southsider2k5

As I said last year, and will say again, the players aren't here yet. It is insane to expect this core to be competitive, and that is exactly what the GM saw.

Eloy, the bullpen, and expectations of net growth from our now more experienced core.

We had the worst year of the rebuild, when the GM said we would have the worst year of the rebuild. Sox fans are upset that a rebuild is happening like a rebuild.

Sox fans who asked for the rebuild now can't handle the rebuild. You just can't make this stuff up.

Sure. That was my biggest fear of a rebuild. But we are here now, and reversing course back into the Kenny Williams era of 2nd and 3rd tier free agents so we can win 5 more games in a non playoff season will hurt more than it will help in the long run. 5 more wins this season would have been the difference between the 3rd and 8th picks in the 19 draft. I don't think that is worth the possibility of maybe getting a prospect at the break. This is quite literally why we need to take advantage of getting as many high quality prospects into the system as possible.

Looks like the MSFT news came after the close, so that isn't showing in the indexes, but if it holds up until the futures open, this will be a HUGE push for the indexes. MSFT is a very large market share of the SP and NASD.

There have been some pretty significant misses in the last couple of days plus real worry about economy because of them.

Googling around, it seems to be earnings and tariffs with interest rates also getting a mention.

The selling really accelerated in the last hour of the day, or long after the bombs were made public. I haven't heard yet what the onus was in the last hour, but I would be kind of surprised if that is why.

Deadline deal sent him there.

This was a great read.

AJ on Manny is an interesting read.

Reading between the lines of Rick Hahn's statements about prospect for prospect type of trades, I think he is referring to OF depth getting moved for sure, but I think he is going to look to target something like skilled IF depth (3B/SS in that order) versus anything else.

I mean if the Sox made the playoffs in 1960, he'd totally have season tickets now.

I love that you actually believe what happened 60 years ago actually factors into who goes to games in 2018. Then the classic tantrum about money. So much anger.

Let's be honest here. If the Sox were offered Earl Gray tea for Avi he would be gone, let alone Jon Gray.

Bulls gonna Bulls.

The wild card is we haven't even gotten to the government regulation part of cryptos yet. The SEC also hasn't set aside any regulatory capital requirements which means companies have to front 100% capital requirements to hold them.

Looking at him, they have to be praying for a growth spurt. I have no doubt this was a good will thing, and I am sure the dollars were small.

The Orioles missed out on another top international player, and are still sitting on their $6 million

Bingo.