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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 20, 2013 -> 10:28 AM)
I think Kung Fu Panda is a possibility.

Don't mind the player at all. However, it's a bummer that he only has one year left until he's a free agent.

In my mind, any trade target will include multiple years of control.

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QUOTE (hi8is @ Oct 20, 2013 -> 12:35 PM)
Don't mind the player at all. However, it's a bummer that he only has one year left until he's a free agent.

In my mind, any trade target will include multiple years of control.

 

Good, it's a contract year. Maybe he'll actually get in shape and play well.

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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 20, 2013 -> 12:28 PM)
I think Kung Fu Panda is a possibility.

 

I'd be on board for Santiago-Gordon for Kung Fu Panda and placing Semien at the vacant spot.

 

/time for Quin's needless pipe dream

 

Sign him to an extension. Sign McCann. Sign Ellsbury.

 

Adding those three plus Abreu puts people in seats.

 

CF - Ellsbury

SS - Alexei

DH - Dunn

1B - Abreu

C - McCann

RF - Avisail

3B - Sandoval

LF - Dayan

2B - Semien

 

Bench: Garcia, Phegley, Danks, and Conor.

 

Try to ship Keppinger and De Aza for whatever you can get.

 

Roll with...

 

Sale - Quintana - Danks - Johnson - Rienzo with someone like Floyd signed to a AAA spot in case Rienzo or Johnson don't perform.

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QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 20, 2013 -> 03:53 PM)
I'd be on board for Santiago-Gordon for Kung Fu Panda and placing Semien at the vacant spot.

Free agent at the end of 2014 so we'd only have him for 1 season, probably not getting the $14 million qualifying offer that would earn us a draft pick, due $8.2 million next year so his "surplus value" over what he's paid for is extremely low.

 

This is comparable to Santiago for Headley...it's a move the White Sox might consider coming off a season where they won 89 games and their 3b spot was a weakness where they could put themselves over the top, and they had extra veteran pitching around making a guy under team control for 4 years superfluous.

 

It's the opposite of the kind of move the White Sox should be making now, they should not be trading well underpaid guys they have long-term for fairly-paid soon-to-be free agents.

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I'm a big advocate of some low risk signings that could bring back high value and if they don't pan out who cares because the monetary contribution will be very low and we can trade them at the deadline rather than signing Grandy and McCann and have them potentially flop on us and have to be stuck with them . This will give us a chance of competing and fielding an exciting team.

 

Signings:

JD Abreu 6/68

Gio Soto: 1/4.5 with an option

Chris Young: 1/2 million .800+ career OPS vs LH

Juan Uribe 2/12

Ryan Vogelsong 1/1million w/ option

Oliver Perez: 1/2.5 w/ option

Jesse Crain 2/10 million

 

Trade Hector for a solid top 50-75 prospect. No more risky trades. Get a sure thing that will contribute 2-4 WAR in the future. Rather have that than getting a high risk 50/50 chance the kid will pan out.

 

Lineup:

1. ADA/Chris Young

2. Alexei Ramirez

3. Jose Dariel Abreu

4. Adam Dunn/Gio Soto vs LHP

5. Avisail Garcia

6. Dayan Viciedo

7. Gio Soto/Phegley/Flowers

8. Conor Gillaspie/Juan Uribe

9. Gordon Beckham

 

Bench

Chris Young

Leury Garcia/ Jordan Danks

Uribe/Gillaspie

Phegley/ Flowers (Really would like Semien to start in AAA, do not want to rush this kid. Want him to have at least 1/2 Season at AAA)

 

Rotation:

1. Sale

2. Q

3. Danks

4. Johnson

5. Reinzo/Vogelsong

 

Pen:

Reed

Crain

Jones

Perez

Lindstrom

Petricka/Webb/Veal pick 2

 

These signings allows a retooling while staying semi competitive. Obviously we may choose to go with semien/gillaspie at 3b or try phegley and flowers for one more year. I just think the above team would be exciting with some guys that have the potential to bring back high value. The payroll would be around 80 million which leaves us a lot of room still

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Too platoony for my liking and 15 position players is too many, especially if they collectively suck. I think you're right that we will see a lot of the same next year and we probably need to being so young, but I hope Hahn addresses 1 more position for the future this offseason. 2 Quality long-term pieces in 3 months is good work thus far, and 1-2 more and we're set.

 

Sale For Trout- Greatest trade ever

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QUOTE (professa @ Oct 20, 2013 -> 01:39 PM)
I'm a big advocate of some low risk signings that could bring back high value and if they don't pan out who cares because the monetary contribution will be very low and we can trade them at the deadline rather than signing Grandy and McCann and have them potentially flop on us and have to be stuck with them . This will give us a chance of competing and fielding an exciting team.

 

Signings:

JD Abreu 6/68

Gio Soto: 1/4.5 with an option

Chris Young: 1/2 million .800+ career OPS vs LH

Juan Uribe 2/12

Ryan Vogelsong 1/1million w/ option

Oliver Perez: 1/2.5 w/ option

Jesse Crain 2/10 million

 

Trade Hector for a solid top 50-75 prospect. No more risky trades. Get a sure thing that will contribute 2-4 WAR in the future. Rather have that than getting a high risk 50/50 chance the kid will pan out.

 

Lineup:

1. ADA/Chris Young

2. Alexei Ramirez

3. Jose Dariel Abreu

4. Adam Dunn/Gio Soto vs LHP

5. Avisail Garcia

6. Dayan Viciedo

7. Gio Soto/Phegley/Flowers

8. Conor Gillaspie/Juan Uribe

9. Gordon Beckham

 

Young, Soto,Uribe are all right-handed . The Sox need more lefties. I think any moves you see will be for lefties . There's just too many good righthanded pitchers in our division and it has to be adressed in the form of acquiring lefties who hit RH pitching well.

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QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Oct 20, 2013 -> 11:30 PM)
Young, Soto,Uribe are all right-handed . The Sox need more lefties. I think any moves you see will be for lefties . There's just too many good righthanded pitchers in our division and it has to be adressed in the form of acquiring lefties who hit RH pitching well.

 

Lillian just cummed.

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Giving up Santiago like that is crazy...for someone who has a 10-15% chance of working out.

 

There's also no guarantees that Sale won't get injured or that Quintana won't regress or that Erik Johnson isn't ready.

 

 

And there's no way I would give Jesse Crain that type of money coming off what seems like it could be a major injury.

 

Will agree with one thing, we probably need at least one somewhat reliable (Howell, O. Perez, whoever) veteran lefty coming into spring training...unless we're just giving up on 2014 before the season even starts and will give that role to Santos Rodriguez to develop him.

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Sandoval is going to be really hard to acquire...SF has limited offense as is and I dont think giving up one of our young pitchers is a good idea in the long run for a guy with some injury issues and the last 2 years has put up mid .700 OPS with poor defense. Rather try out Semien or give Conor another look. We're not even competing right now. We won't resign him after this year most likely (probably gonna command 5/80) and gave up a cost controlled pitcher because of it. Not the right move at this time imo.

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rade Hector for a solid top 50-75 prospect. No more risky trades. Get a sterrible thing that will contribute 2-4 WAR in the future. Rather have that than getting a high risk 50/50 chance the kid will pan out.

 

How is that not a huge risk? And hector has already panned out. This would be a terrible return.

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QUOTE (professa @ Oct 21, 2013 -> 12:01 AM)
Sandoval is going to be really hard to acquire...SF has limited offense as is and I dont think giving up one of our young pitchers is a good idea in the long run for a guy with some injury issues and the last 2 years has put up mid .700 OPS with poor defense. Rather try out Semien or give Conor another look. We're not even competing right now. We won't resign him after this year most likely (probably gonna command 5/80) and gave up a cost controlled pitcher because of it. Not the right move at this time imo.

 

 

Why not? From the way I see it the Sox will be around $70M after arbitration this year and have another 15M coming off next year. The most certainly can afford to pay Sandoval 16M a year.

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QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 15, 2013 -> 10:15 AM)
I posted some deals I'd accept for Sale last time this was brought up...

 

Diamondbacks I'm asking Skaggs, Eaton, Owings, Davidson, Holmberg, Trahan.

Pirates I'm asking Tallion, Cole, Polanco, and Hanson.

Cardinals I'm asking Wacha, Martinez, Taveras, Adams, and Wong.

Red Sox I'm asking Bogaerts, Bradley, Owens, Ranuado, and Cecchini/Brentz

Orioles I'm asking Bundy, Britton, Rodriguez, Schoop, and Harvey.

 

The price for Sale is high, astronomical, unprecedented.

 

A team like the Orioles would have to take Dunn. The Cards Alexei. The Pirates Alexei and De Aza.

 

There is a price to get it done, but no team wants to pay it.

 

There is no way the DBacks and especially the Cardinals would EVER offer those trades. I'd take those collections of players over Sale 8 days a week. I love the dude, but let's be real.

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QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 21, 2013 -> 01:17 AM)
There is no way the DBacks and especially the Cardinals would EVER offer those trades. I'd take those collections of players over Sale 8 days a week. I love the dude, but let's be real.

 

"There is a price to get it done, but no team wants to pay it."

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QUOTE (ChiSoxFan05 @ Oct 21, 2013 -> 04:42 PM)
Vincent Rizzo Sports @vincentrizzosports

MLB #NYYankee outfielder Curtis Granderson is VERY CLOSE to sign 5-YEAR DEAL W/ Chicago White Sox, deal worth 16 million per yr.

No other sources have leaked this. Probably just some guy sitting in his basement.

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