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JR will spring for Little Caesar's daily special. At least breadsticks are pretty good.

Somehow survived...Rutschman had reached 19/30 times before tonight.

Sox currently 28th defensively.

wow two really excellent defensive plays so far in one inning

Mullins has to be on second there...

Sox has worst bullpen ERA in the majors...+7.00

Santander really struggling since WBC. A few more runs might be helpful to save the bullpen from self-induced immolation.

80 degrees falling to 42 from Sun to Monday predicted... yikes.

Madrigal could threaten him in arm wrestling...and probably would have been better to draft Kwan than pay Benintendi $75 million.

Benintendi not impressing unless sporting AL East jerseys...

His dad's a coach/manager right? Joe? 7/49 xbh bb for Andrus. .143

Need to bring in Ron Washington to work with Burger on his defense because Moncada is not long for this organization at the rate things are going.

Two tailor-made DP balls. No hits so far.

More Grandal defensive highlights...

Looking like TB win streak might end tonight against TOR. Yankees at least showed up to play tonight.

Bulls Talk?

2/12 threads at the top... pretty overwhelming. . 167, doing better than Romy and Andrus combined lol.

A lot more than $18. $24 million, $25 million club option which will likely be declined the following year. https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/chicago-white-sox/yoan-moncada-16234/

I was just joking because it originally said White owner... I know I know typo.

Cliff Floyd and Curtis Granderson, come on down. Charlie Tilson...you've still got a shot. (Cue Phil Rogers article on Solak.)

Kopech?

Due to O's/Rutschman/Grayson Rodriguez fans? "Clevinger is 4-1 with a 3.69 ERA in six career starts against the Orioles, with 27 strikeouts in 31 2/3 innings." https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/32769/mike-clevinger Current Orioles' hitters 7/35 against Clevinger. James McCann not so good. Mullins 2/2 but he has been struggling mightily out of the gate so far.

This one also made me laugh about the Sox future rotation after Sale/Q and how badly it turned out in terms of passing up Tanaka...ofc the Cubs went with Jon Lester at that time, ultimately. "The White Sox have a bona fide staff ace in Chris Sale to build around moving forward, as he has quickly emerged as one of the best starters in baseball since joining the starting rotation in 2012. The team wisely locked him up with a team-friendly five-year, $32.5 million extension prior to the 2013 season, and he is under team control though 2019, including a pair of option years. Behind Sale, however, the rotation is a question mark in both the short-term and the long-term. Here is a look at the current projected starting rotation to open the 2014 season." https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1915340-masahiro-tanaka-is-smart-splash-for-cubs-white-sox-rebuilds Chicago White Sox Projected Opening Day Rotation Player Age 2013 Stats 1. LHP Chris Sale 24 30 GS, 11-14, 3.07 ERA, 226 K, 214.1 IP 2. LHP Jose Quintana 24 33 GS, 9-7, 3.51 ERA, 164 K, 200 IP 3. LHP John Danks 28 22 GS, 4-14, 4.75 ERA, 89 K, 138.1 IP 4. RHP Erik Johnson 24 5 GS, 3-2, 3.25 ERA, 18 K, 27.2 IP 5. RHP Felipe Paulino 30 DNP: Tommy John surgery recovery -. RHP Andre Rienzo 25 10 GS, 2-3, 4.82 ERA, 38 K, 56 IP Baseball Reference

This rings so familiar eight years later... "Terms of the White Sox's offer to Tanaka have not been revealed, but both the length of the contract -- especially for a pitcher -- and the dollar amount are nowhere near in line with White Sox contracts in the past. The team has always balked at long-term deals for pitchers, and the biggest financial commitment they have ever made in a contract was Jose Abreu's $68 million deal earlier this offseason. There is not a high expectation that the White Sox will turn to the next tier of free agents on the market, such as Matt Garza, Ervin Santana (haha, although he was solid for Minny until he got hurt, KW always get his man) and Ubaldo Jimenez. While Tanaka would have cost more than any of those pitchers, his appeal was that he was an extremely rare pitching talent whose prime years still figure to be ahead of him. Garza, Santana and Jimenez are all over 30, and investing long term in any of them figures to be less of a certainty despite the fact that Tanaka has never pitched in the major leagues. That doesn't mean the White Sox aren't looking at the 30-something crowd to fill out a rotation spot. Expect them to pursue a short-term commitment to pitchers bunched in the middle tier of the free-agent class (that sounds more like the Sox)" https://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/post/_/id/17948/white-sox-swing-and-miss-with-tanaka

https://sports.yahoo.com/giants-pitcher-logan-webb-reportedly-agree-on-five-year-90-million-extension-155154279.HTML Webb off future FA markets now. Don't forget Clevinger also will more than likely be out as well. When's the last time we seriously bid on a Japanese player/pitcher? Tanaka, right?