caulfield12

Well, it used to be affiliates accentuating or emphasizing their local roots and running in the opposite direction of the Chicago connection, so there’s that. We’re the 2013 Royals. Pegged at 84-86 wins (2020 Sox), they finished 86-76.

https://atmilb.com/36Y2EO8 It’s now cool/hip/trendy to be associated with the White Sox again...so that’s a positive development.

Kind of difficult for a university to turn down the best player in the history of the program and maybe one of the ten most famous college baseball players of all-time.

Some in the media used to deliberately spell what Latino players would say back in the 50’s and 60’s, using phonetic pronunciation to make them look bad. It even happened with Sosa. OR, he’s just a lousy typist on a mobile phone and doesn’t take time to correct it.

Wonder if the Indians’ drumming guy will switch it up for Houston?

How many men under age 35 do you know who’ve watched the movie...and didn’t do it at the urging of wife or gf? Just curious.

Wish I had that KW quote equating Ventura to a four-star general or future CEO in terms of his leadership qualities.

https://sports.yahoo.com/back-school-robin-ventura-student-212024906.html

Mixed reaction, but doesn’t take away from the brilliance of the first 85% of the film. It is a bit jarring, but his style has always been to provoke an almost visceral reaction. I think Shoplifters (Japanese film) is equally potent, but didn't receive nearly as much attention from the press/critics.

Tail end? Based on wishful thinking? I guess if Berrios and Buxton elevate their games like Giolito and Moncada....then are lost after 2021, sure, but they should be strong competitors the next 2-3 seasons unless their pitching completely falls apart. Other than Cruz, most of their position players are young/er or close to their primes. Like the Sox, they have control of plenty of that young core, other than the two names I highlighted and Rosario. They also have a very top-heavy farm system, somewhat similar to ours.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/cc-sabathia-yankees-astros-world-series-vacate-011249894.html Sabathia wants 2017-18 WS titles to be vacated... Btw, maybe Balta can convince Kate Upton to leave Justin Verlander while he’s on this crusade...? I mean, everyone categorically supported Jose Quintana and he had a PEDs violation in the Mets or Yankees’ minor league system. Is 2005 tainted partially by Ozuna? Should Frank Thomas be called out for not quitting the team when Jose Canseco was signed to replace him in 2001? Brett Myers? Wilfredo Cordero? D’Angelo Jimenez? Belle? We’ve tolerated a lot as Sox fans...

Sano has averaged 1.7 fWAR the last three years and has a new position. Abreu is a team leader and also won’t do anything to embarrass the organization....I’d call it more or less even in terms of risk for 2020.

You don’t have any right to say that after 12 years of missing the playoffs. Why needlessly give the Twins more motivation to beat us?

https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2020/01/it-seems-trevor-bauer-was-right-about-the-houston-astros-all-along-and-now-hes-enjoying-their-dumpster-fire.html Two great Bauer videos....and you can forget about Colin McHugh/McCullers if we are ever going to target Bauer.

http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/josh-donaldson-bringer-of-rings-r8841 Josh Donaldson, Bringer of Rings (being a tad optimistic for Twins’ fans who have witnessed 17 consecutive playoff losses, including 15 to the Yankees)

Buxton could definitely have one year he really puts it all together, but there’s as much uncertainty there as with our pitching...

You're trading him in 2023?

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/if-pete-rose-is-out-of-baseball-forever-then-so-should-alex-cora-230843168.html Rose/Shoeless Joe should be reinstated or Alex Cora should get a lifetime ban

Because he's asking for $150-175 million, lol...and our largest contract in team history is roughly half that. And the fact Moncada (and Giolito) haven't backed up those stellar seasons (yet) in 2020.

https://www.mlb.com/news/jose-abreu-extension-white-sox The evidence seems to suggest that the Grandal signing and Abreu extension were very closely aligned. The Robert extension would be the "cherry on top of the whipped cream" in this scenario. So we have two players that arguably were influenced to sign deals with the White Sox...with one correlated almost exactly with the timing of the Abreu qualifying offer being torn up. How much is that worth to the franchise??

Well, there's never going to be CONCLUSIVE evidence or proof of whatever you want to term it as linking Abreu and Robert. At SOME point, Robert and his agent will publicly something complimentary towards Hahn and how the organization's treatment of Cuban players going back to Minnie Minoso, Jose Contreras and Alexei Ramirez, and how that was a key factor in both him signing originally and then inking an extension. It's probably already out there. Has anyone asked Robert directly if he would have wavered in his commitment to the organization with Abreu only being guaranteed one more year versus three?

Logic says it has to be an important factor...otherwise, it wouldn't have happened in the order it did. Robert and his agent would have approached the White Sox first, negotiated a deal...then Hahn/JR would have just awarded a three-year extension as a "gift" to Abreu. That really makes less sense, doesn't it?

So you would prefer they would have signed Cron to a one-year deal? What happens if you then lose Robert and Moncada (which could go either way, but it certainly more likely with Robert and Abreu and Grandal in the fold now) when they're unwilling to sign extensions?

But those are totally different situations. Abreu was nearing the end of his career. We can compare Anderson, Jimenez and Robert extensions to Miguel Sano a lot more accurately.