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This but again his last 30 starts between 2019 and 2020 have been very good. He doesn't have to be a horse and go 6 1/2 innings . 5 is probably good if it allows his arm more rest. How many guys last year threw 65.2 innings in only 10 starts with an ERA in the low 3's ?

Even though he is going to be 40 and therefore not a strong option I'd like to point out that he hasn't been garbage for a while. Over the final 20 starts of 2019 he went 10–5 with a 3.81 ERA, including a 10-start run from late July to mid-September when he went 6–2 with a 2.43 ERA. In the playoffs against the Braves he went 7 ⅔ innings, no runs, four hits, two walks, eight strikeouts, 120 pitches. He was better than decent in 2020. 10 starts 65.2 innings pitched . That's 6 1/2 innings per start. Good ERA ,great WHIP. Wainwright is also a very solid human being. Wainwright and Richards seem the 2 likeliest choices based of former relationships with Sox personnel . Richards may disappear to the Red Sox.

I'd say Walker is the healthiest just going by a full recovery from TJ which made him miss most of 2018 and 2019 . He put up very good results in the 2nd half of last year. His peripherals won't wow anyone but before TJ he didn't have any problems going 150-160 innings. He's also the youngest of those mentioned by 3 years+ Paxton seems like he might be headed to TJ based on what kept him out last year. Hamels is ancient no need to take a chance on him. As other have pointed out Richards injury history is terrible but he did pitch almost as many innings as Walker and his peripherals are more pleasing. His spin rates are about as good as you'd want but maybe that's why he's always hurt. Walkers ZIPS projections are also the best among those 4.

Are you Tony LaRussa ? Are you going to say tell everyone if they were sincere or not ? Accountable to who ? I don't get it . It there someone out there who holds GM's accountable for everything they said that doesn't happen like only winning one world series instead of multiple ones ?

You knew I meant World Series. Oh ha nvm Hahn speak, meaning he could mean winning the AL counts as a championship .

You really believe that ? Who is going to hold them accountable for only winning 1 championship rather than 2 ? I'd be thrilled with one. The Braves, Tigers, the Indians , Dodgers ,lots of very good teams compete year after year without winning the big one. It took the Braves forever and the Dodgers too. Dodgers were in the playoffs about 12 times in the 21st century before finally winning one. Starting in 1991 to 2005 the Braves made the playoffs every year and only won 1 World Series.

Yup . It's just baseball . I wouldn't call it a White Sox thing per se. The Royals, Nationals,Indians all had relatively short windows recently. Some won it all some didn't. The Astro's and Cubs windows were a little longer and they won it but didn't their Championships come by the 3rd year of their competitive windows ? Dodgers have had a wide open open for a lot of years and finally won it but they are like a machine in scouting , player development and high payroll. Yankees and Red Sox are the same way in the AL . Yanks are still searching for their title while the Red Sox got 3 of them. The Giant's held their window open a while and also got 3 championships.

Don't get ahead of yourself . You took a lot of flack for your comments like this about Covid . Let it play out.

This is exactly how I see it also. I'd love to be wrong and it's truly sad that the window is widest during a pandemic and labor strife but that's the reality of it.

Yea it's twitter. Anyone who puts their faith in these guys and who get's disappointed when things don't come true is gullible as heck or doesn't understand how much people want to feel relevant or the nature of Twitter and how it relates to that need. Treat it as entertainment and nothing else. I don't care who they are or who their sources are and try to analyze why they do what they do. Rumors are fun to talk about . I have no desire to attempt to explain the origin or reason for said rumors.

https://www.mlb.com/braves/news/hank-aaron-baseball-legend-dies I link this because there is a great video with Matt Vasgergian and Harold Reynolds interviewing Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. It is unimaginable for any of us to truly comprehend being in the on deck circle thinking you might get gunned down . Kendrick made point of saying how difficult baseball is under the best of circumstances yet Aaron endured and excelled under the worst of circumstances.

A sad day for baseball . A great player and more importantly a great person who overcame hatred with dignity and perseverance , the same way he played baseball.

Eloy has decent speed. However he doesn't get very good jumps. I'm sure the Sox have been working on that but so far results aren't good. 1st step has to improve and one more thing . I don't know how good his hip mobility is. I get the impression it isn't that good because he doesn't pull the ball very much when he hits. That doesn't mean he's a bad hitter obviously because some guys fly open with that front side hip and that can make you look terrible. But when you do pull the ball you open up your front hip a little and your back hip fires to the ball. Eloy has very little back hip movement . He hits his longest HR's to CF because he is a big strong guy and the weight transference from back foot to front foot is easiest when other body movement is minimal. People sometimes describe Eloy as an uncoordinated dork . Obviously his hand eye coordination is great but having strong loose hips is key in coordination. On defense that 1st step is key which has a lot to do with turning your body quickly and efficiently which is dependent on being in ready position , an efficient 1st step which relies on technique and opening your hips quickly. I think he needs core work specifically focused on hip flexibility otherwise down the road I fear he will have back problems.

Oh yea now we're talking ! Those retweets and people quoting them will catch this thread up to the Burnes thread in no time !

Chalupa's are where it's at , just ask Bauer.

Oh I don't know it's clearly not what Hector's been hinting at with the Cruz photo he put in the last tweet.

Nah we just want to have a little fun speculating we won't act like the White Sox.

God forbid he is right. His endless stream of Jerry vitriol is already bad enough. Sometimes it's called for but JR isn't the devil, he just rather make money than lose it ,rather than do what it takes to win a World Series. 2005 just reinforced Jerry's belief that it can be done with a little money and a lot of luck.

Didn't really want to curb your enthusiasm. I'm just an even keel kind of guy. I love the enthusiasm which is why I want this thread to explode with new posts about it. It's not a trade so we wouldn't get the endless stream of who do we trade for him . But if I had to pick between the Burnes stuff and Cruz I'm more likely to believe Cruz is more attainable. I doubt either one happens.

I know the criteria since I've been watching it since they started it doing it. I love that network but I cut the cord and no longer pay for any TV . But I do love wheeling and dealing for movie codes so I do that a lot to use on MoviesAnywhere, Google Play etc. Any MLB Network Stuff I get now is from youtube or their online page. I just got a new 50" Android TV and I'm still getting used to using it by adding apps instead of Roku TV which had all the funky channels built into it.

Ha we never would have guessed . By the way ,who is that guy in your avatar ?

Nahhh Save the freaking out for if we get him. Right now it's just another in a long line of tweeting heads doing what they do.

I could live with it if it's only Vaughn and Heuer and no one else .

Psshh yea Aussie's actually throwing baseballs more than boomerangs ! Preposterous !

Wait we want Cruz to be with the Twins for another 2 years ? I might hate that more than the Sox giving him 2 years. I know Cruz is 40 so a 1 year contract for around $15M might get him but can't go 2 years on him.