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Reading the BA chat, this stuck out I read that and think I'd prefer Turang.

Seeing the Brent Honeywell news (he left with a trainer during warmups) reminded me that it's Tommy John season and I have my fingers crossed we get through it okay. Luckily, unlike last year, nobody is surprisingly "taking it easy"

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 22, 2018 -> 09:33 AM) They also define a well regulated militia as anyone who can operate a gun. That offends me less.

The NRA defines liberty as the ability to own and purchase as many of any kind of gun as possible and carry it anywhere without restriction or tracking. That is liberty. You know this is the narrow definition because they so willingly trade the liberties of children and people with mental health issues at a moments notice to preserve their maximalist view.

I have not heard anyone list turf as an injury factor since the newer astroplay replaced all of the old astroturf.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 02:35 PM) SS Lenyn Sosa was signed for $350K out of Venezuela as well and went right to the AZL last year. Yeah and to be clear when I say "the signings were heavy with VZ" I do mean across league. I was specifically looking for it last year, every team had a big vz presence.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 02:16 PM) Do you know that if 2.0 is average, there are less than 7 players on average that are at least average on each team. How's that for averages? I guess that depends how you handle bullpens but that doesn't sound that off.

And I guess the takeaway from that is the stuff that is absolutely more likely to happen to try and change something that will be rare but quite terrible. If you put 3 armed soldiers in front (Facebook meme), whose to say the school doesn't start asking them for help to do so and so, when they are just there watching the doors? And it bothers me that we so easily put this loss of freedom (getting in a fight in school without being sent to prison) on students and put so high of a barrier to things like delaying purchases of guns.

My personal experience with the addition of an SRO was also poor. Kids did seem to be getting arrested for things that used to just end up with them in a cool down room and in school suspension. There was also a fight in the atrium, where the SRO ran in and indiscriminately pepper sprayed, causing hundreds of students to go home. The SRO was of course not disciplined. Assault is assault, but when you are a kid figuring stuff out physically wasn't that out of the ordinary but some just disappeared after that arrest and some stayed and I'm guessing those that stayed was the right move. I don't think an SRO can't work, but it's one of those things where I'd rather it have federal guidelines than left up to individual school districts.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 01:53 PM) I think part of it is that he hangs around with Robert and Eloy, and get pics taken together, so now it's easy to kind of associate the 3 of them together, which elevates Adolfo's stock in the fan's eyes. I don't think so. It's definitely coming from the prospect outlets. I've wrote this before, but last year when people like Longenhagen were asked about Adolfo, they said his approach still didn't indicate a major progression, their tunes have changed. Still a high variance guy, but clearly his second half approach plus whatever he looked like at instructs has people intrigued. When asked about our prospects outside top ten, he's the only guy that comes up consistently, maybe Hamilton.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 01:47 PM) That was a contract that was pretty universally horrible the day it was signed. Yeah I should even say noah's contract isn't worth it. Top 5 pick? obviously we are talking.

At this point, it's okay to take on salary for next year, but you don't want any contracts beyond that. Noah's isn't worth it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 05:12 PM) That's true, especially for Pace, but I guess that depends on how.much Sitton does have left in the tank. Whatever their.plan is to replace him, having 85% of the production at one G position is not of big a deal for a team fighting for 7 or wins, as opposed to a team trying to win it all I think. (85% was just a random thought) Now if they don't spend much of their salary cap money, then it's also a different discussion. If they just replace him with an undrafted free agent wild card, that will look bad on their part. If this was Pace's first year I'd agree with the "cut one year early rather than one year late", problem is when he has made the right decision in letting go talent, he has not made the right decisions in replacing it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 12:42 PM) Doing the little things is going to become so much more important for last year and this years classes. Hopefully they are working hard to get players who might have been missed (aka late bloomers) and places like Venezuela where teams aren't willing to go as much anymore. I don't know what to make of VZ. Yes, rumors are scouts aren't keen on going (light way of putting they are worried about their lives), but when I looked at the signings last year, there were tons of VZ signings. You wouldn't be able to pick it out as different than any other country. I'm wondering if maybe what's happening is the VZ talent is so willing to leave they are coming cheap teams are taking more flyers from VZ with less scouting. For instance, Anthony Coronado from the white sox last year. He signed for 100k and was the only guy moved from DSL to AZL in season.

QUOTE (Tony @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 11:30 AM) I don't know, every GM is different but Theo was on the radio last week and said "We're done, Yu was our last move, we have a little flexibitiy right now but we're going to save that for the deadline and during the season." Obviously the Cubs are in a much different spot, and GM's have different ideas on how to deal with the media. With that said, Hahn could have said "Right now we're OK with the group we have here in Arizona, we want to see what they all bring to the table" and be done with it. Hahn always equivocates though, and says we are looking at our current guys on the field for our 25 man roster.

Because they tweeted it out, going to create a thread. Badler has sox linked to a 16 year old venezuelan SS Anthony Espinoza. Subscribers here: https://www.baseballamerica.com/internation...ytpFB13d1e3x.97 Only link I've seen. Sox are in penalty again this year, so can only sign for 300k. It will be interesting to see what kind of market there is for INTL budget without an Ohtani looming.

An important part of this is Farquhar was coming from the Rays who believe the high low as gospel, where side to side isn't as effective. At the end it gets into how this isn't so obviously a "hack" to pitching. Sale, after all, used a 2 seamer to establish both sides of plate, where is slider could go one way and two seamer another. Giolito wanted same 4 quadrant coverage. It's one reason I'm so excited for Duncan. Cooper will keep them fundamentally sound and accurate, Duncan can create great game plans like this.

You know people talk about relegation and how that works for EPL. We are so tied to this "worst team should get best pick" system, and I think it works for NFL/MLB (I do! Not as bad as NBA)/NHL, but basketball has zero depth element to its drafts. You don't get a great draft by finding 3-4 top talents like football, you get a great draft when you either get a top 5 pick or back into a talent. So basically what I'm saying is, maybe we reward a team for being the best of the rest. Have an actual sudden death tournament for non-playoff teams where the winner gets top pick, the runner up gets 2nd, and the worst team is guaranteed at least 3rd. It would prevent just running a bare bones team, you could even seed where the best of the worst get a more favorable seeding, so incentive to not suck. And while giving the team that wins the more valuable pick, you could allocate more cap space for up to 3 years for the worst 5 teams to try and get them to spend out of it.

I'm with Jack Parkman. If you only followed baseball media rumors in a vacuum without knowing team moves you would think the White Sox this winter were aggressively trying to upgrade their position players and pitching. If you only followed the white sox transaction log you would think the white sox have no interest in big moves this year and are just going to let players find themselves. I am not going to get tricked by the former. Hahn isn't going to say "we are not signing anyone even if it makes sense", why would he, he could also be establishing a good relationship with an agent by fomenting rumors for Moustakas, but everything the sox have done this offseason has not indicated they are going to take a bigger player like this.

I just kinda think he's Ross Gload.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 06:31 PM) I understand why they are doing it, but I do hope all sports do something eventually to prevent this type of thing. Being horrible on purpose should not be rewarded. I agree, and it sucks for the players too. Robin Lopez doesn't get to play basketball forever. He is clearly the best center on the team, plays his ass off every night, and this is the pinnacle of everything he's worked for (playing in NBA). But the team, which has no body-aging constraints, basically just wants to sim the rest of the season, so he sits. It just sucks.

QUOTE (TheFutureIsNear @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 10:32 AM) My guess is that he’ll be bouncing between AAA and the majors...no idea why so many are high on Delmonico. Just not enough of a track record consistently hitting well to think that he’s a major league player in my opinion, and not sure his D is good enough to keep him as a bench player...hopefully he can prove me wrong and he sticks with the team but I’ll be surprised if he’s ever more than the 25th man on the roster. Just one of those things where it seems like our brains value a hot start higher than a hot finish.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 09:29 AM) Was this the sole study the recommendation has been based on? e: and is this for all age ranges or more specifically for 1-2 year olds? Yes! Sorry this is for keeping them rear facing after age 1, which is when they typically move from bassinet style to the more traditional carseat. http://retractionwatch.com/2017/12/15/savi...safety-results/

QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 10:21 AM) I suspect this may be the amount of distance before the pitch begins to drop, relative to the hypothetical non-spinning ball used for other PitchFX metrics. If I'm right, then 10 inches of carry would mean it doesn't begin it's gravity-induced drop until about 10 inches later than a non-spinning ball thrown in a vacuum would. It may also mean simply that it would literally travel 10 inches further (if not caught by the catcher first) than that hypothetical non-spinning ball. In that case you'd interpret carry the same way you would when you talk about an outfielder whose throws carry. Right, because longer is better, there has to be some default that indicates when the ball should begin to drop. I thought maybe it was maybe where the ball is when the hitter can first identify position, but I think you are right.

QUOTE (Sarava @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 09:17 PM) Out of curiosity, is there a date where draft pick compensation no longer applies? Like opening day or May 1st, etc. ....? Pretty sure it’s after the draft when the protection is removed, big part of the season.