Jose Abreu

MASAHIRO TANAKA

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 03:07 PM) Just because they featured me in a netflix documentary wearing a sparkling pink glitter pony jammy set doesn't mean I'm the homosexual. It's just honestly the best table ever explored - showing the world a greater path to unification and friendship. This board should really consider ditching all interest in the white sox and becoming a my little pony gathering spot of magic. Anyone want to cuddle? hmu doe

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 01:54 PM) ? to bolded, but yeah, he gets the whole year. We're talking about DV, right? Yeah, DV. He went 25/78 in 2012

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 01:45 PM) Wow. Quite the DV fan! Dayan will likely get all of this year to improve greatly, or he'll be gone before '15. Either way, it's a strategy I can live with. Personally, I would have had both he and Gordo at the camp - Steverson is their last-chance tutor. Dv COULD still become something, and isn't blocking any of the future core, currently. Gordo, who's had way more chances than Tank (and perhaps deservedly due to competent+ D), should get 1/2 season, and due to near-ready competition from prospects, I'd probably trade him even if he has a good first half - perhaps especially so. Only if he performs at a star level would I consider keeping him long-term. He had a stellar 2012 season and a monster 2nd-half 2013 (1st half injury slowed him down). Give him another year, 25/80 hitters are not easy to find.

So are the Cubs the favorite or a longshot? #MakeUpYourMindMedia

Wow, CSN. Thanks for the "breaking news". http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/report...ke-offer-tanaka

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QUOTE (timbo @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 12:44 PM) That could work in sox advantage It could. I'm surprised Kapler isn't bad-tweeting our chances of Tanaka. DWise ruined Kap's moment to be a perfect game-ruiner.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 12:40 PM) Were they teammates in Japan? Not sure, but I misinterpreted the tweet so check the edit I made.

Gabe Kapler (yes, that Gabe Kapler) said Tanaka is not looking for a challenge and that not signing with the Cubs for that reason would be absurd. Don't ask me how he knows this.

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 12:07 PM) I read somewhere he wants 18 Orlando Cabrera? Brent Lillibridge? He can have it.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 11:07 AM) Here's hoping Jose Abreu The Player's production is the inverse of Jose Abreu The Poster's...production EDIT: hurts me to rip a fellow Gimmick account, but there's just too much data taking me there I don't think it's that far-fetched.

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 10:59 AM) I said the same thing. I will be buying some sort of ticket package. This FO deserves our asses in the seats, regardless of the Tanaka outcome. They have done a good job this winter. However of Tanaka is signed, that day I will purchase a package out of peer pride and excitement for my team. Do you guys ever think that maybe, just maybe, someone from the FO has read important threads here to see what the more intelligent fans think? Maybe not a Rick Hahn or a Kenny Williams, but someone lower down.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 10:47 AM) I think it is highly unlikely he signs in New York. I think he either takes the money from the Cubs or signs with the Dodgers. I wouldn't write off the Angels. Despite all the talk, Moreno has indicated they are in and the Angels historically have swooped in late on guys. It is kind of their M.O. That said, they really can't afford another guy when they have to figure a way to sign Trout to like a 10 - 15 year deal that will be the largest in major league baseball history (all while being saddled with Albert and the heroin addict (or whatever Hamilton was addicated to). Why not NYY?

This has happened too many times. I actually think we can get him but he'll just sign with the Yankees for a huge amount of money

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 07:54 PM) According to Nikkan Sports in Japan, five teams made formal offers -- nearly all of them worth more than $100 millio NEARLY. Key word.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 07:35 PM) Yes? Sorry, wrong number. Er, letter.

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 07:24 PM) Eeeeee! Qqqqqq!

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 04:51 PM) Si, quarto payments para dos anyos Estoy bromeando. Conozco que quisiste.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 04:51 PM) Si, quarto payments para dos anyos Tu español es terible. "Quarto"? "Añyos"?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 01:44 PM) Why? we play them what, 3 games a year? 4-6

Ok people I was joking calm down

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 12:16 PM) This makes a ton of sense as it spends $50 million to deal with the fact that Tanaka is deathly afraid of having white people around him. Hey, whatever it takes to get him here, right?

If I'm the White Sox- 1. Tell Tanaka there's a whole (very nice) town of only Japanese people 5 minutes from The Cell 2. Pay 100 Japanese $25K each to move into this town 3. Pay 100 non-Japanese $25K each to move out of this town 4. Build a mansion right in the center of the town 5. Sign Tanaka 6. Move Tanaka into that mansion PROBLEM SOLVED.

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