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http://m.mlb.com/news/article/162549384/ml...0-first-basemen 1. Paul Goldschmidt 2. Joey Votto 3. Miguel Cabrera 4. Anthony Rizzo 5. Edwin Encarnacion 6. Jose Abreu 7. Adrian Gonzalez 8. Freddie Freeman 9. Chris Davis 10. Brandon Belt

QUOTE (Lillian @ Jan 23, 2016 -> 06:47 PM) Just a reminder of Desmond's Career Inter League Stats, in 428 Plate Appearances: AVG OBP SLG OPS .220 .268 .379 .647 Not very impressive. Well this is Fraziers inter league stats in 298 PA .205.265.341.606 Sox still thought something more of him

Sources: Both #Mets and #Nationals operating under assumption that other teams also are pursuing Cespedes. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/690740739370782720 News of three-year talks between Cespedes and #Mets might have enticed other teams into mix at same term - if they weren’t involved already. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/690740745410646017

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 08:40 PM) Lmao, here we go again. Not over till the White Sox are singing lol

there are more than just the mets and nats in on cespedes. #mystry teams https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/690724259589701632

http://sportsmockery.com/2016/01/rumor-whi...gent-shortstop/ They used rabbits tweets for this article

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 10:52 AM) No one knows if they have or haven't. The Sox have been under the radar for a month now. I think that's what is driving us all nuts is nothing is being said about them except they are only going to 3 yrs.

Avisail Garcia, Don Cooper, Hawk, Ed Farmer, Ron Kittle, Harold Baines comprise phone sales team for #whitesox season tix customers Thurs. https://twitter.com/CST_soxvan/status/690577060436271104 I'm sure alot of fans want to hear avi calling them asking them to get season tickets lol

not many would turn down 5 years for 3, even 5 with deferrals. but @ynscspds is rare breed. interesting call #nats #mets https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/690572893235855361 So he's supposedly deciding between a 3yr deal with maybe an opt out after 1st and a 5 years deal. The Sox have supposedly been only willing to go 3 yrs but haven't been said for awhile to be in serious consideration. What the hell have they been doing and why haven't they or didn't they move on.

cespedes may love new york -- i'm sure he does -- but i can find no one who thinks he called yanks recently. mets, yes. https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/690550979767439360

QUOTE (CB2.0 @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 08:48 AM) So if the Sox are really not serious or out on Cespedes, why not any offers or rumors of offers on Jackson/Fowler or an OF trade? I'm sure Hahn has put out feelers and possibly some talks, but it would seem that Cespedes is their #1 target. If it weren't, you would think something else would've been done by now or at least, the makings of something getting done. Right? This whole Cespedes saga is just weird! This is what I'm thinking. Hahn said that they were going to look at upgrading the outfield. They haven't don't anything up to now and supposedly are in for Cespedes but if they weren't fully going to go in why didn't do something else before hand. There were alot of second tier guys they could've gotten without picks attached and they didn't do anything and still don't seem to he moving on at this point. It's been way to quite on their part

mets remain interested at 1- 2- or 3 yrs. still hard to see free agent rebuffing 5 yrs for 1-3. dont rule out #mystery team https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/690528792037724160

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 07:40 AM) This guy is all over the place Mibelt Rodriguez ‏@MibeltRodriguez 15m15 minutes ago Update: Yoenis Céspedes likely to sign a 3 years deal with the #Mets, which will have an Opt-out. A decision is expected before Sunday. If you notice this guy post his tweets right after a national writers does

nats 5-yr bid believed for about $100M said to be paid out over many years, a la scherzer. obvs would decrease value a bit https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/690530706913632256

Sources: Mets, Cespedes discussing an opt-out clause after the 1st year of a three-year deal. Would allow him to test market again Fall '16. https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/690523949478907908 For Cespedes, 3-year deal/opt-out in '16 would give him chance to cash in next fall. For Mets, would limit financial obligation. https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/690524439113527296 Expectation among some parties in the talks is that Cespedes will make his choice in the next 24 to 48 hours. https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/690524696950001664

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 06:45 AM) I can see it now. Cespedes signs with either Yanks or Nats, and then that team will come to Sox to solve their dilemma; that is, take an aging, overpaid, excess outfielder off their hands for prospects. If it's the Nats, they need to get rid of Jayson Werth. If it's the Yanks, Gardner must go. Enter RH. Werth has a full no trade close so its unlikely he gets moved. Plus he's going to be 37 this and has 2 years left on contract at 21 million aav. No way Sox would go after him.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 01:48 PM) The Sox will go more than 3 years for their own players. They are worth more to the team than a new player. But can you honestly see the Sox giving out a long and enormous amount of money for their owen players. Can you see them giving out almost 30 million a year for 5 plus years for sale?

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 01:46 PM) Mibelt Rodriguez ‏@MibeltRodriguez 35s36 seconds ago Developing: The #Nats have offered a 5 years, $100-105 MM deal to OF Yoenis Cespedes. #MLB If you watch his tweets, he tweets stuff like this right after other people do.

They are going to need body guards at sox fest this year. Might be worth it just to go to watch the fans lay into the front office

The biggest surprise now is if #Nats don't sign Cespedes. They appear to be the only team interested in giving him longer than 3-year deal. https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/690256731805474816 Rubbing it in the sox face

Sad part is Sox aren't willing to give out large contracts only puts in prospectus that the likely hood of them not keeping sale around and will probably have to end up trading him and Abreu after the 3 yr window.

Hopefully today we are either put out of our misery or going to be happy as hell. Another day of 5 stages of grief lol

Smart money says cespedes gets a 5-yr deal (at least). Plenty of interest there. https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/690147759018643457

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2016011...orts/160118729/

The four projected hitters in the Detroit lineup behind Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez combined for 591 strikeouts last season. https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/689457308682727424