BigHurt3515

If Alexei wants to sign a cheap friendly 1 year deal with an option for 2017 I am all for it but if it is going to be a lot more then he is worth I would rather just stick with Saladino/Sanchez and if we are in it at the trade deadline and both are horrible we can trade for one

As a cheaper alternative I like Denard Span

QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 04:53 PM) Hahn stated there is no room for a big signing. I don't think you are using twitter the right way.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 03:08 PM) Wait and see. If Frazier hits 35 home runs and has a glove that isn't Gillaspie-like chances are very very good the Sox win the trade. Somebody makes a great point on here. We get Frazier two years. So it makes no sense to not try to win it now (even during the Royals' current window). That means Lexi should be signed at ss. He's a playoff caliber shortstop. And add Gordon or Upton (if that is really a possibility?) and this team with its pitching staff is a real contender. It'd be so much a contender Robin would have to be let go by May 15 if the Sox were six or more games out. But as far as the trade? We'll not know until we see if Frazier mashes on the SouthSide or sucks in the AL like LaRoche/Dunn. That is the only way the Sox win the trade? Oh man

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 12:23 PM) Hate this deal for a lot of reasons. 1. Avi - Eaton - Melky OF is all but confirmed. Another year of negative WAR from both corners really make acquiring Lawrie and Frazier pointless. The only internal option that maybe makes a splash just got traded for... 2. The next player to come to the White Sox and collapse. Frazier is about to cross the 30 barrier and look at his 2nd half splits last year. Look at how bad he was. Hard time seeing him turning it around, especially with the Sox track record of aging sluggers. 3. We gave up 3 dynamic players. Thompson is a great defender, Micah has that speed, Montas has the big fastball. These guys were all set to the contribute in different, meaningful ways and instead the Sox dealt them for the same exact kind of player we've seen every offseason since 2005. 1) who said we are done? It is still December 2) He was also on a s***ty team that was going downhill and was on the trade block 3) I wouldn't say any of them are dynamic yet. They have a chance but we haven't had much success with our own prospects very often so we sold high on him. Micah can't field and wasn't going to start anyways, Montas has a big fastball but no control and barely probably won't end up as a starter, and Thompson didn't exactly hit well his minors career and had one or two good months in the MLB. We sold high on them

QUOTE (dpd9189 @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 12:11 PM) Lawrie had an OBP of .299 and was a 0.6 WAR player last year. You can always hope for the best but it's not like we picked up the 2nd coming of Joe Morgan. I don't see where you get "2nd coming of Joe Morgan" from "Solid bat at 2B"

Have to get another OF and I wouldn't be surprised if we brought back Alexei at a cheep price for a year with an option for the 2nd.

QUOTE (TitoMB @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 12:00 PM) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This will not end well for us. It's not like we are paying a lot to have him at least. We sold high on a couple prospects.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 01:47 PM) Why is Cameron Bairstow on the team? He only plays in garbage time. There isn't any team that plays 12 guys. He is just there for emergency case. There isn't anyone else out there

This is dumb

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 07:18 PM) Hypothetically speaking, if we got Frazier and Upton or Cespedes, would you be set with the rotation or would you want them to add another starter? Bring back Mark for one year

Why is this a thing?

Can we have a website softball game? Winner rules all!

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 13, 2015 -> 07:50 PM) Saw that this morning. Is that for next season? Assumed this season was in the can. Yes

QUOTE (raBBit @ Dec 13, 2015 -> 04:47 AM) I'm not, haha I'm currently a grad student in the financial services sector. That could have been a great comeback when your ban ends in August to go over there and rub it in their faces that you were in law school.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 04:34 PM) So, I got off the phone with Directv, guess they are doing the standard increase of the bill each month so I have to threaten them dance. Funny story; Called about 2 weeks ago because we are moving so I wanted to set that up and wanted to know about their "movers" deal and see what deals I could get and the best he was able to offer me was $50 credit for the reinstall they have to do and $50 credit for a HD receiver we wanted to add, so we ended up paying $138 to move and add a simple HD Receiver. Thought that was outrageous so I called them last night wanting to move my installation date to a later date and asked if there were any deals. They gave me this: Upgrade my equipment to the Genie and 2 Genie minis and $15 off my bill that already has a bunch of discounts on it for 12 months, and pay for the installation. Saved over $600 on equipment and installation in total. Then $15 every month for a year. Its amazing how much things change in just 2 short weeks.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Dec 12, 2015 -> 06:50 PM) I would be lying if I didn't say this put a big smile on my face. Whenever we did go at it, you were always a worthy competitor. It's probably the reason we did go at it so much: I knew you could handle your own. Found this place after I was banned (my ban ends August of 2016, lol) from WSI for telling a mod to get bent after he told me I would never be smart enough to be a lawyer. I had wanted to go to law school and went to their "SLaM" equivalent and asked for the perspectives of the WSI's lawyers about college and the law school process. The first response was a mod telling me I didn't have a shot in the world. Strangely enough, I used his condescension as fuel to encourage me to work on my grammar and spelling. After starting to post here frequently, Matt (NorthSideSox72) noticed my writing and interest in the Future Sox forum and saw me as someone with potential for FutureSox. Been writing for Future Sox for two-and-a half years now. So not everything is horrible about WSI. After all, they are our biggest recruiting tool here at SoxTalk. A lot of people have alluded to it, but the reason this is the #1 White Sox fan site on the internet is because our leadership. Jason (chisoxfn) and all of the other mods/admins who had been here in the beginning made this the safe place for all of the WSI refugees but the real leadership comes from the fabric of the posters on this board and that's why everyone keeps coming back. As Mike (southsider2k5) says every few weeks when a "problem" comes about, "this board polices itself." He's right every time, because this board continues to police itself over and over again. Forums are dying and SoxTalk is growing. Thank you to everyone for contributing to the only website I visit every single day. Sooo are you going to law school or not?

What about Bryce Harper, do you not want to trade for him either?

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 12, 2015 -> 01:47 AM) I don't like it for one reason. I have more confidence in Todd Frazier having 2 years better than the 6 years from Anderson combined. Is there anything the Sox do that you like?

QUOTE (oldsox @ Dec 11, 2015 -> 08:29 PM) A talking head media type on MLB just said Cinci wanted Tim Anderson for Frazier, and Sox said no. I like this for two reasons: 1) It shows that another team thinks really highly of Anderson 2) We can stand our ground and believe in Anderson

Don't we already have a thread about this? http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=97639

QUOTE (Baron @ Dec 11, 2015 -> 02:47 PM) Found this place after I was banned from WSI for forgetting to post the twitter link after Griffey got traded to the White Sox. Lurked for a while and then began posting. One of my favorite forums. I didn't get banned over there but was checking out other sites to see what people were talking about and found this site and ended up signing up and staying here. You are welcome everyone

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Dec 11, 2015 -> 01:14 PM) Yeah let's just ignore defense. Would Eaton's defense improve playing RF instead of CF?

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Dec 11, 2015 -> 12:53 AM) You sure? There's been almost zero buzz around him. I know the OF market is waiting on Heyward but Cespedes would at least be getting some interest you would think. The guy always seems to find himself in the postseason (except that time Beane dealt him for Lester) and guys around him in the lineup seem to play better with him around. He's a true middle of the order bat and I'm thinking he could be had for a lot less than Gordon and Heyward, neither of whom are the offensive player Cespedes is. It is a long off-season man. He will get close to double the money you said

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 10, 2015 -> 10:13 PM) No idea why, but I just had a weird daydream/vision in my head of the Sox trading Adam Eaton for Todd Frazier, Jay Bruce, and Jumbo Diaz. I can't decide what my reaction would be to this. In one instance, we get a great 3B and and a nice arm in the pen. But, we also get Jay Bruce, who although has a ton of power, is such a liability in the OF that he is really a DH candidate at this point. Wouldn't be thrilled about losing Eaton, but I guess Trayce gets a chance in CF and Bruce is still an upgrade over Avi in RF, especially if he bounces back to what he used to be. Maybe we sign a Cespedes then for CF. Anyway. Since we don't have a catch-all, I guess random stuff like this is supposed to get it's own thread. Thoughts? I'm truly torn. What the hell are you torn about?