ChiSoxFanMike

I have a feeling that something will happen soon.

Holy cow, those rules are complex lol. My leagues look like child's play compared to that.

Avi should try the Babe Ruth approach and eat as many hot dogs and drink as much beer as possible and see if it works for him.

So since my last post, I traded Eduardo Escobar and a draft pick for Kole Calhoun, drafted Ian Happ, Trent Clark, and Renato Nunez, and picked up Brad Miller from free agency. Here is my team as it sits now. C - Posey/Vogt 1B - Encarnacion/Vogt/Bell 2B - Pedroia/Lawrie/Happ SS - Russell/Miller/Swanson/Bregman 3B - Seager/Lawrie/Nunez OF - Kemp/Pence/Inciarte/Piscotty/Yelich/Calhoun/Miller/Winker/Happ/Clark SP - Sale/Price/Bumgarner/Hamels/Tanaka/Quintana/Chen/Finnegan/Norris RP - Papelbon/Ramos/Street/Perkins/Tolleson Thoughts?

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Feb 18, 2016 -> 04:06 PM) Who's the next Ken Griffey Jr. / Manny Ramirez? (In relation to White Sox) Bryce Harper in 2029.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 18, 2016 -> 11:55 AM) Last year .369 .509 .535 1.045 7 homers, 51 RBI in 85 games. 77bb to 47k also catches your eye. Career .324 .449 .487 .937 career high is 10 homers, and 69 RBI in 86 games, but 380bb to 285k for career. Not bad at all. Looks like he'd translate to a nice #2 hitter in an MLB lineup. Hopefully the Sox snag him for cheap.

Is Hernandez that good? I don't know a ton about him, but I'd rather have him than Avi if nothing else.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 18, 2016 -> 10:28 AM) Bulls get Okafor, McLemore and Bellinelli Kings get Pau Gasol 76ers get Nikola Mirotic, Doug McDermott, the kings 1st rounder which they agree to unprotect, and Bulls 1st rounder. That gives them up to 6 first round draft picks, lol. Why would the Kings do that deal? They'd essentially get half a season of Gasol for McLemore, Bellinelli, and a draft pick, no?

QUOTE (oldsox @ Feb 18, 2016 -> 10:57 AM) I think Sox are comfortable with starting the season with Avi in RF, hoping that he improves significantly. At same time Courtney Hawkins will be tearing it up at Charlotte, and if Avi falters, Hawkins comes up amid high hopes, bordering on hysteria. He delivers big time, LaRoche gets DFA'd, the Comp Pick turns out to be the top prospect in the system, all is good heading into 2017. No offense, but are you high?

Just sign Jackson already. He's the best of both worlds at this point IMO. He's good defensively and wouldn't cost the Sox a draft pick.

If the Bulls could net Okafor without giving up Butler, I'd be ECSTATIC. It won't happen though.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 18, 2016 -> 09:54 AM) Ownership wants to make the playoffs That makes no sense to me as they have no shot of getting out of the first round if they even make it at all.

Why in the world would the Kings want Gasol? Am I missing something?

The only silver lining I can find with this is that he isn't going back to the Cubs, thus making them weaker.

I wonder if Mario Hezonja would be available. If he is, I'd go after him. I like his game a lot more than McDermott's or Mirotic's.

Frankly, I think most, if not all food at the Cell is overpriced, but it tastes so good that I don't care.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 18, 2016 -> 04:43 AM) Shuck had proven in his career to not be an everyday player. He's a good PH bat and spot starter. This. Shuck is a good pinch hitter/4th outfielder. He would not be a starter on a winning team. That is all.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 07:25 PM) Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 28s28 seconds ago Sources: The expectation of O's is that they will finish deals with both Gallardo and Fowler; Fowler expected to be BAL's right fielder. Jesus f***ing Christ. I hate the Sox sometimes.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 12:25 PM) Danks is about the last thing the Braves want right now. If they're unloading Markakis, it's to free themselves of his money. Then why did they take on Swisher and Bourn's contracts in the trade with Cleveland?

I could actually see the Braves being interested in a deal for Danks. Chances are that he'd be better in the NL from a performance standpoint, and then they could flip him at the deadline for more prospects to help their rebuild.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 12:14 PM) Would the Braves trade Markakis and some $$ for Danks? That's a very interesting idea that I don't know the answer to. Would you guys be ok with that deal? Markakis obviously wasn't and isn't our ideal replacement for Avi, but he's solid defensively and has a decent OBP that would make him a nice 2 hole hitter. As much as I hate Danks, he does provide depth. Although he's bad, you can count on him giving the Sox 180 or more innings next year. There's some value in that.

or they could just go with a 5 man rotation of Sale/Q/Latos/Rodon/EJ and throw Danks in the bullpen as the long reliever. Early to me is the first few weeks of the season. If the Sox are in the hunt in July/August/September/October, then obviously we want the top 3 to start as much as possible.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 11:28 AM) No offense, but I really don't. They probably won't but that's what I'd do if I'm Robin. Sale tends to fade down the stretch, so giving him more days off would do him good, and Rodon is young and inexperienced, so he could use breaks too. Not to mention that having EJ in there would break up the lefties a little bit. Sale/Q/Latos/Rodon/EJ/Danks

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 17, 2016 -> 11:20 AM) No matter where you plug Latos in, you have 4 lefties in a row. I could see the Sox going with a 6 man rotation early on to keep Sale/Q/Rodon fresh for a potential postseason run.

QUOTE (InTheDriversSeat @ Feb 16, 2016 -> 06:12 PM) How about Beggar's Pizza? I had never tried their pizza because Beggar's does not have any stores in the north suburbs where I'm located, but I was very impressed when I bought a couple slices at USCF last season. . I personally liked Connie's Pizza more when it was at the Cell 5-10 years ago, but Beggar's ain't bad either. Nice food choices everyone. What I would do for a ballpark hot dog right now.