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Royals reach 5-year, $70 million deal with Ian Kennedy. In his career against the American League, he's 6-17 with a 5.48 ERA. https://twitter.com/ChuckGarfien/status/688386092957958144

Come on Cespedes for the rest of us

Another day going through the 5 stages of grief today over Cespedes lol.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 03:23 PM) Well, there's always Carlos Gomez, Colby Rasmus and a 37 year old Jose Bautista next year... The jays are trying to lock up Bautista.

5 weeks till Sox pitchers and catcher's report. Still got time to get Cespedes lol

Getting mixed answers on level of impatience #Orioles have with Chris Davis. But they're clearly not ready to move past him yet. https://twitter.com/jcrasnick/status/688080799351107584

#Orioles have discussed 5 yrs. and $17-18M per year. That provides some context on gap that would have to be bridged w/Cespedes. https://twitter.com/jcrasnick/status/688080115029426177

Clarification: Mets do not have an offer on table for Cespedes. They've shown interest at a deal less than 4-6 years & Cespedes knows this. https://twitter.com/JesseSanchezMLB/status/...076536935616512 And the tables keep turning

Maybe the real team laying in the weeds is the sox lol

to clarify, mets do NOT have a 1-year offer currently on table. theyd talk about 1-3-yr pacts if cespedes came off long deal https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/688069992970104832

The question i have is what have the Sox been doing this whole time. The need to upgrade a outfield spot and a bunch of second tier OF with not QO attached been signed and yet the Sox seem to haven't been doing anything. No rumors or anything for a couple weeks now.

Sources: Cespedes believed to be weighing 5/$90m w/possible option offer from O's vs. one-year deal with Mets and become a free agent again. https://twitter.com/JesseSanchezMLB/status/...062113365889024

Forgot this got aired last night and also forgot to watch it. They have a quick count down Mlb networks page under videos.

One issue for #Orioles if they go with Cespedes over Davis: Team’s lineup is awfully right-handed. Cespedes only would add to imbalance. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/687838527896313858 Also, FWIW: Cespedes career .723 OPS vs. AL East, compared with .817 vs. AL Central and .837 vs. AL West. Samples vs. NL divisions smaller.. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/687838564097339392

Didnt the Sox have some money they were trying to offer shark. Is that money still floating around or did they spend it on something we don't know about.

Orioles thing could be way to get davis and white sox to budge. Went from Sox were supposed to get one of Gordon or Cespedes and nothing has been said for sox lately on it.

QUOTE (SoCalSox @ Jan 13, 2016 -> 05:33 PM) Weird than Rosenthal didn't include a 4th year in that tweet. Makes me wonder if he's already lowering down into a 4/5 year expectation. I think mets only want to go maybe max of 3 years which seems same place for sox. I think he was wanting like 6 years so a good difference in years.

Sources: For #Mets to engage on Cespedes, they would need to hear from his agents that he is willing to entertain short-term deal… https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/687416576446967809 Agents have not given #Mets any indication that Cespedes would accept deal of 1, 2 or 3 years. Cespedes remains committed to longer term. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/687416581509525508

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-decline...ez-star-player/

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/free-ag...in-upton-011216

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/01/12/lev...-a-trade-match/

Problem for #Angels in potential Blackmon trade is that they likely would need to give up major-league pitching; difficult for them to do. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/687060841980669953 #Angels’ farm system was depleted even before they made trade for Simmons. #Rockies likely would see little value in their prospects. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/687061231581196295

I'm not that worried about how things are going with sox and Cespedes. Doesn't seem to be huge market for him and the other teams that might have interest are either getting other options or looking at other options. I know it's been quiet lately but the Sox haven't seemed to moved on and got somebody else if they know they can't get it done. Remember jerry has been said to be veery aggressive at times and he wants to win if that means spending some money.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jan 12, 2016 -> 05:30 PM) While Dickerson and Blackmon are valuable, they still don't hold as much value as CarGo so the price should be lower on Dickerson and Blackmon. How much lower is the question and I honestly do not have the answer, none of us do unless a rumor leaks to give us some indication. IMHO, Cespedes 20M+ expected annual salary was never very realistic without the Sox moving salary first. I never did believe JR would raise the payroll from 118M in '15 to 140M+ in '16. Sorry, but Cespedes has been nothing but a pipe dream the whole time and its time for the Sox and fans to turn their attention another direction. Yes we may think they don't have as much value but it's up to the Rockies who they decide how much value they have. If they are wanting Quintana in return for cargo I'm sure they are wanting a good amount for the other 2. Don't think the Sox will pay that value for any of them so see if another team does. Cespedes I don't believe is a not realistic option. If that's the case then why haven't the Sox moved on and gotten a second tier outfielder then. Seems there isn't a huge market for him and it's playing into the Sox hands. Remember it's been said that Jerry is one of the biggest aggressive people in the Sox front office and he's wants to win.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jan 12, 2016 -> 05:15 PM) Wouldn't mind a trade for one of Blackmon/Dickerson and sign Jackson. Eaton in LF, Jackson in CF, Blackmon/Dickerson in RF, Melky at DH, LaRoche as a bench bat and trade Avi for whatever a team is willing to give. The issues is the sox don't want to give up the talent that the Rockies are wanting for cargo do you honestly think they will for blackmon or dickerson. Those 2 can easily be looking at one of the top sox prespects in return. Sox haven't been reluctant to trade the top prospects up until now can't seem them changing that. Thats why Cespedes looks alot better for them.