Dick Allen

Hahn didn't say anything different than what he told Bruce on Saturday. There is no way they aren't going to add a few more players this offseason. It just might not happen this week. Besides, you don't ever want to sound desperate to get something done. He has a talent for speaking for a while, making people think he gave them a lot of information, and in the end, didn't tell them much. One of the best at it I have ever heard. I know it's coming and I still fall for it and think he gave out some great info, for a few minutes almost every time.

RH should do some things this year. It's not going to get cheaper next season, and the free agent crop of pitching isn't exactly bountiful. Kicking the can down the road another year would make no sense. They do have a lot of question marks. Who knows how Robert will be as a rookie. Who knows if Madrigal will look like Yolmer at the plate with fewer strikeouts his rookie year. Who knows if Moncada and TA can have close to .400 BABIP again. Who knows if Giolito is now what we hope he is. Who knows if Lopez or Cease can develop into good starters. Who knows if Kopech will be the same guy. Who knows if Rodon will finally have injuries behind him and be the ace he was projected to be. But it's time to take the leap of faith and start adding or by the time you do have a good team, your guys are all going to be getting paid, and the window will close or you will have to trade them all for prospects and start the thing all over again.

JDM also has a limited NTC, that changes every year. There is an excellent chance the White Sox are on it this year, as well as a couple of other teams that could use a DH.

One thing that shocked me yesterday, Kaplan, who is at the meetings was told by an exec that the Cubs are way behind the times analyically. They are trying to catch up. I always assumed Theo was on the cutting edge.

Apparently you aren’t a home owner.

I don’t think the Sox are targeting any Boras guys.

Only 3 pm in SD. Frank Castillo has nothing to worry about. His info is solid. The announcement has to be imminent.

According to Amick and Hollinger in the Athletic, Boylen is still hated by the players.

Strasburg and Cole are Boras clients. Rosenthal said the Sox would do a buy it now price for Cole, I think he said $280 million, but didn’t want to bid for him, even if that bidding ultimately resulted in a lower number .I took it as they didn’t want to play Boras’ game. The same probably holds true for all his clients. So I would think the Sox targets are elsewhere.Just hope Rodon comes back as nails in August, because they will want to unload him next winter.

Pitchers affect games more than positive players.A guy that does what these guys have done 30 times a year for6 or 7 innings, will get you more wins than even most excellent every day players. Cole’s starts we’re basically automatic wins. Not only that they take pressure off the rest of your rotation knocking them down a rung, and give your bullpen a break. The teams winning the WS lately, have great starters.

You called the Phillies bluster after they sigNed Robertson, McCutchen, and Harper and traded for Realmuto and Segura.

It looks like many on this board still think Santa will be coming down their chimney. JR owns the team . Probably is a better source than a nobody in the DR.

Yeah, I don't get it either. JR pretty much put a fork in Ozuna at all let alone still today.

Morosi isn't exactly known for accuracy. If JR denies it how does it suddenly become true? I would say Uzuna to the Sox is now a 0% possibility.

It is interesting Steve Stone was talking up MadBum on twitter, then suddenly goes to Keuchel. MadBum then supposedly wants 9 figures and Ryu is a Boras guy.

Yes. But if he reverts back, the team isn't married to him and could upgrade if they are contending. I will take Ozuna . It is certainly a huge upgrade to what has been out there the last few years. But he does has his red flags . But if his paycheck is going to mean going down a level or 2 with pitching targets, I would tell Marcell we will talk to you in February.

So you have no examples but state he is at least as believable as guys who have made a living doing this for decades. That makes no sense. Mi His Eloy number was way off and that is why people said no chance. And he isn't the guy breaking this story.

Depends. If OZUNA meant lesser pitching, I would probably go with Calhoun very short term.

Can you site a couple of examples of MLB stories this guy has broken? I doubt he is lying, but he may just have someone's opinion and not a fact.

It isn't just Levine. Its Fegan and Heyman. If they say no truth to all of them instead of a no comment or I am not sure, ir is a bad move. RH doesn't always dislike leaks. They use these same guys to leak things he wants our there like bidding $125 million for Wheeler. A couple of days later to pull this when the info is already our there is being assholes. If is still interesting that no one except the guy in the DR has this and its supposed to go down in hours.

I think people are writing off the Cubs a bit prematurely. They were bad last year with 84 wins, something the Sox have only done 8 times since the strike. They still have several nice pieces. If they can get their bullpen in order, they still are a contender. Admittedly I didn't see this money crunch coming. We were all led to believe the second they signed off on their network deal , they would have the cash to do whatever they want. Now they think that will take a few years. I doubt Theo will stick around for another rebuild, so I would expect them to do what they can to win.

Please, not all in again.

If leaks ruined this trade last year, we aren’t going to hear much about it before it gets done this year, if it gets done.

Maybe something like that happens once in a while in a baseball trade, although I tend to think most teams would go with their in house valuation,but this was more a financial move for the Dodgers. Maybe the awkwardness of having it out there, and Joc at the time was doing some sort of fan fest thing made them back away and not the return on the dealor maybe they were going to back away anyway. Bummer was one guy in there, and he was great last year. Elite. Of course the same thing was said about Frye the year before, so whether it’s permanent or not we will see.

I doubt it. Just look at this thread. WSD claims and more than a couple have corroborated he gets a lot of info. I would imagine that info is coming from White Sox people. I would doubt he was the only one his source alone says something. It is 50/50 at best Jason Kinander had any idea who Joc Peterson’s agent was when he went on twitter. Personally, I think scouts are the sources of most leaks teams don’t want out there.