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apropos of little. Just thought this was interesting.

This core is so much stronger than the one given up to get here, so that's quite a start.

Ricky is going to cause this team at absolute worst half a win with his lineup construction. There is nothing in sports more over analyzed than lineup construction.

I'm not sure I think they've taken on all that much risk. Who's more likely to be more valuable? Dallas Keuchal in 3 years or Luis Robert in 6?

I'd say unlikely

I agree. But I don’t think it gets done early.

yeah, these deals tend to happen when teams have the leverage. Moncada has all of it right now.

Moncada is going to be borderline impossible to get done I would think.

7 - however long he would have had to stay down this year.

REally only 1 + a couple weeks.

Phil is Phil, but I expect better from Morosi

And they say print media is dead.

Well first, he's only a RF in title. He should not be a RF. He's a DH. We already have one of those playing first base, left field and eventually catcher.

It does though. Nick Castellanos is not worth committing 4 years too. Not even close.

They'll probably be even more obnoxious now that every game ostensibly matters.

Mazara has about 5x more pedigree and alleged talent than Avi ever had. Avi was a fringe top 100 guy according to one publication and unranked by anyone else. Mazara was a universal top 20 guy and rated as high as #5.

Dan Clark reporting something is equivalent to no one reporting something.

Sox win the division and Ricky wins MOTY are pretty much mutually inclusive

It took him a .400 BABIP to do it. I’m really not going out on limb saying that’s not happening again

Deleted my post after realizing we were saying the same thing but... Yeah, the White Sox have a skin on the wall. The Twins have a decade of getting they're shit shoved in by the Yankees. Neither are particularly good. They won 100 games against the worst division of all time. Whoop dee doo.

Also, Homer Bailey playing in stadiums where it's impossible to hit home runs has really appeared to make people forget how god awful Homer Bailey is.

40 next year AND coming off major elbow surgery

I think it's less that they struggle with them than it is they should be met with at least some level of skepticism.

José Berríos Jake Odorizzi Michael Pineda (Out until May) Rich Hill (out until June with injury) Homer Bailey Randy Dobnak Devin Smeltzer I actually think I like the Sox staff more.

That 'The Twins have nothing to worry about' article is going to age so poorly.