WestEddy

No, Getz turned a diminished asset into a younger 84 RC+ version of himself. I'm not sure how to express that as an anal sex metaphor.

It was a mandate from the market. Nobody has any faith in Robert.

I guess this is due

Colbern, Hoffman, Robertson? White Sox Future Stars | Cardboard Gods

No, actually, they should have extended Robert after 2023 for 20 years at $40M per. Prove me wrong.

We basically traded Michael A. Taylor for a package. Learn to be happy.

"Last year" isn't "now".

Or, sending money didn't get them much more interest.

At least as a Harvard grad, he'll have a "high baseball IQ".

Maybe they'll extend Kelenic.

Acuña

"This" vs. nothing. I'll take it.

Gee, sounds like there's a mystery bunch of players who would take the place of the current group. Or maybe a mystery league. Owners, agents and the media have taught us to just ignore all this BS posturing. There will be an interruption of play, or there won't. I'm more worried if I'll be able to take a leak in my first 5 minutes of standing in front of the toilet tonight at 3 in the morning.

Meaningless ESPN listicle outlining what AL Central teams have done so far, and what remains. The Sox still need a veteran OF in their eyes. What's next for Tigers, Guardians, Twins, Royals, White Sox - ESPN

I think that writers putting their ballots out there has taken away the 10th vote for guys like Gio Gonzalez.

Or a guy like Gonsolin knows what his ceiling is, and wants to be paid for his upside, accordingly.

Black Sox ringleader Arnold "Chick" Gandil born on this date in 1888.

Here's my story: My parents owned a deli. On Saturdays, my Dad would give us money, each, to go to the Metro on Belmont, and buy a toy. My older brother would con us to use our money to buy baseball cards. So we'd open the packs. My older brother and sister would grab up the Ron Santo, Billy Williams and Ernie Banks cards. When I cried hard enough, my brother gave me the Rich Morales and Wilbur Wood cards, telling me that they were also Chicago players. I never looked back.

My first childhood baseball idol. That is really sad.

This guy's getting himself real paid for not playing a whole lot of major league baseball

Tyler Schweitzer and Shane Murphy are probably on that path to the majors, as well.

Death date (1974) of former White Sox pitcher, Pete Appleton, born Pete Jablonowski. He pitched for the Sox from 1940-1942, when he was released. It's unknown why he changed his name in 1933, either to avoid anti-immigrant sentiment, inspire a change of luck, or spare his fiance (Aldona Leszczynski) the fate of my favorite Polish joke (I'm Polish, calm down): Q: What does a Polish lady get on her wedding day that's long and hard? A: A new last name.

I've argued all along that right now, he's a 2 WAR/162 games CF. That's worth, what, $15M? I don't think Michael A. Taylor ever made over $5M, and he had a nice, short run of 3+ WAR seasons. Robert has that elite ceiling, I know. Crochet moved quickly, as the league saw his potential as a pitcher and health-wise. The league seems to be telling us they're not going to bite for prospects and taking on Robert's full contract. Or maybe they were just waiting for Taylor and Bellinger to come off the board so they could reassess.

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