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Would be stunning if we won. I'm not expecting it at all.

I'm on board. Now we need to be aggressive this offseason again. "It’s possible the hiring of a former Cubs manager turns out to be the most flamboyant move the Sox make." Pssh

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Nov 8, 2015 -> 11:40 PM) Bleh. Wasn't this guy the Cubs manager a year or two ago? He's better than Mark Parent by default, but it don't see how he's a huge improvement. Joe Maddon

I would hate to trade sale but if we did, trade Sale, Q, Abreu, Melky. All the vets.

Ugh I'm ready for acquisitions. Too much bickering like hens.

JFC Greg

@danconnollysun: Source: Orioles made play for Korean 1B Byung-Ho Park but were outbid. Hasn't been announced yet which team won rights to negotiate w Park

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 7, 2015 -> 10:49 AM) And before anyone says that's another reason they should have traded Samardzija, just remember he was so bad the second half, a replacement probably gets the White Sox an extra win or 2, which would have meant an unprotected pick at 11. I'm not ripping them but they should've moved him in June when they had the chance. They're in the "paid to get it right" business and they should've traded him. Oh well. Time to go out and have an aggressive offseason.

f*** that we need a bat. If we land a big bat in free agency, so be it.

NY Post did predictions. Had us signing Desmond for 5/80 I'd s*** myself if we did that.

Just seen MLBTR predictions for us: Howie Kendrick 5/50 David Freese 3/30 Asdrubal Cabrera 2/18

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 07:48 PM) Not a big fan. He seems to be one of those guys who will have a decent year if another team signs him, but hit.213 with 6 homers and a ton of errors if the White Sox were to get him. On the other hand, if you can be average at 3B, you are ahead of the game. We don't need him to be superman.

Byung-ho Park - 1B - Player The Nexen Heroes of the Korean Baseball Organization have accepted a posting fee of $12.85 million for the right to negotiate with Byung-Ho Park. The club, which had yet to be named, now has a 30-day window to work out a deal with the Korean slugger. After the recent success of Jung-Ho Kang making a smooth transition from the KBO, Park could be an interesting fantasy option depending on where he lands. Source: Han Lee on TwitterNov 6 - 7:03 PM

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 06:43 PM) Trey is a nice prospect, but not a guy we can count on being the long-term answer at a position of need. He shouldn't prevent us from exploring other long-term alternatives and he's definitely not good enough for us to settle with a stopgap type like Freese for the next three years. Ya but he is our best 3B prospect potentially.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 6, 2015 -> 06:02 PM) Wow, can't believe how many people here would actually want 34 year old, 2 WAR David Freese, let alone give him a 3 year deal. We need MASSIVE upgrades at multiple spots if we want to compete in the near future. Locking in at best average and quite possibly below average production at one of our best spots to improve is absolutely mind-boggling IMO. Quite frankly, I'd rather resign Alexei to play SS for like $6M and go all glove at 3B with Saladino than go more than one year with Freese. For me he's a bridge to Trey at third.

Freese is one of my mock targets

I expect a busy offseason. This team sucks and needs some fresh blood. Get going Hahn

I went $120-129 million and the Latos/Fister deal. Hell no on the rest of the deals.

Didn't expect a trade so soon let alone six player deal.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 5, 2015 -> 03:21 PM) Fister? I barely knew her. you dog you I'd be ok with Fister on a short deal. He pitched well for Detroit a few years ago.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 5, 2015 -> 03:08 PM) A lot of White Sox announcements are due. The assistant hitting coach seems to be filled but not yet official. The bench coach, is Steve Stone returning? Who is the PBP guy for home games? I expect a busy weekend or beginning of next week at least with these announcements.

Due to the DH and not facing a pitcher for 5-7 innings, Kershaws ERa would go up. It would be interesting to see him in the AL. Not sure what his interleague ERA is.

QUOTE (Ballz-n-Strikes @ Nov 5, 2015 -> 02:47 AM) This team needs to be blown up. Trade Q and get BIG offensive pieces. If that doesn't work, dangle Sale. We need to score runs to win games - this team is completely incapable of that. The fact that Q isn't regarded like Kershaw is...is your evidence. I'd argue he's better. And that's not even our BEST chip. Fire everyone. GET THAT FARM BUILT UP with smart picks (we've been decent at this lately in upper rounds), and dump the trash (Alexei, Danks, LaRoche).... Sometimes you have to pay someone to get the garbage off your lawn... So do it. It's not going to kill Jerry to send a few bucks to get rid of ineptitude and life-sucking death. Get a mgr...even look at Ozzie. When he's not being a tool; he happens to be an excellent mgr. So many things wrong with this team.... First off, back to planet earth where we'll never be blown up. Secondly, Q isn't regarded as well as Kershaw because he isn't as good and Kershaw plays in a big market in LA. Sale is closer to Kershaw than Q is. I just watched a video on csn Chicago. They had a guy on there while talking about the Sox and Alexei's option not being picked up and the dumbass said Anderson is 2-3 years away.

Per Dan Hayes, Renteria is getting a second interview this week.

Ya sit on your hands this offseason and do nothing but a kepp signing and see how fans react to that.