Y2Jimmy0

Would anyone be willing to take Papelbon back in a deal for LaRoche? Would this even be something Washington would do or would they just pay Papelbon and release him?

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 01:19 PM) He's definitely a Friedman hire, maybe doing his old TB friend a solid? Sounds kinda like the Sox. Josh Byrnes as well.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Oct 23, 2015 -> 06:55 AM) Up to .357/.500/.429 after yesterdays performance. Man would that be a huge coup if he could produce a 700+ OPS with his defense and speed. Too bad Kenny isn't running a different team. We could totally trade him Engel for an impact player.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Oct 23, 2015 -> 08:56 AM) I agree, and if packaged with Quintana you'll have some damn nice options in return. We'll easily upgrade two positions. Even assuming regression for Thompson, and having a slot in the rotation to fill, I'd jump all over the right deal. No one is untouchable. If our management is capable of looking past the NOW (ie, how can a struggling offense trade their second best player) they can really have a lot to work with I think you'd get more in separate deals. Why don't people understand how much Quintana is actually worth?

QUOTE (Real @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 06:07 PM) why would this team be signing more expensive free agents they aren't going anywhere next year. Because they have awesome pitching that could potentially do what the Mets are doing if they actually got back into the playoffs. I don't necessarily agree with the current method but it's what is going to happen.

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 03:22 PM) You lost me right here. Sports Radio meatheads need to fill infinity hours of air time. Great. Thanks. Next time I won't create 6 pages of discussion with nothing going on.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) Define choke? For a 97 win team with the 3rd best record in baseball they put on an absolutely pathetic display in all facets of the game. The Mets aren't good enough to make a 97 win team all of the sudden look like a bunch of little leaguers. I'll say it again for everyone that doesn't understand: Variance trumps everything.

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 12:31 PM) How much is Wieters going to cost? Anyone figure that out? He doesn't cost a draft pick so I dont know, it cant be too much the guy hasn't lit the world on fire lately. He could still cost a draft pick.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 10:53 AM) I'm sorry, but this is kinda laughable. GarPax have been pretty embarrassing at times with their decisions about coaches and player health (if you can pin that on them, which I don't really), but drafting and roster make-up is not one of them. They've earned A's in my book for basically every year. Gibson, Mirotic and Butler were all absolute steals. They "missed" on James Johnson (mid 1st round) and Teague (28th/29th?). They're able to find guys in the late 20's that can play and produce. That's not easy. Thibs needed to go. Plain and simple. They needed a new voice in the locker room. X's and O's don't matter if the players stop listening (and his X's and O's on offense were s***). And rumors were that several players were done with Thibs and wanted him gone. That shouldn't dictate what the Bulls do, necessarily, but it's not a glowing endorsement either. +1

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 11:08 AM) I want Billy Hamilton and I think he can be had dirt cheap. Great defender and he at least runs, it'd be fun to watch. Nobody on this team gets on base as is so its not like we'd know any better. I'm just saying you probably dont give up anything too painful to get Hamilton. The Sox aren't handing out $100m contracts nor should they. 57 SB's and plays really good D. He had a WOBA of .251 and a wRC+ of 52 though. Yuck.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 09:25 AM) Fans dreaming big. Let em dream I'm the dreamkiller.

Why am I still seeing daily posts about Jason Heyward and the White Sox? Just not happening folks.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 08:48 AM) If $100 mil + is spent on someone it's Heyward for me. It won't be in the Sox case though. If the White Sox dole out $$, I think it'll be for Upton.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 08:30 AM) Why is it that we have so many players that are either uncoachable or have been ruined by Parent? KW used to perform due diligence on a player and his background before adding him to the roster. Doesn't matter, how many times has Bernstein been right so early or actually broken a Sox story first? It wasn't Bernstein.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 07:39 AM) Their White Sox information couldn't be more wrong the past 5 years. If the White Sox trade Eaton who is signed to a team friendly extension, they will also need to find a leadoff hitter. Unless overwhelmed, the idea makes little sense. A team offensively challenged giving up one of its top hitters to open up a space for a guy based on his 130 or so major league ABs and ignoring his minor league numbers which would indicate the major league performance is a bit inflated, is not borderline insane. It is totally insane. Yeah I agree.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Oct 22, 2015 -> 07:35 AM) I don't see Eaton being traded. There's really been no talk of that, and it sounds like this was just a couple guys spitballing. That being said, I hope the Sox find a way to get Thompson into the starting lineup. I imagine they will be looking pretty hard to deal Garcia. Terry Boers has always had "guys" that tell him things. This was not spitballing. He made it seem like they wanted to trade Eaton. Now, he could absolutely be making s*** up but it wasn't speculation on his part.

Yesterday on the Boers and Bernstein Show, they briefly talked about the White Sox. Terry Boers said something to the effect of " The one guy that I know is available is Eaton". Bernstein was then excited and thought that was a good idea to free up CF for Trayce. This seems like an awful idea. Eaton has 6.6 fWAR over the last 2 seasons, is fairly cheap, and 26 years old. Unless he's a locker room problem, that's not a guy that a team in the White Sox position should move. Thoughts?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 01:55 PM) How come the Cubs' bats have fizzed so much? Seems to me, their hitters are getting owned? Is it all because of the Mets flamethrowers? I've seen some nasty fastballs. Variance

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 11:39 AM) Schwarber, Baez and Soler for Sale. Probably would have to substitute Castro for Baez or Soler....making the deal a no go but definitely interesting. Maybe we could throw in Avi and Sanchez/Micah to get Soler back. White Sox sign Jordan Zimmermann. Instant title. Sale would of course end up like Mike Sirotka or Matt Karchner and Cubs' fans would be whining for decades. That's not enough for Sale. If Bryant is off the table then I'd need Schwarber and Russell as a starting point. Throw in Baez, Gleyber Torres, and Wilson Contreras and you may have something.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 11:16 AM) New updated mock that I was thinking of last night. Give Samardzija QO, he rejects it. Pick up Alexei's 10 million option Resign: RP Matt Albers 1 year/3 million Free Agency: Sign SP Zack Grienke 5 years/150 million Trades Sox trade 2B Micah Johnson and RF Avisail Garcia to the Padres for C Derek Norris Sox trade SP Erik Johnson, 3B Trey Michalczewski, SP Frankie Montas, 2B Carlos Sanchez, and SP Tyler Danish to the Reds for 3B Todd Frazier and 2B/SS Zack Cozart CF Eaton (L) 2B Cozart (L) 1B Abreu LF Cabrera (S) 3B Frazier DH LaRoche (L) RF Thompson SS Ramirez C Norris UTIL Saladino, OF Shuck, C Flowers, 1B/3B Olt Sale (L) Grienke Quintana (L) Rodon (L) Danks (L) RP Carroll (long man) RP Jennings (L) RP Putnam RP Petricka RP Duke (L) RP Jones CP Robertson Thoughts? Greinke would never come here. He hates U.S. Cellular Field. Not sure he'd be a fit with media either. He's in a big market but LA is way different than NY, Boston, or Chicago

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 10:18 AM) I can think of one player the Sox drafted in that situation, and I am not sure if they knew ahead of time that is what they were drafting, in Blake Hickman. Very true. They loved Jeff Hoffman though. I bet that if they picked somewhere in that 5-8 range, they would have taken him. That's just my opinion though.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 20, 2015 -> 10:54 PM) Maybe he will have TJS and fall right in that 8-12 range like we have seen the past few years. I was thinking the exact same thing.

LOL at people who are actually making determinations about preseason basketball.

I thought this was pretty much common knowledge.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 20, 2015 -> 07:46 AM) I actually went to ND though, and even worked for the football program for a year, so that's a bit different than just being the obnoxious bandwagon fan. I also find a lot of those ND fans annoying. I'm just giving you a hard time. I completely agree with you though. Going to school there does make it different.