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And his performance. There's a lot of assholes in pro sports that produce. Problem with Puig is that it's 50/50 if you're getting the 1 WAR version or the 3 WAR version. The 1 WAR version ain't worth it and everybody knows it.

No idea because it really depends on if he hits 280/330/400 or he hits 300/360/440. the latter is a borderline star with good defense at 2B, a 3-4 WAR player. The former is just a solid regular 2 WAR type. Can he find some power? Can he maintain a high batting average without it? Can he learn to take a few more walks? We'll see.

Nobody wants him. That’s a red flag.

oof.

Fegan's talking a lot more past the halfway part and it got a lot better. That said, Fegan didn't really say anything groundbreaking either. Oh well it's content on a boring day.

Starts at about 59 minutes. I'm about 1/2 of the way through the part on the Sox. Can't see I really agree with much of anything they'd said so far. As usual I think us fans know more than most national guys. Some pretty lazy takes imo. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-1497-season-preview-series-padres-and-white-sox/

Yea but yanking their chain is part of the fun as well!

There's a professional digital media 30 something running the account and then there's probably half a dozen "interns" or entry level twentysomethings that brainstorm marketing ideas or run the account in the wee hours of the morning in case some news breaks. That's how most PR operations work at mid sized companies. Of which the Sox qualify here. The Fortune 50 companies I'd imagine like Apple and Nike and so forth have an entire army of PR folks in digital and everywhere else.

'cause it's fun and there's still about a week until any real spring training news?

I think in this case it's tenacity of the self promotion from the "ground zero" account: mlb incel, er intel.

Steve Stone needs to smoke a joint and relax. He's an OFFICIAL mouthpiece of the White Sox. Being a jerkface isn't a good luck.

Some dude tweeted the deal was done pending Arenado waiving his NTC. This was about an hour ago. Crickets since.

I'd make that deal so fast time would dilate. Madrigal is a nice player, he's hardly untouchable.

I have a hard time saying any player will "regularly put up 8 war seasons" but Moncada is probably about one of 10 in baseball that could potentially do that.

Man remember when they were putting out stuff like this? I ain't even mexican and I'd rep that.

Pretty much. This has the potential to damage the Twins quite a bit. No 3 WAR Maeda and oh yea the guy they tried to trade has a bum arm and now everybody knows it. Of course it could be they just want some more imaging/testing done and it goes through anyways. We'll see.

Just make sure there's no electrical boxes in play.

Honestly I liked that article a lot more than the sorta rote minor prospect analysis posted previously. More of this stuff would be cool. I always thought Sandy was a very good influence on those teams and glad to have it confirmed. He was a true pro.

I'd like to see him sit a bit more personally. 140 games should be the target and being as close to 100% for those 140 as possible.

Yes during my rehab from the torn patellas I did a lot of eccentric training and still do. The training guides I watched (and that I followed) did one leg stuff on a wedge. I believe the theory is that the wedges help shorten the chain between the achilles and hip so you can more safely target those areas when rehabbing and training. As my surgeon noted and you noted upthread it's usually only explosive strong athletes than can rip tendons. It's just so unusual to see it in someone so young like Jake. I was 31 when I blew mine out.

Cool but I"ll eat my hat if Moncada doesn't have an OBP over 350 one way or another. He'll regress with the BABIP 20 or so points but I'd imagine this is the year he really refines his strike zone to the best of both world's between swinging away early and going deep into the count and he hits something like 275/360/500

Interesting tidbit, thanks for that.

lol, some people think you can turn chicken shit into chicken salad. they can safely be ignored.

Everybody would prefer a better player in RF. That's...not even an argument. But Steele Walker is not a lamentable loss.

what good is "control" of a C+, likely AAAA OF? Not much. And you're acting like Mazara is only a 2020 player. He could be a short or medium or even long term RF option.