Sammy Sofa

"Oh yeah; I was also there all of those other years, included the two where we won the World Series!"

Guys, nothing about Baez is funny.

Meh. There are long term pitching options available out there just for cash as opposed to shelling out what few resources they have via their crappy farm system for a single season rental. That is a fairly good point; the Sox farm system is [expletive] as it is, why trade from what little you have for a rental when there are so many FA options out there (given the state of their payroll)? Maybe their plan is just to make their run this year and collect that pick when Shark walks, and not be that much worse off after 2015. Even then, trading prospects for Shark to get a non-top pick in 2016's draft seems pointless. If the idea is to compete in 2015 and beyond, why not go after one of the FA pitchers? And it's not as if any of this makes them favorites in the AL Central by any means, either. It's going to be tough sledding for them still. More puzzling to me is what Beane is doing. I'd be very nervous if I were an A's fan right now. Whatever, it's late and my brain is foggy. It wasn't surprising when the A's started shipping people off, but now it seems like he's in some kind of bizarre slash and burn mode. And yeah, the Sox acting like they can go all in for 2015 is weird. They have some decent young players, but it's a pretty small core without much of anything coming up behind them. They could make some noise if they shore up the starting rotation, but again, why not just sign someone instead of going for a one and done via trade?

Meh. There are long term pitching options available out there just for cash as opposed to shelling out what few resources they have via their crappy farm system for a single season rental.

What's the risk? If he walks, they get a pick. It just seems like a move for the sake of making a move given the state of their ML team and their farm system.

It's for a guy who has repeatedly all but screamed from the rooftops that he is going to put himself out there as a FA after next season and everyone knows that there is zero chance of the A's re-signing him; nobody is going to give up a haul for him. This isn't the slam dunk for the White Sox you seem to think it is.

There is so much left undone for a lot of teams and so many players left out there that it is preposterous to say that at this point. Unless someone signs both Lester and Scherzer, nobody is beating Shark for nothing, Robertson, LaRoche, and Duke. I don't know why you're so enamored with these moves.

But Cespedes would be so much more fun to watch. Valbuena just has his bat flip.

Nah, he's sticking at 3B with Baez imploding. then valbuena/alcantara/lastella plays 2B and russell plays 3b GIVE ME THIS ONE THING, YOU NEARSIGHTED SCRAP PILE!

Nah, he's sticking at 3B with Baez imploding.

Pure blinding rage. Soler is by far my favorite of the Cubs' young players. Now if they can get Cespedes so that both Cuban gods can rule Wrigley? Stand the [expletive] back and get some goggles.

Wow, what the hell happened to Bruce last year?

So if not, we just do nothing? Typical. Or they go for the bat and get one of the other big pitchers.

Did anyone actually say the first two? Let's fight them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/edstevensiscool/2-2.jpg YES. I want #fumtr to be a thing.

http://media.giphy.com/media/Jp04qi68qmnG8/giphy.gif This has to happen.

Fangraphs adjusted for pitch framing. Again: http://babysimpson.co.uk/gallery/frames/5/1f02/107.jpg

What are we going by with that again? Is the Fangraphs value metric out the window? I can't keep track of these things.

I'm with the pitch framing train of thought, but now it kinda really has to be as big as it might be with how much this guy is going to cost. Ugh. Really want to know who they're giving up. $13M a year or whatever is not hard to live up to. It has been for Montero the last two years. Ugggghhhhhhhhhhh.

I'm with the pitch framing train of thought, but now it kinda really has to be as big as it might be with how much this guy is going to cost. Ugh. Really want to know who they're giving up.

If the Cubs are taking most of the money as reported they better be giving up next to nothing.

How are the White Sox even close to having the "best offseason is baseball?" If they add Shark, they're by far the lead dog. Especially for what they're giving up for him. They're maybeprobablynot the lead dog right now if nobody makes any moves the rest of the offseason. What an odd tangent.

Why, did you figure out how to speed up time a few months?

Holy [expletive], Montero is going to cost $40 million?!?

How are the White Sox even close to having the "best offseason is baseball?"