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QUOTE (chw42 @ Nov 25, 2015 -> 10:33 AM) Even when he was terrible last year at the plate, he got on at a .340 clip. So there's that. Hey was injured most of last year

“Alex gives us a veteran presence behind the plate who provides solid defense and a productive left-handed bat." -- Sox VP/GM Rick Hahn https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/669551815348875264

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 06:42 PM) f***. I liked him, especially as a backup. If the Sox are going to upgrade the catcher position I expect flowers to move to backup

Sources: 3B Jae-gyun Hwang is expected to be posted by the Lotte Giants tomorrow. Teams would have until next week to place a blind bid. https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/669312536743837696

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 05:37 PM) With this acquisition, is Albers as good as gone? One of the pen guys going to be traded? Or just more depth in case of injury. I'm pretty sure albers was pretty much gone anyway. After he elected free agency there was stuff said that albers wanted a setup role and since the sox have that with Jones and Duke I doubt there's room for albers

The White Sox announced that they have acquired right-hander Tommy Kahnle from the Rockies in exchange for minor league right-hander Yency Almonte (Twitter link). Kahnle was designated for assignment by the Rockies last Friday in a series of moves to set the club’s roster in advance of the Rule 5 Draft. Kahnle, who turned 26 in August, came to the Rockies from the Yankees organization by way of the Rule 5 Draft in 2013. He’s totaled 102 innings for the Rox over the past two years — his lone MLB experience — and posted a 4.41 ERA while averaging exactly one strikeout per inning to go along with a strong 49.4 percent ground-ball rate. Kahnle’s problem, however, has been a lack of control. Though he’s averaged 95 mph on his fastball in the Majors (95.9 mph in 2015), he’s averaged 5.2 walks per nine innings pitched and issued an alarming 27 unintentional walks in 33 1/3 innings this past season. The 21-year-old Almonte came to the Sox as the player to be named later in the 2014 deal that sentGordon Beckham to the Angels. Almonte spent the 2015 campaign pitching for Class-A Kannapolis and Class-A Advanced Winston-Salem, posting a combined 3.41 ERA with 7.2 K/9 against 2.5 BB/9 in 137 1/3 innings (22 starts; 24 total appearances). He didn’t rank among Chicago’s Top 30 prospects, per MLB.com. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/11/whit...de-rockies.html Strike outs and ground ball rate is probably the appealing things for sox. Coop can fix control might be pretty good

http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/11/24/erik-john...-pitcher-health Interesting read on how he fixed his mechanics to get back to the dominant pitcher in 2015

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Nov 24, 2015 -> 08:42 AM) Hey man, I'm with ya. I've said numerous times I don't think the Sox would or should trade Q. The pitching foundation of Sale,Q and Rodon is about as solid as it gets. Add the potential of Fulmer and Montas and it really makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Imo, Puig and his bulls*** are not a fit for the Sox and I really hope the Sox do not trade for him. There are many other players the Sox can look into in an effort to better the team. Besides, while the Sox could use an upgrade in RF I'd rather focus resources on upgrading 3B, SS, C and to a lesser extent 2B. So the Sox would have a good rotation but horrible offense. That's not going to work. Unfortunately it's the you have to give something in order to get something. The Sox have some nice prospects but not enough to fill all the holes in the offense. Trading multiple prospects and emptying the farm system is not going to work. The only real option is to trade Quintana for a small army of hitters to help. Sox can absorb Quintana loss a bit more.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/i...ig?sf15772111=1 Sox listed number 2. Says Dodgers would probably want Quintana but Dodgers would have to add more then just puig

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 23, 2015 -> 01:38 PM) First day, he teaches everyone how to run into outfield walls as hard as possible. Eaton is ahead of the curve then lol

QUOTE (coco1997 @ Nov 22, 2015 -> 10:50 AM) Sports Mockery posted this article the other day. Some intriguing ideas, though I'm not sure I'd be on board with all of them. - Trade LaRoche, Flowers and cash to PHI for DH Ryan Howard - Trade Quintana, Garcia, Montas and Jones to LAD for RF Yasiel Puig and 3B Jacob Turner - Sign C Jarrod Saltalamacchia - Sign LHP Mark Buehrle - Sign LHP Neal Cotts - Re-sign C Geovany Soto Projected lineup: 1. Adam Eaton CF 2. Melky Cabrera LF 3. Yasiel Puig RF 4. Jose Abreu 1B 5. Ryan Howard DH 6. Justin Turner 3B 7. Jarrod Saltalamacchia C 8. Tyler Saladino SS 9. Carlos Sanchez 2B Projected rotation: Chris Sale LHP Carlos Rodon LHP Erik Johnson RHP Mark Buehrle LHP John Danks LHP Projected 2016 payroll: $128 million Thoughts? I'm not comfortable with Saladino as our starting SS, and I definitely think the LAD trade would be an overpay on the Sox part. I'd prefer to get their young catcher Austin Barnes back in that deal. Apparently they are making a mockery of the Sox in those deals. Ryan Howard has 25 million on his 2016 contract vs 13 for Laroche. Why would the Sox send Philly money when it should be the other way around. The Sox are way overpaying in the Dodgers deal. That would be fleecing the sox. Plus I doubt the Dodgers want garcia. If they move puig they are probably going after one of the top outfielders on the market like Heyward.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Nov 21, 2015 -> 12:09 AM) If people want Ozuna so badly, trade Avi for him. Change of destination trade. Both have basically sucked: too little OBP and too many Ks. You could try to make that trade but with the Marlins wanting starting pitching in return for ozuna it probably won't work for avi. The main point is why does anyone want ozuna. It's not a one of the main position of need and trading to get him would not make sense and wood be poor choice to spend what little resources this organization has.

Per @MLBPipeline, highly ranked Rule 5-eligible #WhiteSox prospects NOT added to 40-man: Ps Onelki Garcia, Myles Jaye, 1B Keon Barnum. https://twitter.com/philgrogers/status/667868208834154498

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Nov 20, 2015 -> 03:06 PM) Could try to package those two for Ozuna or Gordon from the Marlins. Would probably take another player but it might be possible. Marlins want a starter for ozuna

#WhiteSox have purchased the contracts of right-handed pitchers Brandon Brennan and J.B. Wendelken from Class AAA Charlotte. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/667799399355977729 Brennan appeared in six games (five starts) with Glendale in the AFL, going 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA (6 ER/18.0 IP) and 13 strikeouts. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/667799908582199296 Wendelken combined to go 6-2 with a 3.20 ERA, five saves and 69 strikeouts in 39 relief appearances with Charlotte and Birmingham in 2015. https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/667800501426089984

White Sox add RHPs Brandon Brennan and J.B. Wendelken to 40-man roster, which is now at 36. https://twitter.com/ESPNChiSox/status/667792130694389762

http://www.thecatbirdseatblog.com/blog/201...de-a-bad-player

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/11/19/baf...kenny-williams/

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Nov 19, 2015 -> 10:10 AM) In what world are they poor talent evaluators? Was it when they gave Abreu the largest contract in team history? Or when they traded for Eaton? Or when they drafted Sale? Or when they pulled Quintana off the scrap heap? Or do you want to go back further in KW's tenure like when he acquire Contreras for a broken down Loaiza? Or when he acquired Thornton for Borchard? Besides Eaton and Abreu they have seem to be poor talent evaluators on position side of things. Most of the guys you mentioned has been pitching which yes they can better evaluate. When it comes to position players they are not as good. They haven't developed a very good position player in a long time. Even when they get guys with upside talent they can't seem to get them going or come here and cant produce.

#WhiteSox open to trading Avisail Garcia (@CSNHayes) - https://t.co/8j83UGOAdf #WhiteSoxTalk https://t.co/CEcIWD3YSg https://twitter.com/CSNChicago/status/667361061293703168

No idea. The two teams I've been told the Cubs have spoken to specifically are the Indians and the White Sox. https://t.co/lZXrenKF5p https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/667062207369388032 @JulieDiCaro @jgaepi so the White Sox have talked to the cubs about Baez and/or Soler? https://twitter.com/whisox05/status/667066288280240128 @whisox05 @jgaepi Don't know what names were discussed on the Cubs end. The discussions were about pitching. Assume Quintana was the target. https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/667106773996843009 Ran across the tweet. I tweeted her and she replied back.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Nov 18, 2015 -> 12:14 PM) Improve the defense and base running considerably and this team gets better in a hurry without dealing Quintana. If you trade Q, it better be for a package like Hamels or better. Yes better on the base running but you need to get guys on base in the first place. The Sox were like near the bottom in opb and all of the Sox position players were in the middle to bottom half in all of baseball. Need offensive guys desperately and I honestly believe the only way besides free agency is using Quintana as trade bait.

QUOTE (GREEDY @ Nov 18, 2015 -> 10:19 AM) Boy could the White Sox use the players the Reds are rumored to be shopping. Frazier, Phillips, Bruce. I'd like to roll the dice on Homer Bailey & who wouldn't love to have Aroldis Chapman? Eaton Phillips Abreu Frazier LaRoche/Melky Bruce/Avi Melky/Thompson Flowers Saladino/Sanchez Sale Quintana Bailey Rodon Whomever is left after the Reds raid the cupboard Chapman Robertson Duke Petricka Jones Putnam Jennings This would ONLY add about 60+ million to the '16 payroll & likely wipe out the farm system lol. (I would hope the Sox could shed Danks &/or some $ by taking on Bailey & Bruce). Still a fairly poor defensive team. Best rotation in AL. Rival KC for best bullpen. Yes, I know Jay Bruce has been awful for two seasons. In this fantasyland I assume that taking him on is a requirement to being able to afford Frazier/Chapman. Unless the Sox can pull off something ridiculous like this, I don't see what the point of trying to compete next season. They said somewhere that Bailey might not even be ready to later in season. Tho I'm sure the Sox would like those players but listing of what kinda cost it's going to take

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Nov 18, 2015 -> 10:28 AM) I'm not buying this at all. If you believe this then you're a dummy. They know what they're going to do and who they're targeting. Well of course they know who that want to get. They would be pretty stupid to come out and say we want player A from this team and player B from that team but here is all we are willing to give up to get them. The issue is if there are player they want and can't get them and they are running our of options then they might have to change course and starting selling get off.

http://www.csnchicago.com/white-sox/white-...ill-development