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Yup, I gave him a B as well. He's done a great job building a system. But he can't get an A until he ACTUALLY supplements this roster with FA talent, or trades.

The thing that I don't like about this projection is they don't really expect anyone to get BETTER. Once we get the full breakdown tomorrow I will go position by position, but even our young guys, Moncada, Anderson, Lopez, Palka, Engel, Yolmer, all regressing in 2019 (Moncada stays at 2.0 WAR). Rodon is the only guy who sees a bounce back year, but it still on puts him back where he was in 2016, it still doesn't make him a viable #1 or even #2 starter in a good rotation.

Full breakdown coming tomorrow.

I love my MiLB.tv package. I went to about 15 Sox games last year, and every game I was at I was pulling out my phone to watch Eloy, Collins, Madrigal ABs.

Yeah, I was 100% going to get it this year (I skipped out last year), but now that the Sox will have done nothing exciting for 2019, I might just skip out on it again. Sigh.

That's not what he said.

I got my MiLB.tv subscription again for $25 and I'll be buying my Indy Indians tickets to watch Eloy and hopefully Cease in the 2nd week of April, so at least I have that to look forward to.

Several people said that to me today at work. They assumed it was my dog or a grandparent.

K bye.

Nashville is awesome. Sure you can always take your kids to Vanderbilt games and see what elite talent looks like. I got a buddy who is a musician down in Nashville and I have always said I wanted to go to some Vandy baseball games.

I can't believe I have to leave for work right now. I don't know how I am going to make it through an entire day when everyone will either be asking me what the fuck happened, or giving me shit for being confident that the Sox would land him. Or just Cubs fans in general likely throwing shade.

The part that really pisses me off the most is that the Sox were clinging to their bargain deal with Manny for so long and not meeting his actual demands, so Lozano just waited and waited around long enough for some other team to suddenly jump in, and that is seemingly exactly what happened. Sox got cute with their money and played games with their future, and got burned. If this was the Phillies or Yankees outbidding the Sox, then it would still suck, but knowing that they likely lost Manny because they failed to budge on their discount for so long is such a kick in the fucking balls. And if they weren't willing to go $300M on Manny, then they sure as hell won't for Harper or Arenado either. I honestly have no idea if the Sox will ever sign the biggest of fish during this current ownership. Sure, maybe we will sign a couple of $100M deals in the next 24 months, but the only chances we have at superstars are going to be in this system, or via trade.

Goodnight Ben, love you.

He came out with his "story" and it's utter horseshit. The TL:DR of it is that he says the Padres covert meeting with Harper was just to throw people off of the scent that they ACTUALLY wanted Machado all along and to lull the Sox in to a false sense of security with Machado, then secretly offer Machado a $300M deal on the sly. And it ALMOST worked, before he (the MLB Insider twitter troll) BUSTED the story open on Twitter that Padres were in on Machado, and then the White Sox cartoonishly leaped out of their skin in freight and quickly upped their offer to about $305M (area code 305 reference, cute) just in the knick of time to save the day! Machado to the White Sox announced soon! What a fucking imagination.

I think he's saying all 3 Front Offices prefer Machado, but the owners in Philly and SD might not be so sure they prefer Machado over Harper, likely because Harper is the bigger marketing play. Harper is more likely to translate to dollars, Machado is more likely to translate to wins. Front Offices want wins, owners want dollars. White Sox FO and ownership seem to both agree on Machado being the best fit. That's how I understand his tweet.

Goodnight, love you too Ben

Big, if true.

The downside to not being Boras' top client. Likely spent most or all of his time working Harper deals and Moose gets a screwed over for the 2nd year in a row.

No, because Eloy IS a stud hitter right now. Bush is so young and just getting started that to be content with him ALREADY having to move to 1B sucks not only because he's so young still, but also because he hasn't proven he's a good enough hitter at high levels that it won't matter much.

Love you too, Ben

FG put out an article about potential top 100 guys for 2020 and it included only 1 Sox prospect (Burger), so I asked Longenhagen about Bush making it. Eric says that while his power is legit, he questions his hit tool and he also thinks he's a 1B and won't stick at 3B.

Paul Crane is a real person? I've assumed this whole time it was a fake account with a generic headshot.

Meh, at least they are a lot more toned down and less aggressive. I don't think his opinion on the subject is out there crazy, but I do disagree with it and I think it's a more outdated approach.

I can only assume he has a QO attached to him. Would cost us the #44 pick.