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07-13-2017 , 12:00 PM

#5201

IlliniLou

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I'm so torn, Eloy is a beast and will be mashing soon. Quintana on cheap is great. Will have to replace arrieta and Lackey. I think this frees up money to go after darvish or otani

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07-13-2017 , 12:00 PM

#5202

HawkFanIA

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I'm 100% ok with it. Losing Eloy hurts but we need pitching and Quintana is on a really solid contract

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07-13-2017 , 12:07 PM

#5203

8bus

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Can someone do me a favor and post the latest photo of Sammy Sosa

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07-13-2017 , 12:10 PM

#5204

Captain Luffy

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Originally Posted by 8bus

Can someone do me a favor and post the latest photo of Sammy Sosa

https://www.google.com/amp/nypost.co...-in-sight/amp/

I can't post pictures using the app...

Sent from my SM-G935T using 2+2 Forums

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07-13-2017 , 12:51 PM

#5205

alecspade

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Originally Posted by 8bus

Can someone do me a favor and post the latest photo of Sammy Sosa

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07-13-2017 , 12:59 PM

#5206

NDfan

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Lol

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07-13-2017 , 01:00 PM

#5207

HawkFanIA

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White Sox now have 9 of the top 69 prospect talent in baseball.

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07-13-2017 , 01:10 PM

#5208

Ungoliant

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Meanwhile the Cubs have 1 guy left in the top 100, Candelario, who's completely blocked position-wise and didn't do much when he was up. Of course half their 25-man roster is made up of prospects promoted in the last few years, who should be there awhile, but the prospect-watching days are pretty much over for Cubs fans. Not much left even for trades now.

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07-13-2017 , 01:28 PM

#5209

minnesotasam

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Yeah I dunno, seems specious to not have guys like Happ on the list considering how much team control they have.

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07-13-2017 , 01:58 PM

#5210

HawkFanIA

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Originally Posted by Ungoliant

Cubs built their farm system the way they did to do exactly what they are doing with it imo. They have several young very good players with multiple years of control.

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07-13-2017 , 01:59 PM

#5211

five4suited

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This. is not yet problem, but is concern

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07-13-2017 , 02:12 PM

#5212

Ungoliant

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Yeah, I'm not complaining at all. This was the desired endgame of the rebuild all along. You can't hoard prospects forever and go all-in competing for a title at the same time. It's just kind of weird after following the Cubs minor league system closely the last few years and watching all these guys graduate through it like a steady pipeline, to realize there's no big name to really look forward to anymore. They're all already here (or gone).

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07-13-2017 , 02:20 PM

#5213

mrbaseball

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Originally Posted by HawkFanIA

White Sox now have 9 of the top 69 prospect talent in baseball.

Hopefully more before the trade deadline

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07-13-2017 , 05:30 PM

#5214

Bighurt52235

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Originally Posted by HawkFanIA

White Sox now have 9 of the top 69 prospect talent in baseball.

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07-13-2017 , 06:24 PM

#5215

Rococo

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Originally Posted by HawkFanIA

White Sox now have 9 of the top 69 prospect talent in baseball.

More importantly, they arguably have two of the top five position players in Moncada and Eloy. This is exactly what you want in a system. Sure thing position prospects at the top of your prospect list and lots of pitching depth lower down on the list.

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07-13-2017 , 07:32 PM

#5216

bazooka87

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Let us open the floor to your wild accusations

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07-13-2017 , 07:35 PM

#5217

royalblue

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Nevermind I'm blind

Last edited by royalblue; 07-13-2017 at 07:36 PM. Reason: Or lack thereof

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07-13-2017 , 07:39 PM

#5218

Bighurt52235

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He hung up his spikes?

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07-13-2017 , 07:43 PM

#5219

minnesotasam

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Colby is definitely a total headcase weirdo, has been his whole career. Has a VERY involved family too. When he first came up his dad was his personal hitting coach and he pretty much refused to be involved with the team. The rumors were that played a significant role in the midseason deal from the Cards to the Jays that brought Edwin Jackson and Scrabble.

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07-13-2017 , 07:47 PM

#5220

Bighurt52235

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I read that 3 times as Edwin Encarnacion and just couldn't reconcile.

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07-13-2017 , 07:59 PM

#5221

minnesotasam

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You should remember him, you're the team that traded him to us!

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07-13-2017 , 08:06 PM

#5222

Bighurt52235

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Yeah, I recall that. But don't remember what was received. EJax sure liked(s?) to bounce around.

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07-13-2017 , 08:29 PM

#5223

GeoffRas22

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Originally Posted by Ungoliant

You can't hoard prospects forever and go all-in competing for a title at the same time.

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07-13-2017 , 09:20 PM

#5224

Cruizn63

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don't like, LOVE the trade for Quintana.

i mean come on,
1) Lester
2) Quintana
3) Hendricks
4) Arrieta

wins the world series again a large % of the time.

don't care much about prospects at this point. we got our guys already.