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QUOTE (ozzfest @ Feb 16, 2016 -> 09:34 AM) Show me an admin on this board that wants Paxson fired. All of the admins are in Paxson's corner. The thread was closed. Convenient way of shutting down a conversation that you guys don't want to have. I basically wrote a small article the other day with a lot of insightful facts. The thread was not to troll anyone. It was to advocate the firing of a Chicago front office guy who SHOULD absolutely be on the hot seat. It wasn't like I was posting that stuff in Pale Hose Talk. I was posting information within the appropriate thread. Yesterday, I posted the following comment which prompted an admin, who happens to be a big Paxson supporter to blow the whistle and shut the entire thread down: Here is the comment that shut the thread down: "Here is a quote from Kevin Garnett on why he never wanted to play for the Bulls..."If they crapped on the best player in the game, then why would I want to go there? I just felt like...Chicago the management there...its all about them...unfortunately players win championships...not management" Players are again probably noticing how the Bulls treated Thibs and Noah...When players see Pax they know what he did to Vinny...They aren't going to get any FA's for a loooong time." Posting a quote like that is interesting to sports fans. And especially relevant in a thread when discussing Bulls management. You're trying to play the victim here, but 95% of your posts are you insulting other posters. It's not a conversation when one side is just constantly attacking the other.

Also wrote a preemptive article on why they projected the Royals to be bad again: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article....articleid=28457 In summary, says they don't expect the Royals to be super clutch again, the bullpen after Davis isn't that special, the rotation is bad, Cain will regress, and there are 3-4 holes in the lineup. Hope they're right, but I'm not holding my breath. 90 wins for the Rays, 80 wins for the Brewers and Padres, 82 wins for the Cardinals, and of course 77 wins for the Royals. Some strange choices here.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 02:53 PM) Doh, they signed a super sub to play against LHP then forgot him. As for LaRoche, 20% of his PA last year were against LHP, that's a pretty big chunk of his time and he posted an OPS+ of 8 against them. It's not just that he's bad against LHP, HE SHOULD NEVER FACE LHP. Bonifacio had a wRC+ of 1 last year, and it was 2 against LHP (.176/.176/.235). Beckham couldn't have taken those ABs away because he was platooning with Conor against LHP. The only other option was having both Soto and Flowers in the lineup and having no catcher on the bench. Basically Robin was f***ed no matter what he did.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 02:31 PM) Eh. The lefty thing is grossly exaggerated. The guy saw 94 ABs against lefties in 2015. Of those 94 AB's only 57 of them came in games started by a lefty in a grand total of 14 starts. The other 37 involved relievers that came in after a righty had started. I don't see the numbers split out this way, but I would bet that based on the huge cut in ABs that LaRoche saw in the 2nd half, I'd bet almost all of those starts came in the first half of the season. It wouldn't have even looked that bad if the guy had actually hit righties instead. There also wasn't a great alternative in the first half, the entire team was horses*** against LHP last year. Once Trayce came up LaRoche basically saw no time against lefties, but I'm not going to blame Robin too much for sending him out there in the first half when pretty much the only other option was Bonifacio.

QUOTE (Saufley @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 01:06 PM) Your rant makes a lot of sense! This ownership has had their one World Series championship. Now sell to some investment group that is not afraid to spend money to put a #1 caliber team on the field. I'm just tired of my team shopping at the $5 and under store. My rant. Sox payroll rank in MLB over the last 10 years: 2015: 15th 2014: 20th 2013: 8th 2012: 11th 2011: 5th 2010: 7th 2009: 12th 2008: 5th 2007: 5th 2006: 4th So that's only 1 year in the bottom half which was a rebuilding year, 6 times in the top 10 and 4 times in the top 5. Not bad for a team that struggles with attendance as much as the Sox do. I will be upset if the Sox don't spend money for another upgrade or two before Opening Day, but this idea that the Sox are cheap is exaggerated.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 15, 2016 -> 12:45 PM) I might be the only person, but I am expecting a bounce back season from LaRoche. If he could just replicate his road splits from last year (.236/.319/.413) I'd be happy. It's astonishing how bad he was at the Cell (.181/.269/.271).

Yeah that means we get 2014 versions of Melky and LaRoche and perhaps Abreu, Latos returns to form, and Sale wins the Cy Young (though this one is not far-fetched).

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 05:24 PM) If Sox told him this, then it's not posturing either. You don't say you are out of money if you are negotiating It makes no sense though, and even contradicts what Nightengale has said in the past. Nightengale never said the Sox couldn't afford the Big 3, just that the Sox supposedly refused to go above 3 years. Now after signing Latos for peanuts they're out of cash? Then what kind of 3 year contract were they going to offer?

Seems a lot of posters jumped ship from WSI way earlier than I did. I only did so after the 2014 season. Looking back I can't believe I stayed that long.

QUOTE (SoxSteve @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 01:59 PM) Yes but the power fascination is not working. Getting the Thome's, Dunn's, Loroches, hasn't worked the last 10 years wouldn't you say judging by 1 playoff appearance. We hit a good amount of homers in 05 but the key was Scottie pods and Iguchi at top the order and getting the lead for the first 30 plus games of season. We only play 81 games at home and i think we have plent of power to win judging by what the last few WS winners have done. With our pitching defense is more important and if some here feel with our outfield defense the same as last year and Desmond and Lourie will be better than last year i hope your right because i don't see it personally. But that's what make this board fun!! Just because a couple recent teams succeeded in spite of their lack of power doesn't suddenly make power a bad thing. The last Sox playoff team was the fourth most HR-dependent team in MLB history. All the good Sox offenses of the past couple decades have had a lot of power. The 2005 offense was overall mediocre but good enough due to having a lot of power, it was also almost as HR-dependent as the 2008 team too. The idea that it was a "balanced offense" is a myth. LaRoche sucked last year partly due to the fact he didn't hit for enough power. Not sure why Thome is on your list, he was great here, and I'm sure we'd all take 2006 Thome on this team in a heartbeat. It also makes a lot of sense to play to the strengths of your own ballpark.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 11:54 AM) If he still sucks by June, he's going to be released. Agreed, but I mean we're stuck with his salary.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 11:28 PM) Cuba falling to 20 is ridiculous to me. Torres, Contreras, McKinney, Cease, Almora and Happ have all appeared on top 100 lists. Even if the back end of their system sucks they have multiple marketable securities at the top of the system. http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/top-...cts-nos-51-100/ They just released their 51-100 rankings. Torres with be Top 50, but Contreras and Happ look like they'll be the only other 2 in BA's top 100. It seems they're a lot more down on McKinney and Almora than everyone else is. Fulmer is #70 here, curious to see where they have Anderson when they release the rest of the rankings later.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 11:33 AM) People are outraged about Avi, but really it's the inability to unload LaRoche and his 13 million which is a bigger issue IMO. Garcia is the bigger issue, because something can actually be done about it. We're stuck with LaRoche.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 11:00 AM) The talking up of Avi continues. He's gonna be the starting right fielder and I'm gonna lose my freaking mind. Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 8m8 minutes ago Todd Steverson said Avisail Garcia was very receptive to trying a new stance when they worked out for 3 days in Miami. Promises diff. look. Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 7m7 minutes ago Todd Steverson on Avisail Garcia: "“You can tell people, tell people, tell people. But until they get a hold of it in their own head." Dan Hayes ‏@CSNHayes 3m3 minutes ago Basically, #WhiteSox know there's much to be done & it's early. They're hoping Avisail Garcia gets comfy w/ new stance in spring. If it does happen it will be the most confusing (non) move of the off-season, and that's saying something considering what the Rockies and Diamondbacks have done.

QUOTE (daggins @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 10:56 AM) I think that projection for the tigers assumes big bounces back by Verlander, Anibel Sanchez and VMart. Otherwide, it's hard to see them being that successful. Well I don't see Martinez being the worst player in baseball again. I think Sanchez was a bit flukey too, I doubt he gives up that many HR again. Overall I agree with you though, I think the Tigers are overrated, as even with Cespedes and Price last year they still weren't very good, though you still might be underrating them a bit. Personally I'd put their over/under at 82.5 wins. They're relying too much on bounce backs/healthy seasons from guys in their mid 30s who have already dealt with lots of injuries. They could be dangerous, but I could easily see them flopping again too.

2 year deal with an option for a 3rd, or 3 year deal with an opt out after the 2nd year.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 09:44 AM) Yes, but despite his improvements defensively, he's still not good defensively. If he continues improving, then who knows, but I see him as more of a terrific hitter/baserunner with poor defense in the Majors. Keith Law wrote that Anderson projects to be above average defensively at SS.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 12, 2016 -> 08:37 AM) The biggest problem is that from the sounds of it, most of the top talent is already locked up. It is too late. How do we know the Sox haven't already locked up some of that top talent?

Well this isn't like the Big 3 situation. There were plenty of logical suitors for them. The Sox are literally the only logical fit left for Desmond unless he wants to try and become Ben Zobrist with the possible exception of the Rays, and giving up a top 15 pick would be very against the way they operate.

So Nightengale is just going to s*** on every rumor linking us to a player this offseason isn't he?

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 06:34 PM) It is overblown. You don't see many righties with extreme splits against righties as lefties do against lefties. Also we'd still have three LHH in the lineup against RHP in Eaton, Melky, and LaRoche.

Is the LH/RH thing that big of a deal? For one, we were absolutely atrocious against LHP last year, and I don't see the Blue Jays and Tigers' lack of LH hitters as a big problem.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 06:16 PM) I know you're kidding, but imagine this lineup: Eaton (CF) Melky (LF) Abreu (1B) Frazier (3B) Puig (RF) LaRoche (DH) Desmond (SS) Lawrie (2B) Navarro © Hot damn. That lineup would be so f***ing fun to watch. Just get all the reputed assholes! Team would certainly be a lot more fun, win or lose.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 05:53 PM) Well, he may not have been able to hit those if he didn't have a starting gig. With the combination of the the opening available in our rotation, Cooper and Herm, it makes a lot of sense for Latos to rebuild his value here.

Wonder who the other 5 teams are that expressed interest. Rays and ?