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I'm not sure there is evidence to support this. There is always going to be a balance of those that take the money vs. those that risk it. People see manny/harper, but also notice guys like frazier/moustakas who didn't get near the payout they expected.

And for the record, I get that it is the rules, and it's not fair the white sox org should have to be benevolent when other orgs are taking advantage. But I am curious if, removing the white sox control from the equation, they think this actually makes the game better?

Vlad's age is not a reason to keep him down. He slashed .381/.437/.636 this year across A+/AA/AAA. Daniel Palka could develop defense in the majors but I guess Vlad Guerrero can not. Frankly I think this stems from an attitude that no player deserves to be paid millions for baseball, and any curtailing of that salary, no matter how unfair or no matter how much it's just profiting owners, is justified. Major League Baseball, constantly fighting off detractors that it's old and stale, should not be in the business of preventing the game's best players from playing in the league. Yes, it's also the right of NBA teams to sit their best players when tanking, or stars for rest. But the league doesn't cheer that on, and there's no reason for me to be going around saying "yayyy, save jerry that money! Chop that year of Eloy's career off! He should have never written that article and kept his mouth shut like I woulda in that situation cause i'd just be happy to be there!" This shouldn't just be the players' cause to improve the product of baseball.

Only one of his receivers last year is still on an nfl roster: josh Bellamy, and he ain’t on a roster because of his receiving skills.

Local coverage for sure. But they also had somewhat of an excuse with Donaldson, which is now gone. Twins, Sox, jays have been getting pretty much equally hammered nationally.

.500 vs winning clubs and beating up on bad ones is a winning combo

While his approach is certainly not pro power, I think it’s underestimated how much benefit he’ll get from his wrist healing and rest in general.

If we rip this to move into 2nd will feel a bit like the 2013 royals imo don’t @ me

Looks like Kanny made playoffs too, good for those players

Man couldn’t believe they got this game on after getting demolished by rain on west side. Got back for 9th...mercy

I know I should temper enthusiasm and be realistic, but I have a hard time believing after watching last years coaching staff and offensive personnel go 5-11 that all of the additions including an all pro adds only 2 wins. with the exception of QB and safety, it fees like every 2 deep is better than last year showing better depth too. obviously, it comes down to Mitch. But just feels like such a better team.

And 6 of 7 we held a lead in

Frare looked good

I get it. But one of the things that squeezed Dolphins was the Tannehill extension in 2015. Once that cap grew it became untenable. Bears structured Mack deal to taper way down if/when they need to extend Trubisky. one of the reasons they were able to do this was having a rookie QB deal and Floyd on his rookie deal.

Prior to Mack being traded would anyone say it would have required less than this? Was there doubt he’d get a slightly bigger bump than Donald? Was there doubt a trade would look like this?

pretty surprised people are against this. Our DL was looking up but our OLb situation looked like it could be our new Achilles heel, like wr last year and cb year before that. our d is now very well rounded. This an offensive system that has shown it can excel even with a 12-18 level QB. they have given everything Nagy/Trubisky need to succeed. If it fails we are in the same trajectory we were in anyway. but if Nagy is a good coach then playoffs aren’t just the ceiling anymore.

Ha I love draft picks but a large portion of that is just loving the draft

Yeah I keep having to remember that Roquan will be there too

Two firsts so far. Totally worth it my opinion (from an entertainment perspective boring since I love the draft ) Love this

Oh my god! Gonna day before I see price it’s worth it but GUlP

They are just reinforcing the charade that they are making this decision not based on financials.

so hamilton needs to be protected now.

Gonna bet on a bummer or a danish.

Sounds like a hot return.