Jose Abreu

I hope this shuts up the annoying Raptors fans claiming DeRozan > Butler. Butler is light years better defensively and slightly better offensively.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Jan 4, 2016 -> 08:23 AM) You think? It will be tough to build a Cup team with the team as currently constructed. I'd consider a team second in its division with much playoff experience to be Cup contenders.

Hawks won 3-0 over Ottawa, Crawford with 26 saves in his NHL-best 6th shutout

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 3, 2016 -> 06:15 PM) The Hawks absolutely have a player in Erik Gustafsson. Only 23 and gives the Hawks 5 reliable D-men to work with. He looks good so far, but let's not jump the gun

You elbow him in the face, he comes back and drops 40. MVP-like performance on both ends of the court for him. Singlehandedly brought us back from being down 15. Unbelievable

Broke MJ's record for points in a half

Bears are doing Bears things, trail 10-0

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jan 3, 2016 -> 10:57 AM) A source close to Jeffery came away from a recent conversation with him convinced he felt unhappy in Chicago and, at times, isolated because of a lack of close friends since Brandon Marshall's departure. Jeffery mentioned how much he looked forward to free-agency, according to the source. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/colum...102-column.html Isn't David Haugh, a guy we mock on here for making things up? Bernstien is another guy who said Alshon was unhappy here. f***... our WRs are bad enough as is. White/Royal/Wilson/Mariani etc. is not very good, especially with the injury potential.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jan 3, 2016 -> 11:18 AM) I hope so man though I doubt it happens today I doubt it too. That was a sarcastic post, if you read the post above it

My gut tells me we have ourselves a new left fielder by the end of the day today

So much for those "My gut tells me we have ourselves a new left fielder by the end of the day" posts from today

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Jan 2, 2016 -> 06:48 PM) I hear ya. I didn't expect any signings but did think there would be something new to discuss, even the off-kiltered tweet. The Upton rumors are so eerily quiet it makes a library sound like a heavy metal concert venue. Yeah, it's strange that we've heard basically nothing about Upton lately

QUOTE (bschmaranz @ Jan 2, 2016 -> 12:16 PM) He does have time in the outfield as late as last season (30 games in right). Yes, Davis is actually a 1B/DH/3B/LF/RF. Although, I'm not saying his defense is any good at third or in the outfield.

I hope not. Rosenthal is on vacation, too.

It's the end of an era. The era of the 2015 catch-all thread.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 04:29 PM) Oh well Ellis was stepping out of bounds when he hit the game tying three so idgaf Exactly

He performed exactly as I expected. He receives a lot of undeserved hate for his 2015 performance.

QUOTE (blackmooncreeping @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 03:02 PM) Bartolo Colon begs to differ Because steroids. Heyward is clean

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 02:45 PM) You don't have to be lonely at farmersonly.com. Very true.

More posts here than in the Frazier thread... and that actually happened. Thanks a lot, Patrick Howard (and other fake Twitter insiders).

QUOTE (blackmooncreeping @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 02:05 PM) Agreed. Rollins posted a .224 average, 13 hrs, 41 rbis, and committed 9 errors in 13334 games last year. Not sure if Saladino can hit 13 hrs, but his base running advantages more than make up for it. Not to mention the $$ difference. And the defense. Though, to be fair, just 9 errors in 13334 games is spectacular.

Shockingly, the East has been much better than the West.

Adam Gase is reportedly expected to leave the Bears to become a head coach, as he figures to have several offers

QUOTE (peavy44 @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 01:36 PM) Twitter This is odd... I feel like the reports are going back and forth on who we're closer with. I hope we get Cespedes and Gordon is being used for leverage.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 31, 2015 -> 01:18 PM) After Melky, don't think they'd dip into that pool of former ped's players again so quickly when there are lots of more palatable options. Melky has nothing to do with our potential signing of a player with a PED past. Plus, it's not like he was that bad where his performance would make us not want to sign another player with a questionable past. .273/12/77 is right on line with his career averages, PED year aside.