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Can u imagine how good we'd be if we signed Cole and Strasburg? Suddenly we'd HAVE to be division favorites if the squad is properly managed. Two phenom starters would change the outlook of this organization for sure. Be creative with set up and closer and BOOM. SOX WIN!

It sure seems as if Coop needs a change of scenery at least. And my stance on manager is why not get the best when they are available LIKE NOW? Coop doesn't have a lot going for him. It's not as if all our pitchers stay healthy because of him. In fact, we've had a ton of injuries. He probably deserves one more year to see if he can make Lopez as consistent as Gio has become. And can he do good work with Kopech, Cease and even Nova who was maddeningly inconsistent?

Thank u sir. I'm just trying to see why my takes on RF/Catcher are seen as obscene. Thank u for your time.

Somebody educate me why my stance on this is bad. To summize: He's cheap; you know what u are going to get; financial resources can go to pitcher$ and lot$ of 'em. $eriously ... pretend his name is not Avi Garcia but Ted Wilson and tell me why my idea is bad. And what the hell is wrong with my idea to let a No. 10 draft pick who passes the eye test play??? Thank u.

Isn't it time we turn to Kevin Seitzer as hitting coach? I wish we'd hire the best manager possible first of all. The Sox need a great manager, folks. The team doesn't spend a lot of $$. I wish they'd spend on a genius manager.

I want no part of the wildcard game in the future especially with teams playing the game abnormally. In a one-game series with analytics only to become more prevalent, it's going to be a terrible game to witness. Overmanaged? Probably. That would be one reason to keep Ricky I guess. He might not mess with it. Didn't the Brewers overthink that game?

He played in 125 games. Sox had a lot of guys miss games, too. 125 isn't bad. Over 500 plate appearances not bad.

The ball is live now. He hit 20 homers for Tampa this year in 125 games. It's easy to assume in the Cell with the live ball he could up that to 25 or more. The guy had a good year starting for a playoff team. I never said I was smartdf than everybody else. I happen to like Avi's game and he comes cheap. What's not to like? You've got to concede plug him into our lineup as one of our "weak links" and he fits in there nicely. if he's one of our worst hitters ... wow. And he's attainable. Again, he's on a playoff team for gosh sakes. It's not like he's some stiff. Conclusion: He's very affordable; he knows playoff baseball; he's a veteran presence. And we've still got Engle and Palka if for some reason he turns to crap. I am against trading any of the tank/rebuild acquisitions BTW. If you are going to tank and acquire players, see this through. If that means Rutherford over Avi, fine.

It's like Avi has the plague. Let's see. He has playoff experience, he hits .280, he knocks in 70 or more runs, he'll whack you over 25 homers in The Cell and he's a veteran presence who loved wearing a Sox uniform. And on a team that needs to spend a ton of money he comes cheap. No more than 5 million a year for 3 years? Three years 15 mill or 3 years 18 million if you want to throw him some extra cash, with a few incentives maybe in case he finally reaches mini-Miggy potential? And yet no mention of Avi ever. We could fill that hole for pennies and we already have two catchers in Collins and McCann who are signed. Chances are Collins will succeed next season, not fail. Finally think of all the money you could spend on pitching if you just sign Avi and give catcher to Collins/McCann? Is it this difficult? It's not like Avi is gonna hit .151 with an error a game? He may be butcher-like in the outfield, but he's a tad below average out there, not hopeless. Endorse this post, please! GO SOX! p.s. If some reason by June, Avi is having a Palka-like season ... well you can throw Engle in there or even Palka. This isn't rocket science. My post saves the Sox a lot of cash, cash we need to REBUILD this pitching staff. ... and those who think you need an all star at every position. Last time I looked the Rays made the playoffs with you-know-who as a STARTER. He didn't ruin their team.

One year after signing Machado ... do you think the Padres are happy they signed him? Or would they dump him in a second if there are any takers? I'm all for Jerry having a $150 million payroll. Personally I'd prefer it go to several players, adding up to 150 million and hire a stellar manager to lead us to the WS title. Face it if you have a great manager (we should hire Maddon or Joe G NOW) you don't need as many of the mega $$ superstars. We have a small window here. I laugh when I hear some fans willing to go .500 next year. Why in the heck would you want to waste a lineup with as many stars as we're going to have. The time to win is now. But you need good instruction. Is Coop outdated and lousy? Obviously you can do much better than Ricky.

We're going to sign Moose for 10 million a year over 2-3 years. He'll be DH, maybe get a few starts at 2B to rest Madrigal, a few starts at first to rest Abreu and a few starts in right.

My billboard would be positive: The word "Congratulations" in Sox script (with pix of Timmy and Abreu for leading league) and below that "2020: Pursuit of a trophy, not atrophy!"

If the Sox truly were serious about winning they would hire Girardi or Maddon today. Ricky will always have a job in baseball. No reason to feel sorry for him. We need an outcry on the south side for Maddon/Girardi. put somebody real in charge, Mr. Hahn. Geez, it's not that difficult.

The A's genius front office did it again in fleecing Semien from the Sox. Semien had quite the season.

Man, to those of us who don't really care about WAR (too complicated, baseball is supposed to be fun, not mathematics) ... Manny had a decent to above average year. Marcus Semien hit one more homer than Manny. He only knocked in 85 runs and he only hit .256. I guess his 65 BBs make him worth his money. Not a bad amount of walks. Arguably if he played in the Cell he'd have blasted more homers, maybe 40 to 50. I think Hahn comes out looking good, though, in not signing Manny.

I love King Timmy Anderson and am not bagging on him. Just making an attempt to bag on the advanced stat folks who probably don't care Jose Abreu led the AL in RBIs. Way to go Jose. But in trying to say I don't care about advanced stats much, Marcus Semien had 8.2 WAR this year; Timmy had 3.9 WAR. Would an Oakland fan be right in saying, "you keep your Tim Anderson; we want Marcus Semien whose WAR is so much greater than your Anderson." I would say probably 10 out of 10 baseball fans would take Anderson over Semien. So how do you explain this WAR thing, folks?

No way they are trading those two guys. Gosh, peeps, we tanked to get Madrigal and Vaughn for gosh sakes. That would be pure insanity to trade them.

I don't want peeps to get banned but I hope in the future they are as lenient on greg as a couple peeps saying rude stuff to me.

I won't take the bait. Off to Octoberfest. Adios for now. GO SOX!

WGN's camerapeople revolutionized baseball on TV. I remember as a kid and teen watching games and there would be a bullet smash liner to third and I remember it amazing me how the cameraperson got the shot. From the swing to the ball hitting the mitt. Crazy stuff. p.s.: Too bad Sox can't end the season on a nice win streak. Hopefully if we have another miserable season in 2020 some folks will get fired after next season. It's time to win.

72 years of WGN. Very very sad.

The offspeed pitch ... had no chance. Had to hit the fastballs he was served. Fail Palka.

Home run derby baby. Zack and Yolmer fail. So far Yoan succeeds.

MVP (someday soon).

What's with the fly ball Yolmer, get on base u know? Fail.