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I don’t think many agents would take that deal...they’d rather just cut a one year deal and go back into the market. It’s like saying he would only expect to earn $7-10 million combined (2020/21) in what should be his two career years at 27-29 because his arbitration salary would be $7-8 (this year alone), right? Just feels like it would create some bad will...if you believe in the player, you have to make a commitment, like they did with Tim Anderson. In my memory, we have never had a player take a significant pay cut in their prime years and stick with the organization. It’s one of those “theoretically possible” situations, just feels unlikely.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/13/politics/white-house-ninth-circuit-judges/index.html Trump declares war on 9th District...courts become increasingly politicized. Trump said he was not trying to push China into an economic depression. "No, no, although they're down 32% in four months, which is 1929," the President said. He added, "I don't want that. ... I want them to negotiate a fair deal with us. I want them to open their markets like ... our markets are open." My note: Trump’s basically an idiot. Only 8-10% of Chinese are invested in the markets here, and, even then, it’s mostly government ownership as opposed to individuals. The stock markets are not perceived as a key economic indicator like in the US.

But that Woodruff homer also knocked Kershaw completely off his game, along with Grandal falling apart. It was super-important for the underdog Brewers to score first and get the momentum on their side against the best pitcher in baseball. It’s going to be easy to second guess if they lose a tight one today because they don’t have Hader available, but it was an understandable/calculated risk, especially because you don’t want to start off 0-1 at home. While there’s pressure on Miley to go deeper today (not his forte), there’s also added pressure on Ryu to win for LA, and while he was really good this season, the playoffs are a completely different animal, and he’s buckled before in the postseason. you can also go to Gonzalez out of the pen, potentially.

Right. Should the Trump administration be able to regulate Nike for initiating a Kapaernick camapign...or punish American companies for relocating their supply chains to SE Asia to save money for consumers and improve the bottom line in terms of profitability? To close down Papa John’s for “unfairly” pushing out their founder? if what they’re doing is based on what’s best for the company’s yearly results...why would that be any different than a chemical company deliberately polluting (and paying a lessened fine due to lowered regulations) because paying the fine would be a lot cheaper than retrofitting or building new factories? What possible entity is currently non-politicized within the government enough to capably and objectively assess situations like the OP raised? It’s a free country. Entities that want to gather have every right to construct their own platforms. It would be like SoxTalk banning all those with “rightist” views and even moderates/centrists to create a community of like minded, liberal Sox fans. Doing that would actually lower participation and discussion, right? Well, the result would be something like WSI, dictatorship run amok. Which is why other Sox-related sites filled the void...there’s no reasons those offended groups and individuals can’t go out and do their own thing. At a certain point, if Twitter, FB, etc., becomes too heavy-handed or regulated in terms of what can be discussed, their customers will abandon them , too. Survival of the fittest. A decade ago, MySpace. The next year, it will be Snap or FB that falls out of fashion if they can’t provide what their customers want (and invade their privacy to mine data while projecting the image of a useful and even community-strengthening “free” service). Someone needs to go back and read their Ayn Rand trilogy.

Did someone hijack your account?

Dodgers bloodied up the Sox part of the pen...Jeffress has definitely been shaky in the playoffs, but, then again, Jansen isn’t the same pitcher, either. LA still in a good position to pick up Game 2, psychologically. Hader is the one unique weapon in the postseason no team seems to have a counter for.

More high-quality GOP candidates. https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-candidate-threatens-pa-governor-im-going-stomp-face-golf-spikes-203326572.html

So much for the idea of Grandal being a defensive stabilizer for the Sox.

How much of the Obama $10 trillion was directly related to cleaning up Bush’s debacle? Half? What should Obama have done differently that wouldn’t have added to the deficit but still would have ameliorated all the overhanging problems? If we had followed the Romney plan of letting all the automakers fail and be acquired as distressed assets (like his Bain & Co. does) where would we be now? And the biggest BS is Trump running up $3-4 trillion in additional debt when the economy is supposedly humming along...the deficits should be closing, like they did in the late 90’s under Clinton with higher capital gains taxes, lower estate level taxes, higher corporate taxes and the truly rich in this country like Bezos paying a “fairer” share. It’s almost like Trump wants to bankrupt the country, then magically print $25 additional trillion under the cover of night and “pay it all off at once.”

If you add in the Iowa caucuses, NH primary, South Carolina, etc., yet more small states choosing our presidential candidates before larger states even have an opportunity to register an opinion.

No different from Koch Brothers and their presence in mostly conservative/red states...whose electoral votes overvalue their much smaller populations.

This doesn’t account for a potential 20%+ correction in the stock market in October...that pushes AZ and NV to the Dems, maybe even TN or TX flip. Florida goes to Nelson for sure. The only one who seems truly doomed right now is Heitkamp.

Nope, Avi...because holding onto Abreu for two more years is even more dubious.

If Obama's FED hadn't lowered rates and the debt HAD increased even more considerably (trying to get out of the unprecedented Great Recession), then I can't imagine how hard he'd be getting hammered right now for blowing up the Federal debt. Meanwhile, we're heading for a $1+ trillion deficit, hitting the end of our 10 year economic expansion and NOW having to discuss cutting SS/Medicare/Medicaid/Social Programs (of course, not defense/military, they get 10% more that they didn't even ask for) and having no fiscal/monetary policy tools left because the tax cuts are already baked in (and some more permanent than others) and spending even more money on infrastructure as we go into a contractionary period is going to come at a heavy cost for both sides politically. Of course, NO political side wants to be the accountable to electors to put in 15% cuts to these programs due to reckless government policies and free money. Trump's trade war and this interest rate/debt funding/bond market issue is going to overwhelm everything else.

Trump is the best president because he's had the most interesting drop-bys: Kid Rock Kim Kardashian Steve Harvey Kanye West Ted Nugent Sarah Palin (No James Woods or Lee Greenwood as of yet) “[Kanye’s] intentions were good, but he’s clearly being played by Trump, who was outright laughing at him at one point. It’s just sad,” the unnamed insider said. “The problem is, there’s no telling Kanye how to act, and there’s no advising him to be calm or cool. He’s going to launch into whatever he wants, and Kim has to be there to pick up the pieces afterwards.” Kanye West had become one of the biggest celebrity backers of Donald Trump — along with football legend Jim Brown who was also at the meeting on Thursday — though his support of the president has generated some major controversy. Earlier this year, after expressing his admiration for Trump, Kanye got himself into some trouble after claiming that black people who lived in slavery chose to do so.

Which political party wants corporations to have nearly monopolistic/oligopolistic power over individual consumers/users?

There's nobody in our system that will push Garcia out until mid 2020, at the earliest. I just don't see the logic for holding onto Abreu at that amount (somebody has to put butts in the stands, but does he really do that at this point in his career?)...and then throwing away a much younger player who MIGHT conceivably still be a part of the future if he can put together another season like 2017. Since he's apparently not attractive to anyone else, if he would be willing to sign for $30-45 million (guaranteed) for 2020-2022, they should at least consider it. He's not going to find a place that he's MORE comfortable in the big leagues. It's NOT like any of those minor leaguers are guaranteed to hit for enough power OR play defense well enough to man the position. Basabe's probably the best bet, but his hitting is undoubtedly going to leave something to be desired. Robert is more comfortable in LF or CF, from all reports. Rutherford looks more like a Ryan Sweeney 4th outfielder type than an everyday corner until he proves he can consistently hit 15-18 or even 20 homers every year. Gonzalez needs to repeat his success at higher levels. So Basabe and Adolfo (if his TJ heals as expected) are your best bets, but neither of them are close to sure things at this point. That leaves Robert and Gonzalez for CF, and Rutherford potentially LF if they move Jimenez to full-time DH. OR THEY SIMPLY BUY OR TRADE FOR THEIR STARTING RFer, which is equally likely.

If they cut Avi, Hahn's/KW's decision-making in that original deal (yet again) gets questioned. Until he's out of the organization, they can buy themselves 3 more months to see if he can put together a healthy first half and get something useful back in return.

For all we know, the White Sox aren't confident in their 4-5 outfield prospects succeeding and are still playing out the possibility they can sign him to a reasonable extension from 2020-2022/23. (Or maybe they're thinking they can pool them together to get a final finishing piece, like the Verlander and Cole trades for the Astros.) Isn't that just as likely as the White Sox going out and trading for the equivalent of Cain and Yelich...they (also) usually seem to show MORE loyalty to their own (relatively) homegrown or young players, as opposed to investing huge amounts into free agents...when you think about guys like Buehrle, Danks, Konerko, Ordonez, in the past.

That would be a bridge too far.

I wish Kirk Ferentz would quit football to run for governor so we could have a new offense suitable for the 21st century not based on ball control and jailbreak screens. If Iowa can't get rid of King or Grassley...

Boras would be stupid to sign an extension after Bryant's 2018 campaign...unless he has inside information that the shoulder is never going to be the same.

Why would Arenado be any more likely than Machado or Harper? We might as well be saying Rendon and crossing fingers on health...which makes him a better value financially but still high-risk.

Isn’t that a line from Borat?

If Avi actually stayed healthy (BIG IF), and hit like he did for most of 2017...what would he theoretically be worth at the trade deadline? Is that worth whatever his projected arbitration salary is? ALTERNATIVES? What outfielders in the Ozuna/Yelich/Cain category are there that would be under contract from 2021-23? Among the FA's, Brantley and Pollock are two of the biggest names out there...so it seems perfectly logical they'll roll the dice on Donaldson (knowing that Yolmer's best-suited for utility play and Davidson's just not an everyday 3B either) and AJ Pollock and hope to "jump start" the competitive window by adding two (potentially) legit bats on "under/distressed value" contracts. Brantley's had so many injuries as well, but perhaps the Sox would prefer his familiarity with the division and the idea of "subtracting" a player from their (now) chief rival. I'm almost ready that signing Yasiel Puig after the Dodgers are penalized for their Latin American operations violations. He could conceivably be put on the market, as well...as a penalty. Keep in mind that agencies aren't dropping clients who make them boatloads of money for bat flips or not hustling out of the box. Puig is set to make over $9 million in 2018 before likely topping $10 million in arbitration in 2019 and then hitting free agency thereafter. It's a good chunk of money for an agency to leave on the table. I just don't see the point in running Engel, Cordell or Delmonico out there everyday when there's probably 3-5 scouts out of 100 who believe any of those 3 are everyday players.