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"Navarro will fix em" Hopefully this translates well into the season. I'm keeping my fingers crossed but if Danks returns to form this rotation will be AMAZING!

QUOTE (shipps @ Mar 23, 2016 -> 04:21 PM) All these years...he has just been tipping his pitches...well I'll be damned. If Danks returns to form from fixing his delivery then Navaro will be the best signing of the offseason

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Mar 16, 2016 -> 05:05 AM) Defcon 5 I would probably get more entertainment out of that than the whole season

This has been a bizarre offseason. I guess he had a phantom injury and needed time to think. The Sox should be calling Morneau's agent right now

It is so difficult NOT to be excited about this kid this season. This article has me so pumped up to see what he can do.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 05:59 AM) If we were the only team on Earth willing to sign him, he probably still wouldn't come here He hates us that bad, eh?

With Morneau still looking for a suitor should the White Sox be considering his services in case LaRoche doesn't get healthy?

Very worried about our 4 and 5. Hopefully Danks and Co. can get back on track and not destroy our bullpen.

QUOTE (shipps @ Mar 8, 2016 -> 04:45 PM) People are going to be wanting to see more Avi over Jackson this season. You mean over laroche?

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Mar 7, 2016 -> 02:40 PM) I'm going to bump this up to add some of my predictions for the newest members of the team. Todd Frazier - .271, 172 H, 29 HR, 97 RBI Brett Lawrie - .263, 158 H, 19 HR, 74 RBI Jimmy Rollins - .252, 118 H, 9 HR, 43 RBI Austin Jackson - .263, 134 H, 12 HR, 56 RBI Mat Latos - 12-9, 3.72 ERA, 159 K's Feel free to share any predictions you might have as well! You should edit this into your OP. If we can get that production from Lawrie I would be very happy

LaRoche hits 15 bombs against RHP and Avi hits 10 against LHP as a DH platoon Latos wins Comeback Player of the Year Robin Ventura wins Manager of the Year Sox average 29,000 a game

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 7, 2016 -> 03:07 AM) It's really nice when a move you have been asking for for months finally happens. Once we lost out on the big 3, I wanted Jackson over Fowler so, so hard. Glad it happened. Yet another very low cost pick-up that fills a big hole. Even if Jackson is just a league average player, that's more than 3 WAR improvement over Avi Garcia's 2015 debacle. The most important thing he brings to this team is defense. Not only is Jackson an improvement over Eaton's weirdly horrible 2015 defensive season (+13 DRS from Eaton to AJax), but Eaton will quite easily be an upgrade over Avi's horrendous OF play (-22 DRS in only 176 games in RF). Now the question is whether Eaton or Melky will play RF. Eaton is the presumably the better corner OF, but Melky has the better arm, so it's hard to say. Avi then hopefully gets put in a platoon role with LaRoche. In 2015 Avi hit .293 with a 103 wRC+ against LHP, and LaRoche hit 64 points higher with a 93 wRC+ versus RHP (-1 against LHP, lulz). Both of their wRC+ are higher for their careers against those splits, but the I wanted to use what is hopefully their worst-case-scenario splits, which equate to a decent hitter when combined. Good post, I always cringe when I see Avi's splits. It is amazing how replacing Avi with an average player can drastically improve the club. Not only does it improve the outfield but it also makes the DH position respectable. Ventura has a lot of options here to play with. Lets hope he uses them to their full potential.

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This is good insurance for a likely Lawrie injury

Avi has to be feeling some tremendous pressure and stress right now.

I'm telling myself to be realistic with my expectations. The last few seasons of blind optimism have been pretty hurtful.

I have always liked the idea of a draft lottery because it would be an exciting event. Imagine if there was one this season and we somehow landed the #1 pick?

I would bet this has been discussed. You can't ignore a potential market of over 1 billion people.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 24, 2016 -> 07:22 PM) Paul Goldschmidt is a beast. Remember the Goldy for Konerko trade "rumors"? Wow! I didn't know about this. Can you imagine?!

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 23, 2016 -> 12:07 AM) i think some sports writer said in another thread, the sox FO stated they will not go after any one that will cost a draft pick. i hope i got it right. I hope you got that right too.

Does Austin Jackson cost a pick?

Here comes the loss of draft picks!

I believe its between the Mets and Nationals. I don't even think we are in the picture anymore.

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Will Cespedes want to play CF? I know he was itching for it according to the announcers during the playoffs.