Dick Allen

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

He is going to have a decision to make in a couple of weeks, does he want to go to Charlotte or be released again. I think he will chose being released.

The sad thing is the Bears would have rather traded for Foles than sign Dalton last year. But what do you expect? All of Pace’s QB decisions have been massive fails.

Tomorrow should be a big day as every team has to get under the cap. There should be some pretty good casualties.

Schaffer just said you can take it to the bank 4 QBs will be taken in the first 6 or 7 picks. That means #5 is going to go a lot earlier than he should.

I just got the Pfizer shot. I am very scared, to a ridiculous level, of needles. I looked away, and I didn't even notice he got me. But an hour later, my arm feels like I just threw 140 pitches.

Until Puig has that alleged sexual assault thing cleared up, no one is going to touch him.

What's weird is they released him because he wasn't going to make the team. Unless Robert is hurt, he isn't going to make the White Sox. I wonder why he would sign.

I'm getting a shot tomorrow. I am petrified of needles.

It's the way the business works. We should feel bad for Coop in a way. 65 years old, gave 32 years to the organization, and is un ceremoniously dumped. Now, maybe they asked him to retire and make a big deal out of it, but he said no. That is very possible. But time moves on. There just may not have been a better way to move on , and that may not be on the team. There was one beat guy, and I forgot which who tweeted that it appeared Coop was getting kicked upstairs right before the announcement. So maybe Coop wanted no part of that.

People get way too caught up in spring training stats. Here are the Sox stats last year after a similar amount of games. Carson Fulmer was a star. So was Cheater Cuthbert and Nomar Mazara. Not so good.? TA, the ALMVP, Eloy http://www.thebaseballcube.com/topics/spring/stats.asp?Y=2020&T=7