Have you seen the Cubs section lately? They do not know anything but silly.

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I do not get some of the folks worrying about Thompson. A lot of people last season were saying he was an outlier of some sort all of the sudden blossoming late. Even though the blossom wasn't all that great.

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Elections have consequences.

Good chance this is a terrible trade in 5 years. We'll have to wait and see.

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Hahn going all-in with the star 'n scrubs philosophy.

I guess wanting to maximize Sale and Quintana before they break down.

This assures they will do something more
Likely big and dumb.

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*SIGH* What does it even matter? The Cubs are going to win the World Series every year. Theo owns this town. He had the best team in baseball last year AND. HE. HAD. THE. BEST. OFFSEASON. Go Cubs!

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Gonna be shocked if he hits better than .240 and 20 homers next year. The Sox could trade for Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout tomorrow and I wouldn't get excited. This team will never make the playoffs again. BRick with some sound advice in this thread.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

stupid stupid

Worst case - Montas becomes a really nice closer. There is no hope for Thompson and Johnson. Learn how to read a fangraphs page.

Frazier is a solid 4.5 WAR player. He should have no problem adjusting to the AL. He is right smack dab in the middle of his prime, unlike Dunn and Laroche. Okay, so he's not a table-setter. Let him slug .500 out of the 5 slot.

The Sox haven't had many awful trades in their history because they've shown a remarkable knack for drafting shit players, by and large. All regimes are independent of one another, and yet, their all time squad since the 1880s would get smacked around by the Florida Marlins all time team. I'm only half kidding.

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And a young Jason in Evanston took notes...

Agree on Johnson. He has plus plus speed but he doesn't have a defensive position and I question if he will ever hit. Disagree on Thompson. He's a plus defender at all 3 outfield positions, he can throw, he can run and he has some pop. He showed he can hit lefties so even if he ends up as a platoon guy that type of player has a ton of value because he can help you win a baseball game in so many ways. I like the trade and like I said you have to give to get but Thompson's the guy I wish they would have found a way to hold on to.

Surprise Larry on tonight is not feeling so sure about this Frazier deal.

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Elections have consequences.

depends what else they do. they have him for two years. I don't see a WC club within two years, so I dunno.

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Nate Jones signed 3yr $8mil

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like it. I'm expecting a breakout year for him

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Cespedes for the rest of us!

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For real ?

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noes

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You were about to post this in the Cubs forum

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White Sox reportedly showing interest in Alex Gordon.

I think the sox have made improvements this year, but it's really hard to get excited about any lineup that contains Adam LaRoche. I also can't trust we don't see Eaton and Melky look like complete bums in the first half. I want to be optimistic, but I just can't.

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It really is you Kid!

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Sox claim Jerry Sands from Indians.

Sands is a big oaf with power who kills lefties. With the 15 man pitching staffs nowadays I don't think you can keep a guy like that.

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a solid move to give J.B. Schuck a run for the lefty bat of spot this spring... a former top 6 Dodger prospect.

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Cubs fan who knows the 25th man on the 2015 Sox.

Obsessed.

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Guessed you missed the part where I explained that my first glove was a Nellie Fox.... I remember da Mayor setting off the Air Raid warnings in 1959.... I had Sox season tickets in the 70's before JR and Fast Eddie stole the team and moved the games to pay TV... I was there through the Red stripe days and remember going up to Milwaukee to watch Bart Johnson strut into a game oh yes and I still go to more Sox games every year then most of the so called Sox fans on this board go to ... seems like many on this board need to put everyone into a convenient little box.... if you care to discuss the Sox or any MLB team in depth I am all in.... and Yes I do have Cubs season tickets and have for the last 12 years ...right behind home plate..Bears ...been a STH since 1971 in the United Club at the nes Solider... at one point I also had Bulls season tickets and remember going to the first Bulls playoff game in the old Chicago Colosseum.... heck I even had Sting and indoor MISL Horizon tickets..... Merry Christmas Frank.

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