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It's funny because when he was signed, the Cubs were geniuses from using advanced metrics to find a bargain on the free agent market despite what they paid him.

Most important of all, Frank's GM didn't give an interview talking about how much Frank Thomas would benefit from playing in AAA.

With his athleticism, has there been anyone mention him having a future as a CF or OF in general?

With what those players have been worth lately on the free agent and trade markets, the odds aren't in our favor.

He is going to get a different experience. With the amount of former MLB pitchers there, he is going to see a lot more MLB style pitching where guys try to go at your weaknesses and pitch backwards, instead of guys throwing what they want to work on and what they think is their best pitch. It is something Rick Hahn mentioned specifically the other day when talking about when guys would be promoted. Reading between the lines for Eloy, there is zero chance he skips AAA.

You must be pretty young then.

Oh god, it is officially meatball weekend in the City of Chicago.

It is the Watercolor thread.

The turn around in Micker since the beginning of last year might be the crowning achievement.

Well, that's good because Houston was the team that did that.

He's also not nearly the prospect that Collins is.

This.

Historically bad like losing 111, 107, and 106 games over 3 consecutive seasons?

To be fair, there haven't exactly been many people in the kitchen either, but many more self-professed remodleling experts.

To no ones surprise the early Democrats lead has almost disappeared. https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/politics/cnn-poll-generic-ballot-narrows/index.html?sr=twCNN050918cnn-poll-generic-ballot-narrows0308PMVODtop

I forget who I saw the write up from, but the main theme was that his numbers are as good as they ever have been, there is nothing wrong with his stuff, and there haven't been any new redflags emerge about him. As to the being a high strung guy, Baker Mayfield is on line 1.

There is lots of recent talk that Singer might be a victim of prospect fatigue more than performance related issued.

I bet I know who the "remodelers" are in this scenario, lol.

The solution is obviously to sit there and scream at the remodelers until their work is done.

If they aren't ready to be here, it doesn't do them any good to be here.

I crown thee, King of Soxtalk.

Eloy alone is probably going to win this deal for the White Sox, if he hits anywhere near what he is flashing right now. If Dylan Cease can stay healthy and become a starter of a level somewhere even close to his ceiling, the Sox get a huge win in this deal as Cease would be worth Q alone, Jimenez would be a bonus. If the Sox get a star Jimenez, a middle rotation Cease, and anything out of Rose and or Flete, again this is a huge win for the Sox. If the Sox get a star Jimenez, a front line Cease, and anything out of Rose and Flete, this is one of the greatest trades of all time for the White Sox.

If the implication is that they haven't tried, or that they won't try, this couldn't be further from the truth. The early extension is something the White Sox really try hard for. They just signed up Tim Anderson to one this time last year, so it isn't like they haven't gotten away from it. I am at about a 3 standard deviation certainty that they have approached the guys they want to approach with these sorts of deals. I am also incredibly positive that they will continue to do so as guys like Kopech, Jimenez, and company make it to the majors. This is standard operating procedure for the Chicago White Sox.