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If Toronto really wants Shark, I'd want Hoffman/Sanchez + Anthony Alford. Otherwise I'm waiting until Thursday to see how the week goes. I'd prefer the WhiteSox sell but I do want them to holdout for best Shark package.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 03:47 PM) Who is a good comp to Anderson? Imagine a Brandon Phillips type but at SS

Since the 0-4 start in Kansas City, The White Sox are 46-46.

I think Samardzija gets something like 5 years $105 million.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 27, 2015 -> 12:13 AM) Hmmm. Would they have taken Shark for Finnegan and Lamb, leaving out the third guy? Finnegan and Lamb both are ready to join the Sox rotation. Did we blow it in not making the deal?? I think Finnegan is a bullpen arm. Kansas City agrees.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 11:26 PM) You learn something new everyday. Thanks so much! Fangraphs uses what should have happened rather than what actually happens. Jake has a nice breakdown in one of the threads on the site.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 08:50 PM) Tigers' GM confirmed that they're buyers. And it's funny to see Shane Greene pitching so poorly now after his start to the season I bet they still sell by Thursday.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 08:40 PM) You are not alone. So overrated. He has tools. And he's really good defensively but Sox never develop guys like him.

Am I the only one that thinks Dalton Pompey sucks?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 05:29 PM) Sale has finished 6th, 5th and 3rd the last three years in Cy Young voting. To no ones surprise he's right there again. Sale: 9-5, 2.85 ERA (8th best), 0.99 WHIP (1st), 170 ks (1st), 4.4 WAR (1st), in 133 IP (7th) Not bad. Let's look at his main competition: Keuchel: 12-5, 2.32 ERA (4th), 0.99 WHIP (1st), 132 Ks (7th), 3.9 WAR (3rd), in 151 IP (1st) Price, Kazmir, Gray, Archer, Felix and Hector Santiago (lol) are all right there too, but probably, definitely behind the top 2 as it stands. Anyways I think this is the year he breaks through. Sale FIP: 2.31 Keuchel: 2.64

You still trade Samardzija if you receive the package you want. They can sell that to Sox fans. They offered an extension, Shark wants to test free agency, so they sold him off. It's not like him being here would affect how many people come to the park.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 04:42 PM) He's more responsible for Abreu than anyone else other than JR. As for Hahn, virtually very single move over the last two seasons hasn't worked very well, other than dealing Peavy, and the Garcia part of that is at best a dubious proposition from here on out. Eaton for Santiago is probably a wash, at best, right now. Davidson, Bonifacio, Keppinger, Beckham, Downs, Blowasavio, Paulino, etc. The only player who has performed close to his contract this offseason has been Robertson, and that's an argument with two sides that have equally valid claims. If anyone wants to credit Hahn more than KW with drafting Rodon and Fulmer, well, that's up to them. Not exactly nuclear physics. Soto is a good signing. Putnam is a good signing. Those are shrewd moves. Gillaspie was good for a bit too. You can't criticize for Beckahm/Keppinger/Bonifacio and not credit for Soto and Putnam on minor league deals. Most of those guys were cheap flyers too. I have no idea whose idea it was to sign LaRoche, Melky, and Robertson but those all seemed like decent/good moves at the time as well.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 02:42 PM) I want to sweep this series, but it probably will kill all trade talk. What a weird baseball team the Sox have. No it won't. They need to take 4 from Boston too though. 8 straight wins would get them to 50-50. Then they'd still need to go 35-27 to win 85 games. Just such a big hole.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 02:25 PM) Adam Dunn paraphrase "I'm not being paid to hit singles". Long swings in 2 strike counts are selfish. Maybe you haven't been watching our DHs the last 5 years. It's hard to watch. Brutally hard to watch. Adam Dunn is right about that. He was being paid to walk and hit homers.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) Would of been about the same really. Danks and LaDunn contracts on the books next year are awful use of money. Dunn would have more homers.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 02:01 PM) That is a great haul for Cincinnati. Wow. It's a great haul for Cincinnati but KC doesn't really lose anything. They think that Finnegan is a reliever long-term and they didn't have to deal Manaea, Zimmer, or Mondesi. Great trade for both teams.

QUOTE (Bigsoxhurt35 @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 11:46 AM) Sounds like Finnegan is part of the haul CIN got. Jon Heyman thinks it's LHP Brandon Finnegan and LHP John Lamb. That's a good haul for Cincinnati for a rental.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 10:48 AM) Rental or are they going to sign him in the offseason? Strictly a rental. No chance they can sign him. Cueto will get an even bigger deal now with no QO attached.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jul 26, 2015 -> 09:43 AM) Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 5m5 minutes ago Sources: #BlueJays still talking to #Brewers about Fiers. TOR numerous balls in air: Samardzija, Cueto, Price if he becomes available, etc. Ben Nicholson Smith is on Hit and Run. He mentioned guys like Aaron Sanchez, Dalton Pompey, and Anthony Alford as the type of piece the White Sox would expect in return for Samardzija.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 24, 2015 -> 11:06 PM) Shh. He is getting them a front line pitcher. Trading Castro would be stupid at this point. He's a negative WAR player this year.

Levine mentioned the Pirates interest in Alexei on the radio today. Ramirez to Pittsburgh for C Taylor Gushue. Is that too much? He's playing well right now.

Not so crazy but Alexei Ramirez to PIttsburgh for C Taylor Gushue

THe key would be Baltimore trading him right now. Hopefully the O's deal him. Then the White Sox could sign him in the offseason without giving up a pick.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Jul 24, 2015 -> 04:16 PM) My friends do a yearly baseball trip, and I've been to a few with them and some on my own. Wrigley The Cell Camden Yards SF (PacBell or whatever it's called) Texas' new one San Diego Arizona Of those, I loved SF. I think Camden and Wrigley are second. Arizona is terrible. San Diego and Texas seem artificial. I would rank The Cell after Wrigley and Camden, but I'd add that when its full or near capacity, it's pretty great. There's not much to do around the The Cell, but 90% of people go to the game and then home, so it's kind of irrelevant. I think Sox fans are just typical Chicago fans. They go when the team is good, and stay away when not. It's no different than Bears, Bulls, Hawks, or Cubs fans. All have plenty of available seats when they're not playing well. The Bulls were sold-out when Ron Mercer an company were on the team.

QUOTE (staxx @ Jul 24, 2015 -> 03:23 PM) I love the 110% effort you can tell he brings. This is not possible