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Actually you still have no idea what Nicky can be as a hitter.

Not going to happen. Seriously there is just no good reason for it.

I think the writing is on the wall for Tilson as well. His DFA is probably coming soon.

That's why ERA is the 2nd worst stat to evaluate pitchers on. Those that do should move along with something that makes more sense.

Its really not though. If you go back and look at the last raise cycle, they went from 1 to 5% in the time we have gone from 0-2. The raise cycle before that we went from 3-6% in about the same period of time. Again, if the economy can't handle 2%, there is really something wrong with the economy.

Totally. Sometimes you get lucky on a team with a 40 man roster crunch like Ruiz or Palka.

If we did this with Parker I would be elated. I haven't seen the front office do anything this creative as of yet to give me the impression that was what they were thinking with Jabari.

I wouldn't be opposed to it for sure. Heck that is how we got Palka in the first place. Those kind of moves make sense. The type of guys on waivers still have 3/4 years worth of control typically.

Again, Avi is a free agent after 2019. Unless you are advocating for a contract extension, he will be gone this time next year. I full contend he has near zero trade value, so he isn't going to help us that way either. Finally when you are coming off of 2018 of 100 losses, and looking at another 85 to 90 loss season as we buy time for our prospects, it isn't about who sucks less. It is about who will be here on the next playoff team. That is literally the only thing that matters when it comes to who plays.

The Sox spent most of the season without him. Davidson can take ABs there, as can Abreu. Delmonico is also going to be looking for a spot to play once Eloy gets here. Even Palka can play some DH as needed.

The numbers actually show he made a ton of improvement out there as the season went on. He was nothing good out there, but again, this is the time to put him out there to see if he can learn it or not. There is zero good reason to waste valuable ABs on Avi.

I would rather see the team start Palka in RF for the time being to see if they can turn him into a respectable defensive RF. Give him a year or until someone pushes him out. DH or 1B will always be there if not.

I would have to say the two least likely positions the Sox pursue players in are OF and C. Their catching tandem last year was one of the most productive in baseball, and we have two potential catchers on the way.

This is the wrong mentality for 2019. It isn't about "better". It is about the future of the franchise, and in no way, shape, or form is Avi Garcia in that discussion.

Sadly a team that could use him more than anyone else is the Bulls. They need that defender and intensity to teach the kids how to play the game.

The fed funds rate is 2.25%. If the economy can't handle a 2 1/4% FF rate, this economy is a house of cards. Take a look at this chart and tell me how the fed is overreacting again. Hell our big problem is WHEN we do get our next recession (not if) there will be nothing left on the books to do to try to fix the economy again. Interest rates are already WAY under historical norms. The Fed still has trillions of holdings on the books. Labor Force participation is already 5% points under historical numbers, so tax cuts will have a limited effect because too many people aren't working anyways. The deficit is already approaching a trillion dollars annually. Having a real interest rate was LONG overdue, and probably a great statement as to how artificial and manipulated the entire "economic health" is right now if it still needs tax cuts and 0 interest rates to survive. https://www.macrotrends.net/2015/fed-funds-rate-historical-chart

I hope so.

Avi is going to be a free agent in a year. That alone is going to impact his trade value. I do know for a fact that bat only players values have been severely downgraded on the trade market in the last few years. Avi is that PLUS he is a gigantic question mark who has had major problems staying healthy, and he has had one career year surrounded by a ton of disappointment. We also know that despite a career year, there wasn't an offer on the table that made Rick Hahn willing to move Avi at time when he was perfectly willing to move literally everyone of value from this roster. None of that is in question. From that it is pretty easy to surmise why Avi Garcia is still a White Sox. No one was willing to give up anything of value for him. It is also worth mentioning that your assertion about not knowing what happened with Avi does work both ways, but it in your case you can't even put together a convincing conjecture as to why he is still here while pretty much everyone else of value (outside of another positionally and defensively challenged Jose Abreu) is still here. Unless you want to advocate for a contract extension for Garcia, you have to assume he will provide nothing of value (either his play or people he will allow us to acquire) in 2020. Personally I don't care a lick about payroll in 2019. A move on Avi isn't about profits to me, it is about roster space and construction. I leave the hurt feelings over payroll to the people who feel offended by profits. The last paragraph is 100% pointless. You want to talk about facts and what can be proven in the first paragraph, but then spend an entire paragraph on my personal views. A t the end of the day, because we made the decision to undertake a radical rebuild the time for being impulsive with free agents and trades is past. Now is the time to evaluate internal talent as much as is reasonably possible, and to get every single internal piece of talent possible out of this rebuild for the future. This is exactly what the Cubs and Astros did, and they only added in the starting pitching staff to fill innings early (Ed Jackson) and when a really long term fit came along (Lester) in a position where they were thin. Again, we are still really early in this process and it does us no good to skip steps at this stage. The worst case scenario is that we miss out internally on talent, and we instead blow up the payroll to block players who could have filled holes or provided us with other prospects if we had been patient, and we clog the payroll not allowing to spend on other needs. Again, it is super early here. Have some patience and realize where we are in this process.

It isn't what I want. I want innings covered in 2019 as a place holder for the high end arms that will be here soon. Covey is also needed at this point with the injury to Kopech. Adams, Guerrro and Stephens aren't factors, or they would have been up in September instead of a guy like Rob Scahill.

And yet no one was willing to give up anything for him. Unless they plan on extending him, there is no good reason for him to be on the team in 19.

It would also be worth pointing out how much Giolitto improved over the course of the season, but it would be pointless in most cases.

If people didn't like Shields the reaction to these three at the major league level would be stellar.