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I get the feeling Jose Abreu has been doing some behind the scenes work for Hahn In Miami. They say he’s chummy with Alonzo and Manny too.

Done. Throw in Ed Farmer.

Ohtani won’t pitch but he’s projected for 30 hrs and 3 WAR as a DH. He’s pretty close to Harper in star power too.

The Sox with Harper + Machado would certainly be awesome. But would you rather have the Angel’s Trout+ Ohtani ? For the next 10 years I think I’d rather have the latter two, given the same money.

I avoid my brother-in-law.

Wasn’t Smith in single digits throwing out baserunners? Frankly, it was embarrassing. IMO a good thrower more important than great framing, even for the pitchers. When Lucas walked someone you might as well just wave him on to second base.

It’s not that simple though. The players owe tax in every state they work in at that state’s rate. For example, with a 3 game series at the Rockies the player will owe the state of Colorado based on 3/162 of their annual salary. If they play 81 games in L.A. they only pay the 13% on half their salary On average the California penalty works out to about a 5% vs Illinois. Still, 5% of $350M isn’t exactly chump change.

Peavy, take another 5% off the Dodgers offer to cover extra state tax on Harper.

Hahn really looked self-assured and poised there. Worth a hundred tweets.

His recent interview on Statcast Podcast is amazing. This man knows pitching.

Also, collegiate gold glove catcher, Langeliers, could be in the mix in 2-3 years.

Lance Lynn for 1 year would be serviceable.

Scott Boras owes Mike Moustakis big time. His foot dragging last Spring cost Moose about $50M. Placing Moose early has to be a big priority. Obviously, Harper doesn’t give 2 shits about Moose’s situation. But if Bryce does decide to come to the White Sox, Boras May lean on the Sox to add Moustakis at about 3/40. It wouldn’t surprise me.

Thanks for clearing that up. I had thought Preller orchestrated the whole thing.

I don’t think Shields was injured, but Preller did manufacture fake discord with Shields as a pretext to getting rid of him. Preller should be banned from baseball.