Jose Abreu

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 12:24 PM) The difference is money. The three from last year were FA. These are cost controlled trades. That's a big difference. Good point. Let's see if we get Upton/Yoenis.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 12:23 PM) Hate this deal for a lot of reasons. 1. Avi - Eaton - Melky OF is all but confirmed. Another year of negative WAR from both corners really make acquiring Lawrie and Frazier pointless. The only internal option that maybe makes a splash just got traded for... 2. The next player to come to the White Sox and collapse. Frazier is about to cross the 30 barrier and look at his 2nd half splits last year. Look at how bad he was. Hard time seeing him turning it around, especially with the Sox track record of aging sluggers. 3. We gave up 3 dynamic players. Thompson is a great defender, Micah has that speed, Montas has the big fastball. These guys were all set to the contribute in different, meaningful ways and instead the Sox dealt them for the same exact kind of player we've seen every offseason since 2005. 1. No, it is not confirmed. We still may go after a FA OF. 2. This is my main concern. 3. Thompson is a great defended but I don't think he'll be any good as a hitter. Micah has speed and can hit, but his defense is abysmal. Montas is basically a Nate Jones-type reliever. I'm not upset with giving them up.

I think we'll get a 2013-like year from him but with a few more home runs.

Both are a bit overrated as hitters but the QO makes a difference for me.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 12:18 PM) No. We have added a solid and an above average baseball player, that said, both struggle at consistently getting on base. We need to address that and Cespedes just isn't near the OBP guy. I bet the Sox have Abreu spending a lot of time with Puig on this trip to Cuba. Maybe Alexei too (as I still think we bring him back at the right price). That said, org is very high on Saladino's defense @ SS. I don't see the Sox trading for Puig after his offseason drama.

Sox address pitching and outfield holes with acquisitions of Samardzija, Robertson, and Cabrera. Sox address infield and outfield holes with acquisitions of Lawrie, Frazier, and (outfielder). Deja vu. Hope it goes better this time. At least the Cubs have basically already "won the offseason", since that usually results in a sub .500 season.

Sanchez as the utility guy looks pretty good.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 12:07 PM) I think there's too much weight being given to Todd's interleague splits by those down on this deal. You're looking at roughly half a season of at-bats over the last 4 years and trying to translate that to what we should expect...that's not fair. While he still struggled during interleague last season, he hit much better than he had the previous two which tells me that he may have become more familiar with the pitching...but again, sample size, so who knows. He's a talented player and is filling a position that has been a black hole on this team for nearly a decade. Even slashing .250/.310/.450 with ~25hr per season with decent D will serve as a HUGE upgrade for the Sox. This also allows us to fill another perpetual black hole at 2b with another solid bat in Lawrie. Fantastic moves that didn't cost us much in the way of talent. I don't know if that will happen.

Zealous?

QUOTE (shysocks @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 11:56 AM) If Melky gets his s*** together that is swoon-worthy. Melky seemed to be getting it together as the season progressed. One of the best memories this season is that big July winning streak where we'd put up 7-10 runs per game and Melky went 18-35.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 11:55 AM) Shuck can't touch Thompson defensively. And prior to last season, his bat wasn't that great either. Not true, Shuck had a great rookie year hitting-wise.

QUOTE (Knuckles @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 11:38 AM) Which one of them is LH? neither

Still not an overpay IMO.

If last offseason taught me anything, it's to have the lowest expectations. .230/23/57

A bit surprising considering Micah had been doing lots of charity work for us this offseason. Thought that may have meant something

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 11:48 AM) What are the Dodgers going to do with Trayce? 6th OF behind Puig, Ethier, Crawford, Pederson and Van Slyke? I guess so

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 11:47 AM) Not sure JB Shuck is much worse than Thompson, if at all Agreed.

Wow. Great news. Of course it happened during the one 45-minute period of the day in which I can't look at my phone.

Xavier Nady would say so

QUOTE (striker @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 08:02 PM) I want Jake Lamb. Sounds like he could be had with Drury able to take his place. Interesting 3B candidate who should be relatively cheap. Lawrie could slide to 2B. A back-up plan if we don't land Frazier, perhaps?

Bulls/Grizzlies tonight, should be good

I agree that you should check the browser. For me, I don't use Safari, can't watch videos on Firefox, but I can on Chrome. Seems backwards, I know.

The article suggests trading Quintana, but it's hard to keep wasting Sale/Abreu in their primes. I'd either go all in or all out, meaning if I trade Quintana for a non-Earth shattering return, I'd blow it up and trade Sale/Abreu too.

RIP point streak... had to end with Varlamov in net. Only fitting

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 09:10 PM) DeMarcus Cousins is a bit of fools gold to me. His Usage Rate is Off the Charts and he's only shooting 43% for the season, which for a big man is terrible. Now in the right system and with the right players around him, he's an All - Star, but if you ask him to carry your team, you're going to end up like Sacramento and in mediocrity for a number of years. To be fair, his lower 2015-2016 shooting % is due to the fact that he now takes 4.0 3-pointers a game at 30%, as opposed to 0.0 per game for the rest of his career.