Jose Abreu

QUOTE (Sox Fan In Husker Land @ Sep 26, 2015 -> 09:09 AM) QO to Samardizja. He turns it down, we get a top 40 pick along with a top 10 pick Bring back Alexei for a year until Anderson is ready. Try to resign Soto and split with Flowers at Catcher because we have other major issues to address. Somehow acquire Todd Frazier for 3B, if the NL to AL curse of hitting pops in at least you have good D at 3rd and a deadline piece at a key position if we suck. Trade Micah Johnson, Avi Garcia, Tyler Danish, and another throw in if necessary for Frazier. Try to keep Anderson, Fulmer, Montas, Adams, Michalczewski out of any deals. Sign Jason Heyward to 8 year $180 million deal, with player option after 3 years. 1st 3 years worth 3 years $80 million. $ for Heyward is there if we can offer Samardzija the deal we did. We also lose Danks & LaRoche following the 2016 season. And Melky after the 2017 season. It is doable. I know it's a pipe dream, but it vastly improves 2 of our major holes in 3B and RF all without giving up too much. It also upgrades our defense in the OF drastically. It also keeps our young, cheap controlled rotation together. Adam LaRoche is just a wasted space as a 1B/DH against RHP and a pinch hitter in the latter part of games until the end of the year. Vs. RHP CF Eaton L DH Abreu R RF Heyward L 3B Frazier R LF Cabrera S 1B LaRoche L SS Ramirez R C Flowers/Soto R 2B Sanchez S Bench OF Thompson R UTIL Saladino R OF Shuck L C Flowers/Soto R Vs. LHP LF Eaton L 1B Abreu R RF Heyward L 3B Frazier R DH Cabrera S CF Thompson R SS Ramirez R C Flowers/Soto R 2B Sanchez S Bench 1B/DH LaRoche L UTIL Saladino R OF Shuck L C Flowers/Soto R Pitching Staff Starters Sale LHP Quintana LHP Rodon LHP Johnson RHP Danks LHP Bullpen Robertson R CL Jones R SU Petricka R Putnam R Webb R Duke L Jennings L You would have Tim Anderson, Carson Fulmer, and Frankie Montas waiting in the wings to provide a boost to the line up or rotation/bullpen if need be by mid season. Cincy would never give up Frazier for your offer. We'd have to include much better players than Avi/Micah/Danish.

Baltimore came back out of nowhere. Their record was near the last place Red Sox record for a bit.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 05:35 PM) He's going to pull down A-Rod money. The market will demand it. Giancarlo Stanton money*

Who starts? McDermott?

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QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 12:28 PM) How tall are you? I'm 16, almost 17 and I'm only 5'9" ish. There's a few really tall kids that I know, but none of them are that muscular. 16, and 6'3. Was supposed to be 5'10/5'11. I'm definitely not as muscular as this guy though My point is, there are definitely 16 year old kids out there who are close to, at, or above his height/weight, with myself being an example.

Papelbon suspended 3 games for throwing at Machado's head

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 11:48 AM) Defensive Ranking Year - Points - Yards 2014 - 31st - 30th 2013 - 30th - 30th 2012 - 3rd - 5th (10-6 team record - Lovie fired) 2011 - 14th - 17th 2010 - 4th - 9th (lost in conf final) 2009 - 21st - 17th Yep, YEARS of amazing defense and special teams squandered. You're correct, though. He does get the majority of blame in your book. Defense was what carried the team during the bolded season, which was a choke job. Started 7-1 or something like that, missed the playoffs. Lovie deserved to be fired then. When the defense stopped playing, we stopped winning. I agree with you though. That's just two years of amazing defense.

Alshon is out Sunday. Cutler is as well. Royal is questionable. Seahawks 63, Bears 3

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 09:16 AM) Madison Bumgarner Had An Endless, Awkward Staredown With Umpire Joe West http://deadspin.com/madison-bumgarner-had-...dium=socialflow Yikes. That's... insanely awkward.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 05:21 PM) I'm sorry, but I doubt this kid is 16. He's probably 18 or 19. There is no 16 year old I know that is built like that. QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 08:50 AM) There's a kid from Hinsdale South named Josh King. He's the #1 DE recruit in the country. He won wrestling state at 220 last year as a Junior. He's 17 and is 6-6 250. He is massive. 17 so a tad older, but he definitely looks similar. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 08:52 AM) Throw a 16 year old Greg Oden into that mix as well. Zach Randolph also looked about 22 when I met him at 16 years old as a Soph in HS. Yup. Hell, I'm this guy's age and I'm taller than him. I don't doubt him being 16.

Lmao, no, just no. He's so underrated. People look at his full season stats and think that's indicative of what he'll amount to. I'd argue that his stats since August are closer to what he'll really end up being.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 09:40 AM) No contradiction. He's a "keeper" in the sense that he's a decent baseball player. I hope the Sox trade him because he's not as good as his numbers, he'd return value and you can't build a team trading prospects only. A keeper is someone you keep, not trade. So I think it was a contradiction. But that's just me. And I disagree, I do think he is as good or better than his numbers.

Santiago being an all-star was a fluke. He's the same old wild, 100 pitches thru 5 innings Santiago. We won the trade.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 08:16 AM) Eaton has good numbers. Indeed he is a keeper…One that I hope that the Sox trade. You just contradicted yourself. Is he a keeper or not?

Oh, and I still don't know how he was a gold glove finalist last year. I didn't think his defense was that good.

His defense this year has been much worse than it was last year, but I don't expect that trend to continue. He's hitting .332 since the ASB. That is what raised his average so much. I remember last year he was hitting about .297 on the last day of the year. Went 3-3 by the 6th inning, average was .300, and he was pulled instantly

What a crazy few days.

This is probably Sale's worst season so far. It also happens to be his most hyped/popular one.

How can anyone possibly back up the statement that Q is not a #1 SP?

I hope it has the Instant Action game mode. That was my favorite. (not online)

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 04:14 PM) Agreed, no reason Rodon can't be a 1-2. Fulmer more likely a 3-4. I don't see any reason why Fulmer is likely a 3-4. I think he'll be a 2, maybe even a 1.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 04:14 PM) This conversation has been had in other places. Rodon's ceiling is a workhorse version of Chris Sale. Fulmer's is probably more like Jose Quintana. While I think Fulmer has a chance to be very good, Rodon has a chance to be a star. Agreed. Rodon's ceiling is a perennial all-star like Sale. While I do think Fulmer will have a good career, I think Rodon will have an incredible career.