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Silly me, I actually expected an elite free agent when this rebuild was kicked off in 16.

Bernardo Flores doing what it projects him to do would be such a boon.

JRs real advice to that Marlins guy should have been "always have one of the worst positions in baseball on your team, that way, any improvement makes the fans satiated. Gives them that little bit of excitement that this might be the year"

I forgot about that!

Exactly what I woke up thinking. Imagine getting a 1.000 OPS guy in a lineup that will add Vaughn and Robert and have Madrigal as DEPTH. That is comparable to the best lineups in baseball. An actual Elite thing to have.

If the white sox couldn't handle Sale, good luck with Bauer. Also by signing Boddy I'd imagine the Reds pony up to re-sign Bauer.

it's obviously a joke.

He's saying that when we see him hit well, it's actually because we are dreaming.

Well, as someone who would pass on Castellanos/Ozuna, I would say that's a logical fallacy that grades players on a perfect slope. I'd pay $36 million a year for Betts, but wouldn't pay $20 million a year for Castellanos, despite the idea that Castellanos being half as bad may not even be true (actually it probably is). But being able to add the marginal wins to a single position is super valuable. When you have a deep competitive team a lot of players are 2 WAR so to have a 6 WAR guy in one position it gives you an easier opportunity to stack the wins that get you to 94, 96, 98 elsewhere.

No shit. Doesn't mean it's not what they should do. They should pay Betts and have an unbelievable offense through the first half of the decade while finding Mazara-like pitchers.

This is nonsense, you were just complaining about how it would be bad if they signed springer because it like overwrote Mazara, but now you are saying "well obviously they would not sign Springer". Well yeah, the problem is they won't sign Springer, there would be zero problem if they signed Springer.

His agent is not scott boras.

Everything is Samardjiza trade. Even when it's not at all a samardjiza trade.

What are you talking about, a 1 year 8 mill 3 WAR guy is what Joc Pederson is now and he was clearly expensive enough that they went after Mazara instead. We gave up a top ten prospect for Mazara, what do you think Pederson gets? And if he fails...and you have Springer. So your "oh no this deal is WORSE if we get springer" I can't get mad about that because it is all predicated on having Springer.

B) but also just keep Madrigal as he was always a clear cut player that could handle multiple positions while a profile of a guy that can come in day by day and give you competitive at bats. Sox could easily find enough bats for this year and figure out everything next year when they know what they have with Mazara.

If Mazara hits, they could still sign Springer and be in a great position because they have a cheap Arb guy to sell off for more assets. OR they could keep him, move him to LF and DH Eloy if he doesn't improve defense. To which you say "what about vaughn" and you can see what a good situation the white sox are in if that happens. But yes, the key is signing a very good player that is a no doubt upgrade! not shuffling similarly profiled players.

just want to state I still think the best move left on the board is Rendon.

that was DWS

It's more pitch selection that's his issue. He swings at a lot of pitches hard to drive. He can hit the shit out of the ball but swings at a bunch of crap that lowers his avg. exit velocity and LA.

Bulls missing a broken foot injury? That never happens.

Correct. He can prepare for an individual pitchers plan, but can’t make the overall approach adjustments for consistent success.

https://theathletic.com/1451270/2019/12/11/this-one-hurts-why-the-rangers-traded-nomar-mazara-to-chicago-for-prospect-steele-walker/?source=shared-article Posted this earlier which illustrates that in a clear way: ”. The conversations with team officials tell … exactly the same story: Mazara was sticking with what worked, with what got him to the big leagues at age 20. He was a high-contact hitter who simply didn’t ever figure out how to live up to his outsized potential. He was super-streaky as a big leaguer, so there’s always the risk that he’ll figure it out and become a superstar on the south side, but the assessment I got from sources in the Rangers org was that he was very good at preparing for the day while lacking a bit on the preparation for the season.”

Yeah, that David Price will be Uber moveable and Wil Myers will be a struggle should tell you everything about where to put your money.

https://theathletic.com/1451270/2019/12/11/this-one-hurts-why-the-rangers-traded-nomar-mazara-to-chicago-for-prospect-steele-walker/?source=shared-article really good stuff in here from Texas beat writer

Nobody thought that