TomPickle

Teoscar Hernandez had a 102 wRC+ in 2019 in MLB or 15 points lower than Abreu. Abreu's wRC+ was 15 points lower than Donaldson. We should both probably quit posting on a White Sox message board during the off season if we aren't allowed to make projections based on past performance.

It was just a throwaway comment I made because I was annoyed that the Twins signed Donaldson. Though I would much rather have Donaldson than Abreu and $4.3 million, which is the difference in AAV over the first three years of the deal. I could see how the deals offset somewhat due to the one extra year of Donaldson and that he is also a year older than Abreu. I think the Abreu deal was bad and this deal is justified, but yeah, it doesn't really make that much sense to compare the two out of the blue like I did. Donaldson was as much better offensively over Abreu as Abreu was over Teoscar Hernandez. It is a significant difference and even if Donaldson is forced to DH he's going to be a more valuable DH than Abreu will be after Encarnacion is gone.

The 34 year old a a better hitter and fielder than the 33 year old.

This makes the Abreu deal look even worse, not that it needed any help looking bad.

I believe that AJ Hinch is a better manager than Ricky Renteria. I do not believe that managers are that valuable and being the team that hired back in AJ Hinch would make me mad. I would be against doing this, but not to the point that I would stop cheering for the team or anything.

I don't understand the call for postseason bans. At that point you may as well contract the team. There is no point in them even being involved in the sport.

This is going to end with Theo being the GM of the Astros isn't it?

If they don't then you're just adding $20k to their draft pool because they won't have to do two extra senior signings.

The prospect of a lifetime ban might be enough, but it does seem like it would be hard to really prove he was breaking the rules during a ban.

This is a different type of cheating though. While it is probably less effective than PEDs are it was systematic and team wide in a way that taking PEDs aren't. This isn't as bad as shaving points, but it's close to that end of the spectrum than something like PEDs which I think is closer to something like paying recruits in college sports.

This is a slap on the wrist, but it's about as hard as you can slap someone on the wrist I guess.

https://twitter.com/FabianArdaya/status/1204528768057933824?s=20

Madrigal voted highest baseball IQ. There's a certain flavor to most of the guys considered to have a high baseball IQ on that list.

I can believe that as well, but I don't think this particular trade was ever close to happening.

I don't think this rumor is true at all, but I must be the low man on Cease because I would do this trade in a heartbeat. Particularly after acquiring Keuchel and Gonzalez where having a 1A/1B situation followed by a solid 3 and 5. You would then be hoping for ReyLo to make a jump or Kopech to be ready to roll in his first year back.

Yeah, I would think 8 spots are pretty much locked up between Trout, Acuna, Starling Marte, Buxton, Ketel Marte (he played the most innings in CF of any position last year), Robles, Laureano, and Cain. The last two spots are a tossup between Manny Margot, Bader, Kiermaier and Robert or possibly Nick Senzel. LF isn't exactly the most dominant position group out there right now so I would think Eloy would be top 10 there as well. Maybe as high as #6.

Avi probably has better tools than Mazara or at least more well rounded. He's just had a hard time putting those tools together in a way that makes him more than an average player.

Happy that Avi continues to not be on the White Sox.

Not that I love Adam Engel, but Pillar is basically an older more expensive version of the same player if he's just be a short side platoon and defensive replacement. Also, if the Sox want to carry three catchers that's fine, but Encarnacion should not be on the bench in favor of Collins against RHP. I'd also rather have Ryu than Price if they are going to both cost ~$20 million per year.

lol quite the follow up to just a couple days ago saying there was no urgency to get things done

Will your money be spent? I didn't go to a single game last year for the first time in my life and if nothing changes with this club I won't be going to any games this year either.

It'd be pretty cool if Michigan made another run to the College World Series, but I don't see a repeat of last year with Henry and Kauffman gone.

But that's when the White Sox do their best work! If anyone even whispers about the White Sox having heard of a player they immediately lose interested and take their money elsewhere.

I mean, that post was bad so let's not use it as an example of being level headed.