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I really can't stand Carson Cistulli but the projections are thankfully free of his words: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-zips-p...cago-white-sox/

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2017 -> 03:59 PM) I think the only league right now where they're anywhere close to risking all the gains of the last 10 years via labor issues is the NFL. Everyone in baseball is still getting rich. Owners, players both. Just an interesting trend to see teams ponying up for fewer years to avoid the long term risk. Yea but the players aren't seeing enough of the profits: Since 1995, MLB’s overall league revenues have increased nearly 650%, going from around $1.4 billion to over $9 billion in 2014. During that same time period, though, MLB payrolls have only increased by around 378%, from roughly $925 million in 1995 to just under $3.5 billion last year. We'll see if the union can remain united enough to commit to a strike. Nobody wants to kill the golden goose but if I'm a MLBPA analyst I'm seeing worrying trends.

Free content in the middle of winter! http://www.baseballhq.com/node/6027?org=CHW&year=2018

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 29, 2017 -> 03:21 PM) That's rather fascinating. I think we are headed towards a strike.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Dec 28, 2017 -> 03:22 PM) I hope they do a full investigation and I hope MLB takes a strong stance against this behavior. From the way she described it almost seems like they had a clubhouse bet on who could f*** her first. The 1st base coaching hitting on her is also off putting given that it's a workplace environment for both.

What a POS. Always is about power in these situations. Rich athlete thinks because he's rich and an athlete no woman can turn him down. The ironic thing is that most of these guys pull more dime pieces in one month than most of us will in a lifetime and yet that's not enough. This sounds so much like the Roethlisberger stories. I think his agent has some explaining to do as well. Sounds like his agent was the wingman for this disgusting behavior.

Wow, ZIPZ sees 4 war for Yelich and 1.9 for Eaton. Selling Eaton after that magical 6 WAR season was a stroke of genius. He'll be lucky to put a 4 WAR season before he retires.

Oh noes! They are going to "pull him off the market"! What great binary thinking they display over there in Bmore. No s*** nobody is going to offer you much for a rental that probably near 2/3 of clubs can't even come close to resigning. If they are hell bent on trading him then revisit it at the deadline they will have more leverage.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 17, 2017 -> 01:44 AM) https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/12/al-r...do-red-sox.html No s*** clearly you left out the subtext: Eloy was offered

QUOTE (ptatc @ Dec 15, 2017 -> 11:16 PM) Yeah, it's a tough one when its a midsubstance tear. It's like trying to tie two pieces of spaghetti together. The internal augmentation device is needed to hold it together while it heals. He should be able to play again but it is a tough one and he'll probably miss a good chunk of this year. edit: I didn't explain the internal augmentation device. It will be a type of synthetic substance such as gortex or the kevlar. They will weave it through the tendon to add stability to the structure as it won't be as strong as it can be for about 18 months. He'll probably play earlier than that but tendon (and most tissues) take about that long to achieve full tensile strength. informative post, thanks -- crazy what they can do! God bless my surgeon. Hopefully he can return to baseball and have a decent career.

QUOTE (ron883 @ Dec 15, 2017 -> 10:33 PM) That makes it all the more depressing. First game of his career.... So sad. I feel awful for the kid. The way he tried to stand up and collapsed is the same thing I did. You literally have nothing connecting your quad muscle to your joint. There is no "there, there". You just collapse like an accordion. You try and move your leg and realize you cannot. Odd feeling.

I had his injury and it's a nightmare. Way worse than an ACL. Apparently his tendon was basically cut in half by the box. That's even worse than mine and he might never play high level baseball again. Most times you rip the tendon off the patella and the surgeons will repair it by drilling holes in the patella and attaching it using kevlar. You can recover and play high level sports again (Jimmy Graham) but it's a long ass road back. I am not sure how they even repair a tendon that is cut in the middle. The patella tendon is the 2nd largest tendon in your body after the achilles and is just as important.

Not much activity on twitter tonight. Only interesting thing I saw was someone claiming that the Orioles want to wrap this up by the end of the weekend.

QUOTE (Soha @ Dec 15, 2017 -> 03:32 PM) It's not as unlikely as you make it seem, given the luxury cap, and how far under it the Sox are, and how those 2 teams are already skirting it. Yep.

QUOTE (Quin @ Dec 15, 2017 -> 03:19 PM) Avi + Adams + Puckett Yes/No? f*** yea.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 15, 2017 -> 03:01 PM) https://mobile.twitter.com/masnRoch/status/...703697763110912 Makes me think teams are offering MLB players Avi and Anderson. Get it done Hahn.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 15, 2017 -> 01:25 PM) Wouldn’t holding onto Kahnle have given them just as good a shot at signing Machado after 2018 (at least they’d have a legit closer) than trying to convince him now? Next offseason, Hahn’s going to have to get all of those weak spots covered (similar to the strategy of signing Cabrera, LaRoche and Robertson) right on top of each other...before he can get a commitment from a legit Top 5-10 FA. Or Kopech, Jimenez, Moncada, etc., are all going to have to play like monsters and the real Rodon is going to need to show up finally. Too early to be drinking, even in China.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Dec 15, 2017 -> 01:20 PM) Left out of a ton of this conversation is whether it is a good idea for the White Sox franchise to pursue a free agent like Machado, who is predicted to end up with a $300-400 million contract over 10+ years. We all would love to have Machado, but I really wonder if it is in the club's best interest to sign a player to mega money for 10+ years, full NTC, multiple opt outs, etc. It looks like a great idea now, but paying a player $30-40 million when he is over ago 30 might not look so good. Thoughts? If you're locking him up for 10 years 300+ million there's no opt out. It would probably be a dealbreaker for me. Having an opt out at say 28 would be brutal. He'd almost assuredly take it and would leave the Sox holding all the downside risk on the deal and none of the upside. These opt outs are poison pills.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 15, 2017 -> 01:14 PM) That’s the normal White Sox move. Bring in Donaldson or Turner a year or two late...stay out of the Arenado and Machado sweepstakes. Of course, Dunn and Robertson were big dollars at their respective positions, but not anywhere close to $300 million plus contracts. We shall see. JR signed Belle to the biggest contract in MLB history. He's not going to shy away from it if that's what it takes.

QUOTE (whitesoxwinner @ Dec 15, 2017 -> 12:05 AM) Perks of having a loaded farm system. for sure. feels good man.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 11:10 PM) I wasn't being critical of the suggested acquisition. My comment was only meant to clarify what it would actually entail. it was a good point you made.

QUOTE (Lillian @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 10:52 PM) More accurately; "You turned Adam Eaton and $300 + Million into Lopez, Machado and Dunning" Well, I don't think I've ever said this on a message board: but it's not my money. Getting Machado wrapped up for 300 million ($30m x 10, boom done) with this young core (minus Gio granted) would have be over the moon excited. Machado is a proven 5 war player. Yea there is some risk in signing him but it's one some team is going to take and if it's the Sox, well f*** me I love it.

QUOTE (Nokona @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 10:37 PM) https://twitter.com/georgeofman/status/941493980201660416 Ofman says no Gio or Kopech says "likely" which seems kinda a silly hedge to me if you're tweeting about it. Pick a side. I'd offer Gio. JR has blessed this move, and he wouldn't bless it if he didn't think they had a shot to resign him. Gio is worth a shot IMO. (You turned Adam Eaton into Lopez, Machado and Dunning!) And getting Machado is going to put some butts in the seats and eyes on the TVs.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 09:41 PM) Signature material. When the goal is to suck, Cody's your man -- his agent.

QUOTE (wrathofhahn @ Dec 14, 2017 -> 09:26 PM) BA had Kopech 32. Devers was 18. You aren't getting all three in a trade. Honestly, Kopech right now is probably worth more. Kopech is going to be ranked top 10 by every publication in spring and probably top 5 by a couple. He had an absolute ridiculous season relative to age and level and he put to bed any concern of not having the stamina or pedigree to start. He looks like an improved prospect from last offseason and that is saying quite a bit considering he didn't have that far to elevate. I would think long and hard about Kopech straight up for Devers. I'd probably pull the trigger just based on TINSNAPP but man I'd worry every single night laying in bed I traded Thor 2.0 for "just" a 5 WAR 3B.