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Heading into 2020 would be the better time to make a splash signing anyway. I think it would be hilarious if the White Sox signed Sale back after trading him, though I'd want at least 4 of these starters to develop for postseason purposes.

Or maybe we let him work through being a Major League Starting Pitcher at the age of 23 and hope he develops to the point that those negative value pitches become positive value ones. Corey Kluber wasn't the Corey Kluber we know today that's won 2 Cy Young Awards until he was 28. Besides, it's not like there's anything at stake for the team this season, so you might as well see if development time will turn him into the player we hoped we were getting from Washington.

The whole point of extending now is to get a discount. If you can get him for 6/$90 after this year, for example (team control through 2024), then you're taking a risk that he'll blow out and you're on the hook for that money, but he's taking a risk of losing 3 prime free agency years if he does bounce back. Of course it's a gamble, but if you're unwilling to take calculated risks trying to build a championship baseball team, you're not going to build a championship baseball team.

Do they still have Cease as a 45 FV?

Do you think that a 70% POC district should be represented by a POC for the first time in its history? Do you think pro Wall Street, pro big Pharma Joe Crowley who is claiming it's "his destiny" to be in Congress and that he "can't help being born white" and that his opponent's campaign is "about race" and therefore "unnecessarily divisive" deserves to "crush" a candidate like Ocasio-Cortez, as you put it? Wait, you mean "Vote Blue No Matter Who" will never work for progressive because the centrists will just fill Congress with horrible, easily beaten Congressmen who will only get one term because of that strategy? How could anyone have possibly known that?

Gamecast had that ball 3 inches inside. How bad was it?

Well, they have to put all the pressure on Yoan.

If you extrapolate Covey's current numbers over 32 starts, that's a 5 fWAR pitcher. SSS, but hopefully he keeps it up.

@Reddy, thoughts on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

Half of all Americans have nothing saved for retirement due to the financial pressures of everyday life. Even Fox (Fake) News can't deny it, though they still suggest fairly out of touch with reality solutions. Since you brought up 401k balances going up, who's really the one out of touch with the reality of the average American today? Don't worry, I'll expect no response to this post just like there was no response to the last one. I take it as your acknowledgement that I'm right.

Nah, they gotta throw in Andujar to sweeten that deal. Maybe even Florial for good measure.

Lol I posted something about Covey possibly going the distance and he gets yanked after giving up a single on the heels of a dominant 6 innings. Only had 83 pitches.

Is Dylan Covey really going to outpitch Chris Sale?

To be fair, if the MiLB gamecast is accurate, the ump is really squeezing him. I've seen 5 balls called this inning that gamecast had as strikes.

5(!) BB tonight. MLB hitters would make him pay for that.

Kopech on a roll. 5 Ks through 2. 30 pitches so far.

I really wish other teams hadn't caught on to Larnach and the Sox could've snagged him in Round 2. I hope the Twins trade him.

Okay, so maybe that's not an indicator of his bat control. That doesn't take away from scouts having put 80s on his bat speed and bat control, or that he simply does not strikeout, or that every time I've seen him play, he makes good contact with the ball.

You have Robert, Rutherford, Adolfo, Basabe, Gonzalez, and Walker at a minimum that are legitimate OF candidates outside of Jimenez. That's 7 guys for 3 spots. If you're going to pay Harper, and it will likely be a half a billion dollar contract if you do pay him, you'd better do it with the plan of moving one of he or Jimenez to 1B or DH. That said, with Collins coming, you likely want to keep that DH slot open, so which one of Jimenez or Harper do you move to 1B under this plan?

Adley. Rutschman.

No one wants to pay higher taxes. You know that as well as I do, because we work in the same field. That's why you have to have laws which require a certain amount of tax to be paid. Taxation is not theft, it's paying proportionately for your share of the costs associated with having a society, from which everyone benefits. Some benefit more than others, which is why progressive taxation makes sense.

It's not as good of an experience as you think. Worse if there's a "Dynasty" from another team in that timeframe. Even worse if that "Dynasty" is a bunch of proven cheaters who only were able to achieve their success by cheating.

There are way more OF in the system than IF. Your plan relies on Moncada, Anderson, and Madrigal to all be productive players. Don't get me wrong, I certainly hope they are, and having Madrigal in the org makes going after Harper more feasible, but I don't see the White Sox being willing to commit half a billion dollars to one player, and I think that's what it will take to get Harper.

So you think taxes should be higher, then? That makes sense, there are only two options to eliminate a deficit - raise revenues or reduce expenses - and the only expenses that could be reasonably reduced by the government right now are military expenditures, but even if they did that, it would be wiser to put those cost savings into social welfare programs than to just simply reduce the deficit, so the only truly wise thing to do would be to raise revenues by raising taxes.

Only thing I can think of is if you buy Machado (or Arenado), that kills part of his value.