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I definitely want to see a new stadium some time within the next decade.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Dec 13, 2014 -> 09:11 AM) Not true. The team is in all in mode right now, we don't have time to wait 4 years for a draft pick to develop. If we see someone who can help the team immediately, no one should worry about a draft pick. We've already gave up a second rounder for just a closer. The time to sign free agents is now, and next year if we want to sign a marquee left fielder, we'd have to give up a first round pick. We are also talking about a position we do not have one single internal replacement for. This is stupid. The Altanta Braves made the playoffs for 15 straight years, with a team that featured Maddux, Glacine and Smoltz, they were definitely in win now mode but their front office was always building the farm system up. Yes did the Braves had to undergo a rebuild to get to that 'dynasty win-now mode' but when their window was opened and the team was all in, they continued to build through the farm. Them continuing to build through the farm brought in guys like Chipper and Andruw Jones, Javy Lopez, etc which allowed to keep their window open for an extended period of time. The lack of talent in the Sox farm system is the reason why the team has been on hard times for the past few years. Without talented prospects that could join the major league team and be valuable contributors, the team has had to over pay for past their prime free agents, worsening the state of the franchise. The Red So are always in win-now mode yet they continue to cherish draft picks and draft exceptionally well. If you want to have a sustained winner you need to have draft picks in order to bring in a constant stream of talent into the system. "We are also talking about a position we do not have one single internal replacement for." - This proves my point.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 13, 2014 -> 06:44 AM) We didn't lose that much depth. Ynoa is younger than Bassitt, Brantly (who is younger) replaces Phegley and Ravelo was pretty expendable. We did lose Semien but we won't be talking about that if he does bad and/or Johnson or Sanchez plays respectable for us. We knew what the team had in guys like Semiem, Bassit and Phegly but now he have more question marks in the minors. The team is in no position to be forfeiting draft picks, the system needs all the help it can get.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Dec 11, 2014 -> 06:13 PM) Ok, so they ought to change the parameters of a "quality start". The point is that he was reasonably effective in a lot of his outings. Regarding his second half stats: He had 8 quality starts in the last 3 months of the season. He had 12 in his last 21 starts. ERA is very misleading, because as we all know, one or two really bad starts can destroy a pitcher's ERA. In this case, he had one really bad start, in each of the last 4 months, of the season. He gave up 6 earned runs in one June start, 7 in a July start, 9 in his first August start and 7 in his first September outing. That will pretty much mess up a guy's ERA. Other than those 4 outings, he was pretty decent. 11 of those 12 quality starts, during the last 4 months, would actually meet the higher standard of 6 innings and 2 or less earned runs. Look, I'm not trying to say that he was terrific. But 11 wins, a .500 record, and 21 quality starts is more than acceptable for a 5TH starter. That said, I want the Sox to sign Scherzer, resulting in their claiming the best pitching staff in baseball. In the meantime, Danks will do as a 5TH starter, until they come up with something better. FIP is a way better metric than ERA to determine how good a pitcher really is. http://grantland.com/the-triangle/chicago-...t-jake-arrieta/

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Dec 13, 2014 -> 07:10 AM) Kiley prospect chat: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/kiley-mcdan...ts-chat-121214/ He is high on Trey M and Micker. Kiley is a fan of the Sox's farm.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 12, 2014 -> 10:29 PM) Honestly, I wouldn't care about a third rounder at that point. I think for Melky a 3rd rounder is worth it. That's a horrible school of thought. Draft picks are highly valuable are the life blood of any good organization. Plus the system needs more depths after the trade for Shark.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 13, 2014 -> 03:22 AM) .....and Anderson and Montas and Danish? Frazier put up a 4.7 WAR last year, 122 wRC+, 29 HR, stole 20 bases, and has been a really good fielder, and has 3 years of arb left. The dude has huge value. I'd love for the Sox to trade for him, but it won't be for spare parts. Unfortantely, the Reds best 3B prospects as ranked by Fangraphs comes in at #17, and he will be playing in Low-A this year. The Reds may be selling off parts, but for Frazier you'd have to offer them a couple of our top players and may as well offer Gillaspie as well. They gave away Mat Latos for basically nothing. I think that bodes well for the Sox in any trade discussion.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 13, 2014 -> 02:44 AM) Who would be the fourth starter? The Sox should move Danks next offseason, I think he is going to have a solid year and next offseason there's only going to be one year remaining on his deal so he instantly becomes more attractive to rival teams and executives.

The Sox trade for Todd Frazier, sending Viciedo and Chris Beck

According to Kiley McDaniel, the scouts don't know too much about him. That could play in the sox favor.

QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Dec 12, 2014 -> 05:55 PM) I think you're dreaming a little too much here. Not only Matuella at 8, but also to sign him for $1m below slot. Barring injury or a complete loss of form and/or stuff, it's not going to happen. There is not a big following on Matuella, he has a reputation on being injury prone and very streaky.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 12, 2014 -> 02:39 PM) I'm actually really hoping Sanchez nails down 2B out of ST because I think he can be a plus defender there. Sounds like Micah has the bat, but is fringey in the field, and I just don't think we can afford to add another fringey defender next year. I think that the team's defense is holding them back from being a really good team. There's defensive question marks at 3rd (I think that the team should think about Gilapse in LF and finding a defensive minded 3rd baseman.), 2nd and LF.

I was thinking what would be the perfect draft scenario for the Sox. This is what I came up with: The Sox draft Michael Matuella with the 8th overall pick. He projects to be a high upside starting pitcher with a fastball that tops out at 97mph and grade projects to be a 70 on the grading scale and three other plus pitches. He could be a fixture in the rotation or if that fails he could be a high upside reliever (If the Sox are making a playoff push, maybe he could join the bullpen and help the Sox out a la Brandon Finnegan.). Since he is a college player, maybe the Sox could sign him below slot. The Sox already have an extra $1 Million to spend. In the third and fourth rounds the team will go overslot to sign some high upside high school talent like: OF Kyle Tucker, C Wyatt Cross, 3B Ryan Mountcastle, OF Mitchell Hansen, and P Nolan Watson. That would be the perfect draft scenario. Side note: I was also thinking about what the team's biggest organizational weakness is and it's pretty obivious, the Sox need to start developing impact bats across the diamond.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Dec 11, 2014 -> 09:19 PM) Someone make sense of this for me. What exactly is a too LH OF ? Ther'e only 3 OF positions and unless there's a switch hitter in the bunch it'll either be 2 RH's or 2 LH's. ANd there iare still some guys who bat LH but throw RH. I think he's counting Eaton and Danks, who projects to be the fourth outfielder.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/internation...ct-bryan-emery/

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 11, 2014 -> 12:47 PM) You can take a lot more draft picks that you throw that amount below $100K which doesn't count towards your overages (so while we aren't talking about going overslot on a guy in the 15th round with a 1st round value, you could go overslot on a significant number of guys in later rounds that might have been 5-12th round talent and convince them. As an ORG, we also have had situations where we haven't even spend to our international cap anyway (I believe we still have cushion in our budget right now). I wanted the Sox to jump on Bryan Emery (16, 6'4, 200 L/L) but he signed with the Yankees. I know they still have a just short of a million shy of INTL spending as of July 2nd, but they could have used that money to sign more players under the radar.

I didn't know where to post this but this organization needs to sure up the catching situation. Flowers is not the long term answer.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 08:01 PM) Dan Hayes said that they can reallocate that $1 million elsewhere. It does come out of the draft pool though. I knew that would come out of the draft pool, I just thought they would loose the $ associated with the pick since the pick was forfeited.

Dan Hayes said that the team keeps the $1M associated with the second round pick.

QUOTE (LDF @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 12:29 PM) maybe it is me and my stubbornness, but i still see him as a starter. granted lets see how he does. Ackley is a starter, the guy ended the season on a surge. All of his skills are starting to come together. Put him in a room with Severson and you have a greatly improved player, and he'll be playing in the Cell not Safeco. I would take Ackley at LF over, Cargo, Rasmus and Melky.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 11:38 AM) Perhaps I didn't articulate my thought clearly. What I meant was that this team needs to fill the hole in LF with someone better than Ackley. I agree that Viciedo is not acceptable either. If they move Viciedo, they don't have to move him for a left fielder, as someone else just pointed out. However, if the guy that they acquire is not a significant upgrade in left, then I'd just as soon that they trade him, and his $4 million salary for low cost, prospects for the future. They then have a roster spot open for that needed left fielder, and a little extra money to spend on him. What kind of prospects do you expect to get for Dayan?

Dustin Ackley gets my vote.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 09:30 AM) Most elite baseball minds would tell you that your best hitter should hit #2. And let them hit, none of this "get em' over, get em' in" BS. Both have merits, but the 2 hole is not utilized in the "traditional" way by many teams these days. I agree with the people, you're best all around hitter should bat 2nd not 3rd.

QUOTE (LDF @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 08:47 AM) and i am one of the biggest advocate of that. except for this time around. i rather get something usable for DV than nothing. I am not saying that you don't. I'm saying that I think getting back Ackley is maximizing your return.

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Dec 10, 2014 -> 08:36 AM) Dustin Ackley is Brent Lillibridge 2.0...no thanks unless he's a 4th OF'er. Tank for Carson Smith would be a pretty good deal for us but not sure if that would be asking for too much And Ackley is way better than Lillibridge.