Dick Allen

I had a similar landing playing football with my friends many years ago. I had a hip pointer. I was OK in a few days. I didn't have a cart, but would have loved one.

In Dusty we trusty.

Might want to recheck what I wrote. Also spring training or not, 10 straight strikeouts sets off an alarm or 2. If the Dodgers don't think they can get him fixed, I don't like the White Sox odds. If the Dodgers made him available for Kimbrel, I would be leery. I don't think they will. I think they will go down with the Bellinger ship if it sinks.

IMO, if the Dodgers are ready to dump Bellinger, the odds of the Sox fixing him are long.

Why would anyone expect Kimbrel to be in mid season form his first outing of spring training. I get that he has to go, but sucking during spring training isn’t anything new to him. Hendriks threw 94 his first outing. Every year spring training is taken way more seriously than it should.

I know Tony was part of the VV acquisition. I guess KW and RH must have been busy picking up JRs dry cleaning and lunch and missed Tony running the DBacks into the ground.

I don't think Our Chuck is allowed to talk about Harrison without saying he brings a lot of energy.

The Phillies could use him. They totally disregard defense. This season, the Phillies will probably be able to let everyone know how important defense, especially OF defense is, vs. having some serious sluggers.

The way this guy hit after missing so much time makes me wonder how good he may have been if he could have stayed healthy.

If I am a GM on a contending team in the middle of July and need a RF, I would much prefer a guy who has been playing than a guy who has been waiting.

As time has gone on, the use of pal has become very impersonal. You call someone pal or buddy that you don't know, you and they know what's up. I walk my dog, people call him buddy. I could be wrong, but I don't think Ray Ray wants to take me home and rub my belly.

There's also rumors he has long covid. Who knows what it true, but the fact that Boras spokesman Heyman has nothing indicates to me, he is going to be out there a while. Maybe they are now waiting for an injury.

And it's because Merkin re tweeted an article about him. In the article, 5 or 6 suitors were mentioned. One team was absent.

The QO expires after the draft. The draft is on July 17th this year. That isn't going to work well.

I think if he is not vaxxed that could be causing the hold up. Story wasn't vaxxed either. He just got it.

Trevor Story agreed to get paid $140 million on Sunday, but was not vaxxed . Boston was going to back out of the deal. Story got vaxxed on Tuesday. May be one reason Conforto is still out there.

Pretty much shows they aren't making room for a real addition to the 40.

All the Yoans.

It would probably be good for minor leaguers. It would probably be good for guys who want to buy teams that would have a hard time getting enough of the other owners to approve, and it probably would mean 3 teams in NYC. Territorial rights would probably be shattered.

But this is where you are safe. If he sucks, it's nothing on you, but RH, KW, JR get heat. If it actually was your job, and your job was on the line if things didn't work out, you wouldn't really think that. You throw it out there so if somehow it comes true, you'll go back and show us, but if the reality is, these guys are what they are, no one ever sees it again. Who are some of the other cheap failed starters you would have had make up the Sox bullpen?

Kimbrel's ERA last spring was over 12.00.

Then how come you aren't drooling over Valasquez?

There is way too much stock put into spring training results.

I'm not being naive. If you thought the 2005 team could be really good before they played a game and thought a bullpen counting on Politte, Cotts, Vizcaino and Hermanson with their track records, was very solid, there aren't many White Sox teams you could think didn't have a chance of being very good. They won in 2005, they deserved to win in 2005, but they got performances no one could see coming, and a few no one would ever see again out of multiple pitchers. Not to mention a ball going through Graffinino's legs and perhaps the most improbable El Duque performance away from being a typical White Sox playoff team bowing out in the first round.

Not saying that at all, just challenging Balta's claim that he knew the 2005 White Sox had a great offseason are were ready for a championship. Gio/Lynn are the equivalent of Buehrle/Garcia coming into the season. Cease is at least what Garland was. Kopech is at least what you thought you could get out of El Duque, and Kuechels 2021 ERA is similar to Contreras' ERA in 2004. Only Balta knew what Contreras was about to become. The bullpen is much deeper projection-wise. Hermanson, Politte, Cotts....did you see their careers before 2001? Vizcaino, Marte were alright, but before the season started in 2005, on paper, this staff blows that one out of the water, as does the line up. I think they needed to do more things this year, because almost everything going right hardly ever happens, but on paper, the 2022 Opening Day White Sox destroy the on paper 2005 Opening Day White Sox.