Dick Allen

I agree. The other thing is, with Anderson where he was, Abreu had very little if any chance at 2B if the ball somehow stayed in the park anyway. He would have had to make sure TA would have made 3rd and the throw to 2B is a lot shorter and he a lot slower, so it basically was HR or single or out for him. either stay on 1B or not even get there until the play develops.

Wow, I didn't know they could send him down. Must have been the minor league contract. That saves some cash. So not nearly as dopey as thought.

It was Abreu's fault. He had TA in front of him. He probably should have pulled up before he hit 1B.

Yeah I don’t know why Jason is arguing it, he was clearly inside the line.

Eloy gets replaced by a LF that makes him look good. Rondon cant wait to get back to the infield.

I wrote in the game thread move him to 1B, but I agree with you. If Collins has to move to 1b, and it looks more and more like Vaugn is the Sox pick, somehow, some way, Eloy is going to have to learn how to play a passable LF. I had heard he wasn't very good with the glove, but he looks lost out there.

Carlos May once hit a home run on opening day but missed home plate when he ran the bases. He got a triple.

Tim Anderson is exhibit A? He was called up when he was 23 and hopefully has figured it out at 26. If they called him up when he was 21, he might be doing something other than flipping bats right now. a guy like Robert is not going to sign a team friendly extension because he has already been paid. If he is as good as we all hope, he is going to command top dollar, something the White Sox haven’t yet shown they will pay. To have maybe 3 or 4 mediocre at best years from him before he figures it out is stupidity if it can be avoided. To call them up to struggle is silly. They will do plenty of that anyway when they are farther down the developmental line.

Actually I think there is a case for cancelled to be used. The general rule the English police use is cancelled means gone forever, and in baseball with the game rescheduled months from now, the rosters will both certainly be different and the pitching match up will be different making it a totally different game.

DFA Alonso and make Eloy a 1B/DH before he kills himself.

Rushing prospects is now good? White Sox are going to White Sox. Go back to the old way that produced some nice busts. PLEASE SELL THE TEAM JR SO SOMEONE WHO CAN WILL HAVE THE URGENCY TO BRING IN DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO MAKE BASEBALL DECISIONS.

36 year old Ervin Santana, coming off of an ERA of 8.03 with a FIP of 7.94 will wind up being paid around $1,370,000 per start by the White Sox. Can't spend $1 if you only have $0.50.

Just added to the tab. Him, Alonso and Jay, you are halfway to one of the years they couldn't afford Machado, and that is before investment.

Yes. It seems to me there has been a shift. Before the Sox rebuild, it was suggested you suck for 3 years, it sets up a 6-8 year run. Now it seems, you suck for 4 or 5 years, it sets up maybe a 2 or 3 year run.

They claim theses guys get along as well as any team ever. I don’t hang out with them, as long as they aren’t wife beaters or child molestors, I would rather have 25 assholes who can play.

I am sure he still wants to win, but his way. And he doesn’t seem like a go for the jugular kind of guy. He has his titles, and doesn’t seem to want to risk his profit for more.

It is amazing when Hahn goes for the $3 million to $4 million a year signing, he always seems to be wrong.

This is hard to watch.

I am pretty sure if you went up to the plate against Fulmer and just wanted to walk or get hit , you would have no problem.

I don’t know why anyone would go to bat not fully armored up, but against Fulmer, it’s a must. You let him throw 125 innings he probably sets a record.

Coop will fix em

This isn't a good headline: Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr. and the rise of a Padres powerhouse

According to statcast, yes. He is closer to Billy Hamilton than Tim Anderson is to Engel. Buxton and Mondesi blow everyone away.

They spent $13 million in an effort to save $50 million 9 or 10 years from now.

I just wonder why he didn’t appeal. Maybe he just wanted to move on.