Dick Allen

He was clearly safe. Fucked by replay again.

https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/6wqgp4/youre-an-idiot-if-you-dont-think-rush-is-the-best-live-band-in-the-world

Yeah, he sucked. Career WAR 3.0 below Frank Thomas, and Frank only played 30 more games.

When I first saw this thread I thought something happened to Viciedo. I am glad I was mistaken. BTW, Daniel Palka is pretty much the left handed version of Viciedo.

No draft pick for Machadonow, and if losing a 2nd rounder is motivation not to sign Bryce Harper, the White Sox must think they will draft a HOFer with that pick.

The tweets are about to get even more insane. One thing I found interesting last night watching news programs, is a lot of Trump supporters will bail on him if he starts using pardons. Also, after the Cohen and Manafort developments, a FOX NEWs poll showed support for the Russian investigation rising to 59 % from 48% . Finally, people may be starting to see this guy for what he is, although I wouldn't make that bet.

I wonder if it was lost on Mike Pence how much Trump dissed him today, saying the market would crash and everyone would be poor if he were impeached isn’t a ringing endorsement for President Pence.

That’s what I am thinking. This guy messed up and the others took it and ran with it. No reason they should have to go back now. Bring him back when rosters expand and figure out the position during the off-season. I would guess Castillo plays for the White Sox next year. He also is one of Machado’s buddies. So maybe he will work on him. I used to be anti juice . But who knows who does what. He paid his debt, move on.

Some of the biggest jerks you would ever want to meet have been very nice to me. His tweets Trump that. It could be he was just young and dumb. It could be it's the real him. Either way, something no one really needs. Hopefully lessons will be learned by more than just Kopech.

At the very least he is not very bright. Maybe he was young when throwing this on social media for everyone to see. But isn't this the guy who claimed he was going to be a ballplayer since he was 4? How could anyone ever think they would get away with it.

Kopech seems like pretty much an asshole. But he's our asshole.

Still feeling lightheaded, and they don't know why. Although they are trying to pass it off as other than that he is doing pretty well, not knowing the cause has to be a bit scary.

Flipping should also be against the law. Believe me. Manafort didn't cave. He's a really good man.

Truth isn't truth. Felonies aren't crimes.

It is the point. Some seem worried about the 40. It is of no concern this offseason. We can only hope it is of concern in the future. BTW, Ryan Cordell is going to be 27 years old next Opening Day and has a .611 OPS in Charlotte. I think he would be an easy outright.

It's really not an issue. 39 man roster. 2 guys on the 60 in Gonzalez and Farquar, who you wouldn't give major league contracts. So still 39. Clarkin, Danish, Gomez, Santiago, Shields, Garneau, Rondon, Skole, Cordell, LaMarre, easily outrighted. How many spots do they need? If more, there is more crap you can get rid of. This is a terrible team. For it to have 40 man roster issues this offseason is crazy.

I don't see why any should be concerned with the 40 man this offseason. I see at least 12 names on the current 40 man that if the White Sox punted on, no one would blink an eye. And there are several more that would be, who cares? as well.

I agree. But winning trumps integrity. OSU is not unique in that regard.

Jake Peter and several million dollars.

Yeah he is just a guy. He isn’t terrible. He isn’t outstanding. Just kind of blah. Sometimes blah is good.

If next year is a rebuilding year, which it certainly looks like, one thing to take from this season and others is don’t be too pissed over which relievers make the team opening day. You will see just about everyone by the end of the season.

I have no doubt they weren't offered crap. I just think, unless a guy is an absolute star, or really, really on fire making no money, expecting anything interesting flipping a reliever is a longshot. They paid Soria and Avila a decent amount between the two of them. What they paid them wasn't, IMO, worth what they eventually got for them. I don't think it's any big deal neither are with the team anymore, but I think while you can give them an A for effort trading for them, ultimately it's a D unless these guys they got for them somehow actually become useful.

For what they paid Soria and Avilan, the return is pretty weak. I think you could have just bought those guys for less.

A lot of "really good men" going to jail around Trump.

Ring of Fire was an interesting choice of walk in music.