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Colas can do no wrong in February

Ramos broke up the no hitter but it was ruled an error. The DBacks announcers sound flabbergasted/relieved it was ruled an error. Sounded like the ball was hit very hard and the third baseman couldn't handle it...

But they're not paying him $27 million to be a utility player, they're paying him $27 because maybe he can hit 30 home runs at .900 OPS, while running the risk of turning into a utility player. If he sucks, they don't really need him, but they can still roster him. And the money/year sink isn't so extreme. That is a pretty good value proposition IMO.

https://tuner.bonneville.com/live/KTAR-AM listening here. today would've been a good day to go in person. maybe next weekend.

If he goes back to not being able to hit, he still has value as a utility player and it’s only two years to eat the contract. If he doesn’t suck, it’s a good one year deal to buy time for their young outfielders to come into themselves and compete for the NL Central in the mean time. There’s some risk with this contract of course but I don’t think it’s that much. Far less risky than giving an injured Benintendi 5 years at any AAV.

that's white sox baseball right there!

he came close his other two at bats...3 at bats, 10 balls. meaningless observation? probably. but after that walk I'll now be keeping track.

I think in 2 at bats he looked at 6 balls. I'll take it.

who cares about throwing strikes when you have a pickoff move that slick?

another potentially nice play by Ramos but probably should've held onto it. I guess you don't really expect a guy to score from second on a groundball to third, wild baserunning.

what a play!

I think the goal of this game is to see what kind of range and arms the outfielders have.

lol

Go Sox!

“62 acre parcel for sale”

Some guy posted some pictures of him and his grandkids at camelback ranch on a different Sox group and it seemed like moncada was the player most interested in chatting with the kids and high fiving them and such. I thought it was cool. I don’t think he’s an unlikeable guy just because he sucks and we thought he’d be good. Kopech on the other hand…

I definitely think this team will be better than most fans think and almost certainly better than last season. I wouldn't rule out a .500 record. A lot has to go right though, the "bounce back" guys have to actually bounce back. Eloy, Benintendi and Moncada have to play at a level that they're probably still capable of. The young guys from Vaughn and DeLoach to Eder and Nastrini have to show something. I think there's such a wide range of potential outcomes for this team that it makes me genuinely excited to watch them this year. well, until we have 30 losses by May. More than a winning record, I'd just hope that several of these guys can play themselves into semi-valuable assets and be consolidated into an actually useful player or two.

that confused me too. I thought maybe they had just recently changed it so Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Lane Tech.

it's definitely amusing that a fatty snuck a gun into a baseball park and shot herself with it. it sounds like a bit from a European sketch comedy show mocking America but reality is often funnier than fiction. I choose to believe this is what happened even if there's conflicting evidence. Also, I was at this game sitting in left field a few sections over from where this happened. didn't hear a dang thing. I find this whole story very strange because I tend to think I would've heard the gunshot, the park wasn't that loud and I wasn't very far away, but maybe fat rolls are the perfect silencer.

this was an incredibly stupid remark that made me not want to read the rest of the article. i'm slightly offended too. "breakout relievers" is a silly thing to write about anyway. the "breakout relievers" are probably treading water in AAA or are currently failing as a starting pitcher. I think this article would've been more entertaining if all of the choices were starting pitchers, Michael Kopech for example has a promising career as a setup man.

I see your point but I think Berroa's floor is as a multi-inning reliever and that he still has the ability to start. I believe the M's moved him to the bullpen last season because he couldn't control the ball and evidently lost faith that he ever will be able to. otherwise, his stuff is meteoric. I think you have to bet on his upside. I'm starting to feel like a fool because I've said this about all the pitchers we've signed this offseason, but maybe Bannister and co can do something for him that the Mariners staff could not in terms of getting the ball over the plate. There clearly seems to be a plan on the pitching side of things and I'm somewhat optimistic that it will produce fruit. Regardless, there are a ton of exciting young guys on this team to watch pitch and maybe one of them can become an ace and 2 or 3 of the rest can join a MLB rotation. Frankly, I dunno what the Mariners really get out of this deal. Yes, Santos is a high quality reliever, but their assortment of moves this offseason come off as a jumbled mess. Are they trying to save salary or are they trying to win? if they're trying to win, to my eye they're doing a really bad job at it.

I like this deal, I dislike the other one. Time to read through all the comments so that I can change my opinion 5 more times.

I kinda hate this. Mena has some legitimate question marks but I think he's on the whole he's impressed at a young age. I guess I like Berroa better if you consider these deals in summation, but dang, I would've rather just rolled out Colas I think.

All those guys who "called out" the toxic environment were seemingly the ones who helped foster it. I'm thinking Lynn, Kelly, Middleton specifically. All three guys are older than 30, veterans who have been around a while. They were supposed to be the ones to lead by example or be vocal in the way they displayed only after leaving the team. Yet rather than behaving like leaders, they whined that there were none; but only after they were out of the organization and wouldn't have to back up their words (which they wouldn't be able to. they're all garbage at baseball, the phantom napper wasn't tipping their pitches.). The way they left seems a little cowardly to me, like they were trying to blame their terrible play on forces beyond their control rather than take some accountability for their individual performance and for the culture of the clubhouse. Compare that to Gio, who probably got shafted the most by this team, and isn't trashing his former teammates or the fans. I think a part of the reason he got paid like he did is that he's a consummate professional and doesn't look for excuses or to blame others. Gio tried to actually lead his teammates, albeit maybe not so successfully.

I haven't watched those movies, but isn't the premise that whichever team first signs five failed first round picks, half of their losses poof out of existence?