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I like they're interested, but I'm not really sure how I'd feel about it. He gives me some durability concerns and potential reliever risk, and I'm not sure how that plays if both him and Taylor are in the rotation for next year. Nice to see them attached to a big(ger) name FA.

Two factoids today: November 12, 1959 - He helped lead the White Sox to their first pennant in 40 years and because of his contributions on the field and in the clubhouse, Nellie Fox became the first member of the franchise to be named American League M.V.P. Fox hit .306 that year with 191 hits, 34 doubles, 70 RBI’s and 71 walks (as compared to only 13 strike outs!) Fox also led the league in put outs, assists, total chances and fielding percentage for all second basemen. He also was named to the All-Star team that season. Nellie would get 16 first place votes by the Baseball Writers Association of America and beat out teammate, shortstop Luis Aparicio, 295 points to 255. Pitcher Early Wynn, who’d win the Cy Young Award that season, would finish third giving the Sox the top three spots in the final voting. November 12, 2020 – It was a very strange baseball season but one thing that didn’t change was the excellence of Sox first baseman Jose Abreu. From start to finish of the abbreviated 60 game season the big slugger produced and because of that he was named the American League M.V.P. by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Abreu finished with 374 total points beating out the Indians Jose Ramirez. He became the fourth White Sox player to win M.V.P. honors, joining Frank Thomas (1993-94), Dick Allen ('72) and Nellie Fox ('59). Abreu's 60 RBIs over 60 games led the A.L. for a second consecutive season. He finished second with 19 home runs and fourth with a .317 batting average. He also ranked fifth with a .987 OPS and was the only A.L. player to rank in the Top 5 in hits (76, first), RBIs, slugging percentage (.617, first), extra-base hits (34, first), total bases (148, first), home runs, average and OPS. A highlight of his season was six home runs in a three-game series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field including four straight over two games.

Woof that guy stinks! Pass.

The last stat definitely checks out.

Fair.

The next time you engage in a serious discussion, it will be the first. Every post you have made on this topic has been vengeful at best, lies and fantasy at worst. If you added nothing to this thread it would be a massive improvement over your previous posts. Now run along, the adults are talking.

That is one funky right field. It doesn’t even look like there is any room for seating.

useful doing a lot of heavy lifting

He's an interesting prospect. He's only 5'8 but has elite extension with a low arm angle, which makes his mid to high 90s fastball play faster. He was a reliever a year ago, so if starting doesn't work out, you could use him as a high leverage reliever.

Didn’t see a thread about this but felt it was worthy of its own for discussion purposes.

Good for him. He keeps getting fired up.

Some may want to engage in a serious discussion about the design of the "Railyards" rather than rubber stamping anything that is proposed, or worse, engaging in vengeful posts that add nothing. That said, I am not immune from responding in kind to that nonsense. Having addressed that (again) I have requested clarification about the proposed plan. How can moving RR repair buildings and train storage to Rate Field be considered without first knowing the parameters and details of what will replace it? A simple site plan rather than an AI rendering would be helpful. That would be easier to do than engaging in the hype and posting numerous AI renderings. One rendering from Ishbia's team depicted WSox fans walking over the St. Charles Airline Bridge to a stadium on the 78. That plan was supported without any questions. Oh yea, ingress and egress was not an issue, nor were the buildable parameters of the site. ND Architect (and Cub fan) Scott Bessent designed a Bill Veeck stadium back in 1987. If one imagines a stadium on the West side of the Canal, I think a study of Bessent's design could be useful. https://sabr.org/journal/article/bill-veeck-park-a-modest-proposal/ I strongly prefer a retractable dome stadium, preferably on the historic site of the original Comiskey Park for any number of reasons.

bruh. everyone wants grant to start. hand the closer role to a guy with 1 arm if it means grant taylor is starting.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2026/11/11/blackhawks-kyle-davidson-trades-mark-eaton-jeff-blashill

Cubs owners borrow more than $65 million on Wrigley rooftops 2017年6月30日 — The Ricketts family's new loan comes amid its $850 million Wrigley Field renovation and development that is changing the look of the... "Independent estimates place the Cubs' combined baseball and Wrigleyville district operations at generating annual revenues well north of $600 million, with net operating income often in the range of $70 to $100 million depending on attendance, media carriage fees, postseason performance, and the performance of ancillary assets like Hotel Zachary, Gallagher Way events, and the DraftKings Sportsbook." MICHAELDONNELLYBYTHENUMBERSThe Chicago Cubs' Business Model: Team Revenues, Wrigleyv...A clear look at the Chicago Cubs as a business. Team revenues and media rights, the Ricketts family's Wrigleyville holdings, and the capital investments that created a baseball-centered district of al So you've basically got all the borrowing, $1 billion for ballpark renovations beginning nearly a decade ago...now this ongoing dispute with rooftops and then the Ricketts/Wrigleyville debt/developments to all consider.

Maybe Passan was onto something pairing him with the Cubs?

Spending time at XYZ famous pitching lab/training academy working on offspeed arsenal and following Freddy Peralta program to regain FB crispness...instead of hanging out in the DR the whole time.

A "useful idiot", in modern parlance.

Feels like $75-85 million...

Dodgers, Mets, Padres, Blue Jays emerge as Tarik Skubal suitors as market for top MLB free agent takes shape“It’s very clear that it’s a dominant and strong Sku-bull market,” agent Scott Boras said, offering one of his signature free-agency puns.