in their first run. I'd like to see the culmination being a 3 on 5 survivor series match or something like that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 25, 2017 -> 12:07 PM) It was the right move now. The right move a year ago was to ignore him. He played the Bulls when he was a legit star free agent, and he played them for a payday again last year. He didn't play them last season. The bulls were just a f***up as an organization and put themselves in this position.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 24, 2017 -> 09:48 PM) Cena going away for awhile. Why would he go over? If Roman has learned and can take the next step, persona wise, it’ll be worth it. The "if" in that statement tells you a lot about Roman as a performer.

Very good match, Ambrose with the most unexpected kickout I remember in WWE in a long time.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 24, 2017 -> 03:49 PM) After Thurs. I will be very disappointed if longer. I'm with you, we won today and Glennon did not play bad enough to lose his job. It will be a different story after we get trashed at Lambeau on Thursday.

When do we expect Trubisky to get the call?