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Of this list, I really only think Martin or Tomas make sense. Maybe Melky, but the other two much more.

QUOTE (bshah723 @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 11:38 AM) Meet your new DH in 2015 Mr Ryan Howard (with phillies paying most of his salary left) There is about as much chance of that happening as Scarlett Johansson showing up horny on my doorstep

Who needs Dunn when you have your own strikeout machine in Wilkins?

Pretty excited Hahn got a potential bullpen piece for Dunn. Hopefully Sanburn will pan out.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 04:25 PM) I think he will because of the sheer amount of teams that will be involved in the bidding. EVERYONE needs a strong lefty and the young one are easier to give the long deals to. Good point, though I still think offering a reliever 10 per is ridiculous short of a guy like Kimbrel or Holland. Who do you want them to target? Some help is going to need to come via FA, they don't really have much internally that makes me confident besides Petricka and Putnam.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 04:02 PM) Big RP money NEVER works out. Miller is gonna bring a 3 to 4 year deal at $10m+ per season $10/year?!?! I HIGHLY doubt that

Abreu is such a beast

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 12:31 PM) Sale has gotten much worse since he tweaked his windup and starter throwing 96/97. I think those are the problems. He has lost a fair amount of accuracy since he started throwing harder every game. Both of HRs were belt high strikes to good hitters, those will get hit hard every time no matter how hard they're thrown.

This game is already over

I would love to see Luke Gregerson and Andrew Miller brought in

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 06:44 PM) isn't his beer terrible? It's really bad, but a soxtalk should still go have a get together there anyways

Nice

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 28, 2014 -> 10:11 AM) I wish people would leave the move-Micah-to-the-OF thing alone. The ONLY reason it is brought up is because of his speed. He's never played there, and has a hard enough time with the glove at 2B, and you want him to change positions? His arm isn't great either. Plus with his elbow issues, as we've discussed before, they are likely caused by poor throwing mechanics. So he's a greater injury risk in the OF than at 2B. Just doesn't make sense to do it. Semien, on the other hand, COULD be a corner OF. He's got a good arm, enough speed, he's played there a bit this year, and they want to get his bat in the lineup. I really think he will end up in LF next year unless they want to switch Conor to DH.

How in the f*** does that stand?! This league is such a f***ing joke

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 26, 2014 -> 03:25 PM) I'm not sure if he's a good enough catcher or a powerful enough DH. I think that is plenty of pop out of the DH spot, he does have back to back 20 HR seasons in which his slg % has never been below .480.

Apparently the Braves are mulling over moving him in the offseason with Bethancourt on the way. I think this is something Hahn should really explore. Have him split time between catcher and DH, then get Andy Wilkins to DH when he catches. Helps bring some pop to the lineup if they decide to put Semien in LF.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Aug 26, 2014 -> 07:00 AM) You still don't quite have it. If he starts with the team next year, he will not be Super 2. To qualify for Super 2 status a player must have more than 2 years, but less than 3 years service time and rank in the top 22% of all 2 years players regarding service time. If he is with the team next year opening day, he would not have enough service time after his 2nd year to qualify for Super 2 as he would just have 2 years and 1 month. Here are the ways his time with the White Sox could be laid out. If he starts with the team next year regardless of whether he comes up in September: 2015: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2016: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2017: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2018: Arbitration 1 2019: Arbitration 2 2020: Arbitration 3 2021: Free Agent If he comes up in September and doesn't start with the team next year but gets called up BEFORE his Super 2 cutoff (August-ish): 2015: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2016: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2017: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2018: Arbitration 1 (Super 2) 2019: Arbitration 2 2020: Arbitration 3 2021: Arbitration 4 2022: Free Agent If he comes up in September and doesn't start with the team next year but gets called up AFTER his Super 2 cutoff (August-ish): 2015: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2016: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2017: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2018: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2019: Arbitration 1 2020: Arbitration 2 2021: Arbitration 3 2022: Free Agent If he doesn't come up in September and doesn't start with the team next year but gets called up BEFORE his Super 2 cutoff (July-ish): 2015: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2016: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2017: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2018: Arbitration 1 (Super 2) 2019: Arbitration 2 2020: Arbitration 3 2021: Arbitration 4 2022: Free Agent If he doesn't come up in September and doesn't start with the team next year but gets called up AFTER his Super 2 cutoff (July-ish): 2015: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2016: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2017: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2018: Team Control (near minimum salary) 2019: Arbitration 1 2020: Arbitration 2 2021: Arbitration 3 2022: Free Agent While it may seem like a good idea to hold off on calling him up until after opening day next year because you push his FA date out until 2022, a good portion of that extra year will be spent in the minors and you will end up paying him a hell of lot if he qualifies for Super 2 because of the 4 years of arbitration. If he doesn't qualify for Super 2, you're waiting until the season is more than half over so he spent the majority of the time in that "extra" year pitching in the minors. I think the best thing to do is just call him up in September to let him get his feet wet, start him next year with the big league team to go through the growing pains and then in 2016 we should be ready to compete and Rodon will have a year plus experience and should be ready to really help the team. Fantastic post. Thank you!

I already like Sanchez much more than Beckham

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 22, 2014 -> 03:46 PM) I can keep going Owned.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 22, 2014 -> 12:19 PM) http://www.milb.com/scoreboard/index.jsp?s...mp;ymd=20140822 Charlotte- Doran Birmingham- Bucciferro Winston Salem- Wendelken Kannapolis- Wheeler Great Falls- Ball AZL- Should be Adams DSL- TBA Adams was promoted to Great Falls earlier this week

Random, but I'm all for it. Will be fun to pay closer attention to the Barons now outside Ravelo.

That Abreu deal looks better and better every day

Good riddance. My car is available if a lift is needed to O'Hare.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 20, 2014 -> 10:01 AM) Based on that setup, it appears you have the Sox signing 3 right-handed bullpen pitchers (let's assume $12 million between the 3?), a right handed #3 starter ($12-15 million?), and Markakis (just going to guess #12-mil again). That would cost the team what, at least 2 draft picks and probably more than $40 million next year and that is still at best a borderline wild card contender. Says a lot about how attempting to fix this team through free agency will go. I don't necessarily see the Sox spending in FA for a starting RHP. My hope is that one of Noesi, Beck, or Johnson can rise to the occasion and be a serviceable option. Who do you see costing us draft picks?

I think the Central is going to be pretty up for grabs starting next season, Shields & Butler will likely be gone from the Royals, Scherzer will more than likely be leaving the Tigers, and I dont think Cleveland or Minnesota are anywhere close to playoff ready. That brings me to the Sox, who with a couple of tweeks, are very close to a playoff team. Would something along the lines of this lineup be a playoff team: CF Eaton 2B Semien/Johnson 3B Gillaspie 1B Abreu LF Garcia/Tomas RF Markakis/Tomas/Garcia SS Alexei DH Viciedo? C Flowers P Sale P Quintana P RHP P Rodon P Danks RP Petricka RP Gregerson RP Adams RP Janssen RP Webb RP LHP?