Bananarchy

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 05:18 PM) I love how ONE MILLION DOLLARS is nothing anymore in sports. Damn I wish I could stumble my way into ONE MILLION DOLLARS. It reminds me of the Stooges episode where Shemp is counting money. "One hundred, one hundred, one hundred, 20. How'd this 20 get in here?" Crumbles it up and throws it on the ground, all three pause then dive on the 20. One million bucks is nada like u said. Well, the guy has earned $100,595,000 in his career. So yeah, I wish I could stumble upon $1,000,000, too

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 04:54 PM) What took you so long to join Soxtalk, prodigal son? He's actually Rick Hahn. He was just waiting until it was pretty clear he'd be fired.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 04:32 PM) So they trade him away in ST and then get him back 2 months later? Isn't Alcantara still a somewhat decent prospect? That's why I'm not quite sure I like this move. Of all the Cubs prospects, he looked the most like a replacement level player, but I still wouldn't trade him for a nobody like Coghlan.

QUOTE (Black_Jack29 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 04:31 PM) Well, at least Morneau doesn't cost them $30M. And I'll take this over the symbolic sacrifice of the manager. Symbolic anything is becoming unfulfilling anyway. I want Robin gone, but the rest of the org should be shown the door as well.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 02:00 PM) The Cubs are staying relaxed while meeting lofty expectations (barf) http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/16068846...ty-expectations Whatever it is, it's working. Although being good at baseball probably helps. QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 04:26 PM) #Cubs today acquired OF Chris Coghlan from the #Athletics for INF Arismendy Alcantara. Not sure I love this move, but they have so much depth it doesn't really matter.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:57 PM) The White Sox organization is such a joke. I agree to a certain extent, but this move has nothing to do with any of that. Signing a guy for $1,000,000 isn't too bad. It's the trading young guys for bad vets that gets to me.

QUOTE (LVSoxFan @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:33 PM) Had this conversation with somebody else yesterday--when sports franchises are this abysmal for this long, it points to one thing ultimately: the owners. Sadly, I think nothing changes as long as JR owns the team and keeps employing people like KW. Especially in an ownership structure where the boss has such influence on the baseball side of the business. Jerry's loyalty is a big problem, IMHO. It's polluting the baseball side.

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:34 PM) These moves just scream KW .... shows he is still in charge I mean maybe, but it's not a big deal. It's comparatively no money.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:32 PM) Holy s***, we are going to pay him like $700K. Why is anyone upset over this? The dude hit .310 last year. In 2014, he hit .309 away from Coors. I don't get "mad" about the signing, but we all realize that Morneau cannot play for a month or so and by then we seem to think it won't matter.

Similarity Score for Justin Morneau. Looking forward to Drake Morneau in the locker room to provide leadership. Adam LaRoche (928) Cliff Floyd (922) Mike Sweeney (917) Aubrey Huff (916) Dolph Camilli (913) Hal Trosky (912) Bill Skowron (911) Prince Fielder (909) Ryan Klesko (897) George Bell (895)

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:25 PM) Given that he won't be available for another month or so, it simply may not matter by then realistically. You give them points for trying but as someone else posted the real question is how did they get into this position in the first place? Mark Agreed. This is a non-signing. We'll be well out by then in all likelihood.

QUOTE (bjm676 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:24 PM) I'd rather have a broken down Morneau in the lineup than either Avisail Garcia or Jimmy Rollins. I'd rather have DL Morneau than either Avi or Rollins. No rehab, no help. Just pick up a bat.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:20 PM) I take it you think Kenny is out of the player procurement game? Leaving it all to Hahn? Kenny has said more than once that Hahn does not hold the keys to the team.

Too bad we can't have the 2006 2016 White Sox. Morneau gives me an "old and bad" vibe.

#championship

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 03:03 PM) Soler free agent Fowler trade free agent Heyward free agent Bryant draft Russell trade Zobrist trade Rizzo trade Montero trade Lester free agent Lackey free agent Hendricks trade Arrieta trade Hammel free agent Rondon trade Truth hurts. Not much imput from the developmental staff. Right, because only players drafted by a team gets "imput" from the development staff.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 02:54 PM) No, not really. Theo deserves credit for lots of things, most notably all the trade robberies they've pulled off. The role of drafting in their success is overstated. Except that whole "best player" thing. And back on topic, I would be completely satisfied with a Houston Astros type rebuild. Yeah, it would suck, but unlike this garbage team, we would know the direction we're trying to go.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 02:49 PM) Bryant was the only guy on the Cubs roster 2 days ago the amazing Theo drafted. Schwarber looks like a good pick, but he didn't rebuild the team through the draft. He signed a bunch of free agents and made some great trades. So my point stands. Dick Allen being Dick Allen.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 02:41 PM) Can we DFA you? Hopefully WSI will claim you. ALEXEI!!!! !NO!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 02:44 PM) From the opening day roster, John Danks, Jerry Sands, and now Mat Latos are off of the 25 man roster. JB Shuck was already sent down once. My guess from playing patterns is that Jimmy Rollins is next, unless there is a trade that changes the roster differently. Who is going to DH?

So bad. Thanks for catching lightning in a bottle for a month.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 02:35 PM) Toews, Keith and Kane did it for the Blackhawks. Seriously. If anything, Dale Tallon did it for the Blackhawks. I swear people need to stop bringing up the Hawks in baseball discussions. They have so little in common.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 02:22 PM) This is exactly correct. The Cubs have actually done a pretty poor job developing their players aside from Bryant and have covered it up by dropping an ubsurd amount of money on guys. The Sox would have much less of a margin for error on their rebuild, but they would also being selling some of the most valuable contracts in the game with Q, Sale and Eaton and would accrue a massive amount of talent in return. "The Cubs have done a pretty poor job developing their players over the last three to four years except their best player and the guy that carried their team for much of last season. And Javier Baez." Come on guys. You're smarter than this. How many more Cubs draft picks have to be good before you give them credit for actual drafting and developing players?

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 12:56 PM) Isn't this thread kind of the whole Sox board in general? I don't think there is one positive thread! haha. I tried -- and then they went like 2-9. I now reside in the hate crowd. What on the field would lead you to show any meaningful positivity? Sale and Quintana are good. We still have struggled of late when they pitched.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 9, 2016 -> 02:02 PM) the last half of 2013 and all of 2014, the Sox were rebuilding and there was a ton of complaining around here. Everyone still holds the record during that time against the manager. I don't think many who are calling for a rebuild truly understand what a rebuild entails. A lot of us are aware of what it is. The problem is, the Cubs are a best case scenario when it comes to rebuilding. They drafted well and were smart with international players. The White Sox have shown consistently that they are completely incapable of drafting positional talent and I would guess their rebuild process would be closer to the Astros' rebuild than to the Cubs' rebuild.