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You labeled him as a singles hitter after a month in the minors after returning from a wrist injury.

Are you handing him an extension?

And the award for most premature overreaction goes to...

Again, it hasn't been that quick. If anything this is super slow compared to historical raise periods.

The "younger guys" aren't here yet. The pitching is starting to get here, but the position players are still a year or two away.

That's putting it mildly. More accurately he puts no effort in on the defensive end. He's Toni Kukoc back there.

If it were a one year deal, I could be talked into it. But 2/3? Nope.

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.