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I wish the Sox had a better off-season for on forum and off forum reasons. Going to be more like this coming if squad gets off to a sluggish start.

pisses me off the sox traded a player I'm not a huge fan off but that is objectively a really good asset (Madrigal) for this [homophobic pejorative].

A Ford Pinto maybe, but with used car prices maybe not.

Thing is, even if he is good you're getting good for 50-70 innings and furthermore the value of those innings depends quite a bit on the starting rotation and offense. It doesn't matter how good he is if he's entering a 3-5 ballgame in the 7th more often than not. It's just a stupid way to spend money, FFS.

there is NOTHING performance wise any vet can do in spring training to change my perception of them. nothing. I'm too old for that shit man. 20 years of being a hardcore fan and I can count the number of hot springs from an aging vet that carried over into the year on...zero fingers. Can you name a single one?

somewhere Jimmy Rollins thinks about picking up the glove again.

From a week of meaningless games? Dude you've lost the plot; I've been on the same page with you in the past about knee jerk reactions to the FO's moves, but I can't defend this anymore.

Hold that water! Josh Nelson @soxmachine_josh · 1h Jerry Reinsdorf is 86 years old, lives in Arizona, and has allowed the White Sox CBT payroll to reach a new high of $200 million. For the first time in my life, I find myself defending Reinsdorf more than ever and it's weird.

This offseason is like a late era Hawk HR call. That ball hit deep, back, back, back, way back...stretch, stretch, and it's caught at the wall. Dadgumit.

Yea I don't know how anybody that watched him on the Sox last year thought he had surplus value. But it's one thing for fans to think that, it's another to think that when you're talking to your peers every single day as a GM.

It's worse.

Yikes. Even for this franchise, this is a new low.

We have a GM that knows nothing about the game of baseball! Your bullpen is only as good as your offense!

this guy is exhibit A through Z as to why spending money on the pen is stupid. ironically if it's one area that nobody really complains about with the Sox it's finding cheap bullpen arms within the system or cast off from other systems. And yet here we are spending apparently about 30% of the payroll on it.

"bottom feeder once regression hits entire lineup" -- @Jack Parkman

Forgot about that. @Harold's Leg Lift any thoughts here? Forget the futility with the bat, how about a -9 RAA according to Fangraphs in his half season of time in the OF? This is historical level of suck as a rookie.

From your lips to god's ears. Throw the mets into that pile for good measure. Some epic NYPost headlines come August.

amazing over reactions to spring (first week at that) from people that have been here a decade. mercy. Should repost my guide. Here's the cliff's notes: Vets: does he look healthy? Literally nothing else matters. Jose could go 0-50 but if he's running well who cares. Youngsters: are they holding their own? If so, good, put that down for the minimum and maximum level of competence that you can show in spring. 400/500/700 lines don't matter. Just don't get hitless in 20 PA before going back to minor league camp. that's it, that's all you can take away. youngsters don't look overmatched and vets look healthy.

Easy: Mariners. Team had the most absurd sequencing luck late in games last year and they will struggle find 600 innings out of the 5 guys they currently have in their rotation.

I mean they could all have bad years, it happens. That said, I'm more worried about the pitching. The offense has several breakout candidates as well as regression candidates. The pitching has a lot of guy that need to play to the back of their baseball card and stay healthy.

He def was off balance at times. He really has the ability to have both a short swing and a long barrel in the zone. It's probably why he was #3 overall as projected 1B. Hopefully he can let his natural talent emerge this year and adjust inside when necessary while still looking out over the plate.

So one of the best offensive players in the game. I'll take that. Not sure he can hit more than 275 personally.

You got a slash for that?

He's going to the Dodgers.

I hate to say it but I think Giolito has LA on his mind and I don't blame him.