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I think Oakland has to clear a couple 40 spots before they can make this deal official.

Speaking of #3 starters, Samardzija had the 15th best fWAR in MLB last year, which ranks him #3 on the Sox.

None of this is confirmed yet, but the people I'm hearing it from do have a pretty good track record.

Well, if it's an internal issue they would be kicked out of school for a semester (assuming no previous offenses), which would only cost them the bowl game, which they're going to lose anyway.

Trading Danks and/or Viciedo would help free up some money as well.

Too bad the Bears can't manage to acquire any football players this good.

Danish AND Semien? Sounds steep.

Folston and Bryant caught smoking pot.

An overwhelming majority of ND alumni in/from the Chicago area are Cubs fans (including one rather infamous one). Only the rare and special ND grad is enlightened enough to be a Sox fan.

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The latter.

Never mind a Shark segment, when are we going to get a bucket segment?

Never fart in an enclosed shower.

It worked out well for Liriano.

Danks + $10M for Jeanmar Gomez. Do it.

How many of the 28 other teams are interested in a pitcher one year away from free agency? The same reason we don't want to give up a lot for him applies to the other teams as well. Nobody is offering an elite prospect to Oakland. EDIT: In fact, other teams may be offering less than the Sox because the Sox have a better chance of actually keeping him after one year.

Still plenty of dead weight on the 40 that can be cleared, so I'm not worried there.

Anybody able to translate? https://twitter.com/ElFanaticoDom/status/542042535125078016 Jeff Samardzija podria pasar a los #Whitesox

Revealed after balloting is final? Sure. Revealed before then? No, can have too much influence over other voters.

Signing Shields (or Lester or Scherzer) may not be an option for the Sox. Those players have a choice in where they will play. A trade means Shark is guaranteed to be here at least a year.

https://twitter.com/SoxShowdown/status/542033185887236096 Minnie Minoso was 4 votes shy of election. #WhiteSox

I don't think the deal makes sense for both teams. Doesn't make sense for the Sox since Shark is only signed for one year and a replacement for Alexei is at least a year away. Not sure how much it makes sense for Oakland either since they seem to be acquiring guys with more than 2 years of team control right now.

I agree with you about not giving up Semien. I think I disagree in that I'd be willing to give up Anderson if Oakland threw in a prospect coming back with Shark. Or if the deal somehow expanded to include Reddick.

Of course, "anybody else" may not be enough to get the deal done. I don't know if you could throw together some combination of Sanchez, Johnson, Montas, Danish and Hawkins that could get it done.