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Okay. In that case, maybe we should reserve judgement since none of know a single thing about Eloy Jimenez. The other issue is that what's good for the Chicago White Sox is more important than what's good for Eloy Jimenez.

This is really easy for me. It really is a no brainer. 1. Two months on a terrible team. or 2. An extra year on a potentially good team and/or another year of protection for trade value.

Again, if you want to use that theory, you have to give me examples of players staying in AAA and having it alter their progress. Otherwise, it's baseless speculation and I don't subscribe to that theory.

I would take the risk because I don't believe that an extra 2 months of staying in AAA does anything to hurt him. I disagree with the theory. I could just as easily use a baseless theory by saying I don't want him up on a loser big league club with a loser culture.

His point works against his own logic. What we do know is that the Chicago White Sox absolutely suck right now. Eloy Jimenez doesn't change that. That's not a prediction.

I love when I get opportunities to use this gif. Thanks Adam.

He's talking about trades with the Cubs.

Keith Law's reasoning is that the world might end. He's such a douchebag. I bet his wife can't stand him either.

Give me an example of when this has ever happened to an actual player.

The idea that feasting on AAA pitching somehow hurts a player's development is pretty alien to me. I wouldn't call an extra year of a potential superstar as "just a year." It's not like we have unlimited resources. I just don't see why you would bring him up to play on a terrible team and sacrifice that extra year when it's not going to make a bit of a difference. Sure, I'd love to watch him every day, but I'd love it a whole lot more if I had an extra prime year when the team is actually good.

The vast majority of these players won't be on the team when it matters. They don't "need" Yoan to be a superstar to become a good team. They "need" positive contributions from the majority of positional players and a damn good pitching staff. Luckily, baseball still isn't played on a spreadsheet.

A week later and "checking the boxes" is as worn out as your Dad's white Nikes.

No, they really don't.

The Phantom Menace is substantially better than Attack of the Clones. They're both bad movies though.

The "checking boxes" meme is already tired as hell. Good job on that, guys.

Do you think it's that the "truth hurts," or that secure humans don't enjoy celebrating the failures of others? Next time I see somebody fail, I'll make sure to remind them of the harsh realities of the real world. Thanks, Tom Party Longo, my 36 year old internet realist buddy.

It's not as bad as AoTC, but it's an absolute mess of a movie. It's not even a coherent narrative. It's a pointless collection of scenes. It could be the worst movie I've seen over the last 5 years. It's that bad.

It dead well, but it's already aged poorly and the resentment towards it grows everyday. It had to influence Solo bombing. I'm not sure how much longer they can milk the franchise.

The level of discourse on Soxtalk is at an all-time high. Misogyny. "Retard." Yikes.

I don't know. It's only a domestic franchise and, according to RT, most fans hated The Last Jedi. I think Solo was a failure because those people boycotted. Episode IX will only do really well if the word of mouth is good. It won't bomb, but the franchise has lost a lot of steam.

There goes those dumb players again, not understanding stats. They're too stupid. Valuing hits and batting average? Those idiots.

I like that different umps have different zones. It's adds variance to games, makes players adjust and reminds you they're humans.

The first 2 pitches to Abreu should have been strikes. I'd have wanted them anyway.

That ump is squeezing the hell out of Pena.

In fairness to the rest of baseball, Madrigal's strike zone is about half the size of everyone else.