Everything posted by Dick Allen
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto got $325 million 12 years from Dodgers (+posting fee)
He’s a little guy for a pitcher and throws a split. Will probably be really good maybe even great for a couple of years, but he is going under the knife before this contract ends.
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White Sox sign Chuckie Robinson to minor league contract
Could you imagine if Debartolo wasn't rejected and JR bought the Cubs instead? He'd be out of Wrigley by now.
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White Sox trade Yohan to Mets
Getz gets a Christmas bonus as he acquired JRs favorite- cash.
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Eloy Trade Rumor Thread
Why is it when PTAC wants to use historical stats, you say they are irrelevant, yet seem to think someone putting up a WAR juicing and before shoulder surgery is relevant? id take Eloy 10 out of 10. If he sucks he costs slightly more to say goodbye. If he’s good, he has 2 more years after 2024 with control. The odds of getting a difference maker for Montas isn’t very high. But it’s hypothetical, they should have the funds for both if they choose.
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Eloy Trade Rumor Thread
Free agent pitchers who don’t get at least #50-60 million have some warts they need to address. I certainly don’t see the point of signing Frankie Montas for $15 million hoping to flip him. If you want to buy prospects, use all your international money.
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Eloy Trade Rumor Thread
You would take a steroid user coming off of shoulder surgery over Eloy?
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Eloy Trade Rumor Thread
Which one is better than holding on to Eloy? And if the goal is saving money, the only one they actually save with in guaranteed money is Montas.
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Eloy Trade Rumor Thread
Eloy to me is a classic hold to the deadline guy. You can’t get much for him now. He figures how to get the ball airborne more often, he stays healthy, he has more team control than Cease. He keeps getting hurt and hitting grounders. He has a $3 million buyout.
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Eloy Trade Rumor Thread
The guy who never goes public, holds a press conference says he hired someone who didn’t earn or deserve the job because he didn’t want to waste a year, and he drops payroll over $60 million? That makes no sense. Dropping a bit yes, but not that much. I think the problem with totally tanking in 2024 is there is no reward except to JRs bank account in 2025. They can’t draft higher than 10th. The 11th and 12th picks in 2024 will be by teams with 78 wins. A pretty decent season in the Rick Hahn era.
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Eloy Trade Rumor Thread
And you really think it’s a possibility the White Sox signed Giolito if Eloy was off the books?
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Eloy Trade Rumor Thread
You can’t have it both ways. And if the White Sox are anywhere near their payroll ceiling, their owner is a stone cold liar. BTW, what $14 million a year pitcher is out there for the taking? Seems like you ghost me whenever I ask for examples
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto got $325 million 12 years from Dodgers (+posting fee)
I heard he doesn’t want to live in Ohtanis shadow. I think he winds up with the Mets. They can pay him whatever, and he is the ace. He wouldn’t be the ace on the Yankees.
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Eloy Trade Rumor Thread
If Eloy is half as bad as you say he is, how would the White Sox get that much salary relief?
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Cease To Padres per Passan
With their draft pick being 10 at best in 2025, they need to do more than a regular rebuilding team would do this offseason. It wouldn’t kill them to win 75 games.
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Eloy Trade Rumor Thread
It's hard to see any team giving up much for Eloy. Someday, he's going to figure out how to get the ball in the air more often, but thr Sox can't seem to help him. I don't think he's the problem child some make him out to be. His teammates love him. He did lose the weight the Sox wanted him to lose, and then his appendix burst. I guess what I'm getting at is I wouldn't trade him just to get rid of him.
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Benetti to Tigers
Brooks is looking for his Pedro Grifol, They can suck at their job as long as they bow down.
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2023-24 NFL Season Thread
I’m still trying to figure how a Hail Mary was better odds than a 55 yard FG attempt,
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2023-24 NFL Season Thread
Denver, Detroit, now Cleveland. That’s 3 losses that are crazy.
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2023-24 NFL Season Thread
Mark Sanchez says something every other play which make you think WTF?
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Benetti to Tigers
I wonder if the Sox are on plan B or C or D right now. Didn't someone write an announcement was expected a couple of weeks ago? Either they are getting rebuffed or want to make it look like they scorched all ends of the earth and realized the best replacement is the cheapest in Connor McKnight.
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Fire Pedro Grifol
The lesson is if you are in such bad shape you need to rebuild, don't let the same people that got you in thar mess try to rebuild the team. At some point, they will make the same mistakes and have the same results that weren't good enough before.
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Tony La Russa Adamant He Is Not The Decision Maker
He couldn’t have been an advisor to Reinsdorf when he was helping ruin other teams.
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Tony La Russa Adamant He Is Not The Decision Maker
Pedro better not get his nose too far up Tony's ass. JR and Getz need turns.
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Bulls Ring of Honor
Will Scottie and Michael both come to the ceremony?
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Max Stassi Acquired
Getting Max Stassi for league minimum in itself is not a bad move. I think the disappointment is coming from where we were anticipating the White Sox to be at this point, and where they actually wound up. Even the Hahn and KW haters figured they couldn't mess it up this bad.