Jack Parkman

Gio is a big union guy. He posts about how much Marvin Miller meant to MLB players occasionally on Twitter.

Cease?

I do think they know that Giolito is intent on going to FA or re-signing at market value(unlikely) so they're going to sell a bit of the future to go all in for 2021-23.

Gio knows his age and earning potential. Enjoy him while he's here, and wish him the best against everyone other than the Sox afterwards. If they can get this done while keeping Kopech/Crochet/Vaughn idgaf about who else(prospect wise) goes in the deal.

Yes. the legend of Katy Perrys booty hole and wetbutt23

I'm still going to like Giolito even if he gets paid elsewhere in 3 years. He seems like a good dude and he deserves to choose his path toward getting paid. I'll be disappointed if he leaves, but I will never hold it against a Sox FA for getting paid elsewhere. Especially pitchers. That's an ownership issue. My favorites I will continue to root for their success against everyone other than the Sox if they have to get paid elsewhere. I still enjoy Chris Sale's starts when healthy, even after getting traded and the jersey incident.

There's two types of stuff. there's deception and movement. Gio's fastball and slider have more movement, but his change is elite because nobody can pick it up. When I talk about 4SFB movement I'm referring to carry and run.

No, I just forgot about him stupidly. Yeah, Gio's velocity isn't at that level anymore but Gio is about to enter de Grom territory. Yeah, de Grom has better stuff than Gio. The list of pitchers that have a better arsenal than Giolito right now is very short. Cole doesn't have a 3rd pitch as good as Gio's slider. Remember how Giolito looked against the A's when he was mixing all 3 pitches? JFC.

Gio's arsenal is elite. You can only equal 3 pitches as good as Gio's 4SFB/Change/Slider combo.

When Gio uses his slider properly it's absolutely nasty and also an out pitch. He has 3 60 grade+ pitches IMO. His fastball and change are so damn good that he doesn't even need the slider most starts.

Shit, what pitch does Burnes have that is better than Gio's slider, let alone his change?

Giolito has better prospect pedigree and pro success outside of 2018. Burnes 2018 was worse than Giolito's, but he didn't qualify.

I think if they take that deal their scouts are in love with Kelley and think that Madrigal is a special contact hitter.

Hiura can rake but is an absolute butcher at 2B. They might end up moving Hiura to 1B/DH if they acquire Madrigal.

I know.....I was wondering if he saw that somewhere.

Burnes has enough control left that I'm ok trading Kelley here. Would be a good use of a 2nd round pick, IMO.

Josh Nelson from SoxMachine on Twitter.

The rumor is Madrigal, Heuer and another guy. I'd imagine the other guy is Kelley/Thompson/Dalquist.

I don't know where to put this, but I'll do so here: This was a post I wrote discussing Jerry Reinsdorf's legacy as an owner in Chicago. Jerry has shopped in the top tier in free agency exactly twice as his tenure of owner of the Sox. Immediately when he and Einhorn bought the team in 1980, they signed Carlton Fisk. The next time was Albert Belle in the winter of '96-97, and from all accounts that was an FU to the rest of the ownership about not trying harder to break the MLBPA in '94, which by the way Jerry was the leader on that negotiation and he railroaded his own team's window and killed their momentum by caring more about profits than his on-field product. You can't blame Sox fans for being skeptical. Also, Jerry's refusal to re-negotiate Jordan and Pippen's contracts in the mid-90s is a huge reason why the Bulls are NOT a destination spot for NBA stars. All of the modern players see Jerry in a negative light. Reinsdorf gets far too much credit for inheriting Michael Jordan. From what I've heard, he treats his employees very well, and is very generous in everything except player contracts. I don't understand how he can be supposedly such a good dude, but be so ruthless in CBA negotiations. He does spend overall, but he's more likely to give big contracts to players the Sox or Bulls drafted or grew up as players in his organization than he does to go outside the organization. Top Players, from Scottie Pippen, to Frank Thomas, to Chris Sale, to Yoan Moncada have taken a hometown discount to stay with his organizations. My understanding of Jerry Reindsdorf is that by all accounts, he's a kind man, a great boss, but a mediocre at best owner from the fan's perspective. That being said, his decency as a human being and as as a boss, while still being a shrewd businessman is why he owns 2 sports teams in Chicago and is a billionaire. If he has one weakness it's that he's overly loyal to those who need to be held accountable for poor performance in the upper management side of his organizations. It's one thing to be fair, and give people the benefit of the doubt, and that's admirable and quite frankly unexpected from someone of his wealth. There are times though, where the benefit of the doubt is given when it isn't warranted. I want to like him, as he has many admirable qualities from a business owner but I struggle with it because he frustrates the hell out of his fanbase. If Jerry shopped at the top of Free Agency during this, what is probably this last window to win as an owner at age 85, it would do a lot for his legacy from the fans perspective. If he signed Bauer tomorrow, a lot would be forgiven. Jerry Reinsdorf is a complex man, and has a complex legacy as an owner in Chicago. He very easily could have been beloved by Chicagoans if he had picked his spots with his teams a bit better. There are some big mistakes when he was too business conscious when he needed to be product conscious. Unfortunately, as of right now, he is not learning from his mistakes. Sox fans would have forgiven him for a lot if he had signed Bryce Harper, for instance, or sealed the deal with Machado before the Padres swooped in. There are too many times where he is penny wise but dollar foolish.

No you don't get it...I'm complaining about the inconsistency. If it was up to me I wouldn't give two shits about people saying fuck. I know it's broken, so my argument is to turn it completely off. The warning was for people browsing at work.

I wanna see this again: Warning: Lots of mother fucks in the song, if you're one of those people who doesn't like swearing.

Sierra Santos knows a lot about guys junk. Siera Santos.....that's questionable. The reporter probably actually spells her name with 2 rs but had to change it because some porn star used the reporter's actual name as her stage name. BTW I only know this because I used to follow the reporter on twitter.

I get that.......I'm not arguing that Kirk Gibson's HR wasn't something that could be out of a movie script(it was) I just think that Podsednik's walkoff was an incredibly underrated moment in baseball history. If it was the other team in town they'd play it like Gibson or Fisk(on a team that lost btw) Not to mention that while the Sox swept Houston, every game was close and could have easily gone the other way.

Podsednik hadn't hit a HR all year. Gibson had power if he got into one. Pods rarely showed power his entire career.

This.