Dick Allen

The thing that sucks about Rendon, is his contract fit perfectly with what the Sox were willing to give Machado, including when it expired. It doesn't appear they put much of an effort, if any effort, into Rendon. I really don't understand why.

Palka 0.7 WAR Mazara 0.9 WAR That is just 2018. He has never hit more homers than Palka did, but has had better batting averages, better on base percentages, better OPS. And the guy is still 24.

Might want to double check that. And who cares what you did in 2018?

But the loophole in the rules got them Bregman instead of Aiken.

It isn’t little cost. You are paying Price probably $50 million too much just for Benitendi. Then you get his arb. There is no bargain here at all. It’s an overpay. Sure he might rebound, but why take that chance. Why let them off the hook?

Benitendi is a 2.0 WAR player. Why are so many so guns ho to pay up for Price for him?

If something is close I am sure Rosenthal, Heyman, Passan,Morosi, Nightengale,Sherman, even Bruce Levine, at least one or two of them will have something. if the Red Sox are involved it is huge news. It isn’t going to be able to fly under the radar until completion.

I think the White Sox need to be out of the business of taking the Padres has beens.

When they first floated this trade and reading Hahns comments today, it made me wonder, if Benitendi was included maybe the BoSox wouldn’t mind having Mazara in LF.as part of the return.

Olney mentioned they talked. Hahn referenced some possible trade. No insider that is being paid and is at the winter meetings has anything. But twitter is alive and saying it can go down at any minute. i think if you are buying that you are going to be waiting like Frank Castillo is still waiting for the White Sox press conference.

The probably told JR Price is owed $96 million, and JR was fine until they said 3 years. Then they broke out the defibrillator, revived JR, and got scolded for thinking it.

This type of thing you hear every year, especially if you go to Soxfest. The trade was being considered, it it went through it would have been huge, would have changed the franchise forever, but the other team backed out last minute after their ownership wouldn't sign off.

I do know a couple of years ago he was right about everything.

The Yankees also took back a bunch of money.

Mercy! I wonder if Hawk sounded like he did after Buehrles perfect game when he got the news.

The Sox were willing to go 8 years with Machado. Rendon wants 7 a year later. That fits in perfectly. Give him the Machado money (the money will be spent) all 8 years of it. Front load the shit out of it in case he wants to retire with 2 years left but can't walk away from $70 million. Make it so he would be walking away from half of that, and prove Sox fans wrong. Odds, about 250-1.

Better than none. Calhoun would be a one year guy. One shot. Let's not make Steele Walker, although the name is great, a future HOFer. And what ever happened to the narrative if the guy was good, the fact that he played for the White Sox increased his chances of not walking? Remember when the Sox were thinking of trading for Machado, and how many bought into that?

Last year was the only year in his young career he didn't hit 20 homers. He hit 19. His floor is right at 20 homers, hit .260, OBP .320. As "awful" as it is, it's a big upgrade. And he has potential to do a lot more. Maybe the Sox won't unlock it, maybe they will. I get he is not a big ticket item, and that will understandably upset a lot of people, but Rangers fans hate this trade too.

And when he was Mazara's age, people here would have been up in arms they traded a guy a year younger in high A for him. Mazara may ultimately suck, but the Sox improved their talent level with this trade.

8 of the top 10 paid pitchers of all time have pitched in the last 4 WS. In the era of bullpens and openers, starting pitching still reigns supreme. Homeruns and pitching get you pretty far these days. cole is going to have to shave.

You really think Hahn would leak fake interest in a player to try and get a competitor to get a better return? That wouldn’t only be a fireable offense, it would be bannable.

This guy is one month older than Moncada. If Moncada would have hit what Mazara hit this year would he be considered trash? I don’t want to put him at Moncada’s level, but there is reason to believe there is more there than what he has shown.

Don’t write JR a letter. Apparently he doesn’t read them.anymore.

In RRs defense he is talking about another teams player. He isn’t going to tell you he sucks.

You would be banking on a guy isn’t what his as a 24 year old. No one wanted James McCann last year He broke out and was much older. Talent isn’t the problem with this guy. He may suck, but he also a chance he becomes really good, and the only way anyone will care about how much control they have with him would be if he plays well. He is from the DR. I am surprised Frank Castillo isn’t all over this.