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Sure but none of them will know who Lucroy is.

Yup. They’re paying Carlos and Rey a combined 5 mill to compete for that 5th spot. They’re not bringing anyone of substance on at this point, not in the rotation.

In general I really wouldn’t care about this but this absolutely means they’re done adding to the pitching staff(outside of minor league deals) and I couldn’t hate that more. Rey and Rodon combined are going to make a whole 3 mill less than Q. Just throwing that out there.

As a supposed World Series contender this is what we’re looking at. Good stuff.

Have we given Katz a raise yet? Cause good luck buddy.

Lulz. I’m wrong again.

Exactly.

The Arenado to the Cards thing is a rumor that happens basically every year and never materializes. Highly, highly doubt something comes of it.

Great defender these days too.

Not a single person here said Joc is marginally worse than Adam against LHP. It just doesn't matter to most because neither should be playing against lefties.

As you've stated the Sox already mash left handed pitching though. Does having a guy that can sometimes possibly play against left handed pitching matter like at all? If Adam was still a great defender than obviously this is a different story but he's not. Like I said, imo the Sox just messed this one up.

Eaton doesn't hit lefties decent. He sucks less than Joc does but he's still not good against them. Engel should be in rf against lefties whether we had Eaton or Joc.

Joc was just a better overall fit for this team. I'm not going to be pretend I'm furious about this but it's annoying. The Sox offense while obviously very good last season was middle of the pack in OPS and wRC+ against RHP, Joc just so happens to kill right handed pitching and will probably be a better defensive right fielder than Adam in 2021 as well. The fact that he signed for cheaper is just annoying like I said. Would have been a real nice fit for this team. Oh well I guess.

Ya this was a misstep by Rick. Not much else more to it.

Cocky is good for a lot of professional athletes but I don't think he sounded cocky at all in that interview. Just saying it's doable and he believes in himself. If he didn't that'd be a much bigger issue.

Good for Nick. Love the confidence.

Ya the Law hates the White Sox thing has been debunked plenty of times. The dude just happens to have a different criteria than most.

Nah, he just declared for the Royal Rumble.

Wainwright was also good last season(sample size I know) and Lester wasn't so there is a difference here. Saint Louis is cheap as hell but not bringing him back for 5 or 6 mill makes 0 sense.

RIP Hank

RICK HAHN TO THE RESCUE

So he's just going to fall off a cliff at 34? Could happen but I don't know that and neither do you. The contract puts him right around 25th or so in the league for total value which is pretty close to in line with where his value has been as a player for the last 6 years. People have had it set in their mind that some of these big names were going to get a lot less than they're worth because most teams don't want to spend money but the Springer deal is far from a bad one.

You don't even know the full terms on the Brantely deal and the Springer contract is not a bad one.

We traded for Todd Ritchie when he was 30. Not sure how or why his name was brought up in the first place but it's a pretty awful comparison.

Good for San Diego.