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QUOTE (Baron @ Nov 17, 2014 -> 06:45 PM) Adam LaRoche and Morales came to mind when reading that I'd love LaRoche and Sandoval/Melky

With the Russell Martin signing, this could open up the Melky Cabrera sweepstakes quite a bit as Toronto might not have much money to play with. Cabrera just turned 30 who is a switch hitter, little above average defensively, doesn't strikeout but doesn't walk that much either. Definitely a contact type guy. What do you guys think? Yes or no and what would you give him years/money wise.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 17, 2014 -> 04:09 PM) FWIW, Jewell is a radio personality on WLIP in Kenosha. Brad Jewell ‏@aballer53141 30m30 minutes ago #Cubs will announce signing of Lester Tuesday Wayne Randazzo ‏@WayneRandazzo 28m28 minutes ago @aballer53141 fact or prediction? Brad Jewell ‏@aballer53141 @WayneRandazzo I heard through my source at the Cubs..he works there and says they are announcing the signing of a significant impact player Well they are meeting with Lester tomorrow. But that's weird that that dude is breaking that out now if true.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Nov 17, 2014 -> 01:34 PM) It would be awesome if the Cubs come up empty handed Fans would chew out Theo.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 17, 2014 -> 12:27 PM) I am kind of shocked. We were told Joe Maddon would attract free agents. LOL at the Cubs. Money talks. They'll probably overpay on Lester now.

QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 17, 2014 -> 11:21 AM) Still have Wainwright, Lynn, Lackey, Wacha, Gonzales, Garcia (if healthy). I'm sure they'll add some depth. And Martinez if he can figure it out in the rotation.

Everyone is on the Cubs nuts with what they are going to do, yet the Cardinals out of nowhere just won the off season. Getting Heyward and Walden for Miller who they weren't high on is an amazing trade for St Louis.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 17, 2014 -> 11:16 AM) Interesting. I assume the Cardinals are confident that they can get Heyward extended. If I'm Heyward, I sign an extension tomorrow. That team consistently competes in the playoffs and young enough where they will for a while.

Great deal for the Cardinals.

And people thought Hayward wasn't going to get traded. Wow, what a steal by the Cardinals.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 17, 2014 -> 11:10 AM) Jesse Crain signed a 3 year, $13 million deal. Andrew Miller might sign for 3x that amount and more than 2x the AAV. Times have changed in baseball. At that time, that was an expensive deal for middle relief pitching.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 17, 2014 -> 10:44 AM) The last time we invested "heavily" into set-up guys, it didn't go so well with MacDougal, Dotel and Linebrink. That said, we have to find the middle ground between buying at an absolute peak and finding "bargains" on the downside who end up costing almost as much (and probably moreso if you factor in replacing them constantly) as the premiere players. Jesse Crain was really good until the last year of his contract when he got hurt. That was a heavy investment in relief pitching.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Nov 16, 2014 -> 06:39 PM) The Pirates also have Josh Bell waiting in the wings. He should be ready to join their crowded outfield soon. Watching the AFL All Star game, they were talking about Bell and how he has been playing some first base lately. I could be mistaken, but that would be awesome for the Pirates Bell can make the transition to first.

Cubs acquire 2B Tommy La Stella and 4th int signing slot for RP Arodys Vizcaino and 2nd, 3rd, 4th int signing slots. Weird move.....

If Hahn can somehow pull off signing Miller, that would be amazing. The comments underneath are interesting, what about Bastardo from the Phillies. He's an interesting arm to look at too.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 15, 2014 -> 08:00 AM) Bernie Pleskoff ‏@BerniePleskoff 26m26 minutes ago #Dbacks acquire Jeremy Hellickson from #Rays 4 prospects SS Andrew Velazquez and OF Justin Williams. I have never seen either prospect play According to MLB, they were the Backs 11th and 13th rated prospects. Velazquez was the player last year to reach base 70 straight games.

Jeremy Hellickson to the Backs

Jeremy Hellickson to the DBacks

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 14, 2014 -> 02:21 PM) And if you get those targets but still have something left over the Astros want and you are willing to dump. I have the feeling this offseason will either really excite people or really bum people out. I don't think there will be much meh. I agree with this. The FA class next year for pitchers is going to be pretty damn good. I wouldn't be upset if Sox holder out until then to make a move for a righty starter. With Castro, I figure he can't be worth a whole lot coming off a down year. How many more years does of control with him?

QUOTE (hi8is @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 05:42 PM) It's also a situation where the contract could be somewhat backloaded so we still have a large pool of money to be used for 2015 in trades / other FA signings. Very true, as he would get more money as he enters his prime years. With that said, I give it a 1% chance that the Sox get him.

This is certainly interesting that a mystery team has emerged but I don't think its the Sox like others have said. Hahn has said that they would go after him if he were to bat lefty, but I don't know if I like that excuse because if your scouts think he's good enough to play LF, you can go the cheap route in FA for a lefty bat (LaRoche). On top of that, Tomas comes with no draft pick compensation. And still have assets to trade for a right handed starter or another offensive piece.

Well deserved even though its 4th.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 12:39 PM) Take a look at his Minor League Stats. He consistently gave up a lot of hits. I'm not impressed. Doesn't look like he's be much better than Noesi. His WHIP was 1.4 this past season. A bit high.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 12:33 PM) They'll be done tomorrow. The GM Meetings are always typically quiet. QUOTE (Dunt @ Nov 13, 2014 -> 12:33 PM) They ended yesterday afternoon Well that's odd lol. But back to Alexei, I really don't think we trade him unless Wheeler or Syndegaard is coming back in the trade. Unless Montero and a couple more interesting pieces are involved. Alexei is a key part of the Sox success and has been a mainstay at SS for sometime now, the young players will need to look to him for leadership and guidance other than Sale and Abreu.

Just off topic question real quick, are the GM meetings still going on until tomorrow, like an all week thing or have they finished?