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I don't know if I'd say incredible. It's a great accomplishment but they do get to pluck football players from all over the southside and suburbs regardless of how many kids actually go to their school.

Matt finished editing my work and the trade broke. I checked our writers thread and immediately said "SON OF A b****". It's fine though. It should be updated with the recent info now.

Banuelos was Rule 5 eligible. Dodgers probably just didn't have the roster space.

This is a productive post. Looks like a lot of thought was put into this

I'm not sure. I'd worry about that later. I would prefer he go to 3B.

I wrote about Manny Machado for today. He is the White Sox primary target. https://theloopsports.com/2018/10/29/white-sox-the-pursuit-of-manny-machado/

Gomez, Santiago and Shields will be exiting as well. Kopech has to get added from the 60 Day DL Guys that need protection or will be exposed to Rule 5: Seby Zavala, Dylan Cease, Jordan Stephens, Spencer Adams, Kodi Medeiros, and Zach Thompson

No. He was on outright waivers.

They tried to outright Smith and couldn't get him through. They need to add Seby Zavala to the 40-man. There's no way they could keep 4 catchers on the 40 man.

They were headed to the lottery with their full compliment of players. They are headed for the top 5 of the lottery now. And that's fantastic for the franchise.

Really? There is no chance. The 8th seed will win like 40 games, man. This Bulls team might not win 30. This is one of the very worst teams in the NBA. Especially without Dunn, Portis and Markkanen.

Yeah I don't agree at all. I fully expect Jones to be back. I'll be very surprised if he's not.

$4.65 million isn't really spending though. I don't think they have the space in that bullpen for another veteran addition anyway.

They have a ton of $$ to spend. Using that amount on hoping Jones is healthy is fine. I also don't just assume that a guy will be definitely be injured. Spending $4.65 million to see if Jones is healthy enough to trade is a gamble worth taking.

Marwin Gonzalez is going to get like $60 million. Joel Sherman today speculated that Nathan Eovaldi could get 4 years and $80 million. Some of these prices are way off IMO.

No it's not. He's easily worth $4.65 million. They'll pick it up without question.

I don't think Jerry Reinsdorf ever pays a manager $6 million per year. Hard pass on Girardi for me. I think it will be Omar Vizquel in 2020. I'd look at Beltran or Ibanez though as well.

You are not correct here. His option is still for $4.65 million. The nerve repositioning surgery that he had does not count as a UCL injury that would turn his option into a minimum salary.

Rice is #1 and LWE is #2. That would be an awesome state final.

Brother Rice will be in 8A as they should be. They are very good. Nobody is beating Lincoln Way East though. They are an absolute juggernaut.

Well of course. Some will have to. They'll likely have 8 guys in the pen. That leaves quite a few on the outside looking in.

Why do you think this though? The Sox didn't acquire all these young bullpen arms and put them on the 40 man so that they could pitch in Charlotte. Which of these guys won't be in the major league bullpen to start next year? Ian Hamilton, Jace Fry, Ryan Burr, Caleb Frare, Aaron Bummer, Juan Minaya, Jose Ruiz? That's 7 guys. It doesn't even include Jones, Vieira, Fulmer, Covey, etc. They may add some veteran relievers on minor league deals. I don't see them filling the bullpen with veteran FA signings though. They didn't acquire Burr, Frare, Ruiz and Vieira so that they could just discard them for veterans immediately.

I'm not just going to assume that a guy will be injured. If he's not traded this off-season then he'll be on the team and in the back end of the 2019 bullpen in some variety.

This is a very mature response.

I really don't understand the thought process of going after relievers. Nate Jones will be the veteran down in that bullpen. There are only so many spots and the Sox need to see which of the young guys will be here long-term. On the left side they have: Jace Fry, Aaron Bummer and Caleb Frare. Those guys should be given every opportunity to pitch in the big league bullpen next year without having to worry about beating out some veteran signing. I think Medeiros and Schryver could come quickly as well. Nice stable of high leverage lefties. From the right side: Nate Jones as I mentioned. Ian Hamilton, Ryan Burr, Thyago Vieira, Carson Fulmer, Jose Ruiz and Juan Minaya are all on the 40-man roster. This doesn't even include guys like Dylan Covey and Jordan Stephens that could end up in the bullpen. It also doesn't include Zack Burdi, Zack Thompson or Tyler Johnson. The Sox farm is loaded with relievers. They won't all pan out. Taking away innings from these guys in 2019 with veteran placeholders is the last thing the organization should do though.