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QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 03:00 PM) Anddddd there's the deadline. EVERYBODY BE ANGRY SOMETHING SOMETHING

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 02:37 PM) Bruce Levine ‏@MLBBruceLevine 47s48 seconds ago WhSox pressing forward on Cespedes or Upton clubs asking for Frank Montes or Tim Anderson -no go on him. EJohnson also pitcher of interest If it were up to me we would not give up any of those names for either of those guys.

Apparently Bruce to Mets talks have "lost momentum," according to Crasnick. I'm driving the bandwagon boys. GET HIM GET HIM GET HIM.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 02:20 PM) Give a name right now... What is the best offer you would make as Rick Hahn for Cespedes. GO Tyler Danish.

Rabbit season. Duck season. Rabbit season. Duck season.

Tough year for great retired Sox.

Danny Ecker ‏@DannyEcker 2m2 minutes ago White Sox say team legend Billy Pierce died this morning at age 88 after a battle with gall bladder cancer. RIP

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 11:48 AM) So technically if we trade for JUp and keep shark and make them qualifying offers in the winter and they walk we get two compensation picks!? Can't give a player a qualifying offer if he was traded midseason.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 11:22 AM) I think it goes back to how you forecasted the team based upon the changes. I defended Melky all season and Alexei as well, saying they should rebound. I feel the same way over LaRoche, but his might not be until next year as I think his performance is injury related. All that said, we burried ourselves in a hole and have existing holes. If I were to forecast this team, I'd say Saladino is due for a regression (he isn't as good as he's shown, imo) and Avi, LaRoche, and Flowers are still major holes in the lineup. Saladino is below average at 3B with Sanchez being capable of being average. That is still a lot of below average guys on my forecast and as is, I don't think our pitching staff (as good as it is) can make up for those holes down the stretch (considering who we have to leap frog). With a significant upgrade in RF, I could see it being more possible (although I still wouldn't put it probable). Bottom line, I can't get behind buying rentals when my forecast says, their is a chance if we upgrade (I call it 15%) and almost no chance if we don't. I also have to consider the moves the other teams in the race made (i.e., Toronto). I am totally on board with buying, but I am not on board with renting given my forecasted playoff odds (and I have no science behind them other then my view of our team and my view of other teams in contention). Love this post.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 10:51 AM) After Dunn and LaRoche can you blame me ? NL hitters know NL pitchers best. I just prefer after the last 2 .250 power hitting high K , high BB ,lumbering oxes we got from the NL not turn into a 3rd one like Bruce. I know it's not the most logical thing. Bruce is a younger guy and all but still its the type of player I want to avoid now. I can never blame you for wanting to stay away from certain guys. We all have guys we like and guys we don't and it's often irrational which ones we put in those boxes. I just have seen a few people citing the NL-to-AL thing lately and I don't think there's any evidence that it matters. Sure, you have specific cases, but there are cases for everything.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 10:39 AM) Nobody is going to offer that much because Samardzija is not worth that much, period. To expect more is lunacy. Exactly. The Sox sit on ass while the Jays went out and got one of the best hitters and pitchers in the game. It's fine for the Jays that they went for it, and it's fine that the Sox won't. Don't gamble anything else on this mediocre team.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 10:35 AM) Why shouldn't we be wary of .250 power hitting high K guys coming from the NL ? You can be wary of .250 power hitting K guys all you want, that's fine. Why does it matter if they come from the NL?

Why does everyone think that hitters coming from the NL to the AL will struggle? Because it happened to a couple guys the White Sox signed in the past five years?

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 10:25 AM) Not breaking his shoulder. That's a pretty low bar we're setting.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 10:18 AM) Yeah, I don't get the Avi hate on this board by some. He's already showing improvement from last year, and he's young. Superstar? Most likely not. But he could be a .280 hitter than homers 20+ times a year. I'm not sure he'll ever be a great (or even good) fielder, though. Where has he shown improvement from last year?

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jul 31, 2015 -> 08:46 AM) Mets and reds getting close on Bruce: #Mets & #Reds are "pretty far along" on Jay Bruce deal, doing "due diligence on medicals" per @AdamRubinESPN. Latest: Bruce is good and all but now Grandy will be playing center which would be tough to watch as a met fan. I'll be eager both to see the Reds' return, and get salty if it's not that much and the Sox could have easily beaten it.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 04:04 PM) if they are cheap. Sure, get anybody if they're a value, but I'd rather pay the extra cost and get somebody who'd be playing for more Sox teams than just this not-that-good one.

NO RENTALS BLARRGH

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 01:34 PM) What people who make the decisions. The Pirates ? There you go being vague again just throwing s*** at the wall like a caged monkey. He means that Flowers is on the roster. Many people wonder why, but there's your reason. Framing.

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 12:57 PM) Ken Rosenthal says the Phillies last move may be to move Ben Revere and an AL club is said to be interested. I would love that, although I have no idea how he has been this year. He has speed for days and plays a good d. He's okay and he'd be cheap to get but I hope we'd target somebody with more power.

QUOTE (Charlie Haeger's Knuckles @ Jul 30, 2015 -> 12:37 PM) This trade would be immediately followed by a press release announcing Rick Hahn's Billy Beane's resignation/firing.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 03:22 PM) I think that is one of the greatest things about it. It puts a lot more value in winning your division. Was about to say exactly that. When the first WC was added, people complained that it devalued division titles. The second one basically fixes that by forcing the one and done.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 03:08 PM) They're seemingly determined not to have Micah Johnson set foot anywhere near the MLB defense for now. And/or they're looking to trade him, but who knows with KW and his penchant for dealing prospects... Or they just want him to keep getting regular AB's.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 03:01 PM) @jaysonst: Third club in #Dodgers-#Marlins believed to be a team that winds up with Michael Morse. He has no apparent fit on the Dodgers roster. Can't imagine that being the Sox.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 29, 2015 -> 02:51 PM) Unfortunately the Tigers won't trade Cespedes to us and the Orioles are in the same situation leading us for the WC. Rajai Davis or Avila at least would have been worth considering, especially with McCann obviously the heir-apparent at catcher for next year. Rusney Castillo was essentially just given two months to win the 2016 RF job with the trading of Victorino. Who's left? Holt, Nava, Allen Craig? If we can't come up with something better than Craig, ouch. Why is it so important to find an AL name? If it's concerns about a guy struggling with a league switch, I don't think it's that big a deal.