southsider2k5

Hes put up negative fielding numbers every year of his career.

If people are interested in what White Sox pitching development sounds like today, give this a listen.

Crochet wasn't optioned this year.

If this is a real thing, it probably means bad news on Cespedes and Colas, at least for this year.

Yeah here we go.

Apparently he has said that 36 of the last 54 days.

YOu only get an opt out if a team is willing to agree to one.

Actually that isn't true. Before this season Mazara was a bad defensive RF and a barely below average hitter. The hope was he would have a break out year, and not a breakdown.

Oof. This take. #1: Look at the career of Mazara #2: Look at the career of Moncada #3: Moncada is under contract until 2024, and if you tried to sell him off 29 other teams would be thrilled to take him. #4: Mazara is in arbitration and is probably is line for a raise, in an off season where you are about to see the worst free agent market on history. #5: Even if you project 2021 Mazara to come in at career norms, you will still be able to buy similar production expectations much cheater on the free agent market. #6: Even if you don't sign a RF, there is an expectation that an Engel/Leury RF could give you at least a neutral WAR next year. In 60 games this year we got 1 WAR combined out of the 2, playing 52 of those games.

As I thought. You can't answer to any of it.

When it the last time you saw someone get a paycut through arbitration?

The cuts keep coming.

I see no doubts that we go after a top half starting pitcher. Maybe it will be Bauer, maybe it won't. But I don't see a scenario where we go into 21 with only 2 trustworthy pitchers. I think we pick up a top half guy, and then let the last four guys (Cease, Dunning, Kopech, Lopez) battle it out for the last two slots. My complete guess is that Dunning and ReyLo win the spring battles, while Cease and Kopech open in Charlotte as starters (if there is a MiLB season)

I think he is a smart enough business man to know that if he was really going to sell before he died, you will never see a better tax situation than he saw the last four years. He's in this until death at this stage, I really believe.

Its only 15 cases.

I appreciate the idea, and hopefully it happens, but this method costs A LOT more.

But this trend has even hit mediocre hitters with extreme tendencies. Mazara is a great example. The kids power was completely gone last year, he was hitting for garbage, and the defense is giving you a hit. Get on and turn over the line up. He finally swung the other way a couple of times late in the season, which is about as good.

The guy who thinks this isn't a big deal has 11 of the 44 posts in this thread.