Jose Abreu

I wish we hired the Red Sox announcer who is now joining the Padres broadcasting team.

Was surprised to see Jose Quintana ranked as the #21 pitcher in baseball by B/R. Rodon was 77, Samardzija was 39 (??), and Sale was #5. Anyway, it's nice to see that Quintana is actually known by non-Sox fans now.

Puig has to be the most overrated player in baseball.

My guess is that he was strongly leaning towards retiring due to his arm soreness, but he doesn't want his last memory as a SP to be allowing 8 unearned runs in 0.2 innings pitched, so he may give it another year, or take a year off and come back for one season in 2017.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 07:18 AM) Starlin Castro is somehow, someway going to make an absolutely terrible play and it'll cost the Cubs the game. That's my prediction. And the ball goes through Graffanino... er, Castro's, legs!

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 08:02 PM) I'm just guessing here, but I believe it's because we kicked the Field Goal on a non-4th down play. If the kick had been blocked without passing the line of scrimmage, we'd get the ball back and potentially have time to kick another FG. 7 seconds could have run off during the kick and subsequent fight to recover the ball. But if we recovered with say 1 second left, it would be Bears ball still. And we could attempt another FG. Right, but if the kick were blocked and we recovered, there's a strong chance that we would lose 5-10 yards on the play, thus making it a 59-64 yard field goal. Which is why I still don't get why Fox didn't wait longer.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 08:47 PM) Definitely pulling for the Astros and Pirates. Seconded.

The Dodgers fans/hosts valuing Puig over Quintana just shows you how underrated Quintana still is.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 09:25 PM) Just won/lost records Wood was 164-156; mark is 214-159 to begin with. C'mon Greg, you should know better than this. W/L record means nothing. Chris Sale was 11-14 in 2013.

QUOTE (DaveBrown85 @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 09:21 PM) what was saladinos walk up music The beat of I liked his older walk-up music, which was a Bleachers song.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 08:09 PM) By anybody's account, even in the era of participation trophies, this was a horrible season. It could be characterized by losing. They were one game over .500 on May 18. That's it for being over .500. Low water mark was 11 under. It was a pathetic season. I'd give the Sox a D as a grade for the season. Only good thing was their performance in extra inning games. My grades ... Abreu: A Sanchez C- (bad hitter) Micah - D. Lexi - C (.250 hitter, bad defense early). Olt - D. Gillaspie F. Saladino B- Melky C- Eaton B Avi C to C- Trayce - A Shuck - C to C- Beckham - D to D- Flowers - D Soto - C- Sale - A Quintana - A Rodon - B to A-minus Danks - B-minus Duke - D Petricka - D Nate - C Robertson - B-minus Shark - C-minus to D LaRoche - D to D-minus. Robin - F Hitting coach: F Pitching coach: C Worst player on team: LaRoche. Best player on the team: Abreu. Best pitcher on team: Sale. Worst pitcher on team: Duke. Agree with most of your rankings aside from Danks, but- Soto over Flowers? Geo was absolute trash during the 2nd half of the year. Saladino over Sanchez because Sanchez is a bad hitter? Saladino was even worse than Carlos at the plate, and FWIW, Sanchez had a much better 2nd half of hitting. Also, I'd give Shuck a B and Melky a B-.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 07:28 PM) Where is Davis going to play? Abreu is at first and LaRoche will be the DH. Technically, he plays 3B, LF, and RF, but his defense is probably abysmal there.

Don't forget us wining the Crosstown Cup and Bryant finishing the season 0-6 with 6 strikeouts vs Sale.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 06:10 PM) Ugh, Dickerson? My bad, he was hurt for most of the year so I forgot about him.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 06:05 PM) Let's not forget the Rockies already have better outfielders than Avi, Micah can't stay healthy and the Rockies already have a better 2B in LaMahieu, Beck only pitched 54 innings this year due to elbow inflammation, Montas needs more time to see if he can stick as a starter so the only thing enticing in that package from the Rockies POV is an under-sized starting pitcher by the name of Fulmer. I don't think the Rockies just say no, they say f*** no and laugh off into the sunset. They have CarGo and Blackmon in the OF. Avi would have a spot there. Micah isn't necessarily a 2B, he has the tools to be converted to something else. I know Beck was injured, so what? Doesn't mean he can't be traded. He's just a throw-in. Montas does need more time- when did I say he would be thrown right into their rotation? Fulmer has all-star potential as a SP.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 06:03 PM) The person you commissioned to clone Montas has announced that you cannot afford their cloning service. They've said no. Maybe I meant this guy.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 06:00 PM) I agree, but if he can play an elite CF with hitting 250-260 with 15+ HRs, I'll take it. .250 to .260? I don't think he'll be that good. 15 home runs is possible though.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 05:58 PM) Extend Qualifying Offer to SP Jeff Samardzija- he declines, Sox get a comp pick Pick up 10 option for SS Alexei Ramirez Resign: RP Matt Albers 1 year/3 million C Tyler Flowers 1 year/2 million Sign via Free Agency: RF Jason Heyward 8 years/180 million (opt out clause after 4 years/100 million) Trades: White Sox trade RP Zach Putnam to the Houston Astros for C Jason Castro White Sox trade 3B Trey Michalczewski, SP Frankie Montas, OF Avi Garcia, and SP Tyler Danish for 3B Todd Frazier and SP Jonathan Crawford Rotation/Bullpen: SP Chris Sale (L) SP Jose Quintana (L) SP Carlos Rodon (L) SP Erik Johnson SP John Danks (L) (Until Fulmer is ready) RP Scott Carroll (Long Man) RP Dan Jennings (L) RP Jake Petricka RP Zach Duke (L) RP Matt Albers RP Nate Jones CP David Robertson Lineup: LF Adam Eaton (L) 1B Jose Abreu RF Jason Heyward (L) 3B Todd Frazier DH Melky Cabrera (S) CF Trayce Thompson C Jason Castro (L) SS Alexei Ramirez 2B Carlos Sanchez (S) Bench: OF J.B Shuck 1B Adam LaRoche C Tyler Flowers UTIL Tyler Saladino After this year the Sox would free up 38 million by letting Ramirez, LaRoche, and Danks go. Do you know how bad Jason Castro has been offensively the past two years? No way he'd bat over Alexei and Sanchez. And 8/180 for Heyward? I think he'd want something like 8/260.

Yes, he has. I think his hitting is a fluke, but his defense is worthy of him being the 2016 center fielder

Who says no? A. Garcia, Fulmer, M. Johnson, Beck, and Montas for Arenado and Jairo Diaz

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 05:15 PM) Kinda funny how many people including here said why did the Rangers get Hamels at the deadline when they were 50-52. This is why We had a better record than them a couple days before the deadline. Who knows what would have happened if we were buyers...

QUOTE (3GamesToLove @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 04:23 PM) Those guys are all better, obviously, but I think if you're top ten in a franchise this old, you definitely count as "one of the best." He's 7th on the list of bWAR for the Sox is within 3 wins of #4. If you want fWAR, then he's #5. Also, not to sound like one of those "did you see him play!?" guys, but you were six years old in '05 so I'm not sure you have the right perspective on Buehrle. I'm surprised that his fWAR is as high as it is among Sox pitchers. And yes, I only watched him from 06-now, but I know exactly how important he was to the 05 team. Pre-05, his numbers don't look like a #1 pitcher. Even with his 3.29 ERA in 2001, his FIP was 4.10.

I personally think we should pick up Alexei's option. He came around both offensively and defensively as the year went on. Saladino would provide similar or better defense, but his hitting would be atrocious as an everyday player.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 05:09 PM) Perfect way for the Sox to end another crap season...go out with a wimper on offense. Mark Right, because we should've scored runs with that tanking, AA lineup we put on the field today.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 4, 2015 -> 04:59 PM) He'll cut back next year. I just hope Swirsky starts acting like pbp guy and not an interviewer, or they get somebody else. I kind of like his interview-style because it plays more to Stone's ill-utilized strengths. But it would be nice if he toned it down a bit