Baron

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 01:08 PM) Bernstein is sour on the deal, shocking He gave us 2 more wins....weeee

John Fay ‏@johnfayman 28s28 seconds ago I speak for the all the media when I say Frazier will be missed. Standup guy. Treated everyone the same. Good with a gag too. #reds https://twitter.com/johnfayman

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 12:50 PM) And then he might bounce back to his career norm. If he can atleast contribute a little that would only be a plus. But that lineup is already drastically different than last year.

Replacing Garcia and the lineup is going to look a whole lot different with the infielders we added and the new catching combination. Really if you replace him with Upton the real stinker is you still have LaRoche.

QUOTE (dpd9189 @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 12:43 PM) I would prefer if Hahn shot Garcia out of a cannon and out of town. That would certainly make his exit more entertaining

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 12:41 PM) Offensively we've fixed quite a bit, and I also believe an improvement defensively in the infield. We still need to get one more OF to be competitive. I dont believe that Hahn is going to let Garcia sit in the OF uncontested atleast for his job. Atleast it didnt sound that way from his comments about Garcia.

I didnt check my phone until lunch time. What an awesome early birthday present from the White Sox. Essentially a 4 WAR 3rd Baseman for guys we sold high on. While not giving up Anderson or Fulmer. Just awesome.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 08:14 PM) So much for market picking up That doesnt mean he was going to sign anytime soon.

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 07:12 PM) And soon we'd be saying how can we get rid of that salary? It's one of the worst contracts in baseball. The Tigers were given a miracle that was the Texas Rangers. Let's not do the same thing.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 06:54 PM) I'd have to assume that he'd be the DH. He's probably going to have to play 1st base at some point. The amount of runs he sacrifices on defense basically nullifies anything positive he does on offense.

Has anyone seen Fielder play defense? No thank you...no...no..nooooo

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 05:25 PM) Haha didn't know that. That's hilarious. They cited me in the Patrick Kane rape investigation

If AJ retired he would have been an interesting choice. Maybe in a year or two.

QUOTE (Saufley @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 02:53 PM) Joey Gallo? Wasn't he in "My Cousin Vinnie"? Joey Gallo's dead!

Inciarte is going to cost you more than Anderson to get

Cespedes and Frazier? Interesting

I'd rather give a closer ridiculous money than trade prospects for one

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 04:59 PM) Sure he didn't mean Robin lol I'll drive him to the airport

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 04:49 PM) Phil Rogers on MLBN said he's very much in play. Also said the Reds asked for Rodon. Lol good luck with that Cincy So they asked for Rodon and are at Anderson....that's progress atleast.

Well there you have it folks....Todd Frazier just got brought down to Chris Carter's level...

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 03:59 PM) That opt-out is nice. But, can't say I'd be so psyched about $220 million being spent on Samardjiza and Cueto. Cueto can be amazing, but he is so nuts. The Shark deal is probably one of my least favorite deals this offseason right alongside Zobrist

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 04:14 PM) Not sure that's entirely true. The O's offered 7/150M to Davis so they have the money and an opening in the outfield to go with the opening at first base left by Davis. I think the O's are very much in on one of the FA outfielders. They may have offered the money but it got pulled off the table for some reason.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 03:58 PM) Mozeliak says they wont be making a big splash and I relatively believe him Cardinals?

If what's transpired in free agency and via trades so far has caught anyone by surprise in Front Offices across the league then they need to be let go. None of what's happened so far has been surprising. None of the free agent costs have been way over what everyone has been speculating for months now. Same with trades.

QUOTE (LDF @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 01:39 PM) there has to be a happy medium and only hahn will be able to figure it out. we as fans can make all the guesses we can. I think that's understood. Still doesnt take away from the fact that it's a waste of time. Plus the talking yourself out of competing people the "Well this team is better and so is this team we cant compete" drive me crazy. You can say that for every single year if you wanted to. You just have to convince yourself that there's no parody and your team sucks. Then it's easy. None of the players mentioned above besides Rodon are worth sacraficing any of the time left on Sale's,Q's or Abreu's contract.