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This is not news. It could be media guy schilling for Boras. We all know what the problem is if they try but do not land him. They would be outbid in years and money or all things being equal a more desirable place to play, We all know that $68M is still the top money Reinsdorf has ever allowed the team to spend on one contract. Throw in that he hates doing it long term for pitchers and the odds of the Sox signing him or anyone else requiring long years and top money without idiotic owner protection clauses is practically nil.

Rather they been up weeks ago .Chisox59 always wants the extra service time and minimizes the impact by calling it missing 2.5 to 3 weeks probably not being enough time to make a difference of 3-5 games. However, lets add some more games if both have an acclimation period to adjust to MLB pitching. How long does that take for each ? If they were brought up earlier this year maybe they could start next year being good from the start. How many games are we talking about now ? What if the adjustment period is relatively short compared to Jimenez and Moncada and lasts 6 weeks. How many combined games are being effected now ? Remember 2 players so multiply the games by 2. It's simpler to just say they take the same amount of time to acclimate rather than go through who adjusts first or if one adjusts and one needs to be send back down etc. Admittedly there are all kinds of scenarios that could affect how the Sox perform next season. The biggest is who they sign in the off season. But if we assume the Sox do enough to have a good team capable of making the playoff then I want the gun fully loaded from the start of the season and having them up this year is just a way to get the ammo as ready as it can be so it can be more explosive the second it is fired. They are so used to tanking now that they have forgotten that if you want to win you can't make decisions based on 6 years from now . You have to do everything you can to win in the immediately future. Anything short of that they might as well just admit they are starting the season without a fully loaded weapon that even when fully loaded has a chance to misfire because the ammo wasn't loaded right. I think Chisox59 is one of the best posters on the board and we agree much of the time but his stance on this is baffling to me.

Excellent.

It helps being old once in a while. I really liked that movie when it came out and Ally Sheedy was cute as a button.

Yes you have to once in a while. Because even if you execute your pitches batters are not afraid of being brushed backed that gives them ownership of more of the plate. So even if you execute your pitches the batters have a better chance of hitting them. Besides expecting pitchers to just execute their pitches is just asinine. Not every one is Greg Maddux . C'mon now this isnt about it being the 60's this is common sense on how to pitch more effectively without always executing your pitches.

I was talking about us posters when we argue about who we want and then get rebuffed no matter who we say we want.

Twins with 14 runs and how many times has a batter been knocked on his ass ?

But Hahn is full of shit. Winning a World Series should be the only goal when they haven't done anything to prove they are serious about sustained success except ..except.. damn I'm drawing a blank.

Well you can't win when you talk about free agency . If you say you want Cole and Rendon then you come back and say no way that happens and then if you lower your expectations you say why not aim higher ? You know the old damned if u do , damned if u don't routine.

If he's still in the high 90's there's always hope. I just refuse to expect bad things. I'll wait till they are actually bad to complain.

You should limit it to bad signing for over $3M a year so it's not like really really long.

He's all kind of out of whack. I think he can be much better . You know how relievers flip flop . Not counting on it of course but it wouldn't be totally unexpected to see him be much better next year.

It's not analytics . It's the way baseball has been played for years except for now you can't throw inside because batters get mad about it. But fuck the hitters the pitchers have to do what's necessary to take control of the plate.

I mean if Herrera is going to get the snot kicked out of him that FB is a waste if he doesn't knock someone down once in a while. It's time for him to man up and tell these hitters to back off.

Is that last line from War Games ?

But you didn't predict anything but fun

On that 1-2 pitch to Cruz they should throw FB up and in, Instead u get a changeup in.

Doesn't Romo throw sidearmed ? Tim probably just doesn't see him well . I would imagine it's sort of like lefties against the old Sale.

Why are things that are predictable never predicted ?

Is that 30 bunts and 30 steals ?

Is Castillo batting with his eyes closed tonight ?

I know you meant for the future but it would be way more than just interesting . It'd be fantastic.

I'd be happy if he made it to 20 HR's this year.

You see the 4 posts right ahead of yours ? All just happy with the HR with no BS added.

Timmy !