Dick Allen

Geddy Lee lives in Toronto so it must be cool.

According to dan ODowd 'he can't throw at all"

And Gammons already has him in NY.

He was told the report was not true. The report that stated he was signing Monday.

I just cannot see a White Sox source doing that to Bruce. I am not a Bruce guy, but am sure his source is pretty connected to the team, and it’s not like the news wasn’t out yet. To say it is false when it is not would really be a dick move. Bruce is certainly more of a Cubs guy but he does give the Sox a lot more time on his show than most non flagship shows. That would be biting a hand that feeds you.

He and Abreu are pretty similar. Obviously different positions, Ozuna runs a bit better, Abreu hits a few more homers, but questionable defense, the offense is pretty similar overall, and their hard hit rates are very high. So the bat is a huge upgrade, the defense not, but the RF defense has been pretty bad for a long time.

You want to fight Ozunas defense go ahead. But you might want to take a look at the stats the last few years. The data does support he is below average and guys his age normallyonly get worse. I find it odd you take it so personally. You may want to block Mlb trade rumors from your computer. Here is what they say Ozuna has provided little value as an outfielder since departing Miami. He grades as below-average in Statcast’s outs above average and outfielder jump metrics—ranking in the 13th and 29th percentile, respectively

Trevor Rosenthal signs a minor league contract with KC. I thought there was a decent chance the Sox would have brought him in. He can still throw gas, if he could get some command back he would have been a nice bullpen piece.

The other thing was that despite playing with an entire tin of chew in his mouth for the kids, Abreu is a God to his fellow Cuban players, and his presence may be one of the reasons they got Grandal.

He played at least 2 singles into triples, no error on those either. I listened to ODowd, former MLB GM and Smoltz, both said he was bad defensively and cannot throw, on his way to being a DH. 10 awful plays in LF for one MLB in a season is brutal. Now you are going to put him in RF? Go look at some of the advanced stat numbers Alfonso Soriano had when he first moved to the OF. And he was horrid. i am not selling anything. I really don’t care one way or another on Marcel. At least he will be able to hit. But ideally with Eloy in LF, you are putting a lot on a rookie in CF if the RF is well below average as well.

Bruce just said he thinks the Sox will sign someone in the next 48 hours. He said he thinks the Sox don’t want to get caught up in the winter meetings goings on that tends to make teams overbid. He asked Hahn about getting caught up in that, which was pretty much not answered and he seemed to be steering Hahn into mentioning something was about to happen but Rick didn’t take the bait.It is pretty apparent Bruce’s White Sox source has told him someuis close but it obviously wasn’t Osuna. And Ryu was mentioned a few times during the call so I would guess it’s him.

MlB Network showed him make about 10 plays like that and he can't throw at all.

According to Speigle, Bruce's White Sox source says the report isn't true.

He is brutal now. One thing though is the Sox hitting coach was his hitting coach his breakout season.

The participation trophy case is going to have to be expanded at GRF this year. Although I am glad they didn't over do it for this guy.

Pretty much as expected. The only part I thought was interesting was when Rick said some agents have a buy it now price. I was thinking it was too bad RAy Ray wasn't around to correct him. I did think Bruce's little nugget at the end with the quick signing was interesting, and I do agree it seemed like it was Ryu he was hinting at. Especially after they quizzed Hahn on Grandal perhaps endorsing Ryu and Hahn implying he had.

It is more likely they win in 2021, but it is time to start trying.

I don’t think driving prices up for other teams happens that much, if at all. Ultimately it would drive up prices for you.

A solid effort though would be better than the usual pass.Their prices are going to be enormous and the big boys with money and as close to guaranteed playoff positions as you can get are interested. Second place is probably out of the question but I would take a 5th place over a did not bother.

If Cole signed with the Angels today, futuresox would have had huge traffic all winter long. So considering he has futuresox editor in chief in his description, it is more than fair to link the two. If they are going to take all the glory if it is correct, they should also b prepared for some backlash if it is wrong. It is rare, but careers are made out of breaking a big story. David Kaplan was an out of a job assistant basketball coach, who Coppock used to let him on occasionally to talk about DePaul or the Illini. Then Kaplan had a scoop that Freider was leaving Michigan for AZ State. He called Coppock, Coppock told him if he was wrong he was done, but he went on when Coppock was talking with Doug Collins, then coaching the Bulls. Broke the story, Collins who at one time wa N AZ State assistant called BS, but the next day it happened, and love him or hate him (he is supposed to be a great guy), Kap has become a media star.

4.6 f WAR. Not 3. Plus he excites the fanbase. Generates more interest. It goes on and on. He was actually perfect for the White Sox situation.

So spend it like they have been spending it. Really has worked out well. They did have that big 78 win season a few years ago.

You are exhausting. The better the team the better the chance something like this doesn't happen. When did it happen to the Cubs or the Yankees or Red Sox? Machado supposedly wanted no part of the west coast due to family, but $50 million extra changed his mind . If the White Sox were a perennial contender and not a team whose best season was 78 wins the last several years things may be different.

I would rather they spend it on good players than bad, and Harper would have improved revenues, and would have instantly taken the team out of irrelevance both nationally and in Chicago.

Never said he was. You have very strange takes on a lot of posts. But if Harper was here and not there, the White Sox might look a bit better to players .