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LOL. I guarantee if they didn't like him they wouldn't have made those shirts. Dude's are having fun with it, you're 100 percent taking this the wrong way.

I guarantee they wouldn't have made the shirts if it didn't bother them. I guarantee it. When I was playing DIII my first year in Florida I thought I was hot shit as I had some Juco offers but ended up going to my academic school. I was a frosh starter on a really bad team but thought I was hot shit so the guys pranked me with a "pro scout" that called the hotel line at 7AM and "wanted to meet me in the lobby to arrange a workout". I went down to the lobby and it was all the seniors with shit eating grins on their faces. These things bring teams together when handled correctly. Like my razzing, Nick will learn to let his play speak and the team will be closer. It's a credit to Jose and the other leaders like TA that they handled it this way with light teasing and made it a bonding moment instead of a dividing one.

They're obviously busting his balls, but I highly doubt Madrigal having a ton of confidence in himself rubs vets the wrong way. He's not showing anyone up with that comment and they all have a ton of confidence (hell, Eloy just said he thinks he's going to win MVP soon). Madrigal rubs you the wrong way, that's all.

Dude. It sounds like you were the A hole and your team didn't like you. That doesn't necessarily equate to Madrigal. To me it seems like the team giving him some good natured shit after he said something stupid. You know, like friends do.

I...ok. I'll stick with LOL on your whole opinion of this and move on.

I'll stop posting because honestly I just don't think enough people here played team sports enough or at a high enough level to get it. There is totally an element of "STFU and be humble" for young cocky players at any level above high school. Including my summer league travel teams and even my shitty DIII squads.

Greg - my parents, in law, wife have all gotten the vaccine. Other than some fatigue my wife experienced for half a day - no one else had any side effects other than a slightly sore arm. Multiple millions of people have gotten the shot - yes some people have gotten sore or bad some allergic reactions and maybe a day of not feeling too hot - but it isn’t like people are dropping dead from this - very much the opposite. Think of this as the flu shot that gets the world it’s mojo back (in time)!

The teams the Sox have been fielding will do that to you.

I will probably take it to the bank. 😆

Banger of a report today, only 1400 new cases on a sub 1.5% rate.

I hope the kids are like Rocky Wirtz.

The second Chicago team. Official color: offputtingly-bright blue. Official logos: baby bear / sans-serif "C" / rapidly closing window. Official odors: pee-pee / failure. The slide into mediocrity continues? One last run with the 2016 core? Discuss. Sorry-not-sorry in advance to the too-cool-for-crosstown-rivalry set.

I am equally excited about Yoelqui. I believe Paddy said back in January he’s close to MLB-ready. The only thing that caught my eye recently was where he landed on Fangraphs Top 34 prospects list for the Sox. He came in at #25, so I’m trying to understand just what kind of talent he actually is. I thought as #1 on the international prospects list we were getting another blue chip, elite talent and that he’d easily be somewhere in the top ten, but apparently Fangraphs doesn’t think so.

i feel very strongly both ways about this

There's a world of difference between a player saying he thinks he's going to have a great career and saying he thinks he's the best player on the team (or "just throw me the damn ball" as T.O. used to say). It sounds like what you were probably saying or implying to your teammates back in the day was a lot closer to the latter than the former.

Sounds less like it rubbed them the wrong way and they were just joking around to mess with you.

It's amazing how far we've come from months ago when we were seeing 10K+.

Totally. I was going to post the same thing. Nick is Eaton 2.0. Young talented player, small stature, chip on shoulder and tends to rub vets the wrong way. That said, Eaton has matured, won a championship, seen his career flash before his eyes with bad injuries requiring a lot of rehab and mental toughness. I hope Eaton takes Nick under his wing.

Just idle thought here, but I wonder how Eaton is fitting in with this team and carving out his role as a vet. Seems like when he was young, he was doing that Madrigal is doing and probably knows how to approach him. From interviews, he sounds like he knows he was brought in to fire guys up and be the gritty vet, show the ropes, etc. But he also knows this isn't "his" team and he doesn't need to be "the voice". No real point here, just the Madrigal discussion has me wondering how everyone is coming together and finding their roles early.

Of my doctor/educator friends who have received both shots, the worst side effect was fatigue for a day. I had a sore arm after one shot. For my wedding in late September, we're going to require vaccination proof - we already know that we're going to lose 3 or so guests, including my fiancee's aunt and uncle. Bafflingly stupid.

Feel like I should say to subscribe to The Athletic using all this Fegan content.

I see no reason to bring in Yoenis. I'd be fine if it was a minor league deal, but if they have a few extra mill to spend, they should have brought in another SP instead.

noice noice noice noice noice noice. Would love to get a breakdown on % of 65 and older who have started their vaccinations.

Fathom's got jokes!

Pretty cool it’s his golden birthday

HUGE news for the Hawks. Hang that man's number in the rafters. Such a fucking warrior. A legend in this city and organization. Happy retirement Seabs.

Clearly it was antifa.

Missouri is ran very differently than this state. If there is a state that can screw this up, it's ours. Didn't help with football. Lori said the Bears didn't communicate well enough with her.

Sorry I'm not helping the cause, 22 years sober for me...

Remember when everyone was saying JR's heirs wanted no part of the team when he was no longer around, and I told you it was the exact opposite? I had a really good source.

Lol, what a troll

I'd really prefer if Keuchel missed no time

You are taking this Mr 3000 thing way too far

Into the count for a walk.

Ya, I have some issues with other parts of the team but imo we have the best bullpen in baseball. Just ridiculous.

Should be the best in baseball with interesting arms in AAA waiting in the wings.

So they have a few options. But basically, Seabrook will remain on LTIR for the rest of his contract. His salary and cap hit stay on the books in the offseason. The Hawks will need to be under or at the 81.5 million dollar salary cap. However, once the season starts, Seabrook will be placed on LTIR and that cap hit comes off the books for the season, which means the Hawks could acquire a player to fit that salary window. But once the season ends......that Seabrook contract is back on the books until Day 1 of the NEXT season. That's why just acquiring another long term, expensive piece isn't that easy. Seattle and the expansion draft could be their shot to get them to take the Seabrook deal if they aren't planning on competing for a few years, but the Hawks would have to send over a fairly nice package for Seattle to accept. Hope that helps a little bit.

Exactly.

Glad Nick is rolling with it. Nick isn't a wilting flower, you don't become a top prospect at his size without grinta. And yea, Fegan is amazing. He's the beat reporter we deserve after years of mediocre shit.

I doubt vets give two shits about his comment.

Are we referring to Kopech? Still not a good reason. Dude is at the absolute maximum throwing 100 innings this year. I personally would like to have the option of him making starts for the Sox in August/September/October. Therefore....send him to alternate site when ST ends. Kid glove him in on short starts in AAA once that season starts until he works up to 4-5 innings, and bring him to the MLB rotation in late June / early July. Then we get unimpeded Kopech in the rotation for the 2nd half of the season, and we get a year of control back, and we're not jerking around our highest upside SP by throwing him in the MLB pen.

I added a little more to my post after you quoted. I just don't like shutting him down in August and having to fill #5 down the stretch, especially with what might be going on with the staff at that time with uncharted dead arm waters. Pitching coaches are going to have their hands full managing their staffs this year. I wouldn't be surprised if a new MLB record is set with fewest 200 inning starters. Even 180 is probably going to be a challenge. Stone touched on this during the 1st game about larger rotations this year because of last year's reduced innings. If the FO was smart, they'd go after another SP ASAP. I have a feeling they're going to be in high demand at the trade deadline and much more expensive this year.

This is the worst "my bad" I've ever seen.

Things are looking much better for the Bulls since his son took over

Hard to believe Philadelphia is last.

Pretty close to nothing to be honest.

BTW his low launch angle and pull rate might actually be a good thing for him. Generally pulling more and higher launch angle increases performance but they are also negatively correlated with Babip, I. E high pull rate and high launch angle guys often have low BABIPs (prime example of this is Jose Bautista who was the ultimate fly ball pull guy). So if Eloy can hit 40 bombs like this he might actually be better off to hit like this and gain the higher babip because he doesn't need any more power and if he loses some physical steam later in his career he still has it in his back pocket to pull the ball more to keep up his power.

She's totally in over her head. The city's pandemic response has been dreadful.

Grandal is literally the perfect fit for this roster. This team is full of free-swinging right handed hitters that are allergic to walking. Grandal adds line-up balance, is easily our best OBP guy (Vaughn may ultimately pass him), has elite plate discipline and is one of the best 2-3 catchers in the game. He accumulated 25.1 fWAR from 2015-2019 (avg. just over 5 fWAR per season), and his 162 game average for 2020 was 5.98 fWAR. Yasmani Grandal is really, really good and is FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR from a bad signing. The hate he gets from some on this board is just absolutely mind boggling.