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The Cubs know their window is somewhere between closing and closed, and their debt levels combined with zero revenue are putting them in a spot where they are probably in trouble with the MLB rules for debt versus revenue, as they were really highly leveraged even before the pandemic happened.

Oh I get it. You are just going to keep poking at it until someone does something about it. Don't treat me like I am stupid.

You can also make a clear argument that he is around the least likely to get to that reward level.

He has maxed out at 76.1 IP for the last 5 years. If you are counting on him for more innings than he has ever given you in the last 5 years, you are doing it wrong.

Look, obviously Trevor Bauer should be the answer, but the Sox aren't in that market. For my two cents, when I look at this rotation as it stands today there are a whole of of innings and starts to fill. We know Kopech probably isn't starting this season with the big team. It really sounds like they want Crochet working out of the pen. So how do you fill those innings? For my two cents, my #1 goal is to not do anything that endangers the depth and future pieces we have coming through the system. We already did it with Dunning and Lynn. Hopefully Lynn extends to fix another future hole in the pen, but until they, the pitching should be mostly off limits. Maybe a Steiver whose timing is blocked by the guys who are already ahead of him, but for the most part, pitching should be off limits. #2 hopefully we are looking at the free agent market. Keep in mind with the injury risks, if they aren't starting, then you are dropping into the minors to cover their starts. So if your bring in a Paxton or Richards, sure you get some great starts, but then you also get Reynaldo Lopez, Jon Stiever, and company doing a lot of other starts. The stability of knowing that you are pretty sure about getting a certain guy, and knowing that he is going to give you six innings every five days allows you to set your pen, not overextend those guys, and have them ready to go when you need them. #3, again while it would be nice to be getting a top flight guy to fill in back of the rotation, if you can't, it isn't the worst thing, because you are going to be running one of the best offenses in baseball out on the field every day, so if you have to win some games 7-5, so be it. You are OK with that. #4, while we want the Sox to spend, they are obviously being safe and conservative with the budget. Assuming this season isn't a worst case scenario, hopefully a budget conscious move allows them to make another move at the deadline, if needed. Realistically, Jose Quintana fits this resume. He is also a guy you already know, and he seemed to fit into the White Sox just fine before, so there isn't a real feel that he wouldn't now.

Except you are only getting a month or two out of him.

Again, if this is a cute attempt to draw some sort of false equivalency between consent and non-consent, this is a failure.

Of course the President is the King of Cancel Culture by targeting anyone who speaks out against him.

David Haugh doesn't want to see guys who are washed up get fired, for obvious reasons.

From the guy who complained about the swear filters not working...

This. It is really bad roster management to lose TWO pitchers for 5 days with a set up like this.

Back on topic here, it is really obvious that the Sox are still looking. They were connected to Perez, and they have been connected to Richards and Quintana, as well as various trade markets. Could they do nothing? Sure. Will do they do nothing? Probably not.

With one of the smallest chances at hitting it.

No where near 50% would do that. There is one guy who is trying to defend this. Believe it when people tell you who they are.

As much as I would like to take another dump on TLR, this is a BS move meant to distract from someone who doesn't deserve this job and has committed a crime. If your reaction to this is that "well Tony LaRussa did worse" YOU are part of the problem. Quit trying to disqualify sexual harassments, and ergo run down those who are victims of it, by trying to minimize it with whataboutisms.

If you have sent one without it being requested, you are the problem.

Hopefully JR isn't sending Cohen Dick pics.

Money isn't a substitute for decency. Al Capone and Pablo Escobar were notoriously generous. Pretty sure I don't want either neighbors.

Yeah on a list of most hated players, he would rank #1 for me, and no one else is particularly close.

You need to find Padrestalk or something, because being a Sox fan has fried your logic circuits.

I really think as you are the first person losing their mind about this, that the scope here isn't "a lot".