Vulture

Does being a windsock actually qualify as a political viewpoint though?

He guaranteed on his twitter feed a minimum 3.5 war per year to whoever signs him for one He guaranteed on his twitter feed a minimum 3.5 war every year to whoever signs him for one.

There's a big difference between a loss of revenue and a loss. Mlb TV revenue alone is greater than mlb payroll.

That is incorrect. The least the Sox can offer him in arbitration is 4.448 million. Given his performance, if he had any sense, his counter wouldn't be much more than 5 million since he would be more likely to lose the higher he went.

It's been lasting for years. He's gotten the job done since he put on a Sox uniform. His whip was around 0.85 a couple nights ago. Hard to blow games when you give up one run in 13.2 innings. He has given up 2 homeruns in more than 75 innings with the Sox. Claiming the Sox are winning in spite of him is LUDICROUS. Sox infield had to put up a clown show for him to blow a game. Maybe we can clone Mariano Rivera and make you happy.

Even when the Royals suck they are still my least favorite divisional rival. I don't even dislike the Indians or Tigers, just want to beat them. I used to feel the same way about the Twins, but I've started to dislike them in the last year. Something about the Royals, they always seem to be a bunch of pricks.

Yeah the Sox have been winning despite his 0.68 ERA coming into tonight.

Seriously?🚯

By that rationale, we would have been better off with Collins rather than Grandal or McCann

I have to admit you're right there, didn't realize that. Just noticed Sox have got an exactly .300/.400/.500 batting line from the catching position. Besides being an improbable mathematical oddity, that's got to be the best in the majors

With sixteen playoff teams, surely he would have been a worthwhile upgrade somewhere. Not that I'm advocating it. Sox need McCann for their own playoff run. Imagine grandal goes down. We're going with Collins and Zavala? No thanks.

They still have a long string of righties. Robert Mendick Engel Anderson Jimenez.

No magic beans. Mendick was a solid prospect, he didn't just come out of nowhere. To me he looks superior defensively I don't have a problem with it

How can you determine that when he only threw one curveball? I wouldn't have any confidence either if they took away my best pitch

In 2015, John Sickels wrote the following in his prospect report on Lopez: "Scouts continue to praise his 94-99 fastball as well as his plus curve. His change is very good at times, not so good at others...personally, I think command of the third pitch will continue to improve." Doesn't even mention the slider.