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Could Cespedes sign that cheap of a deal? I have to imagine if anything he signs something with a MiLB deal with some millions of dollars (maybe 3-5) if he makes the team by a certain date. A million seems like it wouldn't even be worth getting off of the couch for after the contract he just came off of.

$90 peg for the close.

Sure there are differences. I just can't go with the people pretending that because he didn't have a minor league season to put up "stats" that he can't be ready for anything this year.

I don't agree with that. There has been a lot of talk of players getting a much higher level of competition than what they would have seen if they had been on regular minor league teams. The Astros are actually of the opinion that there should be less minor league ball, and instead want more instant feedback in situations where behaviors can be instantly corrected. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/do-we-even-need-minor-league-baseball/

I don't get the impression that Lucas spends a lot of time worrying about his next contract, nor should he.

He doesn't have to fix everyone, but if he can get one of two of the top end kids, his job will be a lot easier.

I mean the stuff is obvious. Even if he fails for years, there will be teams who take shots at him because of that arm.

According to a reddit message board, Lucas Giolito has repeatedly told his dad that Dylan Cease could be the best pitcher the Sox have.

Not sure where the numbers actually fell, but the Sox also had about 20 million in internal raises happening up and down the roster from 20 to 21 based on full season numbers.

After seeing the above post, you should probably just walk away from this topic.

Looking at what the Rockies are doing, if they take on a bad money from Denver, a deal can get done... but they won't, so that's over.

A year extension would be fine, or even a year and an option, but I am more than OK with going year to year with him.

Stock halted

I felt bad for selling my puts too early. Yuck.

I wouldn't be surprised to see some dead cat bounce here, but I think the funeral planning should start. Be careful.

It is down almost $250 a share since Monday. Like I said, I hope people took their profits.

75

GME now under 100.

You can't short an IPO.

Yeah I am sure the White Sox just funded a sixty man circle jerk in Schaumburg for two months, as it couldn't have possibly done the team any good to have the players playing as close to real baseball as possible because absolutely no one was getting an infectious disease or injuries to where they would need replacements on the active roster.

Callaway found a way to get rid of himself.

Hasn't anyone told the Dodgers that you only need 3 starting pitchers for the playoffs?

He has to be the favorite right now.

Going off of the Hendriks AAV there. If you want to quibble he also got a million dollar signing bonus so the full 21 outlay is 12 million, not 11. Either way you get the idea. Past that, all of those pitchers won't be relievers but out of them, you can find a closer. Not all of them will start either. But they give you options to find a closer. The Sox had an awful rotation which forced them to overuse their bullpen, which is the quickest fail for a pen to fail. They tried to get 8 plus innings out of the pen if a starter gives them 5 or 6, they aren't shoving relievers into bad roles. Again the Sox pen is really good. It wasn't their fault the starters failed.