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Lol Watson has one of the 5 worst pass blocking lines in the NFL in front of him. He's been pretty sensational - that's why PFF has him in the top 5 and Mitch ranked 30th. If you just took 10% of what Watson understands about coverages and defenses and applied it to Mitch, it would be more than Mitch will ever know. Keep up the good fight making excuses for a complete bum. Drawing any comparison from him to Watson - who is an MVP candidate - is hilarious. Thanks for the laugh.

The Bears ran like 16 RPO's yesterday, mitch never has any idea which one to chose.

Oh my. Enough blaming the coach for the QB being complete trash. Putting too much on the 2nd pick in the draft in his 3rd full NFL season. How long do you need to baby him? He's not a "young QB" anymore. Enough with the experience excuses. It's not the coaching staffs fault that Mitch can never find the open guy. It's not the coaching staffs fault that Mitch can't hit basic corner routes and seem routes - missed 1 TD and one massive gain yesterday. It's not the coaches fault the QB cant read a defense pre snap and adjust to the proper play. Nagy should run more, he's making mistakes no doubt but the bears problems this year are tied to the fact that their QB just is not good.

20 pass attempts. 73 yards. Off a bye week. 4 runs. Trubisky is awful and for some reason the Bears are piggy backing off him.

A 26 year old guy who has accumulated 7 WAR in roughly 260 games (a 4 WAR/162 AVG) with three years (or 4?) of control left is certainly not going to be cheap.

Yeah, posted that transcript on the previous page.

Yeah I guess I'm just going off the fact that he's a real good athlete with nice speed for being 6'4.

I've never read a single scouting report on Micker that didn't list + overall defender. He's got pretty good speed for his size, moves well, and has a great arm. Not enough defensive metrics for the MiLB but his scouting reports don't cite a - defensively anywhere. Maybe he's average in RF with an elite arm which would make him above average.

His arm bouncing all the way back - which looks to be the case - is huge for Adolfo. He's a + defender with an elite arm. Pair that with 30-40 HR power, he could hit 240 and be a 4 WAR player.

The yankees and Dodgers arent going to overspend the market just for the sake of doing it. I have no idea why people continue to parrot this.

Both are awful - hard pass.

How are either one being "rushed?"

Robert: Did you have a chance to see Micker Adolfo in Arizona? Do you think he can still unlock his massive tools if he stays healthy? Keith Law: Yep, can still hit, with power, going to swing and miss but will walk some and hit enough HR to profile as a regular. Not 100% about this off-season, but I found this response to be a good thing at the least.

Hard to say that a team that won 72 games is going to improve by 18 wins+ and win it all - I dont think that means much. While the White Sox seemed to heighten expectations last year, they are doing the opposite this year. This team has always worked better in the shadows than out front. They should stick to that. They just dont have the budget that large budget teams have so they shouldnt act arrogant like they did last year.

I think that wood contract is pretty spot on.

I think the White Sox understand the importance of this off-season. They talked a big game last year and came up short - destroying their PR even further and alienating their fanbase. They have been relatively quiet with this offseason approaching and I would consider that good news; they appear to have learned from their mistake. They said the "money will be spent" and I think they understand the importance of meeting expectations this time around. Time will tell.

So... what have you calculated to be a sustainable BABIP for TA? The new baseball very clearly spiked BABIP'S - last year had like 5 of the highest in league history. What do you project his BABIP to be next year and where would that put him at average wise? I think his skill set is very well suited to be a 300ish hitter going forward until his hands slow down. Was there some luck in his outcomes last year? Probably to an extent. Is using data from an older baseball to normalize his BABIP a good idea? Probably not. Do you think .276 would be a good barometer for TA's BA O/U (over/under) next year? I know if the number was set a .276 I'd be investing in a max wager (probably low limits of about $500) at multiple shops on the over.

Hes not a .335 hitter but he just hit .335. Interesting. Maybe he's not projected to be one next year but he's certainly a .335 hitter since that's exactly what he hit. Then you go on to say he's not a .300 hitter. Uh, ok pal. Interesting take. Guy who hits 335 isnt a 300 hitter. There are many ways to skin a cat - trying to take away his aggression is changing who he is as a hitter. Youd have traded javy baez too.

Stanton is signed for 8 more years, not 6, and the buyout on his 9th year is 10 million.

I cant tell if your post is a joke or serious. So they'll cover 60 million... who's going to pay the rest? Would stanton even get 200 million as a free agent right now? Also the guy cant play without getting hurt and he's probably a year or two away from full time DH. Not sure what NL team would take him on thru 38 years old.

Timmy would hit 6th for me. Ideal hitter in that spot of the lineup. I'd likely hit madrigal towards the bottom of the lineup next year and timmy leads off as an FYI.

He was terrible this year outside of a lucky ERA.

Due to so many variables regarding lineup optimization, I want to emphasize that there is no universal answer and that using an entire data set to make a decision for 9 unique data points (a team) is actually lazy math. I would go something like: Madrigal Moncada Robert Eloy Abreu 1-5 If they sign JDM I'd shift everyone back after Robert. For Robert's rookie year move everyone up and slide him into 6th or 5th depending.

What??? You should bat your second worst hitter in a position that has the third most at bats? That's absurd. Your best hitter should likely hit 2nd. No one argues that a bad hitter should be hitting 3rd. They just argue that 2nd and 4th have more value. Some argue 5th over 3rd too but theres really not much difference between the two and id give more at bats over more opportunities with runners on base.

.... I actually agree with Parkman here. Stras would get about 5-160 if he opts out. Maybe you find a taker for a 6th year for 175 or so, but I'd be shocked if he got 7 or 8 years. That's a big no from me dawgg. Stras injury history is scary and he's older. I'd probably sign him before Cole myself as well. He has proven he can pitch when his stuff diminished