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QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 06:43 AM) If the Sox get lawrie then the sox/Royals games should be fun this year. http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/04/19/brett-law...fight-ejections Yeah Herrera telling him he's going to aim for his head next time he sees him...that was classy...god I hate the Royals *edit* Somebody should have told that 6 year old to stay back! She didnt know how unstable Lawrie is....

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 12:21 AM) As long as he's not violent or dangerous to others, I couldn't care less how big of a douche the guy is if he can play. The supposed king of all douche's was a huge part of 05. Ventura hit him last year and Herrera tried to hit him. Didn't go after either of them.

Here's the good news. He doesn't like the Royals and the Royals don't like him. Should be interesting during the season.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 9, 2015 -> 12:01 AM) I may be a Neg Nancy but I studied his stats, coupled with his still very-young age and status as a No. 1 draft pick before posting. It's reasonable after such a study to conclude he's the A's version of Avi - a guy probably worth giving up on. I mean, yeah, it's possible he could emerge (former first-round pick Beckham never did) but it's also possible he blows. Yeah if we only have to give up a couple non prospects, but I'm thinking the A's will go for blood and steal some "good" sox players for this bust (so far). Except that he's better than Avi. Avi only has 1 season in the majors so far where he has posted a total value above a replacement player. So that comparison is fairly poor.

and ofcourse the negative nancies come in the thread and make you want to join the crowd in jumping off the bridge. Good lord.

Susan Slusser ‏@susanslusser 5m5 minutes ago The #Athletics are in serious discussions with the #WhiteSox on a Brett Lawrie deal, a big league source tells me. https://twitter.com/susanslusser If this needs to be in other Lawrie thread I apologize

QUOTE (scs787 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 11:06 PM) He'd help, but he's not the impact guy I would be trading Q for. I don't care much for projections, but he's projected at 1.6 WAR next year. Blair and Swanson made that AZ/ATL trade to me. That's because Fangraphs slashed his offensive projections down to basically nothing. All of those guys made the trade. His value to the team last year was definition of "impact".

QUOTE (scs787 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 10:54 PM) Isn't Zobrist really the first quality bat to be signed? How many quality major league bats have been traded? Inciarte? Castro? Neither are guys who really fix the offense. The hitting market, which is the market the Sox should be in hasn't even really heated up. Relax people. Well Inciarte last year was a 5.3 war player making 500K....He may not "fix" an offense by himself. But 2.0 offensive WAR and 2.6 defensive war certainly helps any team.

I'm going to keep my expectations low of anything getting done tomorrow before GMs leave Thursday morning.

When I said good for the Diamondbacks...that was way premature. That's a ton for Miller. That should have been used for Jose Fernandez.

My god...good for the Diamondbacks

I actually like Castro on his contract better than Zobrist's right now

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 06:49 PM) Still possible by all accounts Yep...hopefully the Cards come through and put that one to bed Zobrist's defense went to hell last year. Plus he has a no trade for 3 years. Sorry that's bad. After 2 years they are going to want to ship him out.

The Cubs signing Jason Heyward would be much much worse

Maybe they have some of the PEDs he was using in the minors so he can boost his batting stats a little

and he got a no trade in the first 3 years....good lord

AJ's like "s***...I thought I'd never have to see this guy again"

Hey if the Cubs want to pay a 1ish WAR player around 60 or over million dollars for 4 years they can be my guest.

Think maybe Nova is involved?

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 04:52 PM) I wouldn't read too much into it. The Sox need a 3B and its Hahn's job to explore every opportunity. If there's a match then great, if not the search continues. Well it's worth discussing because it's the latest info we've had. Plus it's really the only position where we are getting some names right now.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 04:45 PM) I guess the quest for a 3B would continue for Hahn. Well I would hope we dont give him a 4 year deal. 2 is probably right where you want to be. But I'm not sure he would move over here for 2 years unless the money was way above that offer from Japan.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 04:40 PM) Yes there are. SD is closer to Japan than Chicago. It's just that SD is on the east side of the Pacific and Japan is on the west side. Not sure how appealing SD will be for a 32 year old 3B just starting his MLB career since SD is obviously rebuilding. Well that ESPN article mentioning him did say at the bottom that he has a 4 year 20 million dollar offer from the team he was previously playing for. He might take that.

His walk numbers concern me quite a bit. 2015 is ok but basically every single year after is a big red flag.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 04:17 PM) Show me where I said that? Improving this team doesn't mean we're burning it down to go all in lol. I'm tired of watching a mediocre to crap product every year. I personally like how he almost acts like Rick Hahn doesnt exist or is being held against his will by Kenny.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 7, 2015 -> 11:01 PM) Cubs main target is Heyward now. We aren't outbidding them and the Cards for him. I dont see anybody but the Cards getting him. They gave up plenty to acquire him. But there's always the mystery team.