South Side Fireworks Man

Wait. I thought Moncada was supposed to be an elite defensive 3B.

It's always something.

Because the White Sox.

Even at his weight Jake Burger is one of the faster runners in MLB. And he hustles.

Who cares?

Tanner became Manager in '71. Forster came up in '71, and Gossage in '72. Dick Allen was acquired in '72. But yeah, good times and great memories.

Yeah, at least we had young guys like Melton, May and Herrmann to look forward to.

If they would have signed Harper and Machado, they wouldn't have had the money to extend the crap "core" players and would have been better off today for it.

No wonder so many deals got done. KW was almost always able to close a deal, whether it turned out good or bad. Hahn is usually left sitting empty handed at his seat at the table.

Once again the middle of that White Sox lineup features the team's strength, an abundance of right handed power hitters.

Almost everything about Jake seems like a feel good story.

Go Marlins!

I didn't watch a second of the game last night. So their "elite 3B" didn't have his head in the game. Par for the course.

They probably could have had him for Eloy.

Marlins won. That's all that matters.

I don't see how Yoan has anything to do with the issue of whether or not they should have traded Jake Burger.

But Hahn said they traded him because right handed power hitting is a position of strength of this team.

Jake was my favorite player on this team (didn't say he was the best player, that's obviously Robert). The guy could hit the ball harder than anyone, had a great attitude, played any position he was asked and improved as he played more, and was generally a like-able guy. I hope he goes on a tear and leads the Marlins to the playoffs this season, and has a successful career. I'll be cheering him on.

Par for the course.

A++ Hahn was able to restock the farm with prospects while keeping his championship core of Moncada, Anderson, Eloy and Kopech intact.

Except Rick Hahn, apparantly.

Wow! Look at all that RH Power in that lineup! How can they lose?

RH power is a position of strength for the Sox?? LOL! A big portion of what little power the Sox have had this season was from Jake Burger. The Sox lineup is starved for power.

Eloy is more expensive, always getting injured, is a lousy outfielder and is a DH who whines that he doesn't like to DH. You can have him. I'll take Jake Burger who can play 3b, 2b, 1b at least as well as Eloy plays OF, and can DH without whining about it.

And Eloy is flawless.