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QUOTE (southside hitman @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 08:47 AM) He said he wraps his bat and can't get to stuff inside, which was concerning enough to drop his likely ceiling. Take that for what you will. If he has close to the top bat speed in the minors despite this...it's not so difficult to fix. A switch-hitter, Moncada has electric bat speed and is dangerous from both sides of the plate. He has made notable improvements in his second pro season, adding more loft to his swing and more patience to his approach.Moncada's home run percentage per at-bat has risen from 2.6 in 2015 to 3.7 (6.2 in Double-A) this year, while his walk percentage per plate appearance has increased from 11.6 to 14.6. Moncada's best pure tool is his speed, which is well above average and earns 70 grades on the 20-80 scouting scale from some evaluators. He knows how to use it on the basepaths, where he has the acumen to steal a lot of bases with a high success rate (86 percent in pro ball). Moncada has been slowed, however, since spraining his left ankle in early August, and he attempted only one steal in 11 games after his return. Few players can match Moncada's offensive potential. He projects as a .280 hitter with 20 homers and 40 steals in his prime. While Moncada won't deliver those numbers right away, he should be an upgrade over Shaw and Hill. Not really a bat speed issue here... The difference is all the difference. While Benintendi proved he was ready to play every day by recognizing the ways he was being pitched to and adapting accordingly, Moncada has looked lost as Padres pitchers have challenged him with curveballs, sliders and changeups. In Tuesday night's 5-1 victory, he struck out four times on 20 pitches, 11 of which were fastballs. That came after Monday's 2-1 loss, in which he whiffed three times on 18 pitches, only three fastballs. "They've thrown a lot of [off-speed pitches] and it's been throwing me off a little bit," Moncada said through interpreter Daveson Perez. "But I just have got to work on seeing them better and making contact. These weren't my first strikeouts, and they won't be my last. Just got to keep moving forward and know that the players that strike out are the players that are actually playing in the game."

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 09:20 AM) LOL, it has to me moved because its either not going to happen or we are all going to be paying for it. Half of those idiots also believe that we get almost nothing from Mexico that we cant get get here. Except for a HUGE percentage of things like fruits and vegetables. But other than that.... The biggest import is cars, with the U.S. spending $74 billion in 2015 for the hundreds of thousands of Chevrolet and Ram trucks, as well as Volkswagens, Fords, Hondas, Nissans and other brands that are assembled in Mexican factories. But cars are far from the only product that U.S. importers bring in from Mexico. Other key categories include machinery, medical instruments, and mineral fuels.The country is also the U.S.' second-biggest provider of agricultural products, with imports amounting to $21 billion in 2015. "It is very troubling for world food and agricultural markets for Administration spokespersons to bandy about terms like a 20% tax on all imports from Mexico or other countries,'' Tom Stenzel, President and CEO of the United Fresh Produce Association said in a statement. "Consider the impact on American consumers of a 20% hike in the cost of foods such as bananas, mangoes and other products that we simply cannot grow in the United States. Consider also what other countries would do to block U.S. exports in retaliation. As the Administration looks to incentivize manufacturing jobs in the U.S., we urge President Trump to consider the unique nature of food and not place a new food tax on American consumers." Fresh vegetables purchased from Mexico totaled $4.8 billion in 2015, according to the office of the Trade Representative. Snack food imports totaled $1.7 billion, while wine and beer $2.7 billion and processed fruit and vegetables peaked at $1.4 billion two years ago Representative Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, said in a statement that a tariff would not only "disrupt Texas commerce with our most important trading partner, but it would raise consumer prices by 20% on many goods, like so much of the fresh produce upon which we rely at this time of year.''

Red Sox, Yankees, Dodgers and Cubs fanbases create lots of page views and advertising dollars...

QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 08:50 AM) Has a presidential transition been this clusterf*** esque before? Maybe after Lincoln's assasination? Andrew Johnson. Ford taking over for Nixon? Nixon becoming president after everything that happened in 1968? Nothing comes to mind. https://www.yahoo.com/tv/hannity-trump-snl-...-043007340.html Coming soon, Sean Hannity as press secretary...

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 08:46 AM) Just wondering how current is this listing. Benintendi had over 100 AB in Boston last year so he shouldn't be considered a prospect. Someone who gets called up and stays on MLB roster is not a prospect to me but maybe Zips uses a different criteria. 130+ AB's to lose rookie status.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 07:14 AM) They're on there as some of the 2 dozen vacancies, but that's only part of the issue - they haven't bothered coming up with nominees for many of the other positions on that graphic, many of whom require Senate confirmation. So basically, right now the State department is leaderless, there's no one to make the basic day-to-day decisions that happen when you're doing things like dealing with trade and visitation from foreign leaders, and it's not the fault of the Senate. And Tillerson basically has zero experience in diplomacy, now w/ nobody to rely upon for advice and guidance.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 08:25 AM) I'm really starting to warm up to the idea of a Quintana for Glasnow/Keller/Newman trade. If they were to include Craig as a 4th piece, I'd probably take the deal. Obviously I'm willing to wait things out a bit longer for a legit positional headliner, but the offer mentioned previously would be a ton of talent to pass up. Keller is really shooting up the charts and I'm a huge fan of Newman. I think if the Sox believe Glasnow really is an elite starting pitching prospect, I'm struggling to see how the trade deadline could ever result in that much more talent. I know at some point we need to address the positional side of things, but I think we can eventually do some prospect for prospect trades for bats. A great example would be the Cubs. They have several positional guys who are blocked for the foreseeable future and could definitely use a young, major league starter. Something built around Glasnow & Jimenez could work for both sides. And the great news is we'd pretty much be set up the middle if you believe in Anderson (SS), Newman (2B), Moncada (CF), & Collins ©. That would leave us with only corner spots to fill via free agency or by leveraging our pitching depth. Jimenez? Lopez? Maybe Lopez is no longer eligible because of the 44 IP, you need 50 to lose rookie status, but also there's a number of days on the active roster clause too for rookies. Would have to check.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 08:25 AM) I'm really starting to warm up to the idea of a Quintana for Glasnow/Keller/Newman trade. If they were to include Craig as a 4th piece, I'd probably take the deal. Obviously I'm willing to wait things out a bit longer for a legit positional headliner, but the offer mentioned previously would be a ton of talent to pass up. Keller is really shooting up the charts and I'm a huge fan of Newman. I think if the Sox believe Glasnow really is an elite starting pitching prospect, I'm struggling to see how the trade deadline could ever result in that much more talent. I know at some point we need to address the positional side of things, but I think we can eventually do some prospect for prospect trades for bats. A great example would be the Cubs. They have several positional guys who are blocked for the foreseeable future and could definitely use a young, major league starter. Something built around Glasnow & Jimenez could work for both sides. And the great news is we'd pretty much be set up the middle if you believe in Anderson (SS), Newman (2B), Moncada (CF), & Collins ©. That would leave us with only corner spots to fill via free agency or by leveraging our pitching depth. Jimenez? Lopez? Maybe Lopez is no longer eligible because of the 44 IP, you need 50 to lose rookie status, but also there's a number of days on the active roster clause too for rookies. Would have to check.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 08:15 AM) Keith Law has Yoan Moncada at #17, Lucas Giolito at #13, and Michael Kopech as the best pitching prospect in the league at #7 overall. 20 at-bats in the majors (coming out of AA) with 12 k's moved him down that much? That's nuts.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 27, 2017 -> 07:17 AM) The last sentence is 100% true. But nobody in modern history has been able to treat the entire non-conservative or liberal media...and especially the majority of countries in the world as the enemy, and survive. Threatening, mocking, bullying and non-payment might work as a successful business negotiating tactic to get the best deal, but it won't work for long diplomatically. It's going to cause Europe to band together and unite...Mexico/Canada with Central and South America, the signatories to the TPP with China, etc. Especially if Russia and the US start cooperating, with India joining in all likelihood. It would put the UK and Japan in extremely difficult positions as well. https://www.yahoo.com/news/mayor-miami-dade...-021840090.html Individual cities (Miami, Dade County) are already beginning to heed immigration detention requests...and we are one step closer to vigilantes and civilian posses forming to "assist" the government, ala George Zimmerman. The stage is nearly set for the looming battle over California regarding sanctuary cities. Trump will send the National Guard there as well? But the determination to keep campaign promises is verging on an obsession inside the Trump White House. Those close to the President believe that despite the uproar in Washington, the actions are being well received. "If you are somebody sitting at home, you say, 'Wow, there's a lot going on here.' The media bubbles on the coast are not the people Trump is talking to," said a senior aide . "The people that Donald Trump is talking to are the thousands of counties that he won." But Trump isn't dispensing with the Washington game entirely. He spent considerable time with congressional leaders this week, a big departure from Obama, who once joked to journalists who criticized his reluctance to socialize with top Republicans: "Why don't you get a drink with Mitch McConnell?" Lindsey Graham 17h17 hours ago Lindsey Graham ‏@LindseyGrahamSC Simply put, any policy proposal which drives up costs of Corona, tequila, or margaritas is a big-time bad idea. Mucho Sad. (2) Lindsey Graham 17h17 hours ago Lindsey Graham ‏@LindseyGrahamSC Border security yes, tariffs no. Mexico is 3rd largest trading partner. Any tariff we can levy they can levy. Huge barrier to econ growth /1

Consider that while the ban would make exceptions for "religious minorities" fleeing religious persecution in their home countries, it expressly denies entry to Muslim refugees fleeing religious persecution from Muslim governments. In other words, a Druze fearing oppression in Syria would be allowed in the United States under Trump's proposed ban, but a Sunni facing slaughter would not. A Christian fleeing discrimination in Yemen would be given entry, but a Shia facing death and starvation would not. A Baha'i seeking refuge from Iran would be welcomed in America, but a moderate Muslim family such as mine fleeing Islamic fundamentalism would not. Trump has also argued that the restrictions would focus on countries whose migrants could pose a threat to Americans. But this, too, is a lie. If this act were meant to safeguard the homeland from citizens from terror-prone countries, then it would include (which it reportedly doesn't) a ban on citizens from Saudi Arabia -- a country whose citizens have killed more American civilians than every other banned country on Trump's list combined. Indeed, of the 19 terrorists who attacked us on 9/11, 15 were from Saudi Arabia, two were from the United Arab Emirates, one was from Egypt and one from Lebanon. Not a single one of these countries are on Trump's banned list, though, with the possible exception of Lebanon, Trump has business ties in all of them. All of this proves that this executive order is nothing more than a cynical cover for what Trump has repeatedly promised would be a complete ban on Muslims entering the United States (Muslims he doesn't make a profit from, that is), and the full-frontal assault on the civil rights of Muslim citizens in the United States. That is not fear-mongering; it is not an exaggeration. It is explicitly what Trump vowed to do as president when he discussed creating a database for all Muslims in the United States; when he threatened to send American citizens to the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; when he assembled the most rabidly anti-Muslim Cabinet in recent memory, including a national security adviser who believes "Islam is not a real religion, but a political ideology masked behind a religion"; when he reportedly gets his views and policies about Muslims from officially designated hate groups. Cnn.com

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 09:51 PM) <!--quoteo(post=3477047:date=Jan 26, 2017 -> 12:26 PM:name=BigSqwert)-->QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 12:26 PM) <!--quotec-->The train wreck continues. The State Department’s entire senior management team just resigned <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"> Are we talking about the four highly-experienced senior level staff forced out (resigned, but under threat)? Or this is something different?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/business...yp=cur&_r=0 WASHINGTON — Just days after President Trump spoke of a “running war’’ with the media, his chief White House strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, ratcheted up the attacks, arguing that news organizations had been “humiliated” by the election outcome and repeatedly describing the media as “the opposition party” of the current administration. “The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Mr. Bannon said in an interview on Wednesday. “I want you to quote this,” Mr. Bannon added. “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 09:13 PM) Sometimes you just have to laugh. I mean there is just so much hilarity in https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix...m=.61131fd214ba When his son in law, Jared Kushner, was registered to vote in NY and NJ. That being said, I am actually trying to think of any event where someone who won, wanted to launch an investigation to prove that they won by more. I know I know, there should be more "discourse" about this. Because Trump was so respectful of Obama, and we obviously should give him the same respect. Adrian Beltre appealing checked swing calls, lol...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/eco...m=.c2fde77cd4ec In these six smaller American towns, laws targeting "the illegals" didn't go as well as planned (and backfired in most cases)

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 26, 2017 -> 01:42 AM) Looks like he was equally as valuable on the road as at home, so I'm not sure exactly what you're getting at here. If it did play as a more favorable hitter's park, then hitting better on the theoretically close to neutral composite field of all visiting stadiums should affirm his pretty spectacular offensive season.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-...76c1610?ref=yfp The danger of arguing why Saudia Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan and UAE aren't being included in the immigration ban.

http://theweek.com/speedreads/675913/contr...-2-million-bill Guess we should have known already from all his unpaid bills (this one on the DC hotel), lawsuits and bankruptcies.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 10:10 PM) I could NOT agree more. There's literally no point in talking about the election anymore. Well, that's not necessarily true if you want to apply the lessons learned to 2018/20...like Nate Silver and his team are in the processing of doing. https://www.yahoo.com/news/how-global-gag-r...-174753327.html Oh well. Back to the abortion/global gag order argument. That's good for a moralistic response from brett at least. MSI (Marie Stopes Intl.) projects that with the loss of USAID for its contraception and family planning services, there will be as many as 2.1 million additional abortions in the areas it serves during the next three years. In a statement from the U.N. Foundation, an organization that connects the goals of the U.N. with NGOs around the world on issues on female empowerment, UNF CEO Kathy Calvin said: “This action will do more than change policy; it will make it more difficult for millions of girls and women to access the contraception and health care they need to determine their futures.” When the policy was last enacted, during the George W. Bush administration, health care clinics in many countries were forced to close, and outreach services for the most vulnerable populations were eliminated, Calvin said. Millions of people around the globe were left without critical health services, including maternal and child health care, HIV testing and counseling, and contraceptives, including condoms. “Without these life-saving services, more women and infants died due to pregnancy-related complications,” she said. In fact, banning abortions doesn’t reduce abortion, according to several studies conducted by the World Health Organization. Cutting access to contraception increases pregnancy rates and the incidence of illegal, makeshift and unsafe abortion practices. But the cut goes far beyond health care access, said van Min. Once basic screenings and contraception and exams aren’t accessible, a domino effect begins for women, and in turn, communities.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-2017-all-...-014254782.html Pretty surprising Hernandez, Blanton, Logan and Hochevar are still unsigned for some team's bullpen. At any rate, more damming evidence for and why our veterans aren't going anywhere. Also makes more of a question mark why they bothered to keep Lawrie when Saladino could be a key part of the rebuild, but that's probably due to not being able to move Frazier as much as anything against Tyler. And there will be plenty of DH at-bats available as well. Wonder if Morneau or Navarro will just retire...? You'd think a playoff team in the AL could use a platoon DH bat. Of course, Alvarez, Carter, Moss and Napoli are all still out there, too.

And signed for only $700k, a bargain price in recent years in the Latin American market. $100k scholarship as well. http://dplbaseball.com/featured-post/tatis...h-the-whitesox/ He developed with Giovani ¨Sabino¨ Ubiera in San Pedro de Macoris. Hard to find the scout who signed him. http://thebaseballcube.com/players/profile...ernando-tatis-2 No listing for the scout.

https://www.yahoo.com/music/madonna-banned-...-162615818.html Seems like just yesterday the Dixie Chicks were in the eye of the hurricane...now back to targeting singers for being anti-patriotic, aka Anti-Trump.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 08:36 PM) Went to a county dem meeting last night. Was told that it was record attendance. Had to move the meeting into a bigger space to accommodate. First time going to a meeting like this. Actually came away disappointed. The attendees were in the mood to discuss specific ideas. Moderators wanted no part of it. Kept talking about needing to go to other meetings and pimping some fundraiser dinner. I understand it's a marathon and not a sprint but man we're party leaders tone deaf. No wonder we lose elections. Direct action/doing something to feel you're actually making a difference >>> raising money you're not even sure will be spent wisely. That's why Bernie Sanders kept his donor list away from the DNC for so long. For that very reason.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 08:42 PM) Uh, her 30 years of public service and campaign platform kinda made it clear. Yes, but the disconnect from 1992 Hillary and the 2016 version was that everyday Americans no longer thought she was one of them. Bernie, they knew he was firmly on their side and who the enemy was...she simply became captured by the establishment, in the same way it happened to Dole or McCain. All the smoke around the Clinton Foundation, the speeches to big banks....that only increased the disconnect. She could no longer sell the idea that they were broke, like she used to her advantage after leaving the White House in 2001.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 25, 2017 -> 08:40 PM) Uh. This is fundamentally untrue. They had one slogan: Stronger Together One. From the beginning. And it's still being used at all of the rallies nationwide. Why did Trump want to be President??? Are you seriously saying Clinton is more narcissistic than Trump? Not outwardly...I do feel that a part of her thought she had earned the job for suffering right wing conspiracies going all the way back to Bill's first run for Congress in 1974...for staying with her husband...weathering the storms of Washington. Felt she deserved the job might be pushing it, but there was some entitlement. Trump's motivations don't matter. At least half of that 62.5 million wanted to take back America from Washington, Hollywood, BLM, political correctness, apologizing for American Exceptionalism, sanctuary cities, affirmative action, atheists, the gay/lesbian rights movement, Muslims, scientists who care more about the environment than American jobs, Mexicans...anything conflicting with Eisenhower's 1957 America. That they would get a conservative SC justice as part of the bargain didn't hurt.