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Rodon should be a starting pitcher with the Sox the moment that he is one of the five best starting pitchers available, regardless of whether that's April 1, June 1, or September 1.

I know this is a longshot, but I have an extra pair of tickets to this Saturdays Louisville @ ND game. Face value $85 each. Seats are in Section 124. Kickoff is at 3:45. Can meet in person on campus or in South Bend the morning/day of game to make the exchange.

I know there are a couple more weeks before the arbitration tender deadline, but there's no reason Belisario can't be yanked off the 40 right now to make room if necessary. I could also see Mitchell getting booted if a spot is needed, and I won't cry if Wilkins and/or Phegley are gone either.

All of that is true, yet if somebody is desperate enough to massively overpay for Alexei, the Sox need to at least listen.

Right, but the money is already spent. If the Sox can field five better starting pitchers, then they should do so regardless of what Danks is making.

A high strikeout, high walk slugging lefty 1B/DH. What could possibly go wrong?

Yeah, anyplace with an average July high above 90 degrees is a nonstarter with me.

He sees the $15 million Hahn offered him as well.

I am going to guess 2 years, $9 million, with a club option for a 3rd year at $5 million or a $1 million buyout.

Probably going to have to also give the Angels something in order to get that deal done.

I know Ethier has a downside, but if the Dodgers take Danks and send back cash, I can see that being a good deal, especially if the prospect is a decent OF prospect. Seems to be the area the Sox system is weakest right now.

Buffalo scoffs at your pittance of snow: http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/win...t-high-20141118

Sanburn can't possibly have any value. We were told 1000 times last year that it would have been better to cut Dunn and eat his salary than try to trade him. There is no chance that Sanburn will amount to anything.

Looks like your entire county is shut down today.

Was really hoping to see a post by Rock or Bucket in this thread. They have both been disturbingly silent so far this offseason.

The total cost of my plan has only gone up 1-2% per year. My in-laws are not on an employer sponsored plan and theirs went up 15% because they had to add a bunch of coverages required by the ACA that they didn't already have. My plan already had all those things.

Schools cancelled due to 1½ inches of snow. I really need to get out of this place.

That would have to qualify as tampering or something, wouldn't it?

f*** him. He is a complete f***ing loser. Can't run a program that keeps players eligible, and keeps outsmarting himself on the field. Losing only three starters and with a fairly soft schedule, next year's team should easily go 12-0. Can't wait to see how Kelly f***s that up.

It all depends on whether or not your plan was already compliant with the new rules. Mine haven't gone up, but my in-laws had theirs go up 15%.

OK, but even though I am a public employee, all of the plans I have to choose from are private insurers. Maybe I'm just not understanding what's going on here.

What were their problems with it?

I know I probably say this every year about this time, but there is a very simple way to do this: I just got my listing of Federal employee plans/premiums for 2015. There are nationwide FFS plans ranging from $375/month for an individual up to $1650/month for a family, plus there are dozens of regional HMO plans. There is no reason that these plans couldn't be offered to everybody. Much easier solution than the convoluted law we ended up with.

You are using logic there, and the Republicans in Congress don't respond to logic because their biggest donors are right-wing nutjobs who hate Obama so much they want him impeached and aren't even thinking about the consequences.