southsider2k5

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.

Wow, that is Trump levels of needing validation.

Also, Bears sign Jay Cutler

Yeah, I can't read into that as much as you are. Sounds to me like they are aware stuff does happen down there, and they might even have an idea of non-specifics, but that sure doesn't sounds like they are involved in the actions themselves. They discuss the "culture" and "potential for corruption" not actual actions, and definitely not participating in those actions. That isn't said anywhere in there.

Meaning what? MLB conspired with the Dodgers to break laws?

There were pretty pro both of those things.

Which is funny considering how many times I have seen Democrats blame other parties for losing elections.

I see zero chance that MLB doesn't pick up after the FBI, especially if criminal charges result here. In fact I am almost positive the Wilder stuff started after the FBI started looking into what was happening in Latin America. If the Dodgers have a list of 15 guys that have broken the law, there are 100% chances that they also broke baseball rules in that process. If these involved ways of signing players in Latin America that resulted by NOT following the rules, MLB has set the precident that they were going to release those players. They did it to both Boston and Atlanta.

If he didn't have trade value in '17, he isn't going to have it in '19.

If someone offered something, he would have been long gone.