Jose Abreu

Trading Ender opens up PT for Yasmany Tomas, though.

Swanson and Inciarte is an overpay for Miller IMO.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 07:16 PM) Baez? Alcantara? Coghlan? Am I missing something? Trading Baez, Coghlan is an OF, but La Stella... I'm confused as well.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 06:26 PM) So Diamonbacks are going to have Grienke Corbin Leake Maeda Bradley That's a great rotation in the NL. Or will they?? (Reference to the Shelby Miller trade)

QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 04:10 PM) Did United drop their sponsorship or are they just updating the OF sign? Nope, the United sign is actually outside of the picture, to the right.

Yikes.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 03:46 PM) will something happen already!? I am bored Yeah, this is nothing compared to last year. But maybe that's a good thing.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 02:53 PM) It goes like this: -Bowman calls Saad to offer him $5m a year -Saad is fishing but his dad answers -Saad's dad said that's a lowball offer and to make it work they should trade Kane -Bowman says "that's not happening" and hangs up -Saad comes in, talks to his dad and calls Bowman back to accept -Bowman says "sorry you're on your way to Columbus already" All that for $1m extra annually Did that really happen...? Wow.

Some of it must also be the proximity to Japan.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 03:22 PM) Anderson, Rodon, Erik Johnson, Sanchize and two lower level prospects. We then sign Johan. Bring Fullmer up early. Sale Fernandez Q Fulmer Santana I caught a chub If the Marlins accepted that then their fans would revolt... I hope the trade proposal is sarcastic

We're not trading for Fernandez. We don't have enough for him anyway, unless we counterintuitively traded Sale, or included Abreu. This thread was made to discuss the other teams trading for Fernandez, since PHT now includes general rumors.

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 12:15 PM) Nope. Arenado is really good for Colorado and I like that he is a strong defender, but I don't think his bat would be superstar level outside of Coors and if I'm dropping those 4 guys, 3 of which might be in the top 100 prospects overall, I need a superstar. Arenado hit more home runs on the road than at home in 2015.

I'm not used to PHT being for general rumors yet. I thought this was about the Sox at first and got excited.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 10:21 AM) No goals since November 19, 3 points since November 19, no points in his last 4 games. I guess his dad was wrong What did his dad say?

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 11:54 AM) Well last time we had a Japanese player on our roster we won the World Series. Do it. Didn't know we won the WS in 2012.

Weird trade.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 09:32 AM) $46 for Cabrera, $25 for Laroche, $15 for Duke...starts to add up. Your figures are a bit off (I think it's 42/26/15), but the contracts of Melky and Duke aren't bad.

QUOTE (knightni @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 09:26 AM) Hahn on the phone: "Bag of balls?... No?..." "How about we send you the bag?... Still no?" "Man, you drive a hard bargain... Okay, you get free sundaes in helmets for a year and two bags of balls..." "What? Three bags of balls? Let me call my manager..." "KENNY!" Pretty much!

Phil Rogers ‏@philgrogers 4m4 minutes ago #WhiteSox exploring Japanese 3B Nobuhiro Matsuda. He hit a career-high 35 homers last year for #Softbank. Well timed move to US.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 09:02 AM) This could be out of the box, but what if the Sox signed Chris Davis to play third base? That would be interesting to say the least. defense...

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Dec 8, 2015 -> 08:36 AM) If this is your lone move - moving LaRoche to sign Upton, then it doesn't make sense. You need more than just Upton to help you compete in 2016. And I'm talking for a chance at the playoffs, not even actually making the playoffs. Unless Hahn is trying for two bats. I highly doubt our only planned moves are trading LaRoche and signing Upton.

Congrats!

"Miller was SIX AND SEVENTEEN last year. Why would we give up Baez for him?!" -A Cubs fan No, that's not a made-up quote.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/sports/b...-will-trip.html

Yeah, that game was just ugly.