Bob Sacamano

Astros will try to buy-low on him (though who knows if Jose will even bounce back). Having said that, I doubt he gets traded.

He's not good defensively. No more guys who can't catch the ball.

Nitpicking, but its 3.5 years of Hand and either 5.5 or 6.5 years of Cimber depending on when he was called up.

Packaging him with another young reliever having a good year with 5+ years of control definitely helps.

That's true too. I meant more along the line so of having to choose one over the other. Signing one wouldn't have an impact on the other. Kershaw is already making $35m a year. He isn't going to make much more than that annually. He's actually owed $70m the next 2 years. You could end up seeing an extension where he may make less than than $35m a year but with more guaranteed years added on. For example: 5 years, $150m= $30m a year. More guaranteed money.

Turner has experience at second and Seager did just have tj surgery on his throwing arm so he could be an option for 2B. Forsythe is a free agent after this year so that opens up 2B. Turner only has 2 years left on his deal so you only really need to stomach Machado at SS for a couple years as you could move him to 3B (if he is willing).

Engel survives another day.

Kershaw will definitely get more years but really only slightly more salary per year. Dudes already getting paid. They can afford both.

There's only one that was truly offensive. The rest were rap lyrics and movie quotes.

Dodgers still under luxury cap after deal.

Yep. Makes sense to me. But Soxtalk gonna Soxtalk.

MLBTR kicked around Logan Forsythe as a slight salary offset. And someone as the Orioles would just take on (figure he could handle 3B with Beckham at SS).

I meant extend in the off-season. So I guess re-sign. They went under the luxury tax number this year. They'll definitely sign a Harper or Machado.

Classic Soxtalk.

Doesn't sound crazy for the Dodgers to extend him to play SS with Seager moving to 2B.

Sounds like a deal is close. I bet something gets announced Wednesday or Thursday.

Especially Wednesday and Thursday. I went out for a couple beers last night for the derby and that was a good time and plan on going out tonight for the game.

Seems that way.

Padres I believe are paying the buyout.

Nope. It's all about expectations coming in. They are rebuilding so you expect the early losses.

Right. But with Rodon, you likely also have to wait until his last year. As a Boras client, he will gamble on himself and his health before signing a extension of any kind. Makes no sense for him not to wait.

Oh he signed an extension alright. Would argue that it is not team friendly, however. The team still has to pay to retain his clients (with his injury history, one can argue it was an overpay).

The counter-argument is "you don't trade Abreu for a buy-low" but Jose hasn't been hitting and is barely a 1B so who knows really.

Both of these.

My point is the Sox aren't involved in every two team deal. It's always, "If this team trades for Player A, I wonder if Player B will go to the White Sox," drawing a correlation out of nothing.