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Bases cleared.

Edgarr 3-3 on challenges

Ding

But it was worth 2 balls.

Going to be a whole lot of bullpen today. Probably 11-12 innings worth between the two teams.

Bet that wouldn't happen today.

I have really enjoyed them sticking it to the Cubs the last few years. Let em cook.

Not going to lie. He's got ceiling and athletic ability for days, but his back and whatever happened to him last year at AAA scare the s%*# out of me since no one has really been willing to say what was going on with either. I literally have zero idea what to expect out of him. Three years down the road if he is an all-star or on his way out of baseball, neither would shock me.

This story is a great example of what happens when the media is under your thumb, the fact that we get basically an annual update of nothing is telling. This should have been figured out long ago.

Yep, and those guys don't get better after abusing their bodies too much.

Those guys are place holders and lottery tickets. Nothing more.

Nice little bell curve in the upper 60's/70

hahahahahaha

Prove it then. Put up or shut up.

It never was. If you believe this, it explains a lot.

Imagine thinking this was actually said so that you could argue against it.

Its Schroedingers Roster. Simultaneously the best, and the worst, possible roster depending on how you are trying to sell it.

Chicago White Sox "It's really not that bad.."

You won't see me arguing. MLBs blackout rules are antiquated and harmful.

MLB blackout rules I am sure

At best, if this dude is your DH, you are actively looking for options to replace him. I am looking at full time DHs because that's what we were talking about. If he isn't DHing, but still playing, he is actively hurting the team which is worse than full time DH. The other half of that being the obvious thing that there is no reason the Sox couldn't ditch him for a more active rotation of DHs around this roster and get that same wonderful "league average" production with someone like Sosa as a "primary" and the rotating the other OF, Mune, Vargas, Colson, and anyone else for a day off of defense, into DH.

He's league average if you ignore the fact he can't carry a glove. If you place him with his peers he is not average. It's not like he is playing 2nd or catching with that bat.

Going for a MiLB with invite to ST and a couple million if he makes the team. Looking around baseball where would he go and where would he play? Hell bring me back Kelenic back even.

Even if he never plays defense, his OPS+ last year was good for 24th of the same 34 OFs. He plugs in at 24th of 31 DHs with his LY OPS+. He's trash.

The whole argument for Reese has been that they HAD to do this because of the small marginal upgrade they would get from the few games this dude would be on the roster, all for the million plus that he will get paid for however long he lasts. You have a TERRIBLE LF out there, one of the worst defenders in the game of baseball. Out of 31 LFs with 400 or more PAs last year, he was 30th in defensive measure at Fangraphs. If we are worried about little things affecting pitchers and the defense, this dude is case 1A. You could at least put a dude out there who can catch and throw. Now he's starting to be hurt more than more, playing 116 games last year, so you already are playing other guys for about 1/3 of the season anyway. If you open it up to fWAR, he's 32nd of 34 with his grand 0.2. Hell, going back to Sosa or some of these other excess players, try them out there during ST or winter ball to see if they can go. I don't care an iota about cost. They are paying him whether he is here or not. That's a sunk cost fallacy. It's a waste of a roster spot, and a harm to the pitching staff.