chitownsportsfan

well thank god @The Mighty Mite from sebring florida and his buddy knew that the real talent in the deal was Basabe.

could the sox score a run against the mets tonight?

Sale is on the DL with left shoulder inflammation. Wow.

that's pretty much exactly what would happen, well done!

the leverage works both ways. the .7 WAR or whatever is also more important to a contender. The Mariners would be stupid not to claim him IMO. They are getting negative WAR from Felix. If they make the playoffs and break the longest current streak in NA pro sports that 6 million will be paid back many times. And even if they don't meh. Got that MLBAM money.

You are guys are crazy. 6 million is ash tray money in today's MLB.

He's owed like 6 million, that's not going to scare anybody off. edit: aren't the Padres picking up half his salary this year? Or no? He's either owed like 6 or 12 I guess.

I'd say he's doing very well so far, 5:1 K/BB ratio and over a K per inning but so far only in the low minors. Needs to keep it going into AA. He's certainly more likely to contribute in 2020-25 than a 300k Int. signing.

I think clubs have called Hahn's bluff on Shields and will just claim him off waivers post deadline. Then maybe if there is interest Chicago can get something more than just salary relief.

This guy any good? Good numbers since he entered pro ball but hasn't yet seen AA. Fry 2.0?

He had one really good year, a couple good years, and the rest of the time (nearly half his career) he was around 2 WAR. He was a solid regular that had a couple All-Star level years. Sox need more than that from Eloy.

Carlos Lee? He of a 112 career wRC and whose single season highest ISO was .255? Who was one of the worst defenders in baseball for a decade and finished with 28 fWAR (best season 5.5)? If that's all Eloy turns into then fuck. Sox need Eloy to be a superstar. A guy that is routinely putting up a wRC+ between 130-160 and who can defend his position enough to get to 5-8 WAR on a yearly basis. If he's not, the rebuild takes a step back.

9.8% K rate in AAA, that is absurd for a guy with an ISO over 300. We are really looking at a Manny type hitter.

Personally I feel this is a clear case of being pound foolish and penny smart. I HEAVILY discount any future event that is 7 year out. In 7 fucking years ALOT can happen. So much in fact that trying to predict is pointless. This is basic Nassim Taleb thinking, everybody should read his books.

Hilarious tweet from last night:

Even MLB pipeline is trolling Hahn now:

So like two weeks!

He needs like two weeks on a roster to get the pension. I don't think he gets it, but then again most guys with his skillset never get a month (or any) big league pussy. So he did alright.

Ideally a guy who covers baseball would know the rules and how it pertains to his hometown team. This guy has more value than anybody they were going to sign for 300k or less.

why did they win?

How about putting pitchers in to play 3B? Only going to see more and more stuff like this until they expand the active roster to 26, which will almost certainly happen next CBA negotiation.

boys, this game hasn't started yet.

I am a huge fan of "Bayesian" style induction. You make some good guesses, run some tests, and re-evaluate. Scouting gives MLB teams some "good guesses" about how to judge a player and analytics can refine those guesses.

no way, it got you three free karma.

"well we got some dead wood to clear off the roster..."