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Vera sounds like he'll stay in DR for tax purposes, Cespedes apparently has visa issues.

That's a good one. My players to watch: Kannapolis - all of them W-S - Carranza (had instructs helium), Davis Martin (last time we saw him he was super up and down but sometimes dominant), Freeman (good arm), Bush, Yolbert, Sosa. Birmingham - McClure, Pilkington (reported velo uptick), Adolfo i guess. Carlos Perez. Charlotte - we know the potentially immediate guys, but obviously burger. Hunter Schryver will be nice to see again.

It's not ideal, but if we get 75% of that contract, he is both a legitimate RF option, but also becomes easier to trade if we take on the remaining 75% of the contract, thus having cut his salary in half for the team to offload him (25% from cubs, 25% from sox).

that would definitely be a decent option. Seems like a nice guy too.

My target for Engel to be successful is 90 wRC+. If he can give us that offensively he is a gem. Please get healthy my dude.

Adding $51 million in salary for the next 3 years is also a form of mortgaging the future considering way JR operates.

fortunately it shouldn't take long, if they look stronger and better scouts won't need too long of a track record.

sometimes people fat finger it, it's really not something to get upset about.

This list really is exceedingly small. I think I could circle Keiermeyer, Naquin as possible.

CF is going to be harder to acquire anyone for. There just aren't that many. Maybe TBR trades keiermeyer, is that better than Engel? No idea. Engel may not be a player this year. Is he better than Leury - probably. You could probably improve a corner easier. I'd go after KB, don't care (cowards). Otherwise, my plan A would be to target Cincinnati, see where their heads at. Naquin would be stabilizing. Castellanos salary dump seems possible, but maybe they don't care. We have no idea. Everyone except the tigers is in it right now. Tommy Pham, maybe (very little confidence him being good again). Maybe Dodgers are a big believer in DJ Peters and AJ Pollock becomes available. Those all seem somewhat possible. Gallo seems expensive, but yes, I would trade a package around our young pitchers for him. Honestly I would call Markakis at this point and be like "hey we are getting a bunch of old retired people back together on this team any interest?"

I'm going to be a little lenient on this because who knows what the relationship is like now with the covid protocols, it may have been a lot less monitoring and relying more on players doing the work the last year.

oh great caulfield found the milb forum.

When this came out I just took it at face value (12-16 weeks) and was just firmly committed to still just enjoying this season and reminding myself when a sox year comes together (like yes, even last year) to remember to enjoy it because so many years are like this, where your strength going into the year just gets eviscerated by the baseball Gods. But reading ptatc this is just such a killer. I think it's good to know that uncertainty and he could well recover but it's a huge unknown which is crazy in sports injuries. My biggest thing I keep thinking of is how freakin excited I was last March to watch luis robert play center, and how I have not and may not be able to watch that luis in center ... ever. But maybe this is Robert's Mickey Mantle moment (blown out knee in 51 series where he probably played on a torn ACL for his 17 year career). A setback from the star he was going to be, but still has so much athletic and baseball talent oozing out of every pore that it just reconnects to form a different kind of hall of fame baseball player.

Kinda surprised curbelo is still in org. Was zangari and comas released?

Brutalham Barons

so. much. fun.

I mean, that's definitely what he's hoping people infers, but I find it all too cute. If you heard that, either say that, or if you can't say that, just wait for the few hours it will take. But trying to say it without saying it is too much for me and leads to people thinking everything is a codespeak from these not-that-connected people.

on the other hand, I find this type of tweeting obnoxious. That actually isn't information.

not sure yet but would be really dumb if not June 1, that saves 9 million. Bears with Justin Fields: - We have 3 former QBs as coaches that will be hands on, and two long-time NFL starters to mentor him and let him slowly get up to speed. Bears with Teven Jenkins: - Hello we are going to play you in a different position and cut our only other option so you must succeed thank you

maybe it was just mlb.com's version vs milbs? https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates Found this in a few old game threads.

It's honestly like getting a whole separate soxtalk back. Completely different vibe and groups in here, tons of fun.

This is such a weird year to scout, but I'd still be happy with Fabian at 22 despite it all.

holy smokes, bears just released leno. They better be right about jenkins.

Really enjoyed all the content this weekend. I see both sides with Jenkins, love the talent, worry about missing that extra likely cheap contributor in losing the third. Will be very interested in seeing if the bears are right about LT, but I think I'd prefer him be at his most impactful. Same with Whitehair/Daniels, Whitehair looked much better at Guard, but maybe he's better than mustipher at C? Not enough for me. But is Jenkins going to be so much better than Leno at LT that Jenkins/Ifedi as tackles is better than Leno/Jenkins? I'd be surprised, but now we have a fun competition. That line definitely needed some dudes to push them. I think at this point, you keep Anthony Miller. Cohen as slot receiver will be back in a big way this year, but probably worth it to try it and make it work. T So your healthy receivers feature a lot of Robinson/Mooney/Cohen with Goodwin/Miller behind. Defensively, the dback group really has some wild cards with Roberson/Burns but that is wishing on a star. June 1 will be interesting, where will bears find money, who can they get, etc. On the line, I do have some hopes on improvement here. Nichols played out of position all last year, we have Goldman back and legit depth with Tonga for that role. Their scouts have found guys contribute before, so I hope like hell that attaouchu and blackson are those guys. Just some thoughts. But really I just keep watching Fields highlights over and over.

Yes, this if anything he'll need to learn where to live outside zone. It's a part of where I think he's gotten a little HR prone. College hitters look like they are finally heating up. I know Rocker's stuff has taken a dive but man that guy has guts when he pitches. I hope he can get back to where he was with FB. Fabian has started to get his k-rate under control. Rooting for him to finish strong. Was bound to happen, but nothings really making me feel too excited by the sox position in this class once Jobe got out of reach. Pacheco intrigues me, but these poor hitters all had a rough go of the last year and sox will have to look at high schoolers with some swing and miss and figure it out. Montgomery too looks toolsy and fun. But Painter does sound interesting, maybe just go with that.