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QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 02:30 PM)
And a dead clock is correct twice a day.

 

Look, if you just rip on every single player we have, you're going to be more correct than not these days.

 

The problem is Greg's rationale for these opinions he has...which is nonsense almost in each and every case.

His rationale may not always be correct, none of ours are, but it is exactly what we are seeing on twitter now as to the reason this best bat on the market, an impact bat, better than average defender with a lower than market rate contract, is not all that popular with the rest of the league.

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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 02:32 PM)
Daryl Van Schouwen ‏@CST_soxvan 2m

 

All quiet on #whitesox front with 30 minutes to deadline.

 

Following Twitter is silly right now. I mean, if I am a GM or executive or lowly bug on a wall in one of these rooms, the first thing I am going to do is respond to text messages from nosy reporters.

 

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QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 02:38 PM)
The truth is that teams have no issues taking on contracts in the offseason when they have a clean slate, but they never like to take on money in mid-season deals

Yeah, I don't know how much room teams leave in the budget for inseason moves. Boston picked up Peavy, but their purge last year left them with what I assume is a lot of wiggle room. The Dodgers can pick up cash, other than that, it seems it would be tough to move big contracts without taking big contracts back. I read a couple weeks ago, the well is even drying up in Detroit.

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QUOTE (bbilek1 @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 02:42 PM)
I would go with living months out of a suitcase and always traveling through different time zones but yeah, the staring...

I don't know, they barely have to touch their luggage, don't have to fly commercial and have a lot of down time. The staring would bother me, as would answering the same questions over and over again.

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QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 02:45 PM)
Pretty obvious teams aren't giving up anything for Rios. Hopefully a team will just claim him in August and they can get the payroll cleared.

 

But even then, I'll believe it when I see it.

 

It would be very, very dumb for us to just let him go to save money. He's a good player that will have value at the next deadline if we're not doing well next year

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QUOTE (Jake @ Jul 31, 2013 -> 02:46 PM)
It would be very, very dumb for us to just let him go to save money. He's a good player that will have value at the next deadline if we're not doing well next year

 

I don't think it would be dumb at all. If some team wants to take on his 12.5 mil, the Sox can lose games with or without him.

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