Jose Abreu

I haven't done one of these for awhile, so my lineup would be: OFFSEASON MOVES Abreu 6 yrs Saltalamacchia 2 yrs Joe Smith 3 yrs Dave Purcey 1 yr De Aza and Kevin Vance for Daniel Murphy and a A bum 1. Alexei Ramirez .285/9/44 [r] 2. Daniel Murphy .294/16/82 (L) 3. Jose Abreu .282/18/70 [r] 4. Adam Dunn .203/38/88 (L) 5. Avisail Garcia .294/16/75 [r] 6. Dayan Viciedo .256/22/60 [r] 7. Jarrod Saltalamacchia .264/14/54 (S) 8. Conneff Gillapenger Platoon .249/15/46 [l/r] 9. Jordan Danks .257/8/46 [l] The lefty/righty combo would drive opponents insane. 1. Sale 2.97 2. Quintana 3.36 3. Santiago (I think he'll be traded but nobody has a remotely close idea of who it would be for) 3.66 4. Danks 3.92 5. Rienzo 4.41 'Pen Jones 3.65 Purcey 3.35 Lindstrom 2.88 Smith 2.94 Reed 3.31 Petricka (half-year) 4.06 Erik Johnson (half-year) 3.89 Donnie Veal 4.66

QUOTE (scs787 @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 11:27 AM) Not sure if I've already brought up his name yet, but the Mets are said to be "aggressively" shopping Daniel Murphy. I don't know how good he is defensively at 2B but he'd be a pretty good upgrade offensively over Beckham, and he bats left handed. They could really use some OFers, so a deal built around De Aza and Murphy could make some sense(Assuming the Sox want to trade him and can get a new CFer/Lead-off guy in here). Murphy is a career .295/.344/.441 hitter vs RHP(1665 ABs) and he's not that bad vs LHP either, .274/.301/.375 Get it done Hahn. Murphy hits for average, can also get some solid RBIs (78 last year), and can stay healthy.

Cleveland unlikely to sign Joe Smith, Matt Albers. I'd enjoy a Smith signing.

I haven't heard a single rumor about our team since October 28th.

So here it is. I can get the answer but have trouble supporting it. With the bases empty and nobody out, Oswaldo Arcia hits a high, towering pop fly down the left field line off of John Danks. Dayan Viciedo, who terribly misread the ball, runs quickly to the now sinking ball and is about to make a diving catch in fair territory when a Twins fan sitting in the first row throws a shoe at the ball, causing it to change direction on Viciedo. Viciedo somehow stays with it, makes a few adjustment steps, and makes a tumbling over-the-shoulder grab that could be the catch of the year on a usual routine play. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire argues that because of the interference, Arcia should be awarded third base, which he passed right before the ball was caught. White Sox manager Robin Ventura wants Arcia to have second base because the interference occured before Arcia's foot touched third base. Who is right? Support your answer with an official MLB rule.

Sorry, this was miscategorized and I can't delete it. Here is the real link: http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=90467

Rose just needs his breakout game. I'm calling 26 pts on Friday

And of course, the Peavy signing translated to the Abreu signing.

I think that from this point forward that we'll have a similar offseason to last year where we signed Keppinger (this year Salty/AJP/Ruiz) and Lindstrom (this year O'Flaherty/Logan).

Has Granderson accepted the QO yet? Everyone's been saying that it's over for us, but I haven't heard an official word yet.

I thought Sale had the 2nd best WHIP

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Nov 5, 2013 -> 09:47 PM) Iwakuma as the 3rd finalist instead of Felix or Anibal Sanchez? WHAT? But regardless, I'd give Scherzer the CY, and it has nothing to do with wins. Felix with be my #2. I completely forgot about Sanchez. Man, was he ever overshadowed by Scherzer!

I think the top 5 will be 5. Felix 4. Sale 3. Iwakuma 2. Darvish 1. Scherzer

If there are three finalists, how do people finish in 4th, 5th, etc.? I hope Sale gets 4th over Felix.

Darvish, Iwakuma, Scherzer. If Sale didn't have that one September start vs Cleveland... Who wins? I think Scherzer will due to wins (which don't matter).

MLBTR says Rangers, Boston, and Yankees are early McCann frontrunners. If he were to sign with Texas, would anyone be opposed to a one year deal for Pierzynski? It would give Phlowers a chance to develop.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Nov 3, 2013 -> 11:50 PM) Granderson is from here guys. I don't think him being in town means anything. Similar comments were made when Dwyane Wade was a free agent. He was in Chicago the week before he, Dinosaur, and LeFlop all signed with the Cheat. Wade is also from Chicago.

He could be a two year signing that we flip at the trade deadline. We did the same to a certain 2013 World Series winning starter this year.

Regardless of how many times he'll beat us, we'll still have had the most important victory against him.

QUOTE (dayan024 @ Nov 3, 2013 -> 08:27 PM) Curtis Granderson in Chicago at blackhawks game 2nite shooting puck at 2nd intermission with free agency only 2 days away.. Granderson mite be a whitesox come tuesday or it mite just be wishful thinking on my part I saw that too. I'm hoping it's a sign because he's so much better than Alejandro, but I don't know. To those downgrading him, imagine our 2012 lineup with Abreu and Grandy in it. A gigantic improvement.

I'd be open to the idea if a backup plan was in order.

Stroman and Sanchez for Sale and Beckham would undoubtedly be the most idiotic trade in the history of sports

I watched it before they left. It was fun to see Cowherd bash the Sox/Bulls/Bears/Blackhawks every day.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 04:50 PM) Huh? If we were to sign another big name then SportsNation will start referring to us as the Heat of the MLB. (Signing LBJ, Bosh)

Hello, could I please have my name changed to "Jose Abreu"?