Jack Parkman

While everyone is on the Bears need a RB train, I think and have always thought that TJ Yeldon could be a Thomas Jones-type pickup for the Bears. He shouldn't be all that expensive, and his skill set seems to fit Nagy's offense like a glove. He'll be 25 in week 1 2019. The guy seemed to be misused in Jacksonville before they picked Fournette to replace him. I jumped for joy when I heard Eric Edholm say this on the Score yesterday, because I have thought this since Nagy was hired in January and there were questions about Howard's fit in Nagy's offense.

Maybe, maybe not. Never count out Tom Brady. I can't stand the guy, but you can't deny he's the GOAT.

Yeah, and if Rodon finally lives up to his potential and Giolito becomes decent at the very least, they could win 80-88 games.

Same.

I prefer either CarGo or Markakis. Need another LH bat. Both would probably be pretty cheap.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Sox do land Machado, if they go grab Gio Gonzalez and A. J. Pollock. If Pollock's market is really limited, maybe they can get him on a 2 or 3 year deal. I'd actually prefer Pomeranz because they could get him for 1 year with a team option and he's actually still good(a solid #3) and misses bats when healthy.

I know. Such a bummer. What do the Eagles do at QB? If I'm them, I re-sign Foles and trade Wentz for an absolute haul. They can get more than Denver got for Cutler. Foles is only 30. You'd think it starts at 2 #1s and 2 #2s.

There isn't enough likes/laughs for this post. This post rules. Poetic justice. Who's talking shit now Alshon???

Great..... Brady in another SB. I don't see Reid beating Belichick in an AFC Championship game.

Nationals

Hey Manny and Bryce: Sincerely, Baseball Fans. (especially those in Chicago and Philadelphia)

Because he was a college draft pick, he'll be 23 before he takes an AB in A+ and will not have faced live pitching in 18 months. It is hard to see him doing anything with the Sox.

The comparison was based on the 2015-16 clownshow that was the White Sox. How quickly we all forget. I just wasn't sure the FO that oversaw that mess should have been allowed to rebuild this team. It isn't my choice, so I accept this and Hahn has done an ok job. Not happy with Hostetler's drafts so far. Madrigal and the 2019 1st Rounder need to hit because I don't expect much, if anything from the 2015-17 guys. Out of the 1st 2 picks from then, I don't really expect anything out of anyone, but MAYBE Hansen can still turn it around. I'm about ready to write off Fulmer, Collins and probably Burger. Burdi is a complete wildcard pending his velocity coming back or not in ST. If Burdi is still topping at 94mph, I don't expect anything from him either. If you asked this question in August 2016 it would have been a LOT closer. The Sox were a mess then.

Dude you don't have to preach that to me. I'm the one who still thinks Giolito could be really good, LOL. With all of the guys that are up, the talent is there. It is just a matter of whether or not they put it together. I know it is a process. I don't actually think those things that I posted, I was just playing devil's advocate. I'm really high on Moncada, Giolito(despite the results: he's always been a project, otherwise he wouldn't have been available), Robert and Jimenez. Kopech answered all of the questions I had, but then blew out his elbow so we'll see. Out of all of the teams in Chicago, in terms of confidence I'd rank them: 1. Bears 2. Sox 3. Hawks (yes, I left the Bulls off on purpose, as I have zero confidence in them)

I don't actually think that will happen. I still think that Moncada and Jimenez will be stars, and that our Rotation will end up being: Kopech/Cease/Giolito/Lopez/Rodon or Dunning. and they'll all be pretty damn good. I've always been pretty skeptical of Hahn/KW's talent eval. If what I posted about everyone flopping happens, I'd just laugh because it would be so White Sox. They had a lot of guys take a step back or get injured last year. Nobody knew just how broken Giolito was other than the Nationals, which is why they were willing to trade him in the first place. It will be interesting to see where the Sox farm is ranked this year. Kopech not graduating yet helps a lot. If you read the fangraphs guys they've soured on a lot of the Sox young players. Almost all have lost value since they acquired them, save for Eloy.

He's a Finn, but whatever.

Well until Moncada shows more and Kopech gets healthy, you could say that Hahn basically gave away Sale, and the Eaton trade doesn't look all that good either. I still believe in the talent of all of those guys, though. God forbid Eloy gets called up and starts 3-45 or something horrendous like that. It would be so White Sox to only get MLB players out of the 60-100 range guys at the time of their MLB debuts, and Kopech and Cease turn into relievers, and Moncada/Jimenez/Robert turn into average players or busts. If the best players at their peak from these trades are 3-4 WAR guys, then they're doomed.

About the same time, I'd say the Butler trade was a good move, I'm not sure Hahn has made one since trading Quintana. The rest are all meh. Both were in June/July 2017. Hahn overpays a lot in trades.

Yeah with the way this is going I don't think either are signing until 3-5 days before games start in Spring Training, so somewhere around Feb. 20th.

When it comes to job performance only, it is a contest. When it comes to being an asshole, douchey or whatever, GarPax takes the cake. The only thing that Hahn and KW have on GarPax is professionalism. They're all really bad at their job.

^^^^^^^ This x infinity.

Of course, but it still doesn't change the fact they squandered them. Eaton was pretty damn good when he was here too. my gripe is that they'd always trade assets for one year rentals that sucked. They should have spent more money, or done a scorched earth rebuild way earlier. However, I think 5 years of that Sale contract is too valuable to trade. Idk if anyone would have given up the amount of value for what that contract was worth.

Actually, you're right. I thought Sale had worse seasons in 2015-16 than he actually did. But during his time with the Sox, Quintana was every bit of a #2. I honestly don't know what happened to him in 2017 but he hasn't been the same guy since.

Quintana, when he was with the Sox, had seasons that were arguably as good or better than Sale. He didn't have the gaudy K numbers that Sale did, but he was striking out 175-190 hitters/season, which is still really good. I'd agree with you about Abreu. Quintana's 2015-16 was arguably better than Sale's 2015-16.

QFT.