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QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 11, 2016 -> 03:10 PM) Judging by his twitter account, Desmond is not in Chicago taking a physical....he's out fishing today Question for some on this board. What is up with this WAR fascination when determining if the guy is a good fit or not? I see alot of post where this guy is a 2 WAR and this guy is a 3 WAR. I'm not against any metrics at all and teams should try to use everything at their disposal to win games but WAR is the last thing i look at when determining if i want the player on my team. I don't need the WAR number of CESPEDAS, GORDON or UPTON to know that i wanted them on the Sox. I have no idea what is was not should i care. All i know that i wanted any of them with Gordon and Upton being most desirable because of the OBP. Some teams probably wanted Cespedas because they need the power. To each there own. Do most here look at war for a determination on what fits the Sox best? To me it's a non factor but maybe I'm in the minority. Thanx

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Feb 9, 2016 -> 03:47 PM) It's almost like EJ was bad last year the way everyone talks about him. Like that 1 fluke bad year was/is the norm and he hasn't been good-great every other year I agree. I would much rather have Johnson than Danks. Hands down!!! Balances out the rotation for sure. I know Danks is untradeable with his contract but maybe put him in the pen as a lefty arm if possible. 16 million for a reliever is insane i know but your have to pay him regardless. I think Johnson with his make up and bulldog attitude can be a pretty good 5th starter and maybe even a 4th.

QUOTE (Tony @ Jan 28, 2016 -> 06:24 PM) That's 100% false. What's false? He preferred Detroit or we didn't even try? I thought he would be he easiest of the 3 with a 2 year buyout. Thanx

QUOTE (Baron @ Jan 27, 2016 -> 09:13 PM) Why do you keep repeating 45 million caulfield? It doesnt even look like he'll get 3 years let alone 3 years for 15 million per. And why does he keep bringing up Desmond? 180 strikeouts and 20plus errors a year for a team that already has too many strikeouts and errors is insane. Desmond is poster child for what's wrong with us. His name should not even be mentioned in the same sentence with the SOX. PERIOD!

QUOTE (CB2.0 @ Jan 25, 2016 -> 03:53 PM) Markakis is owed 3/$33M, negative dWAR in all but one of his 10 years in the bigs, and as mentioned...has 0 power anymore. Pass. Ok all good points But forget about all the WAR stats and just look at his consistency last year. He batted between 290-305 all year. Never below that and with no pop in that lineup at all. He would be a upgrade over Melky and Garcia in the outfield hands down. Who wouldn't be. Il take the 290 batting average and the 370 OBP right now in the 2 hole. Not even a question. I agree about the power but why is everyone enamored with the power like Levine? KC and SF has proved it's vastly overrated seeing the last 2 years KC has only 95 And 135 homers. I agree 3 homers is weak but him and Eaton would be a great one two punch. And who cares about the money? We are in win now mode so adding a extra 11 million a year to the payroll is irrelevant. Just feel he would fit well with us seeing OBP will be a issue this year IMO.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 25, 2016 -> 02:48 PM) you may very well be right, i just remember reading something about him and a suppose rumor involving a team ..... nice find. but either way, if some team are hesitant of him and as the article i read was giving a possible recourse, they mention a 1 yr deal to show the baseball world he is a good guy..... it should be a win - win situation..... per my opinion. but then again, what in hades to i know. I think we should try to pry Markaikas from Atlanta. I wanted him over Melky last year but he's from Atlanta and wanted to go back home. I think we can get him for Garcia and or some prospects not named, Anderson, Fullmer or Adams. Atlanta is going young and might want to dump the 31 million left on his contract. He has a great on base % and is a upgrade defensively for sure. Plus his 38 doubles more than makes up for his lack of power. just a thought.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 25, 2016 -> 01:44 PM) Here's the schedule, looks like they are having photo sessions this year: http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/commun...e.jsp#wristband How does the town hall work? I will be there with a list of tough questions for them if i can in. Has anyone ever been at the town hall segment? Thanx

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jan 22, 2016 -> 11:18 AM) Then it's just backlash speculative bulls*** not based on anything concrete against a guy who many are envious. Yes it's one of many things to be investigated. But when it get's more attention than is warranted and is cited as if its a fact it's irresponsible . There's one main reason that the Sox won't go longer term and it's that unless you are the Yankees Dodgers Red Sox it is fiscally irresponsible to hand out longer term contracts that pay for declining years. That has been apparent for years that those deals invariably becomes albatrosses to teams that don't have deep pockets. Unfortunately those contracts have been standard practice in MLB for years but the Sox still play the game hoping against hope and getting all our hopes up by playing the game and coming up short most of the time. When they do play the game and actually sign a FA they end up losing because the 2nd tier guys are almost always ore risky than the 1st tier guys Less financially volatile but more volatile as far as being productive on the field. In the last 2 years the Sox have given up 2 draft choices for free agents and possible a third if Desmond becomes a reality. Also 4 minor leaguers last year and 5 this year . Add up all that and it's 11 players from the minors and possibly 12 . Everyone says oh they will never be impact players . Yet Semien is already in the top 10 MLB SS according to MLB network analysis . Who knows who else may become valuable . Shark Lawrie and Frazier , that's 5 years total on the MLB field for 9 minor leaguers and 2 draft choices. I thought recently Hahn spoke of sustained success . How are they going to do that if they have to keep restocking the farm and getting outbid for FA difference makers ? Dumpster diving is pure luck. Relying on the few high end minor leaguers is highly speculative that they will make it. The only way to win the minor league game is have a deep system where more players can surprise you with unexpected development to offset those who disappoint you. The system is even less deep than it was now. In 2 years we start all over again because Melky, Lawrie Frazier are gone. Or we don't compete in those 2 years and trade off pieces. Either way it's starting over. Hahn has been a colossal failure . Getting Abreu and signing Sale Eaton Quintana to great deals doesn' t come close to all the failed money poured into unproductive FA's and prospects traded off. Those are a lot of players and years of control . So far it's his legacy that being below .500 or investing enough to be .500 and having no farm system is about what to expect. Good points but disagree with a few things. First of all the players we gave up for Shark didn't fit the Sox good at all. Semien is a nice player but his defense will NEVER be good enough for short IMO. The problem with the Sox is we have very good pitching with very bad defense. If your going to be a good pitching team and that seems the direction we are going in with a Sale, Q, Rodon, Fullmer Johnson rotation i think it defeats the purpose to have a Semien at short. I would rather sacrifice hitting for fielding at certain positions when your pitching is good. That's why a Anderson -Lawrie combo doesn't excite me. I'd much rather have a great hitting outfield with a great DH hitting and sacrifice some of that with defense on your infield. And i don't consider Phegley and Bassitt prime pieces to the White Sox future. Obviously the trade didn't work out with Shark being horsehit but i don't think we mortgaged any of our future with that deal. That being said we have a disjointed team right now with the below average defense in both the outfield and infield with above average pitching. How we solve that is anyone's guess.

QUOTE (QuickJones81 @ Jan 21, 2016 -> 03:50 PM) The reason I like Cespedes over Fowler is the draft pick. Fowler played in Colorado and Cespedes played in Detroit, Oakland and NY which are not hitters parks. Plus he played in American League so shouldn't be any adjustment period. Plus he is a much better fielder. And plus with no draft pick means there is no comparison.