Jose Abreu

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 03:26 PM) Proof? It's really a well-known fact around the league...

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 07:37 AM) I know some people are angry about the direction that this offseason went but as someone who goes to a ton of games, these boards are going to be awesome Agreed, I'm very excited to see them completed

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 06:57 AM) Or not tipping pitches...

QUOTE (CB2.0 @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 01:20 PM) And why is Viciedo on there with a 253/299/430 and 52 RBIs? He is? He's playing in Japan lmao

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 11:12 AM) Projected numbers: Sale: 2.99 ERA Quintana: 3.73 ERA Rodon: 3.81 ERA Johnson: 4.70 ERA Danks: 4.88 ERA Beck: 5.38 ERA Carroll: 5.35 ERA Turner: 5.98 ERA Frazier: .255/.318/.449 Eaton: .277/.352/.400 Abreu: .285/.352/.505 Lawrie: .255/.310/.406 Saladino: .232/.290/.347 Navarro: .259/.314/.385 Avila: .203/.321/.336 Melky: .281/.325/.403 LaRoche: .226/.317/.401 Garcia: .265/.311/.394 Anderson: .257/.283/.369 These all seem very pessimistic. Sale/Quintana/Rodon/Johnson/Eaton/Abreu should all outperform these numbers.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 09:52 PM) Last time the Sox had a winning record vs the division was 2012 and that was the chance for making the playoffs before falling apart the last 2 weeks. If Sox are going to compete they need to probably have a winning record against the division. Agreed. My point is that, with this division, that is a very tall task.

BLOW IT UP. 5-0 losses are UNACCEPTABLE. Package Kane and Panarin for Carlos Gonzalez.

Last year, the Sox went 32-44 against the AL Central. In the offseason, an already-stacked division got even better. All five teams may contend for first place. While I am happy with the acquisitions of Frazier/Lawrie/catchers etc., I am still unusually pessimistic entering the season. The reason for this pessimism is our division. Detroit's power bats, Kansas City's all-around team, Minnesota's young hitters, and Cleveland's pitching are all very scary, especially considering that 47% of our season will be spent playing these teams. This leads me to ask, how will we fare against our division rivals in 2016? I fear that our intra-division record may be what stops us from making the playoffs.

Washington to sign Arroyo

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 11:03 AM) So apparently Blake Griffin got in a fight with an equipment staffer and broke his right hand as a result. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14651663...equipment-staff What a guy!

So is every free t-shirt day shirt going to have "Sponsored by the village of Bedford Park!" on it?

QUOTE (103 mph screwball @ Jan 26, 2016 -> 08:28 AM) It's possible they could be planning it as a SoxFest treat. They could have it all worked out to trade for CarGo and they have agreed to wait a few days to pull the trigger. Just because it doesn't happen before SoxFest, doesn't mean it won't happen. The closer it gets to spring training, some of these players like Desmond might be more receptive to a fair offer. Agents know the Sox missed out on the big 3 and will try to see if the Sox will get desperate. Stay cool RH. I feel like that would be foolish. There are many risks in doing that.

As others stated, the Mets are also clearly the best rotation in baseball. Harvey/DeGrom/Syndergaard/Matz/Colon or Niese... nobody else can come close to that.

Hawks sign Stan Bowman to 3-year extension

And yes, Snell was horrible. Missed wide-open 3 after missed wide-open 3 after missed wide-open 3. Despite McDermott's defense, you at least know that he can hit that shot.

The fact that we still don't really run Hoiberg's offense is pretty alarming.

I'd take our rotation over the Cubs' any day...

*Sees Caulfield, does a "Control + F" search for 'Royals' and finds nothing* I approve! In all seriousness, great post. India is an interesting market. There was the movie, Million Dollar Arm, (which caulfield mentioned) about those two pitchers who went to the Pirates from India. That probably got some people thinking about the market. It would be great to see the Sox/baseball expand to there.

Isn't that a sarcastic/joke-thing? I didn't take it as a serious insult

Here we go again

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 25, 2016 -> 07:10 PM) He wasn't even a qualified pitcher in 2014. 25 starts is a good enough sample size for me. He did finish top-ten in Cy Young voting, too.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Jan 25, 2016 -> 06:17 PM) What is the actual population of Bedford Park? 580 (2013 data)

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 25, 2016 -> 01:17 PM) 6,000 posts. I just had to. You were the 6,000th post, and I was the first post of page 400. Cheers!

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 25, 2016 -> 12:57 PM) You take that back, sir! Pablo Sandoval (-2.0) and Chris Owings (-1.4) had worse WARs than Avi's! And if we change it to only 400 PA required, Avi drops from 3rd down to 8th! (LaRoche pops up and goes in to 4th). Surprising, given his defense

Hey, it's unlocked!