Balta1701

His method of succeeding is to lock up 2000 kids in cages in order to protect america's white majority. Congrats on your success. I hope it helps.

John McCain pledged before the 2016 election that he would never allow Hillary Clinton to nominate a judge to the Supreme Court. If he's alive and physically able...they might well truck him in.

Actually his first 5 seasons put him 6th in career OPS as a White Sox player. His stats could have been a lot better, he could have been the guy he was in 2014. Frankly, the fact that he wasn't that guy ever again contributed to the 2015 and 2016 failures.

It's not a matter of what they'd support, they'd actually have to vote against a Republican nominee, because Donald Trump isn't going to nominate a swing vote. There would have to be 51 votes against the guy.

Oh, and if anyone reading this happens to be the parent of a girl age 12-18, sometime in the next year you should have a conversation with them about an IUD, because you may not be able to have that conversation later. Ditto purchasing a package of plan B (probably good if you have a son also). The Hobby Lobby case established that they will not take into account what medical science says about how treatments actually work when they decide cases.

First of all, that's a disastrous situation on its own. Second of all, that is only true if the national congress chooses not to pass a law on that issue, which, without Roe v. Wade, they would be entirely within their power to do, as Congress has the ability to regulate the legality of medical procedures under a huge amount of precedent.

Roe v. Wade will be overturned. I'm uncertain whether they'll be able to bring back the full sodomy laws, they're still on the books in many states just unenforceable due to a 5-4 decision. The religious right will not let Roe v. Wade stand, that has been their singular demand for my entire adult life, and they have the power to do so.

Personally, I think you're now overreacting to his big 2017, and saying he's a sub-.800 OPS hitter long term would be overreacting to his current slump. He's still a good hitter, but he's not a great hitter, and he's fairly paid to be a good hitter, so teams aren't going to line up to trade a lot for him.

And that's basically where I'm at too. At this point, a competitive team could probably find something as useful as Abreu to them as a salary dump, if the White Sox traded Abreu it would basically also be a salary dump as he's fairly paid for what he's doing right now but offers little extra value, and the White Sox shouldn't need to do a salary dump.

When his 2016 and 1/3 of his 2018 seasons aren't reflective of anything, you're starting to reject a substantial portion of his career.

No one said anything about "Sudden aging". I certainly don't think he's going to put up a .599 OPS for the rest of the season. The guy is doing right now slightly worse than he did in 2016. His good luck in May offsets his bad luck in June. I think he'll be slightly better than this for the rest of the season, but that's a low to at best mid-800s OPS hitter, which is a good hitter but not great, and which is a fair summary of what he's been his entire career with the White Sox.

If they give out $5-6M on Nwaba and vastly greater than that on Lavine, even if it's not "max money", then there's no way they can offer 2 max deals next offseason. The difference between the $11 million I counted to get them "right on the border" of 2 max deals and $3 million in the buyout is $8 million, if $5 of that goes to Nwaba then they can't sign Lavine for more than $3 million and still be able to make 2 max offers.

Frankly, everything you've said here is correct. He still remains a solid player and he will likely remain a solid player for the next few years, but he's fairly paid to be that solid player, which means you're unlikely to get anything of huge value back for him in a trade.

Ok, that's not listed in any of the contract detail sites I checked, it was only shown as a player option in Hoopshype.

But counting #3 and the fact that they didn't decide the partisan gerrymandering case and the fact that they decided that racial gerrymandering was ok in Texas, they continue to set things up to make sure that even if Democrats get more votes, it's narrow enough that the Republicans will remain in control of everything.

They might have a legit shot at 2 max offers next year, but they have to be extremely careful about it because they're still going to have Asik's dead $12 million on the books next year. Another $8 million on the books for Felicio brings them to $20 million, then they have Markannen at $5 million, Dunn at $5 million, this year's 2 draftees at about $3 million each, a draft hold for next year's lottery pick at about $3 million, and that brings them all the way up to $39 million. If we're talking about players in years 7-9 of their contract, the max for them is $29 million, which means that the Bulls could offer 2 of them next year if they did not sign Lavine, let Valentine, Portis, Grant, and Payne all walk, did not add anyone, did not sign anyone for more than 1 year this offseason, did not take back any money in trades, and did not sign anyone who had been in the league for 10+ years (their max is $34 million). Note that "not signing Lavine" is in that list. If they sign him to a multi-year deal, the only way to be able to offer 2 max deals will be for them to shed salary such as Felicio or Asik, which they'll have to give up something of value to make happen. They will still be able to offer at least 1 max deal next year no question, and conceivably the year after as well.

During the month of April he put up a .267 BABIP and a .827 OPS. During May, he put up a .390 BABIP and a .933 OPS. During June, he put up a .243 BABIP and a .599 OPS. So yeah, when you picked him right at the top of an unsustainable hot streak, it didn't look unsustainable. It looks like, thanks to May being hot and June balancing it out, he's right back to the hitter he was in 2016, which you're telling me is an exception he won't match again.

I don't believe the Bulls have space for 2 max guys this year. They would need to dump Lopez and not bring back Lavine to get anywhere close. They have $60 million on the books, with a $101 million cap, and that's not counting the draft values or Lavine. They gave up their chance at 2 max deals when they took back Asik's deal. They absolutely should have space for 1 max.

And yet now take a look. What year looks like the exception? 2017.

That basically nothing on the books changes immediately if they extend LaVine. And I'm skeptical on the "If everyone develops with no problems" comment, because that seems quite unlikely. If it happens then it is a credit to this organization, which as of late would be unusual.

Frankly yeah, because Abreu isn't a consistent .950+ OPS guy, he was that guy for 1 year and has gone downward since then. Seriously, just take a look at his career OPS number; if you were trading for this guy, you're trading for him hoping he might put up an .820 OPS the next year and a half and then you can cut him loose. .964 .850 .820 .906 .793 Over the past 4 years combined that averages out to an .850 OPS.

Jeff Sessions would like to remind you that he thinks this whole outcry is hilarious.

Well yeah, aluminum and steel producers.

By 2019, the qualifying offer is likely to be closing in on $19 million for 1 year. Honestly, Abreu is unlikely to receive any compensatory picks with his career arc and his age. And for this being a "slump", right now he's looking an awful lot like the player he was in 2016, a low-.800s OPS player who is now in his early 30s.