December 15, 201510 yr QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 08:33 AM) Post-steroid era aging curves are different, guys. Players are peaking much sooner. Also, not every guy is the same. Upton's age is an advantage because it doesn't seem likely to be affected by age-related decline soon, but we need to stop pretending he's a lock to improve the next few years just because he isn't 30 yet. I don't think it is all steroids. There were a lot of guys very productive into their late 30s and up until 40 and I don't think all of them were juicing. I think the ball is less juiced, because if anyone thinks the juicing has stopped, they are kidding themselves.
December 15, 201510 yr S-S Choo is still the only truly successful Korean outfielder in the history of the game...there's that. It's not like we can compare Koreans with Cubans or even Japanese players in terms of overall impact. Not much history there to go on.
December 15, 201510 yr Rich Dubroff @RichDubroffCSN 4h4 hours ago @danconnollysun said Orioles made offer to SK OF Hyun-Soo Kim. Industry source says he has good offers in Korea, will likely remain there.
December 16, 201510 yr QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 08:21 PM) I'm looking at OBP type players to help the Sox pathetic offense score some runs. Name one.
December 16, 201510 yr Prince Fielder at 378 Yunel Escobar amazingly was 375 but already traded/acquired David Peralta with the D-Backs has been the target of lots of trade speculation but not sure if we match up for a trade Nick Markakis has that high OBP, but lacking in power and declining athletically/defensively...around a 2 WAR type who's owed $31.5 million for 3 more years AJ Pollock was the reason they traded away Eaton, so probably not Christian Yelich with the Marlins is an interesting name would be a very expensive target in terms of prospects Adam Lind fit this mold perfectly...but not a logical get for the White Sox in terms of our current personnel, last offseason would have been the moment (instead of LaRoche) Logan Forsythe with the Rays, but good luck acquiring him for less than the kitchen sink Dee Gordon and DJ LeMahieu have been talked about a lot around here in recent months... Carlos Santana, although the Indians are unlikely to risk trading him to a divisional rival
December 16, 201510 yr Caulfield, most of the players you named aren't being traded or have already been traded. It's like you just looked up guys with high obp and said "these guys qualify as possible trade targets"
December 17, 201510 yr Orioles reach two-year, $7 million deal with Korean outfielder Hyun-soo Kim https://t.co/RZTpitesZD https://twitter.com/HardballTalk/status/677300673235443713
December 17, 201510 yr He signed with the Orioles http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/12/orio...un-soo-kim.html
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