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The White Sox have said many times they really like have their MiLB teams in close proximity to each other. Unless something goes really wrong in Kannapolis, they will be there again.

Again this only proves that historic defenses can carry mediocre QBs to a Super Bowl.

So average QBs can win Super Bowls with great defenses.

Or that you can win without a great QB, which Doug Williams wasn't and neither were Jim McMahon or Rex Grossman or Joe Flacco...

Eddie Cicotte: You said if I won 30 games this year there'd be a $10,000 bonus. Charles Comiskey: So? Eddie Cicotte: I think you owe it to me. Charles Comiskey: Harry, how many games did Mr. Cicotte win for us this year? Harry: 29, sir. Eddie Cicotte: You had Kid bench me for two whole weeks in August. I missed five starts. Charles Comiskey: We had to rest your arm for the series. Eddie Cicotte: I would have won at least two of those games. You knew that. Charles Comiskey: I have to keep the best interests of the club in mind, Eddie. Eddie Cicotte: I think you owe me that bonus. Charles Comiskey: 29 is not 30, Eddie. You will get only the money you deserve.

Nate is putting this one out of reach.

Doug Williams is now a great quarterback?

No. Just no.

Why do you watch? Ever since you joined, everything is so negative.

And the Bears have been to the Super Bowl twice without it.

That is back to back outstanding outings for Covey against Cleveland.

You just said great quarterbacking and the 80s Bears in the same post.

Defenses go further than offenses.

No one hates Sox players more than Sox fans.

Been that way all night.

Wow. No idea how Omar stayed on 3rd.

Strike 2 to Avi was in the other batters box.

I have always been under the impression that as long as your follow thru is good, the curve is supposed to be better than the slider on your arm.

They turned Leury into an OF. He never had played the OF before. Davidson has been used at 1B and even as an RP. Tyler Saladino was moved around most all positions when he was here. Alen Hansen logged a lot of time in the OF, after being an IF. Those being from the last few seasons.

Yep,

This I agree with fully. Nicky did himself zero favors this year, and his days may be numbered.

It will be interesting to see how the OF situation plays itself out. A couple of things that stick in the back of my mind: Leury Garcia is finishing up his first year as an arb player, and it getting set to hit his second year. Garcia has never been able to muster playing more than 87 games in a season, primarily due to injuries in the last couple of years. He got paid just under $1.2 million this year, and may well be into the $2 to $3 million range for next year. Do they offer him a contract based on his inability to stay healthy and his escalating arb status? Avi Garcia is finishing his 2nd year as an arb eligible player, having been paid $6.7 million this year to play about half of a season. Most of his numbers regressed pretty hard core this season, and he may well be looking at a $10 million pay out this year. While the Sox have the money to pay both of these players, have we gotten to the point where the roster spots might be worth more to the team than anything else? We already know for a fact that even in a big time year like last year, the offers for Avi were never interesting enough for the White Sox to trade him after a career year. Now we are coming off of an injury filled year. I don't think you can even look at him as a possible trade asset anymore. Leury's best case scenario is as a utility guy, but he can't stay healthy long enough to attract interest. Looking at 2019, if you leave out the dueling Garicas, that means you are looking to create an opening day OF between Engel, Delmonico, Palka, Tilson, LaMarre, Cordell, and maybe Jose Rondon as a wild card if he really does learn to play the OF respectably over the winter/spring. Out of that group, I think you pencil in Adam Engel as the leader for CF and the most likely starter in the OF out of that group. Palka is almost for sure on the roster somewhere, and in a scenario where Avi Garcia doesn't come back, he is probably the leading candidate for RF. That leaves the rest of the mess to contend for two OF spots (1 starter in LF, and 1 bench), maybe 3. In this scenario, I would have to handicap Nicky Delmonico as the leader for LF to start with, and probably Ryan LaMarre as the most likely back up OF because he has hit respectably, plus he can play CF when Engel needs a day off. This would probably also be helped if Rondon did pick up some OF skills over the winter to become essentially what Leury was supposed to be coming into this year as a jack of all trades utility player who could back up OF and IF. I think in pretty quick order Charlie Tilson is removed from the 40 man roster, based a lot on the fact he wasn't even recalled for September. Then this all becomes really interesting in mid to late April when it is Eloy time and one more OF gets squeezed off of the roster. That might be when Nicky D goes back to the minors. That is a pretty long way of saying, I think LaMarre sticks around, but others don't.