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QUOTE (Andy the Clown @ Nov 21, 2014 -> 09:46 PM) This f***ing sucks. But it's very White Sox. Cabrera is the obvious choice, but we decide to play it cheap and waste $25 million in the process. This is why we're an also ran franchise for most of our history. This is a complete waste of money for a DH who will be lucky to slug .430 next season. Very KW. Very KW. Who am I kidding? This will never f***ing change until JR passes on to the next plane. Are you upset?

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Nov 21, 2014 -> 03:25 PM) For what it's worth Buster Onley ranked the top 10 SS's in baseball in an insider article today. http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/buster-olney/post?id=8669 According to the article he ranked them...."Through conversations with team evaluators, general managers and our own statistical analysts" to come up with this list. The list...and I'll put a breif synopsis of why each guy is ranked where they are according to Buster 1. Simmons- Basically he's by far the best defensive SS in the game is still young and fairly cheap. 2. Peralta- He's top 5 in both OPS and defensive runs saved among SS's the past 3 years. 3. Desmond- His combo of speed and power makes him a "dynamic" player 4. Tulo- If it wasn't for injuries he would be clear cut #1 5. Hardy- GG defense and 20 HR power make him one of the best 6. Crawford- Didn't say much....just that he's consistent and saves runs on D 7. Aybar- Consistent hitter who puts the ball in play and doesn't K 8. Alexei- (copy and pasted whole excerpt) He has some value in the trade market (see below). Justin Havens of ESPN Stats & Info sent along this note about his defense and offense: “He may be slipping defensively, at least as measured by defensive runs saved -- he’s gone from +14 to +1 to -4 since 2012. Also, through the end of May, he was hitting .329 with a .479 slugging percentage; after that, he hit .243 with a .370 slugging over a span of 423 plate appearances." 9. Escobar- Likened him to Hardy...consistent all around 10. Castro- shows flashes but his D is bad and isn't consistent enough Well there it is....feel free to pick it apart. And remember to save all rude comments for Buser Olney. I'm just the messenger. Jhonny Peralta is the 2nd best SS?? Haha ok Buster

IF we give up Quintana (Which defeats the purpose of what the Sox are trying to build) we better get one hell of a deal for him. Q is the most underrated pitcher in the game and has such a great contract and only getting better.

I don't want to trade Quintana for Bruce let alone Quintana+ Reds have enough damn pitching.

At least he closed down the game against the world champs

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 10:15 PM) We are talking about a sport where a $100 million payroll puts you at the bottom half of the spending list, and many young players are paid 1/20th of their worth in open market. There are plenty of money to spend around the league, that's why I am not too caught up by the Zach Duke deal. Everyone is overpaid now. If you aren't overpaying you aren't getting players. Better be damn good in the draft/International signings if you don't want to spend the money to sign the guys to help you win

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 10:05 PM) Man, I really thought I was going to nail my Saul prediction in Sunday's episode. I guess I still could. I feel like Homeland has gotten better the past 2 or 3 episodes

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 08:09 PM) That is a LOT of money for Billy Butler. This day and age everyone is going to be getting more then we think they deserve. Just the nature of free agency and the MLB

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 18, 2014 -> 02:39 PM) Of course it's expensive. They decided to outbid another team for a guy that appears to be a reliable LHP out of the pen. Wait, who are you?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 17, 2014 -> 01:27 PM) Chris Cotillo ‏@ChrisCotillo 60m60 minutes ago #BlueJays are among the teams showing legitimate interest in Jon Lester, per @bradfo. IF so you would think Buehrle would be heavily shopped

QUOTE (flavum @ Nov 16, 2014 -> 08:02 PM) https://twitter.com/DOBrienAJC/status/534123924477739008 If the Braves are more likely to trade a setup guy, the White Sox probably match up with them pretty well. Jordan Walden, David Carpenter. Somebody named Anthony Varvaro who I never heard of, or forgot. IF they are trading a bullpen piece I want Shae Simmons Simmons

QUOTE (StRoostifer @ Nov 16, 2014 -> 07:27 PM) Not sure but if I had to guess, maybe Beck? Oh wow! Good call. Don't know how I missed that. Pirates seem like a good trade partner for the Sox depending on what the Pirates are looking for in return. I assume they want pitching/MI

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QUOTE (dayan024 @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 04:24 PM) @timdierkes: Dark horses for Yasmany Tomas? Hearing there are three "very unlikely" teams among those still in the mix for him. I'm hearing there are at least 23 teams that would love to sign him but are very not unlikely to be not be involved..

QUOTE (Baron @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 03:13 PM) They met him with him I think 3 times. They seem pretty interested Doesn't necessarily mean he would want to play for a losing team and in that ballpark.. You would think after seeing the success of Abreu he would want to come here or a hitter's friendly park.. But it is probably all about the money with him and his agent

Why would any hitter go to the Padres? If they do get him they must have offered him a lot more money and a starting position

Apparently nobody knows right now.. If it isn't us I hope it is a NL team

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 12:33 AM) or Jose Igelsias. Maybe if Leury Garcia.. I don't think Rondon could be much worse.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 09:48 PM) I agree that Montas should go on because someone would use him as a bullpen piece in my opinion. But, I think there is no way someone picks up Rondon. The fact that Brendan Ryan still has a job proves otherwise

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 05:42 PM) I'd expect this deal to be done soon. Mets are stuck. How are they stuck? We got 4 and a half months until the season starts..

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 12, 2014 -> 03:14 PM) http://tosh.cc.com/video-clips/hfuztk/spor..._111214_tosh_70 Watch it. That was great lol.. I need to start watching Tosh.0 again.

Damn it

Close!

QUOTE (juddling @ Nov 11, 2014 -> 04:35 PM) IMO The Blacklist is the best show on tv right now.......... One of my girlfriend and I's favorite shows. She was pretty upset that it doesn't come back on until Feb.

I would think almost every team is interested in him