Jose Abreu

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 10, 2015 -> 04:42 PM) What I came up with in a waiting room today... Sign Alexei Ramirez for 2 year 14 million Lack of options, bounce back candidate and stop gap. Sign Rich Hill 2 year 16 million. Dude has pitched sparingly but has been highly effective the last few years especially down the stretch for the Red Sox last year. I imagine they'll try to retain him but they have Buccholz, Johnson, Rodriguez and Porcello + whatever big-ticket starter they add. Lots of potential for surplus value as he has fixed his mechanics. Sign Kenta Maeda – 20 million posting & 5 year, 70 million. Knocks on him are his slender frame. Dominant in Japan. Paying for 28-33 year old seasons. No compensation past money. Replaces hole left by Quintana. Trade Erik Johnson, Adam LaRoche and 6 million for Matt Adams. Cardinals have Piscotty ®, Bourjos®, Jay(L), Holliday®, Pham ® and Grichuck® in the outfield. Whispers are they are going to move Holliday to 1B but he's unwilling. LaRoche could break up all the righties in the middle of the lineup and sit vs. lefthanded pitching when Holliday/Pham/Piscotty cover 1B. The can sub in Boujos/Jay in the OF late and switch the less defensive oriented OF to 1B to have a great defensive unit. Johnson gives them an arm to help stomach the loss of Lackey/Lynn. Wainright, Lynn, Garcia aren't spring chickens anymore so Johnson gives them another young arm to add to Wacha/Martinez. Trade Frankie Montas for Martin Prado Not much explanation needed here. Prado covers 3B and hits second. I don't believe Montas can start. Not sure what the market will think of Montas but I think it's a worthy move. Trade Jose Quintana and Micah Johnson to Arizona for David Peralta, Chris Owings, Archie Bradley and Keith Kessler. Peralta is the key. BABIP is a bit high and he plays in AZ so his stats aren't as pure as they'd look in a glance but he's a well-above average LH bat who is pre-arb. Owings is a guy who was hamstringed by a bad wrist and is a great bounceback candidate. Do the look and see approach at both 2B/SS. Bradley has had an up-and-down career in AZ and scouts and executives have pinned him as a potential trade candidate. Good GB% and nice four pitch mix for the Sox to work with. Keith Kessler is a guy who hasn't had much of a chance in the MLB but I think can become a dominant LHSU. Sucks losing Quintana for reasons that don't need to be said and Johnson seems to have fallen out of favor and could find a role in AZ who lacks a 2B other than the skeleton known as Aaron Hill. Trade Avi Garcia for Tucker Barnhart Neither leave much to be excited about but fit their new teams much better. Barnhart is a light hitting switch-hitter who does everything well other than hitting and running. Noted that he works well with pitchers which the Sox love. L CF Adam Eaton R 3B Martin Prado R 1B/DH Jose Abreu L RF David Peralta S LF Melky Cabrera L DH/1B Matt Adams R SS Alexei Ramirez/Chris Owings R C Tyler Flowers S/R 2B Carlos Sanchez/Chris Owings Bench: INF Owings/Sanchez, OF Thompson, C Barnhart and Saladino/Shuck L SP1 Chris Sale R SP2 Kenta Maeda L SP3 Carlos Rodon L SP4 Rich Hill R SP5 Archie Bradley RHP Robertson RHP Jones LHP Dule LHP Jennings RHP Putnam LHP Hessler RHP Petricka Key here is to keep the draft picks and add cost effective players who can add to the team for years to come. Not gonna comment on Danks since many others have. I would be reluctant to give Hill that kind of money, given that he's made 20 appearances in the last 2 seasons, but other than that, I like these ideas, especially the Diamondbacks trade. They have a lot of hitting talent and a lack of pitching depth that could make them a potential trade partner.

Yikes.

I do recall a few brutal days last winter, but nothing as bad as 2013.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Nov 10, 2015 -> 12:40 PM) Jesus overpaid Christ that's a lot for Lucroy no thanks! I was about to make a rebuttal... but then I saw Lucroy's 2015 stats.

I heard that many, many closers are on the block. Wonder if Robertson is one of them.

Delusional Cubs Fans "Denorfia and Ross for Sale" "Baez and McKinney for Quintana" etc.

Wow. Far too young.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 10:43 PM) Nov. 22, Soldier Field, Bears vs Broncos, AFC West championship up for grabs. Yup, all 3 Chicago wins are against AFC West teams.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 10:32 PM) Houston almost did the same dance he did when he tore his ACL. The same exact dance. And he did it twice more tonight. What a dumbass. What even happened to him this year? I feel like he's barely played, along with Young. Sad that we're paying them what we're paying them to be ineffective linebackers, but I suppose it had to be done with the 3-4.

QUOTE (LDF @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 05:27 PM) do you really think Shaw would be enuf??? i don't.... i envision someone like Tevo. remember, no team will help a 2x SC team. The Hawks aren't gonna trade Teuvo for a defenseman. He has too much potential.

Bulls dominated the 6ers

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 09:35 AM) The amount has been known for a few days My bad.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 09:12 AM) @JeffPassan: Source: Minnesota Twins won rights to Byung-Ho Park with $12.85 million posting bid. Weird, I saw a tweet saying that it was $12.85 million at about 830 AM CT today but ignored it because it looked like a fan account.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 08:37 AM) Daniel Kim is a legit baseball commentator in Korea, so if that's his real Twitter account, maybe there's some legs here (if you ignore the "Blue Socks" part.) It is an intriguing tweet... we'll see

Devan Fink ‏@DevanFink 1m1 minute ago Brewers, Reds, Cubs, White Sox and Twins are only teams left in the Byung-Ho Park sweepstakes. Cubs/Reds make no sense at all.

John Dreker ‏@JohnDreker 1m1 minute ago If it helps, Ben Badler reported yesterday that Byung-ho Park looked awful in Cuba this week, 1-for-7 with 5 K's vs some very poor pitching

I don't see how it can be Minnesota when they have Mauer/Sano/Plouffe at 1B/DH/3B

Brewers, Reds, Cubs, White Sox, Twins

Jon HeymanVerified account ‏@JonHeymanCBS 1m1 minute ago It is not the rockies or phillies for byung-ho park. Not many teams left. #mysteryteam

Can anyone translate the replies of this tweet to English?

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 08:31 AM) I know the Brewers are rebuilding, but I don't think that rules them out. They can always trade Lind (to us), and I seem to remember a rebuilding team signing an expensive, foreign first baseman in the 2013-2014 offseason... QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Nov 9, 2015 -> 08:31 AM) I don't know why you guys are saying that the Brewers and Phillies don't make sense -- this is exactly that type of upside play that rebuilding teams SHOULD make. It's really no different than us getting Abreu. The guy is only 29. If we can cut LaRoche, the Phillies can cut Howard.

I know the Brewers are rebuilding, but I don't think that rules them out. They can always trade Lind (to us), and I seem to remember a rebuilding team signing an expensive, foreign first baseman in the 2013-2014 offseason...

A Korean baseball writer tweeted this: Daniel Kim 대니얼 김 ‏@DanielKimW 1m1 minute ago Sources: Chicago Blue Socks won the bidding for Park Byung-ho

Phillies, Brewers, Reds, Cubs, White Sox, Twins.

Jon HeymanVerified account ‏@JonHeymanCBS 27s28 seconds ago Astros and nationals also did not win bidding on byung-ho park. #mysteryteam