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D'oh! I don't watch football, so that shows. I guess I used the Bills because I've always heard them as being used as a punchline. That and the Jets.

The Mariners are the Bills of MLB.

Where have you been for the last 15 years?

Mazara was traded for.

Can he still play 3B too? That's more flexibility as well. I'm all for signing Castellanos. This lineup looks so much more formidable with him included.

I don't know how to embed a tweet. Regardless, I'd like to think I may have had a little hand in getting this one done. Link

Are people seriously running with that WSD post? If Keuchel had agreed to sign/were signing with the White Sox, we'd know already. I'd love to have either him or Ryu, but I wouldn't get my hopes up on anything until you see an official press release, otherwise you're unnecessarily setting yourself up once again for another disappointment potentially.

This is someone I could envision the White Sox targeting. I would not mind taking a flyer on Yoenis to split time between RF/DH: Anthony DiComo @AnthonyDiComo One interesting effect of Yoenis Céspedes' contract restructuring: the Mets have had teams reach out the past week regarding his availability in trades, according to a source. Nothing close or imminent or even all that likely, but some initial conversations have taken place. 10:11 AM · Dec 19, 2019·TweetDeck

Just because they've excelled there in the past, doesn't mean they still won't make a shitty one out of desperation.

I'm all for keeping McCann, but he should not be a player you should need to be "overwhelmed" in a deal to trade.

They should be more untouchable than Jerry's money.

If the White Sox want Boston to eat significantly more of that contract, they will need to include prospects. The Sox have coveted Benintendi since before the Sale trade also. It's not too hard to connect the dots. What Gammons is proposing is ludicrous. However, the White Sox making such a deal, would not surprise me in the least. Probably not both, but I could see them being short-sighted enough to include at least one.

Let's look at the track records and see which is more likey: A) Peter Gammons, who has always had great ties with Boston, is simply mistaken B) The White Sox front office, which has made one questionable decision after another, who have also shown an ineptitude in evaluating their own prospects, are seriously considering this.

Fixed it.

Then they're in the wrong business.

I think you mean "logical."

If Rick/Kenny/Jerry try to sign either of these pitchers to a "reasonable" deal, they will not be signing with the White Sox. One of the other 29 remaining teams is going to be overpaying for them.

We need to stop splitting hairs with years and money for this team. It needs pitching more than anything. Overpaying is par for the course. They should be trying to get arms in here by any means necessary.

I really wish Dylan Covey would disappear from the Sox altogether.

It's a safe bet considering what AZ's offer was and Bumgarner's own preference to stay in the NL and West Coast. If he were to sign with the White Sox, they would have had to overpay. It's just the state of doing business with a team that hasn't been to the playoffs in over a decade.

This team is seriously going to sign zero of the 1st/2nd tier pitchers on the FA market and more than likely trade assets for a pitcher. S.S.D.D. Or they could go even cheaper and just choose to run with their current rotation and pray for the best. We seriously might see Dylan Covey in the rotation again. Fuck Jerry.

The Sox would have had to go over $100 million to even get Bumgarner to consider signing.

No pun intended.

There goes another one. Figured he was a long shot to leave the NL. It's starting to feel more and more like the Sox are going to be left there hanging with nothing to show. After signing Grandal, this has been turning into one disappointment after another.