Jose Abreu

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 13, 2017 -> 07:17 PM) I’m paraphrasing, because it’s behind a paywall, but he basically said it’s easier to sign a guy if he’s been around your culture and sometimes you need to take a risk. ?

QUOTE (whitesoxwinner @ Dec 13, 2017 -> 07:11 PM) Is machado coming home? Home?

Dan Clark‏Verified account @DanClarkSports Boston, New York (Yankees), St Louis and Chicago (White Sox) are the teams who have contacted the #Orioles about Machado. https://twitter.com/DanClarkSports/status/941040805279498240

Bruce Levine‏ @MLBBruceLevine Sox GM Rick Hahn expects his busier time to sign and trade after these meetings through the holidays .

Bruce Levine‏ @MLBBruceLevine Sox GM Rick Hahn expects his busier time to sign and trade after these meetings through the holidays .

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 13, 2017 -> 11:40 AM) I can't see how you would think that. All of Hansen's numbers are better across the board, plus he has had zero injury history. Hansen is the clear #2 pitcher to me in the system, and probably the highest floor IMO. QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 13, 2017 -> 11:42 AM) Have a hard time seeing him hold up over 150 innings QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Dec 13, 2017 -> 11:58 AM) Cease has been handled with baby gloves his entire career. We have no idea what happens when they take the reigns off a bit. While I want to be optimistic, we still need to see signs of him being able to handle a major league starter’s workload. To me Hansen seems like the real deal and a guy who could quickly become a top 5 pitching prospect in no time. Cease has a long road ahead of him before he ever enters that conversation. All fair points. I do really like Hansen as well, but I think Cease's ceiling is higher. The biggest question mark is obviously the durability, but Cease is younger and performed just as well as Hansen did in the minors last year (don't let the ERA fool you). Hansen has better makeup, but Cease has better stuff.

Giants lost out on Ozuna, so I wouldn't be surprised to see them go for Avi now.

I’m surprised by how willing people are to trade Cease. I personally think he’ll be better than Hansen

QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 09:55 PM) Why do people keeping throwing out Fulmers name like he is a tradeable asset? He has been terrible for over a year and has no value in a trade other than as a throw in. After his debut, Fulmer was quite good in the Majors last year.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 07:15 PM) He never mentioned a specific player before True, but one could easily infer or narrow down who it could’ve been

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 07:08 PM) They were widely regarded as runners-up to Texas in the A-Rod sweepstakes in 2000. They offered 8/196. I remember that vividly, it isn't unprecedented. We were also right there on Tanaka.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 07:00 PM) This confirms it Hahn saying multiple times that we’d be in on it wasn’t confirmation enough?

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 06:52 PM) The fact that they're looking at him now means that they'll be going for his services this time next year. Why is everyone acting like we didn't already know this?

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 05:35 PM) WSD says nothing to it The tweet you're referring to was a response to an eyeball tweet that came from the Red Line Radio account. It might not have been a reference to the Machado news

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Dec 12, 2017 -> 11:30 AM) Anyone own a Chromebook? My wife and I are looking into buying one for our kindergartner for xmas. Doesn't need to do much, just run some web apps for his school and then maybe some android games and Netflix. I'm looking at some of the cheaper options (like the Samsung Chromebook 3) but they all have crappy, non-HD screens. I wonder if that's a huge deal in the 11 inch screen size. I have the Samsung Chromebook Pro which I use strictly for school (college student) and it's really nice. Battery life could be better but that's my only complaint. I don't think a kindergartner would need the processing power of the Pro, so the Samsung Chromebook Plus ($50-$100 cheaper), while still expensive for a Chromebook, would meet all of your criteria, and its screen is gorgeous.

We get that tweet every year. I still think we'll make moves.

Wasn't it Ozzie who messed this up for us?

QUOTE (oldsox @ Dec 9, 2017 -> 11:27 AM) Maybe MLB will disallow the trade. Fact is, they allowed the Jeter Group to buy the team and watch as they immediately tried to make the team worse. Never saw that before. I always thought that one of the requirements for new ownership is to have the liquidity to run the franchise. I guess MLB looked the other way in order to get Jeter in the Owners Club. I think this definitely needs to be investigated. This deal is so much worse than the rumored Giants/Cards offers. Jeter will always be a Yankee

Ditto... actually I've never watched it

QUOTE (Baron @ Dec 7, 2017 -> 06:42 PM) Surprised nobody was able to sneak me in here....only player I hated more than Tyler Flowers was Avi Garcia And, ironically, both are now valuable players

Just because he plays a lot doesn't mean he's not injured.... he has played through lots that other players would take games off for, sometimes for weeks at a time.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 6, 2017 -> 02:12 PM) At least we know it should be done by the 22nd. I think he'll decide in the next few days, although I know he could technically wait until the 22nd

QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 6, 2017 -> 01:16 PM) CarGo is Gonzalez According to baseball-reference, it's both players' nickname. https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/s...p;pid=&idx=

QUOTE (Jack Parkman @ Dec 6, 2017 -> 11:56 AM) There is nothing in Boston's farm that is worth Abreu at this point. If I was Hahn, they'd have to get my attention by offering either Benintendi or Devers straight up, or I'd tell Dombrowski to go pay JD Martinez and pound sand. That's basically what he did, and that's why we're not talking to Boston about Abreu anymore. The thread title isn't updated

One more thing I forgot: Sox sign Addison Reed for 4 years, 34 mil