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Okay, which top 6-8 market team that could actually absorb that contract actually needs a 3B/corner OF that desperately? Giants still have another year or two of Longoria?

When did the virus breach the Trump bubble? Inside a big Trump mystery Trump interacted with dozens of aides and hundreds of supporters throughout a series of widely attended events over the past week. Now his team is trying to figure out how widely the virus may have spread in his orbit. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/02/trump-bubble-breach-coronavirus-positive-425531

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/amy-coney-barrett-coronavirus-supreme-court-nominee/index.html If they still try to jam the Coney Barrett nomination through before the election, they’re insane. Fine, they can do whatever they want in the lame duck session, only common sense can stop them at that point I guess. It’s unfortunate we likely miss the one watchable debate between Harris/Pence and likely get a cancellation of the second presidential debate at the end of next week. Putting the Biden camp, accused constantly of weakness and running away and hiding in a basement with the biggest mask ever on...in quite an interesting position, politically speaking.

Why would you attempt to trade Bryant at his lowest value unless you think he’s never going to turn things around...and just want to save money? If that’s the case, why hold on to Baez and Contreras, too?

With Mazara and EE gone...likely replaced by Vaughn, and Collins either backup catcher or more likely traded...seems you really need one more established veteran, either at catcher or a 1B/DH/PR type.

Is that even better than average? Can we guarantee Engel will play that well again?

6. Jurickson Profar

Starling Marte depending on price...

Colome at best a 10-15% likelihood to return as he’s a FA.

If Crochet is out next year, that really puts the pressure on Vaughn, Bummer and Kopech, because we are unlikely to pay $10+ million for another closer with Bummer and Heuer around, not to mention Burdi. Wouldn’t be shocked to see Reynaldo coming out of the bullpen if Crochet’s out, but he just doesn’t have a consistent strikeout pitch unless he can change his spin rate and throw closer to 100. Feels like Rodon, Mazara and EE are gone, along with McCann. Mazara vs. Joc Pederson? Sincerely doubt we pony up for Springer or Ozuna. Leury vs. Yolmer vs. Mendick vs. Engel? Feels like Renteria won’t part with Leury or Engel. Backup catcher? Francisco Mejia two years ago was the best catching prospect in baseball, I’d seriously think about dealing Collins and Stiever, because I don’t think he has good enough stuff to stick as a starter but time will tell. Maybe they’d take Collins and Rutherford/Adolfo instead. In the end it really comes down to those four young pitchers (including Lopez as a reliever) and getting a solid starter via FA or trade. I’ve said all along that Garrett Richards another year removed from TJ would be one of my picks, he feels exactly like the type of salary range (plus some upside potential) the Sox usually target in FA and he’s still relatively young. Wish we could have bought low on Will Myers. I pushed this idea numerous times and everyone laughed, but he’s going to be close to a Top Ten MVP vote getter in the NL, probably missing out due to being the much less notorious third wheel in that offense.

Now he can assert that hydroxychloroquine or a new vaccine that only he had access to cured him. Or they can hospitalize him for 7-10 days in a desperate attempt to garner sympathy from voters. Only Trump is strong and tough enough to beat Covid-19 single-handedly due to his healthy diet and rigorous exercise routine. #OctoberSurpriseWagTheDog

It's only a problem if you are a senior citizen basically on your way out anyway...

With his new reported speed, eg. times to first or sprint speed and minus 30 pounds, it's a far different calculation.

Giolito paired with Grandal still should give one pause. Hopefully Lucas has enough confidence in reserve now not to let it get to him.

Followed by another with the bat flip. No idea how they can get through another game pitching-wise, but they're making baseball interesting for tonight. And then helped give two runs back trying to make the spectacular play instead of putting it in his pocket. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30020600/2020-mlb-playoffs-fernando-tatis-jr-explodes-october-scene Jeff Passan article https://mobile.twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1311883449146527744

Feel for Abreu. Swinging at that 2-1 pitch way outside was uncharacteristic in the 8th. Really thought he could get Soria. Knew it was going to be a tough game when we couldn't blow the game open early. Anderson played like a co~MVP this series. Lots of young players with something to build upon for next year, especially Robert. Was a bit shocked that Madrigal wet the bed so badly yesterday, but he held his own for most of his rookie season.

Perfect scenario for Houston to play villains and at least get back to the ALCS. Oakland has a ton of holes, unless Semien and Davis can return to being legit offensive threats.

Also kind of ironic Semien, Bassitt, Montas, Soria and Wendelken all with White Sox ties.

No team survives in the playoffs with their top 2 starting pitchers on the shelf.

Not sure what Mazara did wrong today... came down to the intentional Pinder walk putting too much pressure on Foster and Marshall going from two outs and nobody on to the A's getting one more clutch hit with RISP at the end of that inning. Rodon wetting the bed yet again, Grandal with some more sloppy catching. Crochet gets through the third, Jimenez doesn't get hurt, LaStella drops that ball....one and only sure thing is I don't ever want to see Rodon pitch for the White Sox again.

But he’s just playing catch out there, he’s too young to really think about the circumstances/consequences and that he should be scared or intimidated in the face of the playoff moment, etc. That said, no, you don’t think of starting Crochet, because then you practically guarantee he will start to overthink things.

So let’s get the Ray Ray Run thread back going where he calls everyone out for not being positive enough... Because it’s always so fun when getting dutifully lectured about what type of White Sox fan one should be.  Fifty years of being a White Sox fan, only the criminally insane would argue against taking a position both pragmatic and realistic. And I am willing to bet thousands of dollars that CWS wasn’t around for the 70’s and 80’s. The worst thing Sox fans in their 30’s suffered was the last twelve years, and at least the last three were mostly hopeful/optimistic because of the talent in the pipeline. 12 years is nothing compared to 1959 to 1983.  Or 1919 to 1959.

Obviously nothing is impossible in baseball. We’d consistently win 42-45 times out of 100 if we performed a computer computer simulation thousands of times, with Jimenez out of the lineup the first two games. How the computer would account for home vs. road games during Covid, no idea. It’s simply a matter of calculating the odds looking at an Oakland lineup where LaStella and Lamb are arguably their two most dangerous hitters and comparing that to NY, where Gardner and Sanchez hit at the bottom. NY can survive without a key hitter, but can Oakland without Chapman? Not to mention the more playoff experienced Yankees’ pen, even though they took some lumps yesterday. So let’s get the Ray Ray Run thread back going where he calls everyone out for not being positive enough... Because it’s always so fun when getting dutifully lectured about what type of White Sox fan one should be. Fifty years would argue one should be pragmatic and realistic. I am willing to be thousands of dollars that CWS wasn’t around for the 70’s and 80’s. The worst thing Sox fans in their 30’s suffered was the last twelve years, and at least the last three were mostly hopeful/optimistic because of the talent in the pipeline. 12 years is nothing compared to 1959 to 1983.

He’s signed through 2022, when Lindor and/or Ramirez will both likely be gone, certainly Francisco.

Well, since they are already missing their equivalents of Giolito and Keuchel...this is a perfectly good comparison. Otoh, White Sox fans are scared to death of a third starter in Dunning or Cease with much better numbers than the first starter for SD in Paddack.