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The only thing I could have cared about this year is Kevin white. I am pretty done with football at this point

Great start by offense.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 13, 2015 -> 06:59 AM) Am I the only person in this world that thinks Schwarber's declining stats through out the season and lack of position are bad omens? No position isn't great, but dude made it to big leagues in one year. I'd not be that concerned that he wasn't an mvp in that amount of time.

Looks like team gave up on this year. For the best.

This is very easy right now. Short passes getting way more than it should, and awful coverage by fuller

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 13, 2015 -> 12:58 AM) Kendricks, Hammel, Haren and Wada were fairly pedestrian....it was just that Arrieta was that excellent, along with solid contributions from Lester. So pretty much like the White Sox, top heavy because of Sale and Q but not especially balanced. Rodon's second half really helped maintain the numbers as well as Shark tanked. White Sox were 14th in team ERA.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Dec 12, 2015 -> 10:25 PM) And the Bucks of all teams, yeesh. Well when MCW goes 70% from the field, it's definitely not your night. On the Bulls, I think they'll definitely make a move before the deadline, they look pretty sluggish currently. As for who'd they target I'm not sure, if they want an upgrade for a stretch 4 over Mirotic, Ryan Anderson is probably the best available. I just think they're sort of stuck in a holding pattern until Rose inevitably moves on when his contract finishes. Otherwise maybe you trade Gasol for a guaranteed 1st and reload for next season potentially. John Paxson and Gar Forman are unfamiliar with the "trades" verb you speak of. There is "signing Kirk Hinrich" and "draft players with Iowa St ties" and that's it.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Dec 12, 2015 -> 10:40 PM) I had a Cub fan tell me trading Schwarber for Q straight up was idiotic. Cubs fans like having a weak rotation. Well, in their defense, their team was 3rd in team ERA last year. It had the NL bump, but, if that's weak, I'll take it.

Ha, true, now that cubs reporters don't have the reflexive "we'll just trade Castro" they are really going to struggle.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 12, 2015 -> 04:33 PM) 15th in fWAR for hitters after the ASB He's one of the weird cases where the national media, who can largely just check in on stats and general sentiment, have a better gauge on his value than local media, who stopped following the sox after Eaton's horrible first 2 months.

I would say that there is a strange sentiment on the score right now of not knowing that Eaton actually had a pretty good year.

I've yet to meet a blue jays fan who didn't love lowrie. Reyes on the other hand...

Being able to watch Heyward in the OF for the next 8 years would have been a dream.

Do you assume Micah is on big league club no matter what

Looks pretty good. Looking forward to when that AA group hits AAA.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 11, 2015 -> 03:05 PM) Eaton has a good arm, he just takes too damn long to throw the ball. Avi actually did a great job last year of getting rid of the ball quickly. It does annoy me how often he throws the ball 3 feet in front of him and skips in to second base.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 11, 2015 -> 03:01 PM) Agree, I think Jim does an excellent job. That said, the discussion is awful their (maybe because I'm too old school and can't possibly figure out how to even follow their conversations). I pretty much stick to this forum...any other I find the actual discussion horrible. Just a bunch of people making absurd comments. I know people think Soxtalkers make absurd comments, but damn, some other sites (which are popular) are beyond crazy at how uncivil and terrible the discussion is. For example, chicitysports...my god, I can't even read more than a a few posts. It is pathetic. Sad cause they do get some good discussion on the Bears but too many people just want to say their name associated with a post or something. I really cannot stand commenting systems that aren't chronological. I get you can follow one sort of thread on topic, but it's a damn mess.

I think Jim still does a really good job. SBNation in general hits more than it misses. The Bears SBnation is probably the worst.

I just don't understand why he has an issue playing with pace, to me, he should be really good at it.

Yeah, I have some hope that his vision really is messing things up considering he wasn't this bad in playoffs last year, but his complete inability to finish in a crowded space is just heartbreaking. Rose is done. Noah's done. We went from a young, explosive athletic team, to a slow plodding group. Not fun to watch.

Guys, having Eaton allows us to have Laroche, don't forget that.

That's...weird logic.

So, Brett Lawrie...

He's one I'm interested in, in terms of market. Will those that tried to go big reward him big as plan c? Or will the market be dried up, and he ends up signing at a reasonable melky cabrera range. Not sure I'd want this. Would plug us up with a player we'd still look to upgrade on.

I still think this podcast is very compelling as basically a modern rashomon (though without anyone being witness). Take normal people in an extreme situation where the truth is obscured, and try to get as close as you can to what the truth could be. It's just really compelling entertainment on truth and doubt and storytelling.