southsider2k5

I am not sure we MLB pretends that the steroid era is legit, but sure. Go with it.

You act like they have a choice right now.

This could be interesting. Between health and hitting, he just seems like a guy who wasn't going to hit enough to let the power carry him. Adding an extra dimension is interesting.

At the end of the day, Jose Abreu should be back with the White Sox. I get that Vaughn is cheaper and younger. Here is the problem, you lose Abreu for nothing. If you sign Abreu and trade Vaughn, you maximize the values for both of them, and you use it to get you some sort of asset. Whether that is a RF, 2B, or SP, the market will figure that part out. Realistically, the end of Vaughns pre free agent years will also probably be past the Sox window of contention, so it isn't like we are going to gain anything big by having him in years 5 and 6 anyway.

There is a MASSIVE difference between can't and not willing to.

All except the part where Cleveland spends big on FA.

It was also consistent with them not wanting to expend resources on a DOA product. The only guy they added was a guy who was signed through 2024.

That's what I remembered. I am not saying it didn't happen, but I sure don't remember seeing it.

Did they say it was because of financials? Because I don't remember seeing that.

How much do you value job security?

You have to interview a minority candidate.

Random thought. Miguel Cairo getting an interview satisfies the Selig Rule.

I get the impression that a decent amount of kids are falling through the cracks with the new rules. The older kids, late bloomers, and Cubans are all fighting for disappearing cap space. No idea what it will look like down the road, but the ramifications of the changes are still TBD.

The Sox would love you to spend tons of money for it

That's the opposite of what happened. He THINKS he knows and was guessing ahead of time.

For the record, according to FS, the Sox signed 20 guys in this Latin American class.

Worth noting here... With Rick leading this presser, and talking about he, Kenny, and Jerrry talking about the next manager, it is probably safe to assume that Rick is going no where this winter, and that he out lasted Tony.

Going to break this into a non-TLR thread

He's not going to publicly humiliate anyone on his way out.