Dick Allen

I read that, it was Callis i believe who said that. But, if he pitched 5 innings and had to depart in college, there's a good chance the White Sox pick someone else. He is obviously talented far more than most. I just hope he can stay healthy enough to enjoy a lucrative career.

Maybe, but it's 5 innings. And an injury. The injury part was one reason he was still on the board.

Yes. There is always going to be turnover. Some guys will get hurt. Some guys will eventually suck. Some guys may become disenchanted. The Cubs are a cautionary tale. They didn't have cheap guys that could come it when all of their other guys got expensive at the same time. And they are very different than the White Sox. If the White Sox roster was at Clark and Addison, they would have gone for Springer and/or Bauer, and Theo wouldn't have left. So if they can't afford it, the Sox can't.

Several teams passed on him in June for other lottery picks, so I would say they are out there.

But that is all part of it. If you are trading your cheap guys now, the guys that might be on team friendly deals when it is time to retool again, you are screwed. What if the Sox didn't have Eaton and Sale and Q to trade? They would suck ass. It can be avoided if you are willing to go at least close to luxury tax territory. But that isn't ever going to happen.

We are basing all of our love on 5 IP. The concerning thing is he was held out in college, and he wound up hurt with the Sox. Crazier things have happened. I would never have thought Sale would make it as long as he did before the doctor came calling. Can the Sox do it again?

I think they could have traded for another closer with a smaller price tag and still won the WS. Chapman wasn't exactly nails in the playoffs.

Burnes is 50 inning removed from a season his ERA approached 9.00. The Brewers would be selling hign, and if they are selling, considering they are in a position to win, they may know something.

The Sox bounty for sucking is Burger, Collins, Madrigal, Vaughn, and Crochet. Everything else came via trade or signing or draft pick they would have had if they had won 100 games. These guys all signed for around slot, so the extra pool means nothing either. You are going to need a couple of these guys if you want this to be sustained, because every year of success, the paychecks get bigger and you know Uncle Jer right now is shitting his pants at a league average payroll. Replacements cost a lot, especially when you are trying to win. The Cubs couldn't even do it. I bet they wish they just signed a 4th starter instead of paying up for Q. I bet they wish they went a tier lower for a closer when the traded for Chapman and still had Gleyber. Trading away your top guys when they seem to have very nice futures makes the window close quick.

Q might really like playing for Maddon. CA has something like a 13% state income tax on a salary that high. Of course he would only pay tax on half, but it's a decent chunk of money. It tells me the Sox weren't too interested in a reunion.

Not only that, Trump denied Biden a government aircraft to get to DC. First time that has ever happened. Trump was given one by Obama. Can a person really be this petty? Good riddance.

It must be nice to be projected to suck at your job but still command $5 million.

As of now the Sox have 3 starters you would say are reliable. Giolito, Kuechel and Lynn. Cease, Lopez, Kopech all have issues. Katz might make Cease and Lopez reliable, Kopech, because you know he likes to be in shape, and ready to pitch so he probably didn't blow his routine off when he was out, might be just about ready to go. Or not for all. Obviously, top of the rotation would be better, but the Sox need innings. Just pick a guy that can give you back of the rotatiion innings.

I would say the saddest part about this was the woman didn't want the story out because she thought this sicko sending her a dick pick being made public would ruin HER career, and she was probably correct.

I wonder what the percentage is of women who ever get one who look at it and think OMG I have to have it. I'm guessing zero. I do think this guy saw this was a woman new to the industry, from a foreign land, and he figured he could take advantage. I doubt he would have even tried sending one to a more established writer or reporter. He's basically a predator.

I agree, but I wouldn't send a dick pick to my wife either. The only thing that can happen is bad.

He deserves it, although Cohen's zero tolerance line was BS. If there was zero tolerance, how come Sandy Alderson was trying to spin it yesterday? But for Porter, what an idiot. Has to be done in baseball. Ruin your total career on an attempt at an inappropriate relationship.

What about Tanaka? He is only looking for a 1 year contract, and KW wanted him badly when he first came to the US.

I think a lot of guys are going to hit a wall after 100-120 innings since no one pitched near that in 2020. Depth is needed. And pitchers always get hurt anyway.

Jaime Navarro once b****ed about run support after a game he gave up 9 runs.

Got the payroll up to league average. If that doesn't scream totally committed, I don't know what does.

How about just making the appeal automatic? I have never understood why the 3rd and 1st base umpire can’t immediately overrule a no swing call, without an appeal. If it is all about getting it right, why does the catcher even have to appeal?

Good news for Sox fans would also be if Cruz was out of the division. So I don't think, if it is about Cruz, that he is a White Sox. Plus they have Vaughn. You want to shorten the White Sox window to as small as possible, spend your money on 40 year old free agents and trade away the prospects you were able to get for sucking for several years. Makes no sense. You are going to need these guys and their low cost moving forward if you hope for any sustained success.

Plus he knows what has happened to guys who have taken home town discounts. They get traded.

It’s $13 million they don’t have to spend now, and it didn’t work. If they were willing to spend $13 million more than they were prepared to offer Machado to get him here, they would have been far better off just adding that to their offer. It was stupid. But they have done similar things for years. Money just pissed away. For a team that seems to have quite a tight budget, they have to be smarter when not trying to win. It didn’t take anyone to be Theo Epstein or Billy Beane to know Alonso and Jay was a bad idea.