Harry Chappas

Bauer at 30 getting a six figure contract v Lynn getting a 2 year extension are vastly different. I'm very interested to see where Bauer lands and for how much before we can debate that point.

San Diego, Mets and Blue Jays are better. Sox are better than last year both on paper and reality.

Everyone needs to be lucky especially when it comes to health in every sport. Cease/Lopez/Rodon/Kopech need to pitch like #4 and #5 starters and they need to be lucky that the other three pitch to their capabilities.

If healthy he is a 1.5-2.0 WAR pitcher. It is not about performance it is about health. Comparing him to Dylan Covey as I think I read in this thread is arsine but pretty par for the course for this board this offseason.

Did the gross revenue in baseball increase by over 20% over that same time period? Sorry I see now that was discussed.

Any free agent option after Bauer is meh If Rodon can stay healthy he has the best upside of anyone moved this offseason except Snell Darvish or Bauer. It is $3M. For that price it is good move.

How long were the White Sox supposed to wait to do this? My guess is Joc was looking at 2/$20M when Eaton signed. Same thing with pitching, should the Sox have waited on Yu, Musgrove, Tallion.......maybe but they need to make moves that get done.

He will register 600 plate appearances a year if the is healthy. He will get 180 hits. If he does that and plays until he is 41 he can do it. Will he stay healthy and will be want to paly until he is 41 who knows. You can compare him to David Eckstein but Eckstein never hit over .300 so that is really not a good comparison. If he doesn't correct his defense and base running he will not make it. He has the bat to ball skill and speed to do it.

No this board had Joc as a great fit for the Sox for a couple of years. You could see the angst on this coming from a mile away. That fact he signed for the same as Eaton is the topper yet he signed for the same as Eaton so while Eaton may not be worth $7M a year, Joc isn't worth much more..

My guess is that the White Sox offered both 1 year $7M. Eaton took it and Joc waited 2 months to take the deal. I assume Joc wanted multiple years and a higher AAV and caved today. If Joc was offered a full time role than good for him. Joc has his ring so this is the best situation for him to face LHP and get a bigger deal next year. Everyone can piss and moan how great Joc is but this is a nothing deal that only a Sox message board would be up in arms about. Joc is so awesome he got a one year $7M deal. When Eloy goes on the DL Eaton can play against LHP and have some success Joc cannot. In late August this board would b**** and moan about how bad Joc is against LHP and what an idiotic move this was.

If they intend to contend for the next 6 years Bauer and Springer are not the answer. They need to extend Gio and Lynn. They need a back up catcher to be the safety net if Collins or Yaz go down. They need an innings guy to bridge to Kopech or other young arms further down the road Bauer is not that guy. Relying on Lopez and Cease and then Kopech at some point is a real BAD plan. It may work but the odds are not good. If Vaughn is the DH on opening day.....fine...I'd prefer a bat to bridge to Vaughn but whatever. Yadi and Wainwright make too much sense...it's not that difficult but alas I feel our team is on the floor. The offseason made us a little better but not nearly what it should have or could have done and I do not mean 6 figure extended deals. I am against the I hate JR bandwagon folks but I am now thinking about looking at the price of a ticket to board.

When Grady Sizemore had the ball hit him in the head if that day played out differently, I believe it was fan appreciation day, the White Sox and Indians would have been tied for first with a week to go. It got very close there in late September

I'm unaware of this. Is this the same data that San Diego produced in regard to James Shields health? Who benefits from this data if it is internally generated. Again I am unaware this policy but if anyone believes any internal data from San Diego, God help them.

He admitted he did steroids the rest of he story you can believe or not but it does not matter. So you believe the innocent mistake of going on a diet and picking up something at GNC and not asking the professionals at your disposal and instead trust the GNC clerk in the dietary section?

I think the lost year of development really helped the Padres as the 18/19 year old's became 19/20 years without having to perform and show growth. This may have hurt the White Sox as they now have to wait another year for Colas instead of six months and then hurt in the evaluation of the high school and younger Latin players they have signed who were unable to perform.

What is pathetic about admitting to it? I'd rather he just do that. Look at Braun for instance and the others that blame GNC and what not.

That is all the health care workers and front line employees live (police, fire, nurses, etc.)

People that graduated college prior to 1995...like ME...have no concept of student debt to that great of a magnitude as public institutions were more affordable. You could realistically put yourself through college back then. Boomers didn't need college as much and the cost again was about the same as Gen X I would guess. The 50 year old man that spent 6 years going to college cannot talk about student debt similarly to a 30 year old today.

Wainwright is as good a gamble as any of the other flyers/trades that have been made recently. All he needs to do is give them innings.

He has made 41 starts total over the last 5 years how can anyone complain about any move if they think he will make it into June?

The Best of the Best

You should come live in Chicago/Cook/Illinois.....there is a middle class and very well paid entrenched union culture that is run like a mafia but everyone is leaving (or talking about it) for Indiana or the south because they are being taxed to death. Regardless of the fact that there are jobs and people are well off. Crime is becoming more of an issue.

Yes all that money the Phillies spent the last two years got them that much closer to the Marlins and now they have to drop another $100M+ on a free agent catcher. What has all the FA signings gotten the Angels? Let's wait until Joc or Bauer sign and then we can determine how cheap the Sox are as most of these deals are terrible deals before the ink dries.

Go back to bleeding cubbie blue and enjoy the next rebuild.

Or Kopech, Stiever and Leury Garcia Or Kopech and Madragil Or Kopech Collins and Mendick