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QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 18, 2018 -> 11:31 AM) you think he'll get 3 more mil AAV than Hosmer? 21 vs. 18 Yes.

QUOTE (SoxSteve @ Feb 18, 2018 -> 09:20 AM) No way is Abrue going to command that at 33 years old. Not even close. Remember Jose at that age can only play for American League team because he is going probably going to be a part time and defiantly full time DH in a few years. And if the Sox want him not a doubt in my mind he will give us a home town discount. I could see Abreu at 4/$84M or something.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 17, 2018 -> 07:13 AM) As for Collins, I’m going to say I’d rather have a player with elite pitch recognition & poor bat control than the opposite this early in their career. There is still plenty of time for Collins to work on his hitch and have at least average bat control. If that can happen, he can still be a very useful offensive player at a minimum. And I’m fairly optimistic he’ll be able to make enough adjustments to get there. I think too many prospect experts panicked on him a bit early and failed to acknowledge that he’s a catcher and oftentimes the offensive development lag behind while they focus on the defensive of the game. McDaniel actually said he would rather a player start with good bat control, and have to improve his pitch recognition because he feels like bat control is innate and is just a skill you're born with, versus pitch recognition that can be improved with repetition and discipline. BUT if the skills are already set in stone, he'd rather have a player that is heavy on pitch recognition because it will force more pitches in the zone, where bat control is less important.

The AAV isn't bad, but something closer to 5 yrs/$90M makes a lot more sense to me. Assuming he doesn't opt out, those last 3-4 years may be really rough.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 17, 2018 -> 04:17 PM) His podcast is refreshingly positive without homerism. Just people who sound like they love what they do. I wouldn't say without homerism, but I think Chuck and Guff do talk each other down a little when they get too excited or high on something.

On the latest FanGraphs Audio w/ Kylie McDaniel, he and Carson talked a lot about Carson Fulmer, and a bit about Zack Collins. On Fulmer, they basically said he could become a valuable Cody Allen type bullpen arm, who would be considered a failed pick in his 2015 draft year, but because of the recent trend towards 2 IP power relievers, he would be actually be valued pretty well if he were thrown in to this upcoming draft with this current skillset/projection. So they basically said he went from top pick, to somewhat of a disappointing pick, back to a good pick if he ends up as that Cody Allen/Andrew Miller type 2-inning specialist. They discussed Collins when McDaniel was talking about how the "hit tool" is really a combination of bat control + pitch recognition. So not every 50 hit tool guy is the same because that guy may have 70 pitch recog but only 30 bat control. Or the inverse. They basically said it's very very rare to have a player with BOTH of those things rated highly because typically when you're good at one of them, you don't have to be good at the other to find success. Their extreme example of Vlad Guerrero who had amazing 80 grade bat control, but his pitch recognition sucked, but that's only because it didn't MATTER if he swung at balls, because he would hit them anyway, so he didn't HAVE to master the strikezone. So therefor his hit tool was still very good and he hit for great averages. They said Vlad is EVEN MORE rare because he had the raw power tool to translate contact w/ bad pitches in to power. Most players who had great bat control but bad pitch recognition (Starlin Marte) don't translate that in to a lot of HR because the pitches they make contact with are not even strikes, thus hard to make hard contact on, so they get bloop singles vs. home runs. This related to Collins because his example of the opposite of Starlin Marte was Collins, because he has likely a 70 or 80 grade pitch recognition, but not very good bat control. But this plays better with good power because it means when he swings, he's swinging at mainly strikes, and if all his contact are on strikes, then a higher % of those will be able to be translated to HR via his 60 or 70 raw power.

No one posted Brady Singer's line but.... Vs. Siena... 7 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 02:08 PM) Some draft questions in Law's chat. http://meadowparty.com/blog/2018/02/15/klawchat-2-15-18/ If Law thinks Singer has a similar arm slot of Sale, then I can see why he hates him, since he was also very down on Sale for his delivery.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 01:43 PM) I believe Law has stated he really doesn't do much of the evaluations himself. Rather he just talks to scouts, GMs etc. and forms his evaluation from there. Well either way, I believe his rankings/comments show he is often way off the mark on pitchers.

All I am hoping for is Crawford to be shut down this season. Help us tank, help him have more recovery time.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Feb 15, 2018 -> 09:51 AM) Swaggerty eh? Conine too. College position player or two in the top 5 would make me happy. Edit. Singer at 22? That certainly bucks the trend. Hasn't it been determined that Kieth Law is really good at evaluating hitting talent, but has no idea how to asses pitchers? Or is the the opposite? One of those is true. lol

Is there any easy way to "record" these webcast games when I'm not home?

Jones really is our final big trading chip. The injury history will scare people, but he is REALLY f***ING GOOD. Considering his contract, I really do think he could bring back a top 100 guy + others. Or maybe something like Jones to the Nationals for LHP Seth Romero (#5 prospect) and SS/3B Yasel Antuna (#8 prospect).

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 13, 2018 -> 02:12 PM) Darvish will be hoping for the incentives as well haha but would a 32 year old Darvish be able to beat 4 years, $81 mill? Well, it's HIS opt-out clause. If he has 2 great years for the Cubs, then he will be wanting to opt out, and thus he thinks he could beat 4 years/$81M. If he does bad, he won't opt out, and he gets that money anyway. So really, 4 yrs/$81M is already on the table for him, he just has to feel around if any teams can beat that offer.

QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Feb 13, 2018 -> 11:42 AM) Contract details. Bob Nightengale @BNightengale now Yu Darvish $126 million contract: $25 million in 2018; $20M in 2019; $22 M in 2020; $22 M in 2021; $19 million in 2022 and $18 million in 2023 He also has full no trade clause in first four years of deal. #Cubs So 2 yrs/$45M is what Cubs fans and Darvish will be hoping for.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 28, 2018 -> 09:34 PM) If we still had Tatis, Jr., we wouldn't even have to worry about signing Machado for $250-300 million. Being out of those sweepstakes, we could instead focus on the second tier of FA's (spreading money around) to give you solid 2-3 WAR players around our young core. If the White Sox put all their eggs in the basket of signing Machado or Harper and that FA then went all Albert Belle as an Oriole, that would put a huge dent in their competitive window unless we still hit on as many prospects as the Cubs managed to do. We'd also CLEARLY have the best farm system in all of MLB, not an argument with 2-3 others teams currently staking a position. And if we still had Tatis Jr., we may have never started the rebuild and we could continue being a 75 win team for the next 5 years. This horse can't be any more dead.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 12, 2018 -> 04:51 AM) It hasn't been confirmed they offered 6 years but I assume the annual salary is the same with maybe a year or two less. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 12, 2018 -> 02:59 PM) Jon Heyman‏Verified account @JonHeyman 16m16 minutes ago icymi, sources say cubs were willing to do the same six-year deal for arrieta that darvish took.

Gorman would be fun because not only is he apparently super polished hitter, but appears to have a good chance to stay at 3B. It would eliminate some of the worry that Burger can't stick at 3B, and maybe a shift to 1B wouldn't be so daunting. Then again, we have like 4 possible future 1B.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Feb 12, 2018 -> 03:52 PM) Hated him, or disliked him as a player? Lazerus’ point is that people are saying ignorant, personal s*** about these guys As a player. I can't tell you a single thing about him personally, other than he gave his kid a dumb name. My initial dislike of him was a joke with friends because I have a friend who is obsessed with Seabs, but then I really started to hate his game honestly.

At this point I'm just very interested to see what Darvish is getting in 2018 and 2019. Because he can opt out after 2019. So assuming the deal is frontloaded, it could end up being something like 2 yrs/$60M. And then they get 2 years of Darvish's best 2 years left, but lose the long commitment so they can resign their core. And if he ends up being bad or mediocre, then he stays and is only getting paid about $16.5M AAV, which they can trade off to 17 teams not on his NTC.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 11, 2018 -> 07:05 AM) Cubs aren't even talking to Arrieta. Reports by Heyman say the Cubs offered the same 6 yrs/$126M to Arrieta but he either didn't want it or didn't accept it right away, so it went to Darvish instead. So it sounds like they valued them the same or maybe were willing to give Jake a little more because they already know he fits the clubhouse and fans like him.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Feb 11, 2018 -> 07:02 AM) What's the record? The 1927 Yankees, of course. 49.3 WAR by their offense. Best pitching staff of all time? The 2017 Indians actually. 31.7 WAR, and a healthy about higher than #2 team, the 1996 Braves at 29.5. The 1971 White Sox actually rank 11th all time, and somehow the 2011 White Sox rank #26 all time. Buehrle, Floyd, Humber, Danks all had 3+ WAR. Even Peavy/Edwin Jackson combined for 5.8 WAR. Sox almost had 6 starters with 3+ WAR (Edwin had 2.8). And also 3 relievers with 1+ (Thornton, Santos, Sale, with Crain at 0.9). What a pitching staff, jesus.

QUOTE (HeHatesShe @ Feb 11, 2018 -> 09:12 PM) Burdi will be up at the start of 2019. I thought "End of 2019" was odd as well. Isn't he supposed to be back by the end of 2018? I would assume he'd go right to AA or AAA and finish there, starting 2019 in Chicago. Or even if he gets the whole year off, I could still see him either making the 2019 team out of ST or maybe pitching 2 weeks in AAA before getting the call. By all rights, the dude is ready.

To be fair, I've always hated Seabrook.

Damn, those drone performances were amazing. Unreal how perfect they fly together.