Chicago White Sox

The FB has been nasty these last two innings, lots of swings & misses. I think fathom owes the new father an apology ?

98 on that last FB from Lopez. Kid has looked pretty good since I started watching.

He got him.

I still can’t believe they gave Engel all this playing time in CF over Leury. Really fucking stupid IMO.

Lopez is easily my favorite player on the team, love this kid being out there despite having a kid.

Maybe I’m wrong, but seems like Gameday has him between 94 & 96 the whole game.

Fantastic deal. Other than preventing us from absorbing a bad contract for picks/Felicio, this deal has no impact on our free agency plans the next two offseasons. And while I was still in favor of tanking, that simply wasn’t going to happen year under GarPax.

The Cubs didn’t wait until the Super 2 deadline to call up Bryant.

100% agree. We also have young assets at the major league level that have declining control, which must be taken into consideration as well.

We also have practically zero dollars in long-term payroll commitments, so losing several months of development to save some money years from now seems a very poor decision IMO.

Who cares about the super 2 deadline, call him in mid to late April.

I agree for the most part, but the flaw in your analysis is that Quintana was always a deteriorating asset whereas Jimenez & Cease were ascending assets. The Cubs have already realized a year of value out of Quintana (plus a playoff run), so of course he’s not worth the same as he was at the time of the trade. Just because Jimenez & Cease are worth more now than Quintana, doesn’t mean we won the trade.

Yup, people don’t really know how to evaluate young players given the lack of track record, so we all just overreact to small sample sizes. The juiced ball we’re now seeing in the majors is also making these evaluations more complex, because now all of a sudden a guy like Albies (or Torres to a lesser extent) is on pace for 30 HRs out of the gate. Ultimately, we have to give the league a chance to adjust to these young players before jumping to any conclusions. I still believe Moncada will hit for far more power than Albies & Torres, it will just take him longer to get there because he came into the league with more exploitable weaknesses.

That definitely qualifies an ace return and I’m sure Hahn would accept such a package in an instant. I agree with Balta that it’s highly unlikely someone gives up that much for him at this point in time. Having said that, if he’s absolutely dominant between now & July 31st then maybe there’s a non-zero chance.

Nice rip by Moncada there! Now let’s get him in Yolmer!

And here it comes. No one I trust more in a high leverage situation than Juan Minaya!

It looked awful on that play. And of course Rodon’s awesome start is at risk now.

Jesus Christ Moncada.

Seems that way, but there is still a sizable contingent here that thinks he is not very good.

Timmy with the insurance run driven in!

Uh oh, sounds like a Minaya sighting! I change my vote for how we blow that game...

Probably a Soria meltdown in the 9th with the way things have been going.

Because of Liriano.

lol...it’s only natural to assume the worst at this point.

Maybe it’s related to the Futures Game on Sunday?