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Except Pederson for two years makes no sense without an extension. We don’t have a need for Toles, although he probably deserves a full-time MLB shot more than guys like Engel or Delmonico. 100% it won’t be Verdugo, so there are only two realistic options, unless KW coaxes Andre Ethier out of retirement.

That homer he hit yesterday...just looked like a line out to SS....then it just kept carrying and carrying. It’s AZ, obviously, but that might be the lowest peak height homer I’ve seen in a long time. 2553 attendance...roughly the same as Sunday’s game.

Wilson Betemit and Ryan Sweeney. Adam Engel in AFL. Irrelevant or small sample sizes.

What proof do we have that the Sox are better...especially since Sale, Eaton and Q?

Then we can respond with what about all the money coming back from parking, taxpayer subsidies, stadium upkeep (subsidized), naming rights, MLB BAM Tech, NBC Sports Chicago and all the national baseball contracts?

If he didn’t, how did he get pinpointed out of 300+ players in their system? Remember, we were taking on money and also included Erik Johnson. Keith Law tipped off them to get back at KW after his his time in Toronto which culminated in sour aftertaste of the Wells/Sirotka deal?

800,000 attendance is like early 1970’s and 80’s depths of despair (other than 1977 and 83), with a crumbling old park and the rapidly deteriorating environment in the surrounding neighborhood. Yet those who remember going to games at the old park remimisce with fonder memories, it seems.

Hey, TB and Oakland were supposed to be terrible the last couple of years so the White Sox can theoretically follow the same path...in 2019, or ‘20 or ‘21. Zack Collins with a base hit to the opposite side, RBI.

Not sure which is worse, Danny Mendick hype for five minutes...or hearing how Renteria is going to be more of a hard ass and they’re finally going to focus on winning more at the minor league level. No Rich King, Jim Leyland was not the White Sox skipper....although he should have been.

We need the English Premier League rules where we eventually get relegated. Or the authoritarian dictator of a 3rd world country to spend crazy money to buy the team and up the payroll to $200 million.

Our biggest thread after Harper signs will be fans hoping to keep Jimenez down all year so we can challenge the 1.2 million mark in attendance...fun times.

Great, now the announcers are diagnosing something different with Jimenez’s heel placement. Looked pretty terrible that at-bat. Just out of sync.

This game is now a debacle. 1-4-1. Oh, well. We have so many young/promising relievers, one of them has to be our next Fry by the process of elimination. Now whether Fry can repeat is another question altogether.

Hoyer knew a lot more about Rizzo than Byrnes, just like Preller with Tatis (or Paddy didn’t advocate for keeping him convincingly enough with Hahn/KW.)

A “fair” but not cheap deal for Puig at 29 would be 3 years and $54 million or four years and $70...about what Pollock got, albeit less injuries and younger. Puig has averaged 1.9 fWAR the last three seasons. I can’t imagine paying Castellanos or Ozuna much more or less that that. And therein lies the problem...between our second tier of outfielders being unsure to even hit 2 and the opportunity cost that goes with not spending on a really good veteran starting pitcher. Of course, they SHOULD be able to accommodate two contracts like that.

It was officially Josh Byrnes who got taken, not Preller. https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2017/2/15/14593912/anthony-rizzo-andrew-cashner-cubs-padres-trade-retrospective Epstein still saw the player he drafted for Boston in the sixth round of the 2007 draft. In addition, new GM Jed Hoyer acquired Rizzo himself while in San Diego, so both executives were quite familiar with him. The situation was ripe for the Cubs braintrust to reunite with Rizzo. Unlike the Padres, Epstein and Hoyer knew enough not to put much weight into 153 PA from a 21-year-old who was probably called up too soon anyway. The Cubs trusted their scouting and player development.

But we can just anticipate the front office response from the Sox if he eventually sign with anyone but the Phillies for three years (opt out kicking in at that moment)...”our timelines in light of the Kopech injury and dearth of comparable pitching (other than Keuchel/Kimbrel) didn’t allow for a set of tandem moves that would allow us to legitimately compete until 2021...”

Except for it happening in May or June and possibly missing 2 seasons instead of just one plus. Like what they had to feel their way through with Adolfo, or the Angels with Ohtani.

And that’s why there is a real possibility he goes to a win-now team like the Dodgers...that he actually desires to play for, as opposed to the Phillies, that are all-in but are not the preferred destination. The White Sox really didn't give Machado much of an option. Undoubtedly, that’s not the case here...or they’re just really stuck on whether to give Philly four years instead of just 3, and how much more that should be worth to secure.

It was from a link I had on the same page....above that.

The next Todd Ritchie that we’ll all be promised has the capability to be a #2 instead of being an actual 2.

Thanks for royal decree, Nova of Zalem (Alita: Battle Angel reference) So, I’ll be waiting with bated breath for JR to give a 1-2-3 year opt out to Bryce Harper now. Hey, anything’s at least possible, I suppose. Realistic, perhaps not.

“Now, in big, big deals the player gets the opportunity to bail on the contract at a certain point. Scott Boras, from day one, has insisted that there be an opt-out clause in there, quite honestly, because he's not positive that Harper will like it here. That is part of the whole situation,” he said. "Boras said we have to have an opt-out and it has to be after year three," Cataldi continued. "Three years guaranteed and then we get the chance to leave. If we don't, then we get the other seven years and he's here for the full ten. He gets the one opt out after the three.” “They (the Phillies) say, not only does that not work for us, but we can't sell that to Philadelphia. We're gonna poison the well before he gets here. He's basically saying, we're not sure about Philadelphia. The opt-out clause is what's holding up an agreement with the Philadelphia Phillies and I can tell you, Scott Boras insists that it be three years."

That was to make a point to the other owners but also to give the team an escape plan/hatch...and it was over 20 years ago now.

JR is also not going to create the first $40 million per year baseball player...not on his watch.