Jake

We don't necessarily have to do this, but you have to think at least one of the veterans will go. Shaking things up seems inevitable and the right thing to do.

Rangers make way too much sense for Rios

Dayan, Avisail, De Aza, Beckham, Gillaspie, Phegley - That's not a bad young core to start building around. Get one or two of Semien, Wilkins, Sanchez, Trayce Thompson, Brandon Jacobs and you're doing pretty good. Hopefully Dayan and Avisail really figure it out, because they both have some insane upside as 3-4-5 bats

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 09:33 AM) I haven't seen anything yet either. They sent down an OF when they called up Rienzo, so my guess is that they bring an OF back up to replace Peavy. Danks would be my guess. EDIT: Oh yeah, just saw the post above. If Wise is ready to come off the DL, then he's the one who will get that spot. I would not bank on Wise returning

QUOTE (Al Lopez's Ghost @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 09:30 AM) Who replaces Peavy? Or have I missed something? We are indeed a man down right now. I would think a position player comes up to replace Tekotte

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 09:17 AM) People were comparing him to MCab the moment he came up. The odds of him ever reaching that level are obviously quite low, but I think I heard that comparison in his first game. Well, that had much more to do with his physical appearance than anything. He's a dead ringer from 20 feet away. Avisail has so little experience above A+, I have to think it wouldn't be the worst thing if we kept him in AAA for a while.

I have to think our plan for the next offseason is to buy low on some vets that don't go to the top buyers on the market.

While Tim Kurkjian probably doesn't actually know anything, he says he thinks Rios does not get moved due to his contract and the perception around the league that he is not a winner. He says he thinks the White Sox will do "something" though

We are currently at about $74 million payroll for next year. If Rios and/or Alexei/other vets go, that gets substantially lower. I've never known JR to sit on a low payroll just for s***s and giggles. I have to think we'll be spending some money, though I don't anticipate we'll be trying to max out the payroll.

I do not see the Yankees taking on Rios' salary

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 08:38 AM) Yep, I can't see them giving up players on their major league roster right now given their offensive struggles. I've gotta say, getting Adams could sure make this rebuild business a lot smoother....

Juan Uribe still can pimp a homer with the best of 'em

Jake looked like an expensive mistake at one point but continually put his money where his mouth was, working hard to come back from a potentially career-ending injury and later taking a hometown discount to be a White Sox

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2013 -> 11:42 PM) So who are the Sox going to build around now that Peavy is gone? I really believed Hahn yesterday Alex Rios

Garcia is such a far superior prospect to anyone in the Rangers deal that it is hard to compare. A year ago, Olt would have made it more interesting

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Jul 30, 2013 -> 11:14 PM) I am just hoping Garcia can turn into a slightly lesser version of Carlos Lee. Ultimately, we got a lot lesser than what the Cubs got for Garza, when trading arguably the more talented pitcher. this is highly debatable

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2013 -> 11:14 PM) Carlos Quentin got pulled from their game tonight. No idea if he's injured or traded. Probably both

I think this is the next thread to blow up...

QUOTE (lord chas @ Jul 30, 2013 -> 10:57 PM) Coop will fix him Sounds like a guy that will probably shoot up the minors when/if he is converted to reliever

QUOTE (Paulstar @ Jul 30, 2013 -> 10:56 PM) Also, I might be crazy and he has looked a lot better the past couple days, but unless Viciedo just murders the ball for the rest of the season, I see him being traded in the offseason. Or at the very least, not a projected starter (maybe a platoon DH/1B/LF type). I think he is still very much a part of our plans

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 30, 2013 -> 10:53 PM) Gone after this year, long shot, 2 years away, no one knows Why do you think Mitchell goes away? No reason not to just see if he finds it. He isn't exactly old

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 30, 2013 -> 10:52 PM) Makes you wonder about Mitchell, Walker, Thompson and Hawkins' future if they're trading for outfielders like Jacobs and Garcia. I think we're happy to play the odds and just get as many of them as possible. If there are more bats than we have places for, we'll figure that out later. Not a problem we've ever had before anyway

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jul 30, 2013 -> 10:51 PM) So Garcia was never the prospect Rios was? What does he lack? They're just really different players

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jul 30, 2013 -> 10:49 PM) Between Sanchez, Simien, Johnson, Rondon, Beckham and Anderson we should be good in the middle IF and UT in a few years. Between Garcia, Thompson, Viciedo, Hawkins and Walker, we should have a decent OF and 4th OF. We have pitching. Now fill the holes with all the money we have. At least it's a plan. Yeah, I like trying to build the system from the middle out. If you end up needing a corner guy, you can always make a MIF/CF into a CIF/RF-LF

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 30, 2013 -> 10:48 PM) The Cubs absolutely schooled us here if the other three are no names. They didn't get anyone nearly as good as Avisail And they aren't about to use saved money in other deals to get even more exciting players