Dick Allen

The White Sox may have wanted him, but unless they overpaid dearly, they weren't going to get him. The Sox would have probably had to offer more than they got for Sale.

Where was it stated the rumor was real? Why would the Brewers trade Burnes last offseason? It made no sense.

I think what he is getting at is if you really want to win a WS, you must have All Star quality major leaguers stashed in Charlotte, and probably Birmingham, and some years, Kanny.

He's still pretty young. The Pirates should pick him up.

Clint Fraizer dfad

Ray Rice beating the crap out of his wife/girlfriend

2 of the 4 highest paid Bears offensive players are Jimmy Graham and Nick Folez. Just a shock it didn't work out.

It was because they had guys like Danny Wright pitching. They had plenty of offense even though they had a bad series. If they don't trade Foulke for Koch, and Thomas and Ordone don't both get hurt, they may have won the WS earlier.

We have heard the same thing about a lot of pitchers. But usually they revert back to closer to what they were before, Ray has had a few nice seasons. He didn’t go from awful his whole career to one of the best. But I think you get burned if you pay him like one of the best.

The 2000 White Sox got swept in the first round. Frank Thomas and Paul Konerko were hitless. Yes, this offense struggled at times, but I still think if they are healthy it is pretty stacked. Some guys are going to improve. Grandal probably doesn’t replicate, but even if Roberts numbers come down a little, having him most of the time will help. Another bat would be great, but I really doubt JR is going to spend big before he knows what the next CBA looks like. Remember, he was the only owner to vote against Manfred, and the thought was he thought Manfred would be too soft with the Players Union. I wish their payroll was ridiculous, most of their division would give up. But that isn’t going to happen. These names and scenarios are fun to look at, but I think the reality is the Sox will fill holes, but with cheaper alternatives.

I think some of that had to do with the 60 game 2020, but starters IP are definitely trending lower.

Yes the Houston series many point to was distorted. If Gio, a guy now a few are saying the teams window will close when he leaves has any command, the Soxx win game 2 and can pitch him game 5, and Houston has had all kinds of problems with him. They win that, they have homefield with Lynn. That is with all of their issues. I hope they are aggressive, and I think they will be, but some better health and some growth will make this team really good even if we are all disappointed with the activity this winter.

Tony Kemp until 2021, his age 29 season, never put up a 1.0 fWAR season. I am thinking outlier.

Dylan Cease had a higher fWAR than the Cy Young winner, and he has been almost forgotten on this board.

For $100 million +, I hope he can make fans forget the league minimum Nicky Two Strikes. Remeber, the Sox didn't sign Machado becasuse they said they couldn't afford his 8th year. They just jacked up the cost of 2B for years before that. That trade was a disaster, and I am not anti-Kimbrel.

To be fair,odds are he wasn’t going to be sharp with his slider when he hadn’t pitched in so long. But the Sox know more about his arm than we do, and they seemed pretty concerned that there was more there than general soreness and fatigue. He is going to have to pass a physical to sign a new deal, he probably wouldn’t have had to with the QO. To me, if you are sure his issue was more fatigue related, giving him the offer seemed a no brainer, but if you suspect something else, it’s a no brainer the other way. For all we know, he could have been hopped up on painkillers with the adrenaline to get it up to 99. They just have to be right spending that kind of money right now or they may find themselves in a bind quickly.

I think the Sox either have a trade brewing or another free agent and used Bob to try to get them to flinch.

I think this is either a smokescreen or publicity stunt. They don't want Rodon for 18 million because he was unavailable for the last 2 months but want to pay a 39 year old even more who will have 6 innings pitched under his belt in 2.5 years on opening day. Makes no sense.

The Mets have his latest medical records, and physicals vary.

Loyola leaving the Valley for the Atlantic 10.

Smart.

The last I read JR said he gave long term extensions to KW and RH 4 years ago. I have mentioned this before, KWs wife recently quit her job at NBC Chicago. They could be looking at taking it easy pretty soon.

Soxing it up would be getting rid of all the guys you sucked for years to get, so you can get more expensive guys who will suck eventually. They messed up with Madrigal, now will have to spend a ton to make it up. I;d be fine with an Engel/Sheets/Vaughn split in RF for now. Abreu won't be around forever. It's a crapshoot whether Engel can stay healthy, but with the lack of contact and hopefully a 100% healthy Robert in CF, you don't need + defense in RF, especially when you can always go to Engel with the lead.

They better have time. Unless you like short windows.

Two questions, at the time they were acquired, Hernandez had the same OPS + as Duvall, and blew Pederson and Soler away. How was it those guys were can't miss, and Hernandez was clearly washed up? And how come you didn't post your opinion in the Hermandez trade thread?