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I wonder what Albers' 40 time would be.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 15, 2016 -> 10:54 AM) Twins are transitioning Jay to a starter, and has never been considered an MLB elite closer That isn't what he said at all.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 10:00 PM) Can you believe the Chicago Cubs are going to win the 2016 World Series? It's here and it's happening, folks. And if they win it, the Sox are irrelevant forever. It actually probably would be good for the Sox. To get our front office moving. Chicago is a championship city right now. The Hawks always win the Cup; the Sox won it in 05; the Bulls had the Jordan dynasty. it's crazy. Now the Cubs -- WS champs. It's going to be tough to stomach. Woah, bro. Can you tell me the winning lottery numbers for next week too since you know the future?

He's a great 4th outfielder.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 11:32 AM) I'll probably hate this in a couple weeks but my thinking is 1.) Trade Sale. He's gone IMO. 2.) Stack the lineup with future core members (Eaton, Abreu, Benintendi, Anderson, Swihart and maybe Saladino) as well as a trade candidates (Reddick, Frazier and Valencia). Offense and defense is improved. 3.) Use money on relievers for trade bait. 4.) Keep first round pick. 5.) Keep Robertson/Frazier to build up value a bit. I could see trading Frazier in the offseason but I'd let Robertson get back to being his old self before dumping his contract for nothing. July comes around, if everything goes well, the team is in contention (rotation is a stretch). If things go south, you can trade Frazier/Robertson/Valencia/Reddick/Cecil/Gonzalez/Putnam and potentially Quintana. Meanwhile core is Eaton, Q, Rodon, Abreu, Benintendi, Swihart, Anderson, Burdi, Jones and maybe Johnson/Fulmer/E-Rod with Collins, Devers, Adams, Call, Fisher, Hansen, Stephens on the way. If you're able to sell high on 3-4 of the guys in the paragraph above this one, you add to this. One more year of sucking in 2018 and you're looking to compete in 2019. Is this what you'd like to see them do, or have you gotten hints from the Sox front office that they're planning on doing something like this during the offseason?

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 12:05 PM) After looking at this schedule, I'm even more for a rebuild. Agreed. They'll probably be under .500 by the end of April.

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 14, 2016 -> 09:53 AM) Check the link at 11:30, when MLB releases the schedule. Cool, thanks man. I had assumed the schedule was already released since you posted about it, sorry for the confusion.

The page isn't working for me. Can you please try and post the link again?

I finished 15-6 and 16-5 in my 2 most important leagues, so not bad.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 13, 2016 -> 12:17 PM) Eh, I don't see that as super important here. Winning games in a pennant race should be more important than Q beating Minnesota while both teams suck. You're missing Jimmy's point. Why should Sale and Q be penalized for being on a bad team if they have (relatively) no control over it? Put Porcello on the White Sox and he'd probably have just 13-14 wins. Put Sale/Q on the Red Sox and they'd both have 20 wins easily by now. Why should Porcello benefit in the Cy Young race for being on a team that gives him loads of run support, if Sale and Q don't have that same luxury that's out of their control?

Who I want to win: Sale Who will probably win: Porcello Who should win if the season ended today: Kluber

I'd rather have Semien over Saladino as far as that goes.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Sep 11, 2016 -> 06:26 PM) http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/09/11/lev...with-white-sox/ The Red Sox sent executive Frank Wren to watch White Sox left-hander Chris Sale pitch against the Royals on Sunday Holy f***ing s***. This seems serious.

I'd love to target Kevin Kiermaier. He's elite defensively and has a solid left handed bat too.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 8, 2016 -> 09:59 AM) I got you. I don't think hanging onto Quintana is the worst thing in the world. He can always be traded later is my point. Very true. He's controlled for so long that I don't think his value will be that much lower at this time next year than it is now (barring a sudden decline in performance or an injury).

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 8, 2016 -> 09:35 AM) You still aren't understanding this. Trading both would be ideal. If you get a monster package for Sale and a monster package for Q then yes it makes sense. I think you are more likely to get the huge package for Sale though. They shouldn't trade Sale for a ton and then deal Q for less just because Sale is already gone. That doesn't make any sense. That's what I'm trying to say. Obviously you don't trade Q for trash just to get rid of him because Sale is out the door, but I think Q should be aggressively shopped if Sale is dealt. Obviously they shouldn't move him if they don't get a good enough offer, but trading him is an idea I think they should consider if they do in fact move Sale. We'll see. It will be an interesting offseason for sure. There are so many different routes the Sox can take, hopefully they pick the right one.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 8, 2016 -> 09:24 AM) The point is that if you don't get a s***load for Quintana there is no reason to trade him. He's locked up for the next four years and it isn't out of the question that they won't get appropriate value for him. Trading Sale makes much more sense in my opinion. The same goes for Adam Eaton. He's a 27 year old 5 WAR OF that's locked up for 5 more seasons. There's no reason to trade him unless you get blown away. The same thought process applies to Sale, IMO. If either of Sale or Q are dealt this offseason, the team won't be good for several years. Why let a legit ace in Q rot on a 65 win team for years if Sale is traded? Trade both or trade neither.

What's the point in moving Sale if you don't move Quintana? He's only signed for one additional year.

Ron's posts are a little extreme, but I don't necessarily disagree with him. He was a ghost offensively when the Sox were still in the hunt. He's killing it now, but it's much easier to pad stats when the games don't mean anything and there's much less pressure. Abreu isn't as bad as Ron makes him out to be, but it's not like he was some stud the first 3-4 months of the season either.

Sale has faced the Royals and Tigers so many times this year lol

Shields is toast, but maybe giving him an extra month to rest will rejuvenate his arm a bit. At least that's what I'm hoping for.

QUOTE (Coach @ Sep 6, 2016 -> 10:29 AM) I am going to throw this out there to see what everyone thinks. Avi Garcia for Tommy La Stella? And maybe the Sox can throw cash to the Cubs just to get rid of Garcia? Why would the Cubs want anything to do with Garcia? They already have his clone, Jorge Soler, who happens to be slightly better anyway.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 6, 2016 -> 09:27 AM) Would you be in favor of forfeiting a draft pick in the 11-15 range in order to sign Dexter Fowler? I would not. Which is why they should go after Reddick instead.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 5, 2016 -> 06:07 PM) You're same person that said his stuff was down due to workload last three starts His stuff wasn't too good in the beginning of the game, but it got much, much better.