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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 7, 2015 -> 08:34 PM) Visual evidence: More at the link: http://liveuptownnow.com/charlotte-life/ev...ew-bbt-ballpark That looks a lot nicer than Camelback Ranch.

And they have the Sox picking a pitcher who's last name is awfully similar to a White Sox great we're all familiar with. Buehler Buehrle Pretty cool. http://minorleaguemadhouse.com/2014/12/31/...-0-part-2-of-4/

Definitely Second Base, Lowrie would've been nice.

I think on that Bonafacio would end up having around 400-500 at bats with the White Sox effectively making him more of a starter than bench player.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 14, 2014 -> 09:00 AM) Since the plethora of moves is reminding me so much of 2005, I'm hoping Ynoa takes the roll of bizarro Jenks. Not so much closer, but finds himself a dominating reliever as a sox, and makes his way up in July as a shut down reliever just in time. If the Sox signed one of the Asian (or simply foreign) middle infielders to play 2nd it would really start looking like 2005.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 7, 2014 -> 03:12 PM) 777.2 MLB innings plus 485.1 MiLB innings equals 1263 career professional innings. Chris Sale has 685 innings in his professional career. Samardzija's arm is not as young as people think either. The more I look into the market the more I think Max Scherzer is a relatively good value. Including the Minors and Ind Scherzer had 1418.2 career regular season innings which isn't far off from Samardzija. We would probably have to give up significantly more value in a trade for Samardzija then what our 2nd round pick will end up being. MLBTR's Top 50 Free Agents and Predictions has Scherzer getting around 7 years 175 million - 25 million per - which would take him to about the time he's 37. For Shields the next best RHP they predict about 5 years 100 million - 20 million per - that contract would also take him to 37 years old. Shields has thrown 2464.2 career innings already. Shields and Scherzer would both cost a draft pick as well. Scherzer is without a doubt vastly superior to Shields and Samardzija right now. I don't think the difference in predicted average salary is enough to warrant signing Shields over him, and I don't think it's smart to trade for a pitcher on a one year deal when if all goes according to plan he would demand a contract close to the Shields-Scherzer range in the first place.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Nov 7, 2014 -> 01:09 AM) This is what I was thinking. If Sox trade him, they are in major rebuilding mode no matter what they are telling us fans. I wouldn't necessarily say that. The Sox could trade Alexei and couple prospects for a major league ready outfielder like Joc Pederson and then use the money saved from Alexei's deal and sign a middle infielder like Jed Lowrie.