Dick Allen

Rodon has really one full seaon in the major leagues. That was his second year, 2016. He was pretty great in August that season 5 earned runs in 30.2 innings. Other that that, and his rookie year, he has been a part timer because of injury. I don't know about the lazy tag. He has come back from shoulder surgery and TJ. If a little belly is a problem, Lance Lynn will put you in a rubber room. Lynn actually says his girth helps him hide the ball. The key to Rodon is staying heathy. Most guys will have a better plan at 28 tan at 22. He obviously also needed to knock off some rust. The fact that he wasn't rehabbing this past offseaon should help in his preparation. I was always a big fan, but it wouldn't surprise me to see him scratched from a start by the middle of April. I hope he can stay heathy but even if he does, is anything over 100 innings from him realistic?

So if Engel is going to miss any time, they will call on an oft injured 35 year old who has less than 200 plate appearances the last 3 seasons combined. who will have virtually no spring training in hopes he can provide decent numbers right away. OK Cheesy.

He is from Chicago. I think if the Bears offered him the same deal they had a shot. I am not too upset they lost Fuller. He was definitely overpriced, but he did show up every week, but like Nagy and the a lot of the Bears defense, he was living off 2018. Also think they still think they have a shot at Wilson. Why else would Graham still be on the roster?

There always has to be a Soxtalk punching bag. Now there are 3. Madrigal, Collins, and Eaton. They can do no right. And Lopez and Rodon are on deck.

I think that is the fate of any team without a franchise QB in the NFL. You might have a season here, a season there, where it all works out, but most of the time, you are mediocre at best.

Kaplan had a tweet that between these clowns and Cutler, since 2009, the Bears have spent $195 million on the QB and won 1 playoff game.

It’s his first start this spring. He won’t have a 1.99 ERA again, but he is pretty good. BTW he actually has won a Cy Young.

They should have let Hamilton play LF and let Eloy DH just so they could line up Hamilton, Robert and Engel in the OF,

I personally think the Bulls should get something for Laurie while they can. He's been playing pretty well, but they don't seem to miss him when he's gone. And he is gone for a while every season.

They would have had interest but the cost was a franchise QB, Hicks and Mack are great players, every team would want them if the decision was simply a football decision.

It's easy to say cut them all, but that's not what I wrote. I would trade them for some A Ball lotto tickets. Not all of them of course, but on an as needed roster sport basis. I don't care about Burr myself. I was only writing about 40 man roster spots.

If the Sox need 40 man spots there are guys like Ruiz who if he gets claimed, who cares? Zavala, Adolfo, Rutherford, Gonzalez, Sheets, Flores...none are going to be contributors to a real WS contender, trade them to a non contender for someone who doesn't need a roster spot.

I just think he threw Bob a bone. He can't gain any edge through the press. Giolito holds all the power. He doesn't have to sign an extension. He doesn't have to give JR a discount. The fact is JR will have to pay market rate, or really close to it to get Gio to sign. I really question whether he is willing to do that.

Losing Patterson is going to hurt. Shorter fields help QB challenged teams.

Foles was a Matt Nagy production. Cam Newton wasn't as good as Andy Dalton in 2020. There were rumors the Bears were going after the Red Rocket last season. this is a different year. The only free agent QB left on the market you would even consider advertising as a starter is Alex Smith.

The Bears did upgrade from Trubisky. Dalton had a market. Other teams had some interest. Maybe not $10 million worth. Mitch is standing around and doesn't seem to have a market.

Dalton has more starts in his career than Mitch, so you must be suffering from the same syndrome.

He is better. Not the answer, but better.

Mitch made his numbers vs. Detroit, Jacksonville, Houston and Minnesota. Put him in Dalton's situation last year, and you would know Dalton is better. Not a lot better. But better.

Most of his starts were out of the division. He really only had 2 subpar games. One vs. Washington, and one at the end of the year vs. NYG when he was sacked 6 times, so he wasn't getting much support. It's an uninspiring signing, but one that probably should have been made last season instead of Foles. This position wasn't going to be fixed this offseason anyway. It was just a Manny Machado like tease, ala the White Sox.

Mitch's stats were better because he loaded up on crap teams. Dalton probably opens up a bit more of the play book. When Dalton was down, the Cowboys had no chance. If I had to win a game for anything significant and I had my choice between Dalton and Mitch, it's an easy answer.

Why would anyone think Ryan Pace could fix the QB situation especially this offseason, when he has very little wiggle room with the cap and doesn't have a high draft pick. We will forget his previous solutions of Glennon, Trubisky, and Foles. And why would anyone think Matt Nagy is a guy who can develop one? I mentioned this Nagy's first season. One of my best friends is a football genius. A true football genius. Watching games with him is entertaining and educational. He told me near the end of Nagy's first season when the Bears were riding high and everyone thought Nagy was the greatest hire in team history, that the league had caught up to him and figured him out. His gimmicks weren't going to work anymore. He would have to adjust. Since then, unless the Bears are playing the dregs of the NFL, their offense is shit. My guy was as right as can be. Not getting rid of these guys exposes the the franchise to more damage they can do, while just delaying the inevitable Maybe George realized the QB postion couldn't be solved this offseason and left them there to die on the sword. Put the new guy in a better position not to fail.

I doubt it. If he doesn't want to play in Charlotte, I'm sure the Sox will release him.

I think last offseason Nagy wanted Foles, Pace preferred Dalton. Now, leaving no stone unturned, they have them both. They weren't going to get a star, so I think they are just trying to find someone, anyone, that won't cost them games at that position. If the defense is good enough, it can make for an interesting season, and buy some time to more realistically find the QB they ultimately need to be consistently winning. But it won't happen with Pace and Nagy.

So the Bears went from Wilson and Williams to Dalton and Ifedi. They must be consulting with Jerry Reinsdorf. Not that Wilson and/or Williams was even a slightly realistit, but they got it out there enough to really piss off Bears fans when it didn't happen. I