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Byron Buxton has a career 698 ops in 912 at-bats over 3+ seasons...also a former #1 prospect in baseball. 21—.576 22—.714 23—.727 Didn’t become a truly valuable player until last season, largely due to his Gold Glove defense. I do have a concern that he’s never going to be a huge stolen base threat, but in modrn baseball, that risks a lot of potential injuries that are not worth taking him out of the lineup (see Luis Robert slide in ST.)

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 7, 2018 -> 06:56 AM) Hopefully Giolito rebounds and shows a little more stuff today. In this weather?

Brutally cold but sunny the next two games...Monday?€™s game moved up to 1 p.m., forecast even worse for that day. Plus nobody cares about the Rays. Well, maybe Tampa residents or snowbirds.

He absolutely tattoed a ball to 1b off a lefty reliever...at ‘em ball. Hes hanging in extremely well against LHP. Ended up 1/4 with a walk, struck out against a tough breaking pitch bearing inside.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 12:22 PM) If you don't like what it says, discredit the source, even if the source backs all their claims by providing evidence of them. What will Bernie do for civil rights? Read that article, it should give you a good idea. But you're missing the point with that question. I'm not going to claim to speak for all Bernie supporters or progressives, but I feel that the best way to bring about social equality is as a derivative of economic equality. Therefore, I'm going to fight first and foremost for good economic policy and, yes, prioritize it over social policy. If you think that makes me racist, you're being far too simplistic and reductive. An example of economic policy that Bernie had fought for his entire political career and something I'd support and fight for is the elimination of private prisons. My reasoning is that we're paying private companies more to house prisoners than we would pay in taxes to house them as a public service, and states with private prisons are economically incentivized to put their citizens in prisons and keep them there by the horrible contracts they've signed with these corporations that state that they have to pay more for empty beds than they do for inmates. This has a social justice side effect of placing pressure on the justice system to come up with better rehabilitative solutions and reducing or eliminating mandatory minimum sentencing because there are less places to put prisoners and there's no economic incentive for the state to imprison its citizens. That's not racist, it's dealing with the problem the only way the people in power will listen to, by changing the flow of the money. Exactly right, especially with drug sentencing...he?€™s the anti-Jeff Sessions. Sanders is just awkward in the same way David Letterman is interviewing Jay-Z. His heart is in the right place. That said, new blood is desperately needed...and someone with foreign policy curiosity/bonafides. A 45 year old mix of Sanders and Biden. Combine with the RFK 68, Gore 2000, John Edwards populist touch on the other side of the political spectrum. Howard Dean would be another example.

Ohtani just crushed another homer, 3rd of the year. Three consecutive games, all 3 home games. Hitting 7/16... Hendriks just walked him with bases loaded, wouldnt give him anything over the plate.

QUOTE (Quin @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 08:46 PM) I'd take a middle-of-the-pack starter as a switching-hitting supersub with superb defense and power any day of the week. That sounds more like Leury’s profile...

Cuban hitters typically rake in the middle of snowstorms...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 07:14 PM) We bounced back 200 points in the last hour. Wait to see what China does. If they hit us back again, especially if it involves our bonds, this could get really ugly. Dow 20000 here we go. How would dumping bonds really benefit them...making the RMB stronger when their exports are under threat seems like the exact opposite of what they choose to do. Not to mention they enjoy the psychological advantage of that imagined “leverage” over the US of controlling $1.2 trillion in debt. US yields might rise in the short term, but their hit would be worse because many of their inefficient state owned enterprises are over leveraged in debt.

Hansen, Robert and Eloy...get well soon!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 06:45 PM) Last offseason at the start of December I was saying either extend them now or trade them. After watching how last offseason played out, I'm not so sure any more, that call may have been wrong and I think 2k5 may have a point in this thread Yeah they could continue putting up strong seasons, but decent seasons could still leave them hanging out at the end of the FA market after 3 or 4 other guys take the remaining money. Goldschmidt is a FA the same year as Abreu, so is Smoak, so he might well be the 3rd 3b on the market and the oldest of them. Other teams might blow their money on that lefty starter at the front of Boston's rotation. If he stays healthy, the best OF on the market could be Adam Eaton. And if a team like the Yankees or Dodgers decides to keep their powder dry in 2020...in 2021 this dude named Mike Trout becomes a free agent, and he won't turn 29 until the middle of the next season, so good lord imagine that contract. There's a nonzero chance that where this market is going, these guys deals wind up unusually depressed compared to what it would take to extend them right now. You’re forgetting that the Eaton deal has two affordable options through 2021. http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/washington-nati...am-eaton-11309/ I would take Abreu over Smoak in win now mode based on overall track record, but that could change if Smoak repeats. Like Belt because of his defense...

Happy to take a .154 season from Moncada if we can also extrapolate the offensive numbers of the rest of those players for the full season, particularly Davidson, Anderson and Yolmer. Winning. And it?€™s not like he isnt 1 for his last 15. Even changing that one hit to a GS gives him a respectable ops.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 06:47 PM) What exactly are we spending all our money on then? You?€™re against Machado, you?€™re against elite relievers. Do you want to overpay for a bunch of B free agents or simply go young across the board? 1) Another outfielder if Avi goes 2) Veteran 2/3 starter 3) Two elite set up guys (rather than one closer, who I believe comes internally) 4) Catcher? Depends on Collins/Zavala... If I knew the top 2-3 picks in the draft, that would help, too. I also would be looking to Japan or Korea for a bargain to throw in the mix.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 06:43 PM) Off topic but imagine this season is do or die for Michalczewski, Hawkins, Barnum, and Alvarez Alvarez would have to get past Anderson, Leury, Saladino, Sanchez, Cordell and two more Charlotte middle infielders just to be the last guy on the bench. That said, if he can hit for enough power, he has a shot at the Saladino spot, pr, etc. Adolfo 2/2 with a walk.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/maybe-trump-...-195710761.html Wal-Mart, not Amazon, is the real culprit destroying small businesses and hollowing out communities

One play does not a season make. Let’s not make it out to be bigger than Tony Graffanino in the 2005 AL Divisional Series.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 06:34 PM) I'm not squeamish about the money next year. IMO that was the point of the rebuild. So I'll be the first to say in this thread that this is the piece I want. Kimbrel. Has he had arm surgery yet? He seems like a perfect example of a veteran who has been used extensively and all of a sudden goes south (if the Sox get him)...but he’s still only 29, and should have at least 3-4 more dominant years left.

Personally, I think they give it until midseason 2019 to play out...unless they can get some absolute bargains next offseason. There are too many wild cards right now. Jones. Burdi’s health. The law of averages says that at least one if not two of Fulmer, Lopez, Cease and Dunning will wind up down there. Not having to pay an elite closer $15 million (again) would be a huge boost. Hopefully Avilan, Bummer, Cedeno can hold down the fort from the LH side...not particularly interested in overpaying for Andrew Miller one season early.

Rutherford had based loaded opportunity but Kd... The top five in that lineup is fun to follow at least. Somehow they’ve managed 5-6 caught stealings in the early going this year already.

Rutherford has a double, yay, xb hit..also, looks like Booker and Call will split time early. Adolfo has a walk and single. Charlotte not exactly motivating to look up unless Kopech is in action. Watching Cedeno, Ross, Gomez, Rondon fight for pen spots, I guess.

Too quick...have to give more than a week there.

Too quick...have to give more than a week there.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 11:03 AM) No man. I think the reality is you misinterpret the fact that Clinton's manuerisms, language, and style was relatably southern (black and white) to people with the traits you identified of infidelity, back stabbing and obesity for some reason. So when people say they relate to bill clinton, you think they are saying they are relating to the worst parts of him. It's not that crazy to understand the support he had from southern black voters after 12 years of Reagan/Bush. He didn't keep black leaders at arms length, he was visible in black communities and churches. He had black members of his leadership, he was visibly close friends with Vernon Jordan and golfed with him. He talked about black communities and his plans for them in speeches after years of neglect in national discussion (aside from moral terms of why they were failing). These were advances at the time though they are table stakes now. It doesn't mean his policies actually served those ends, to the contrary. But it built a lot of equity to bring many of those leaders with a bigger seat at the table than they had before when others weren't and he didn't have to. ALl you are doing is plopping 2016 view on bill clinton and knowledge of his presidency, placing it in the 90s without any context and then drawing caricatures about huge groups of people with that viewpoint. Being close to Jordan, Franklin Raines and Ron Brown doesn?€™t explain it, either. He aggressively marketed the Clinton brand to black churches, not unlike Trump securing the evangelical vote. And sure, anyone who came after those two presidents would have been better...not even the Democratic Party was ready to get behind Jesse Jackson in 1988 and 1992. If Mario Cuomo became president, he would have done a lot more for African Americans imo.

QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 10:49 AM) If Yolmer and Anderson are consistent 3+ WAR players, there's no reason to sign Manny Machado... Especially if you look at the risk on a deal like that...give me another outfielder, veteran #2-3 starter to help lead the youngsters (and insure against injury risk) and put the rest into creating an elite pen. Catcher would be the other main concern, depending on Collins/Zavala’s development. Following that plan also allows you to devote another starting prospect to the bullpen foundation. If we keep Avi, we probably don’t need to sign a FA. Let’s see how Jimenez, Robert, Delmonico, Engel, Leury and Cordell do this year first.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 10:32 AM) By the way, none of us is ever going to convince the other. I continue to discuss Bernie to highlight why his candidacy would be terrible for Dems. For instance Sqwert, GoSox, etc and I all probably agree on 99% of issues. We're on the same team. Yet we aren't and we don't really like each other much. That's the problem with a Bernie 2020 candidacy - it'll just continue the infighting and make it worse. For the good of everyone, we should move on from BOTH HRC and Bernie, and Biden frankly. That's the pragmatic and prudent choice if we want to win in 2020. Of course, the Berner's generally aren't much for pragmatism, but hopefully enough Dems will care enough about beating Trump to want a more united front opposing him. And he's done his job - the Dem party has shifted significantly left because of Bernie, so his supporters should be stoked about that. That?€™s the core argument. That pragmatic in the last 30 years hasn?€™t led to anything but more economic inequality, educational attainment inequality, erosion of labor unions/workers?€™ rights, etc. That?€™s why Conor Lamb and Sanders are aligned with Trump on tariffs. Btw, what did Clinton and Obama do to help people in Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan...? Other than ObamaCare, the legacy of this pragmatism is globalization, lost jobs to China and SE Asia/India/Mexico, the loss of ability for blue collar/manufacturing workers to provide for families, higher tuition and medical insurance rates, drug costs increasing...the continuing erosion in those communities in the face of immigration, perceived preference for minorities and/or illegals, etc. Clinton essentially brought about cheaper products to Wal-Mart...which of course was one of his biggest lifetime corporate contributors in Arkansas. On environment, gun control, prison reform, abortion...the Dems have lost a lot of ground. Edit:Obama did preserve a lot of Detroit’s auto industry in the face of Romney wanting them to go bankrupt