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QUOTE (Knuckles @ Jan 6, 2016 -> 08:48 AM) if Gordon signs for 4year/70mil, where does that price Cespedes? 5/100 would be m guess. +/- on the price.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 6, 2016 -> 08:43 AM) Well, I never did want him, but it would be nice to get Cespedes now IMO, has to happen by the end of this week. A deal with Upton or Cespedes has to be reached asap so other teams don't begin to come in.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 5, 2016 -> 09:46 PM) His shots are disgustingly flat. His drives tonight were incredible, though. Completely agree. When he's going to the rim, it's like he's a different player. Teams just need to back off on him and let him take that jumper.

Rose played well tonight, but his jump shot is a disaster. Short on everything, he does use his legs, but he's got a hitch at the top of his shot which results in no arc in his shot.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 5, 2016 -> 09:36 PM) Why do you all like Derek Wolfe so much? Young. Up and coming. I bet a lot of people said last year, "who the hell is Pernell McPhee?". Wolfe is a beast on the line.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 5, 2016 -> 08:12 PM) How do you actually understand the NFL salary cap? http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/chicago-bears/cap/2016/

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 5, 2016 -> 05:32 PM) That you have too much free time. I'm on break from school lol.

Bears Cap 2016- $90,354,389 Projected Cap 2016- $150,000,000 Cap Space= $59,645,611 Trades: Trade TE Marty Bennett and our 7th round pick for a 5th round pick (5,185,000 cap savings) Cuts: OT Jermon Bushrod 4,300,000 (cap savings) OLB Lamar Houston 4,020,000 (cap savings) SS Antrel Rolle 3,000,000 (cap savings) Cap Space= $76,150,611 Resign: WR Alshon Jeffery 5 years/70 million (14 million cap hit) RB Matt Forte 2 years/10 million (5 million cap hit) ILB Shea McClellin 2 years/5 million (2.5 million cap hit) DE Jarvis Jenkins 3 years/9 million (3 million cap hit) C Will Monthomery 1 year/950K (665K cap hit, same as this year) TE Zach Miller 1 year/1 million (1 million cap hit) OLB Sam Acho 1 year/800K (650K cap hit, slight raise) WR Josh Bellamy 1 year/800K (660K cap hit, same as this year) WR/KR Deonte Thompson 1 year/ 850K (660K cap hit, raise) DE Mitch Unrein 1 year/650K (650K cap hit) Cap Space= $47,365,611 Free Agency: ILB Zach Brown 4 years/16 million (4 million cap hit) FS Rodney McLeod 4 years/18 million (4.5 million cap hit) OT Cordy Glenn 5 years/45 million (9 million cap hit) DE Derek Wolfe 5 years/32 million (6.4 million cap hit) RG Kelechi Osemele 6 years/32 million (5.33 million cap hit) CB Trumaine Johnson 5 years/28 million (5.6 million cap hit) TE Dwayne Allen 4 years/16 million (4 million cap hit) Cap Space= $8,532,278 Draft: 1. CB Vernon Hargreaves III Florida 2. OLB Shilique Calhoun Michigan State 3. DT/DE Anthony Zettel Penn State 4. OG Landon Turner North Carolina 5. QB Kevin Hogan Stanford 5. OT Tyler Johnstone Oregon 6. DE Jihad Ward Illinois 6. WR D.J Foster Arizona State 6. RB Keenan Reynolds Navy QB- Cutler, Fales, Hogan (3) RB- Forte, Langford, Carey (3) WR- Jeffery, White, Royal, Wilson, Bellamy, Thompson (6) TE- Allen, Miller, Lee (3) OL- Glenn, Slauson, Montgomery, Osemele, Long, Omaheh, Leno, Turner (8) DL- Wolfe, Goldman, Jenkins, Zettel, Ferguson, Unrein, Sutton (7) OLB- McPhee, Young, Acho, Calhoun (4) ILB- Brown, McClellin, Anderson, Timu, Barrow (5) CB- Fuller, Johnson, Hargreaves III, Callahan, Hurst, Glenn (6) S- Amos, McLeod, Jones-Quartey, FA (4) ST- Gould, O'Donnell, Long Snapper (3) Thoughts?

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Jan 5, 2016 -> 11:00 AM) People keep saying this but I don't think a deal will be held because of the HOF. In fact if Raines gets in a big three signing coupled with him getting in would be pretty epic for our fanbase. I still doubt we see any movement till late next week or the week after. This will go on for as long as teams and players are willing to have a staring contest. Whenever someone blinks I'll bet you see multiple signings within days. As stated a lot here we just need the first person to sign for all the dominos to fall. The best thing we can hope for is that first signing is Davis back to Balt. Because it takes out the main competition for Cespedes. I think the Giants are the biggest threat right now.

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Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago GM Ryan Pace confirming the #Bears will have to use FA more than usually for the first few years to get the talent they want. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago #Bears GM Ryan Pace says he plans to build the offense around QB Jay Cutler. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago #Bears GM Ryan Pace "We just need to keep adding more playmakers." Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago #Bears HC John Fox confirms he doesn't expect any changes w/ staff outside of Gase. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago #Bears GM Ryan Pace called Kyle Fuller an "ascending player". Happy with his progress as season went on. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 1h1 hour ago #Bears know Alshon Jeffery's talent level & overall ability but stressed today that health/durability is a part of the eval process. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago #Bears could have up to $70-75M in cap space. Expect them to spend on young/long-term players with good production high upside. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 1h1 hour ago Just to put things in perspective. #Bears will have about 2x as much cap space & 3 more picks than '14. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 1h1 hour ago #Bears signed 3 FAs to multi-year deals & spent more than $2M on 4 different FAs. W/ twice the space, expect close to twice the signings. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 1h1 hour ago I would expect to see 4-6 multi-year "impact signings" of above average players. Biggest key: age. Expect most of them under 28. #Bears Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 57m57 minutes ago Have been told that ILB & OL are going to be the #Bears main priorities this offseason. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 47m47 minutes ago Aaron Leming Retweeted CHI-TOWN SPORTS DE will be another need. They could use another pure pass rusher. Derek Wolfe is a name to watch for. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 42m42 minutes ago Aaron Leming Retweeted joe poogle Solid FA options out there right now. Berry tops that list but unlikely. Rodney McLeod is a name to watch. #Bears

Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago Much like I see no real way Alshon Jeffery doesn't stay a Bear in '16, I see virtually no chance Martellus Bennett is a Bear in '16. #Bears Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago #Bears GM Ryan Pace called LT Charles Leno a "pleasant surprise". Also all but confirmed Long will stay at T. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago GM Ryan Pace speaking very highly of RB Matt Forte. Says he the type of player the #Bears want. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago Pace also says he does not feel like relationship between TE Martellus Bennett & the team has been "strained". Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago GM Ryan Pace echoing same sentiment I've been saying. #Bears unlikely to spend big on that one top FA. None likely to be available. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago #Bears continue to remain positive with impending FA LB Shea McClellin. Would be shocked if he isn't back. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago #Bears GM Ryan Pace expects WR Kevin White to be "full speed" during offseason programs. Aaron Leming ‏@AaronLemingNFL 2h2 hours ago #Bears GM Ryan Pace "I'm excited about what we got going here."

FutureSox list is coming out later this month, so I'd figure we would all create our own top 30 list like we did last year. 1. SP Carson Fulmer 2. SS Tim Anderson 3. SP Spencer Adams 4. 3B Trey Michalczewski 5. SP Tyler Danish 6. OF Micker Adalfo 7. OF Courtney Hawkins 8. SP Jordan Guerrero 9. OF Adam Engel 10. OF Jacob May 11. 1B Corey Zangari 12. SP Chris Beck 13. SP Thad Lowry 14. 2B Jake Peter 15. 1B/3B Nick Delmonico 16. OF Jason Coats 17. SP Brian Clark 18. 3B Matt Davison 19. SP Jordan Stephens 20. SS Amado Nunez 21. SP Brandon Brennan 22. RP Robinson Leyer 23. C Johoandro Alfaro 24. SP Luis Martinez 25. RP Andre Wheeler 26. SS Johan Cruz 27. SS Eddy Alvarez 28. 3B Maiker Feliz 29. SP Yosmer Solanzo 30. OF Antonio Rodriguez What are your thoughts on my list, and what is your top 30?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 06:50 PM) Apparently its that wwe has raided New Japan for a ton of talent and guys like Nakamura are coming over. I don't watch New Japan so don't know all these names Lame. You got my hopes up by saying Daniel Bryan.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 01:39 PM) There's a crowd of interesting LatAm guys who, at least for me, are currently in the 20-40 range in the system - but with potential for much higher if things pan out. Guys like Amado Nunez, Fernando Tatis Jr, Franklin Reyes, Yosmer Solorzano, Johan Cruz and Maiker Feliz are all guys who will be in or close to the 15-30 range in our deeper list coming out soon. Add that to Adolfo, and that's a pretty nice talent pool. Doesn't even include some other guys lower down but also with potential, like Carlos Perez. This is what I mean when I say the "back end" of the list is filling in nicely. Johan Cruz is a guy who may even be in the mid-teens in the system. Antonio Rodriguez?

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 06:24 PM) Apparently some huge news about to break. No idea relating to what. Will it be live on raw?

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 01:20 AM) This exact statement was made a week ago when we heard that the Sox would make an offer on Monday. And still, nothing. Yes, but not from me.

No way.

Definitely think things will be picked up this week.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 05:15 PM) You're welcome. Bye bye What?

QUOTE (Special K @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 05:20 PM) There is no chance this will ever happen. Absolute best case scenario, .240 with 10-12 homers. I've never seen someone deteriorate offensively so quickly in all my years watching baseball but it happened with LaRoche. Even his OBP was garbage. He really is this bad now. His agent better have gotten a phenomenal Christmas gift from him. LaRoche can turn it around. He's done it before in the past. Knows the AL a little bit more now. Not saying he'll be great, but I think he can better than last year.\ If you think LaRoche's ceiling is 10-12 HRs now, you're just plain wrong.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 03:34 PM) Beating that classless POS Brian Kelly is a decent consolation prize. Coming from the guy who likes the team coached by Urban Meyer lol. Please.

QUOTE (blackmooncreeping @ Jan 1, 2016 -> 05:07 PM) ...would be sweet, and to have Laroche hit even .250 in the 6 or 7 hole would make it so much deeper. If LaRoche hit 240 with 18-22 bombs would make me happy.

Steamer projects 266/312/473 with 27 HRs and 32 2Bs. If that's a "bad" year, then sign me up. An Abreu-Cespedes-Frazier middle of the order.........

My number 1 pitching target is Edwin Jackson. He'll be extremely cheap because he's still getting paid by the Cubs. If we sign Cespedes/Gordon/Upton, then I think they bring back Alexei on a 1 year/4-6 million deal. Bench would consist of Saldino, Sanchez, Shuck and one of the catchers. Move Avi to AAA for everyday at bats or trade him for more pitching depth.