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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 03:02 PM) It is VERY backloaded. 2012 Miami Marlins $6,000,000 2013 Toronto Blue Jays $11,000,000 2014 Toronto Blue Jays $18,000,000 2015 Toronto Blue Jays $19,000,000 When he was reviewing the terms sheet submitted by the Marlins, he and his scout should have seen that trade coming. Those figures scream "trade after first season"

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 22, 2014 -> 01:25 PM) No chance. OK. 3/30

The statistical differences between Reed and Petricka is of little relevance. Because Reed had .0137 higher zWAR is irrelevant. The point is, both are late inning relievers with the same value to their team. And to say that Petricka had lower prospect status with the Sox than Reed is completely ridiculous. Petricka was taken 63rd overall in the second round in the 2010 draft. Reed was taken 93rd overall in the 3rd round of the same very draft. So, clearly the White Sox thought more highly of Petricka than they did of Reed. Reed was drafted as a reliever and was always a "relief prospect." The point is... Reed wasn't a lockdown closer traded for a likely-bust 3B. Reed is a 7/8 inning guy whose value was bloated by his "saves stat" pitching on a bad team... a statistic that a recently-fired GM overpaid for.... Would Sox fans be pissed if Rick Hahn traded Jake Petricka for a power bat prospect coming off of a 280/350/481 AAA season at age 22? No, because you do it every time.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 22, 2014 -> 11:11 AM) There's definitely an argument for taking a 3/75 deal rather than a 5/90 offer he might be getting elsewhere. No GM in baseball (that wants to keep his job) is going to offer that to Shields. That's Kershaw money. He'd be lucky to get 3/45 at this point.

Reed's performance as a Sox closer is no better than Petricka (statistically speaking). Would anyone be alarmed this offseason is Hahn traded Peticka for a young position player? Reed was a 7/8 inning guy that ended up closing on a bad team. Davidson's "pedigree" and prospect status at the time of the trade was worth more than an above-average relief pitcher.

QUOTE (LDF @ Oct 21, 2014 -> 09:20 PM) what is your problem are you Constipated or what. I like that you capitalized Constipated.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 22, 2014 -> 08:54 AM) Shields has cost himself some money this postseason. He will have about 250 innings pitched this season including the playoffs. Someone is going to pay him, but there are some warning signs. Those 250 innings are likely the cause of his dreadful post-season. He's been bad in all of his post-season starts, and as the post-season goes on, he is getting worse. A) He has a dead arm and will be fine by Spring Training. B) He's injured. C) He's bad.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 20, 2014 -> 06:31 PM) I finally beat Watchdogs. Really solid gameplay and beautiful environment, just a bad storyline. If they make a sequel with new characters, it could be a favorite game. They did, in the form of a DLC called 'Bad Blood' which you, since selling your game, can't play. In Bad Blood you play as Raymond Kenny (I refuse to call him T-Bone, because its the dumbest name ever). Kenny's character is so incredibly more interesting than Aiden Pierce. His melee weapon is a stun gun and has a remote control car with its own skill tree. Its mind boggling, in retrospect, that Ubisoft could have released a new IP with such a dud of a main playable character. Even Clara would have been a better focal point. But anyway, Raymond Kenny is a badass and his safehouse is badass. You should borrow a copy from a friend and play through the DLC (should take 20 hours or so). Also in the DLC is a new set of gang attacks that are co-op online. Haven't tried that yet (and likely won't) because Ubisoft's Watch_Dogs multiplayer servers are so laggy its pointless to even try to play.

you should have heard the GIants color guy... "What a clown... I've never seen a baseball flop until now. Pierzynski's a clown" How is he a clown when its the rules of MLB???

Who cares? He vanished from the radar because he was REALLY bad. THe odds of that suddenly changing aren't good. Sign somebody, with a track record who is righthanded, and move on.

Kenny Williams is as fiercely loyal to Jerry Reinsdorf as the rest of the inner circle. He has stated numerous times that the only scenario leading to his departure from the Sox is to go be the GM of the Raiders.

Last off-season, the Sox signed Quintana long term. The year prior, it was Chris Sale. http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/...-five-year-deal http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/...ana-5-year-deal Who, if any of the current Sox roster are deserving of an extension that best serves the long term goals of the team? Adan Eaton? Conor Gillaspie? Tyler Flowers (if they are committed to him starting?)??

From everything I've seen and read Tomas ~ Viciedo. So far the Sox are 2-for-3 in the Cuban department. Let's not bring down that GM WAR by making it 2-for-4.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 8, 2014 -> 07:37 AM) Saw where the Cardinals had 17 players drafted/developed from their minor league system (everyone other than Wainright/Braves, Holliday/A's, Lackey/Red Sox and then free agent signings Peralta, Choate and Neshek)... Right now, we have Sale, Abreu, Alexei and Rodon. Rienzo, Taylor Thompson, Wilkins, Danks, Mitchell, Trayce Thompson...all probably living on borrowed time. Most would put Alexei, and definitely Viciedo in that category as well. I'm just looking at the current 40 man roster. Of course, there are other guys (I added Micah Johnson for argument's sake since he's the closest of this non-roster group) like Anderson, Hawkins, Danish and Adams. Perhaps you could add Chris Beck as well as Olacio and Kevan Smith. How likely is to get to at least 10-12 homegrown players before 2017? Abreu and Alexei are as "home grown" as Eaton and Gillaspie. Players that are ON THE ROSTER, since that is the reference you make with STL to begin with... (with strikethroughs for guys we hopefully never have to see again or likely wont ever be seen) Sale, Petricka, Webb, Jones, Bassitt, Johnson, Reinzo, Snodgress, Thompson, Phegley, Sanchez, Semien, Wilkins, JorDanks, Mitchell, Trayce Thompson.

The admins (ie: fat bitter old men) ruined WSI for everyone. A few years back, there was "The Night of the Long Knives" when one of the mods banned everyone that was known to be friends with one of the posters IRL... which was literally 100 people. We all left and started our own board for a while and some joined here (like me). Some of the younger posters just aren't active anymore due to career/family/priorities. I still talk to all the friends I made on WSI (that I don't see IRL) on facebook etc.

Why did the Nationals pull Strasburg after 89 pitches? Are they still "protecting" him??

QUOTE (oneofthemikes @ Oct 3, 2014 -> 10:19 AM) Someone the other day mentioned Carlos Gonzalez. I feel like it's too much to hope for, but it'd be nice. I hope if that's the case they keep Viciedo for CarGo's obligitory 100-game DL stint.

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Sep 30, 2014 -> 09:24 AM) SP Sale SP Quintana SP Noesi SP Danks SP Carroll*Agents RP Petricka RP Webb RP Putnam RP Guerra RP Bassitt RP Surkamp RP Veal* *Positions to upgrade in FA or via trade If the White Sox want to contend in 2015, they will need to make substantial upgrades to the bullpen, especially how they combat lefthanded hitters in late-game situations. Seemingly all of the major league free agent signings Hahn has made thus far have been borderline disasters, but his non-roster signings have been pretty surprising. Let's hope there's a plan to acquire some better options than Surkamp, Veal, etc... just having a loogy in the bullpen for the sake of having a loogy in the bullpen doesn't make much sense when someone like Putnam can get better results against lefties than a AAA bust like Surkamp or an aging vet like Downs.

QUOTE (daggins @ Sep 29, 2014 -> 10:15 PM) It was a stipulation of the contract. Compensation goes up to 26.5 mil if he gets super two status. His contract is so ludicrously under market that I am not even close to upset about this. Pay the man. He's earned it.

reading the tea leaves, it sounds like he really pissed off someone in the front office...

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 24, 2014 -> 02:51 PM) Probably still mad about 05 KILLER BEEEEEEEES!!!

Meanwhile, Bud Selig has announced that MLB will suspend Chris Sale for the remainder of the season for intentionally hitting Victor Martinez with a pitch.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 24, 2014 -> 03:25 PM) Comments are coming... https://twitter.com/freeptigers/status/514872971333091328 ...all over Kate Upton's back. https://twitter.com/freeptigers/status/514872454653566976

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 24, 2014 -> 03:06 PM) Beli leading an event that requires running is actually quite surprising to me. Now I could see him squeezing himself in front of Miggy and behind Sale at a buffet line. Cabrera would be at the bar pounding all the Crown Royal.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Sep 24, 2014 -> 03:04 PM) The least surprising thing about benches clearing was either Belisario leading the bullpen pack or Belisario getting in between Sale and Cabrera talking. Cabrera 0-4 with 4 Ks.