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QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Nov 22, 2017 -> 10:36 AM) Well, if you believe Otani's actions and the reports on what he's said, the money isn't that big of a factor and he wants to go to a team that isn't traditionally considered to be a powerhouse. There are quite a few elements of the whole thing that give me hope that the White Sox have a nonzero chance in this race. I just hope the org pursues it. I cannot fathom that the Sox is the only team that could offer Otani DH at bats. If there are several other teams offering DH at bats and more money, you can bet that he’s taking the offer with more money. No matter how much you want to downplay it, 2-3 mil is the difference between comfortable living for a few years and barely getting by.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 22, 2017 -> 08:08 AM) Hope not but I’ve heard those rumors as well. Liv on SD works for me. I’m not a Ruby Riot fan but get she’s seasoned from indies and probably ready. No clue about Sarah Logan. That seems out of left field. I definitely do not watch NXT enough, outside of Riot and Liv, I haven’t seen much of the other girls. Checking Mandy Rose’s model pics, her body is just redonk! And yea I think Women’s rumble makes much more sense given the time of the year. It’s just that they now have 20 women on the main roster. Not sure how they plan to allocate enough air time to each woman so they could stay relevant after the Rumble.

Tag titles coming to the womens' division?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 21, 2017 -> 10:07 PM) I agree with Hi8 and RaBBit that there's no reason for these guys to do antyhing other than go to max out their bonuses, and so we might only have a shot at 1 or 2 guys that would be available for that $300k normally. However, I do wonder if this might shake loose another Thyagomizer type deal. When Ohtani was the only guy on the market, teams could look at the Yankees and Mariners and think "If we don't get Ohtani we're out the player we gave up for him". Now there's like 3 or 4 other backup plans on the market. Send the White Sox a player from your A-ball team for some of their bonus money, make your run at Ohtani, and if you miss out on him you go out and sign that catcher that was just released. With this shakeup, if a team is willing to trade a B level prospect to join the Maitan sweepstake, I’d rather trade the pool money rather than sign a pick of the litter for 300k.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Nov 21, 2017 -> 08:32 AM) I'm not sure Appel is going to make it out of the NL. Plenty or rebuilding teams that could claim him. Release waiver has always been based on record only. You’re talking about trade waiver (i.e. August trades), which the order is also based on the league player is in.

Let's just hope Pentecost makes it past the first 3 picks.

Mark Appel DFA'd. CCFH.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Nov 20, 2017 -> 05:36 PM) Because he's young and toolsy. This time last year nobody really thought Micker was anything but then he went and had a pretty good season. If Basabe is hitting 220/250/300 as a 23 year old in A+ yea cut him loose but he's got plenty of time to figure things out. Next year will be his age 21 season he's got time. I was in full support of protecting Micker because he has a very spacious ceiling. Basabe on the other hand, I don't think his ceiling is high enough to stash him for a full season when he's at least 2-3 year away from being a big league player.

Anyone has the link of the latest 40 man roster? ESPN shows the corpses of Covey, Volstad, Brantly and May still on the list. And also the chances of Basebe getting picked is pretty slim, don't agree with decision to protect him him over Polo.

This is probably the most stacked card of the year so I'm looking forward to Sunday. However, things dont look good for SD Live right now. Prediction: Brock vs. AJ - Winner: Lesnar Men's 5-5 - Winner: Raw. Survivors: Angle and Joe Women's 5-5 - Winner: SD Live. Survivor: Charlotte eliminates Asuka Tag team match - Winner: Usos Shield vs New Day - Winner: Shield. no doubt Alexa vs Natalya - Winner: Alexa Miz vs Corbin - Winner: Miz Cruiserweight - Winner: Enzo

QUOTE (Tony @ Nov 14, 2017 -> 04:34 PM) I’d bet a good amount of money he won’t be replaced. Yep, that's usually what company-wide restructuring means. Cutting budget by eliminating positions or have someone else take over your position at a part time basis.

Impressive, should be a boost to their awful bench play. I think they are now a legit threat to reach the ECF, especially if they could get anything from Parker by playoff time.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Nov 6, 2017 -> 11:30 PM) He was younger and produced similar numbers at the same or higher levels. Thats why you can't evaluate only based on box scores. No doubt that Eloy has better tools as a hitter than Ocuna.

I am not high on Bliss as the champ, and having her win with a slap to the face.. well, it's a slap to the face to Mickie, and the audience watching the product. Same thing with Kane beating Rollins with one chokeslam, that move has been kicked out so many times now, it's not even a believable finisher anymore. My bigger beef with the Alexa booking is, she's a heel champion but not the strongest or the most technical wrestler. Heel champs like her should be cheating their way to wins, see Enzo. But having her beat Becky, Bailey, Sasha, and Mickie clean is just bad booking. Guess what, they all look like they're wasted in their divisions now. Also with Alexa, I dont think she needs to be the champ to be entertaining, which is the value she provides. Being entertaining and being a credible champion is two different things.

I do not have a doubt that Stanton gets moved in the next couple of months, and I hope it's not to the Sox.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 04:57 PM) The issues with Zavala going to AA are Zack Collins (who will start at C for Birmingham next year) and he's 24, will be 25 next season. I said IF (and I recognize those are big IFs) he keeps hitting at this level, which he has hit very well, and has gotten better with each step up in competition level he's faced this year, and IF he can be a good defensive C, he could be a 4+ WAR player (see: 95th+ percentile scenario). My point is if you continue to stick Zavala behind Collins on the same roster, you'll never find out what he has to offer, because Collins will continue to be the organization's priority. There's only two directions, then, for him to go: down to Winston-Salem, where he's already proven himself, or up to Charlotte or Chicago. I'd rather see the org see if they have something in him by pushing him developmentally to get him reps than have him waste away behind Collins and wonder what could have been, especially if Collins doesn't work out. There is probably a less than 1% chance becomes Zavala becomes a 4+ WAR player, let alone an MVP candidate. Heck I think less than 1% is being generous. That's like saying IF James Shields bounces back with a Cy Young caliber season we might compete for the division. There is almost no chance of that happening, no need to get a hard-on by playing the IF game. QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 05:39 PM) You're creating an issue out of a non issue to support your idea. Right on. There is no reason that you can't have 2 starting caliber catcher on the same roster for a couple months until they prove they are ready for promotion. No need to rush here.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Oct 25, 2017 -> 02:29 AM) Seby Zavala should be moving up the org depth chart right now. The White Sox should give him a shot to make the roster out of camp and if for some reason he doesn't make the team, he should get full time catcher reps in Charlotte. This is the type of thing that really accelerates a rebuild, finding a guy like Seby Zavala who comes out of nowhere to be a 4+ WAR player at a premium position for you, which he will be if he continues to hit the way he has for the past year and just manages to be not terrible as a catcher defensively. If he can hit like that and play good defense, he could be a future MVP candidate. He was barely a top 30 guy in the org before this year, had a pretty good year in A ball. Now he should either be promoted to Charlotte next year or break camp. On top of that he could be a 4 WAR player and potential MVP candidate. Boy that escalated quickly.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 24, 2017 -> 09:19 AM) Ding! Ding! Wonder if Kurt will wrestle for Raw now. Based on the promos last night, it sounds like it's team Angle vs team Shane

QUOTE (iWin4Ron @ Oct 24, 2017 -> 05:21 AM) Holy s***. I woke up just now and read the results of the raw Main event. Whose s*** ideas are this?? Just copied/pasted from another persons rant: "Now I'm all for having something unique or different be booked, or some huge angle that actually generates attention. Hell, they did this same angle last year between the five guys on Raw and on SD and it worked because there was good heat being built up between the two teams. This however, this was just utter crap. There are so many things wrong with this, with the leading fact that you basically negated the majority of storylines on SD and made everybody look like heels as they bum rushed everybody on Raw one by one. You had underdog sympathetic babyface Becky Lynch cheer on random Raw guys basically getting jumped from behind. You had AJ Styles attack Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, two babyfaces who he had JUST teamed up with earlier in the show. You had goofy babyfaces in New Day cheering the charge and choking out and beating up guys themselves. I don't understand what they were thinking with this. It just made everybody on SD look like assholes, much less destroy storylines as babyfaces and heels who hateone another randomly just decided to work together because of a blue shirt. f*** this storyline. This booking is the drizzling s***s." It's true. What the f***?? Also, seems like creative in the back is completely puzzled with Vince's decision to have finn balor absolutely burried last night against old man Kane... a night after he just regained a ton of momentum beating AJ Styles in a great match. Creative literally ruins everything. It's insane. Did you quote your own rant from another forum? The brand invasion angle has been done many times before, face and heels fights against the other brand all the same. Also obviously this is done to help boost ratings. Tune in tonight to see Shane o'Mac to heighten up his security against Raw invasion, but Raw still finds a way to invade and destroy the blue brand to close the show.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 10:07 PM) Ron, is there anything you like in the WWE right now? On TLC, thought Balor/Styles match was the match by far. Main event was good at the beginning and end. Middle of it kind of stagnant. I did pop when Angle came out to his music, would of loved if he had his gear on though. Overall, I thought the PPV was average. Second this. And you can probably it up the cluster in the middle as calling an audible in the last minute.

QUOTE (iWin4Ron @ Oct 22, 2017 -> 09:49 PM) Was it necessary to put Kurt Angle in the match if all he was going to do was take one spot and be done? It's really sad when the main event here is worse then the 3 women's matchs and the 2 cruiserweight matches. This match might be in the top 10 of worst matches I've ever witnessed simply due to how incredibly messy it is. Brings back WCW memories. Spoke too soon? If you thought the was how the match would end, you must be something else.

Exactly 1 reception for 8 yards by the Bears receiving corp. is that some sort of record?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 03:21 PM) Can easily end AJ-Finn with some type of shmoz with the Club involved. Then you can start a real build to one of the big 4. That probably wont happen just cause but would be easy to do and make all the sense in the world. Not a bad idea, but just bad timing since AJ is starting feud with Jinder on the SDL side. Also a shame that if Roman is out for the next few weeks then the Shield reunion will be short lived.

Wow. I like to see AJ vs Finn, but would have like to see that match being properly build up. I think it would have made more sense for AJ to replace Roman, and have Finn face a heel.

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 01:24 PM) Should the Sox have hung onto Kahnle ? Held out for more ? If Kahnle doesnt pitch well next year, which is wont to happen with BP pieces, then Sox get 2nd guessed. Perhaps you think Frazier and Robertson alone could've got Rutherford ? Yes. And I really dont care for Rutherford, even at the time of the trade.