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QUOTE (longshot7 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:31 AM) Love the deal, but who plays 2B? Sanchez for a half season, then Micah Johnson probably... Saladino as back-up for 3B/SS/2B (Leury Garcia's role last year) Colby Rasmus is going to be next in LF unless they shock the world and go after Melky and surrender that 3rd round draft pick as well.

Jon Heyman ✔ @JonHeymanCBS deal to send samardzija to the white sox is agreed to 385 Retweets 178 favorites Collapse Reply Retweet

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Dec 9, 2014 -> 12:20 AM) MLBN saying Yankees never offered him a deal. Well, technically they offered him a one year deal for $15.3 million. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12002705...david-robertson Both trades/moves are official according to cbssports.com http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-he...sox-seem-likely

Who may or may not be able to stick at 3B...that's the main question with Trey, along with contact/BB numbers.

http://www.sfgate.com/athletics/shea/artic...ure-5925003.php SF writer questioning what the heck Beane was doing with the Donaldson trade

She's (Susan Slusser) a baseball beat writer for the San Francisco newspaper (sfgate.com). That has more credibility than anything coming from the White Sox PR side/mlb.com.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 11:19 AM) Which should have resulted in their #5 starter and starting 3B for 2015. Nestor Molina was a 3 at least, lol. Maybe KW did watch and confuse him with the wrong prospect in Venezuela, after all.

Hawkins going back to replace McKinney on the outfield depth chart makes a lot of sense. I don't think Samardzija is worth BOTH Semien and Hawkins. Also seems Hahn's not going to trade Anderson.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:20 PM) Samardzija to #WhiteSox for Marcus Semien, Hector Noesi and Josh Phegley makes sense to me https://twitter.com/scotgregor/status/542141564257304577 Making Bassitt and Danks our last two starters? Hmmm... Still would be more comfortable if they added a veteran ala Masterson/B.Anderson in there. If we don't sign another reliever, you'd have to throw Bassitt and possibly Sanburn at the relief problem/s. One way or the other, that would seem to leave the remaining hole as either LF or the closer's spot. Hard to address both and not go way over budget.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:18 PM) Nick Capra told me during Instructs that Tyler Saladino, recovering from Tommy John, would prob be most ready at SS behind Alexei of course https://twitter.com/scottmerkin/status/542141026782048256 So maybe Saladino's going to take Semien's role. Ramirez at SS, Sanchez at 2B with Saladino backing up all 3 infield positions and Leury Garcia and Josh Phegley drinking sake in Tokyo.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:11 PM) We saw first hand this week that Chicago reporters are perfectly willing to sit on a story. The Perfect Storm: Chapter 2 Lester signs with Giants or Red Sox and The Shark is traded to the White Sox on the same day. ND alumni bombard the White Sox ticket hotline with season ticket requests to the point where the wires catch on fire, and Ed Farmer is eventually forced to lead them in storming the barricades (think storming of the Bastille) to turn in their deposit money.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:09 PM) Believe me, don't give them the benefit of the doubt. If they have information and it's from a source they have a relationship with, they will post it. When it comes to "trusted sources", 9 times out of 10, people don't just leak that stuff to do a favor to the reporter. The information leaking out is for a purpose, for one side of the deal. Except national writers when they get burned in this way one or two times tend to stay away from the flames...and this goes towards information from agents too, for example, the way the White Sox were used by Boras and the media to drive up the value of his eventual deal with the Rangers.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:05 PM) I'm in California but available if needed. Marcus will love my VW Golf... Only if it's a pink convertible Jetta or Mini Cooper.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:04 PM) From a PR standpoint, the Passen tweets are probably coming out from a Sox source. Things may be stalling out a bit, Oakland wants Anderson and the Sox are coming off their price, so they put it out in the media that Anderson isn't moving. Passan's smarter than that. He's not Peter Gammons working trades in the media for the Red Sox. If anything, the A's fanbase would probably not accept that deal very easily...so it would be in Beane's interest to make it as soon as possible if Semien's actually the player he's targeting, rather than letting resistance build up against the move. Plus, it's not good for the players involved, either. Obviously, it comes with the territory, and can be spun positively that multiple teams have interest in a player or your name's constantly being mentioned in connection with trade talks. Better than being Josh Phegley.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:01 PM) How many young SS's do they have? Their top two prospects are also SS's, but they're both not major league ready. Moneyball Version 3.1. Acquire five or six top minor league SS prospects and trade them away for various pieces you need at other positions. Also, see Cubs with Castro, Russell, Baez, Alcantara, etc.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 08:00 PM) Susan Slusser ‏@susanslusser 3m3 minutes ago Beane hints #Athletics likely to make at least one more move in next day or two. Susan Slusser ‏@susanslusser 2m2 minutes ago Beane confirms #Athletics targeting young shortstops in deals. After the Passan tweets…seems like Semien for Shark is agreed upon. What is the holdup? Has to be the other pieces involved in the deal from the White Sox side, or maybe they're (the A's) asking for cash to come their way as well.

QUOTE (southside hitman @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 07:53 PM) Wite's fears confirmed…. I remember five years ago we all considered Jhonny Peralta a statue at SS and definitely a 3B/DH and he's since had a career renaissance in more ways than one. Sometimes players can and do improve defensively. Still would be hesitant to throw Semien out there for 145+ games at SS and expect him to have less than 35-40 errors.

As everyone else has said, if the deal is Semien and pieces (Webb/Bassitt/Beck/Johnson/Davidson, etc.) then you have to do it. But not if you include Anderson, Montas and Hawkins. Then the White Sox would be left scrambling at 2B and/or the RH complement to Gillaspie. Would they sign another player for one year or do they gamble that Micah Johnson's ready? Do they truly believe Sanchez can be close to league average at 2B if they deem Johnson not ready until at least mid-season?

The Mariners certainly aren't trying to fill their fans with DELusions. They're not messing around this offseason. Thanks, new $100+ million/year Root Sports TV contract.

Everyone's already stated the statistical reasons that Volquez will be due for a regression, but since our last pairing of a similar enigmatic pitcher (Liriano) with Cooper, am simply hoping Don can find someone he really clicks with. That never seemed to happen with Paulino last spring, either.

Interstellar definitely doesn't deserve to be one of the worst five movies. No way. That would be reserved for something like THE FOUNTAIN, which also had the intention of being an "amazing film" but ended up as nothing short of a debacle from a very talented film-maker. I can't even agree about Nymphomaniac...since Von Trier is an easy target for critics, but the backlash is kind of ridiculous is you've watched the actual movie/s, which it seems the majority of people who comment online haven't.

If they don't want to spend $11-13 million for those mid tier guys, then making bets on Masterson or Brett Anderson make a lot more sense financially. It's certainly not the equivalent of Paulino, Josh Johnson, Gavin Floyd or pitchers with multiple TJ surgeries.

Daniel Hudson. You wonder when K-Rod's arm will fall off like Scott Shields' did (all those relievers abused by Scioscia in the 2002-2006 period), but going two years and an achievable 3rd year option with Rodriguez is 100X more preferable to higher AAV and 4-5 years for Robertson. Robertson's going to get a minimum of 4 years and probably 5 based on the A. Miller deal.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/2015...p-10-prospects/ The A's have their top two prospects as SS's despite trading Russell away to the Cubs. The problem is there's zero chance that we get Samardzija and one of those guys for Ramirez and Semien. It would have to be something like JS + SS prospect for Ramirez, Semien, Montas and one other smaller piece. Still not seeing exactly how that's going to help for 2015. Or perhaps they'd ask for Ramirez, Montas and Hawkins if they're really committed to rebuilding for the next year or so.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Dec 8, 2014 -> 01:47 AM) And the Athletics traded Yoenis Cespedes for 76 innings of Jon Lester. And a draft choice. Not to mention the fact that the Red Sox don't even want to keep Cespedes.