Chicago White Sox

Yeah it does seem that way.

I’m just messing around. What did Nightengale say about Schwarber?

And if the Cubs pay down a portion of Heyward’s contract, it may in fact become movable to some degree after the 2021 season.

No way Phil Rogers is this witty

You know you’re my guy fathom, but you are truly obsessed with the Cubs lol

Look, I’m not a Heyward fan by any means, but he does some things right. For example, he’s been about a 115 wRC+ over his last 1,000 plate appearances against RHP, with a very solid OBP (~.360) and not a ton of K’s. He’s also plays a pretty good RF and can cover CF in a pinch. He’s obviously completely overpaid and I think Joc might provide more upside if you get the 2018 to 2019 version, but if talking a chunk of his contract reduces the cost of Darvish you at least have to consider it.

I’d want to see the full terms before passing judgement, but adding Darvish, signing Richards (I’ll pass on Quintana), and holding onto both Kopech & Cease would be a pretty good outcome for us pitching wise this winter.

I could see Leury, but if we’re talking on a sizable chunk of Heyward’s deal and giving up Dunning I’d assume Heuer is not part of this. If we gave up a reliever I’d think Foster is more likely.

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Dan Clark Sports! Man that offseason was a ride!

You’re talking about that Orioles blogger from Australia right? That dude was the king of douches.

Lol...I love it!

What happened to that Cubs insider cat that got everything wrong the last couple offseason?

Would be an incredibly lackluster addition IMO.

They have been deleted tweets?

I feel like we’ll be signing a B tier OF sometime this week and this story is just our front office reestablishing expectations with the fanbase. That being said, saying Jerry Reinsdorf doesn’t “pay nine figures for anyone” in the year 2020 is one of the most pathetic statements I have heard in regard to a sports owner in my lifetime as a fan. A $100M contract is nothing crazy in this day and age and acting like it is fucking ridiculous.

In a 60 game sample, I hope we’re not the team buying into that.

POTY

When I say top prospects, I mean guys that the major publications (BA, BP, FG, Pipeline) consider to be top 100 prospects. In all honesty, I feel like we’ve traded very few. The only guys I can come up since we last won the World Series are Frankie Montas, Erik Johnson, Addison Reed, Gio Gonzalez, & Ryan Sweeney. That’s pretty much nothing in a 15 year period.

What top prospects have they traded in all honesty?

They aren’t trading Crochet, he’s probably more untouchable than Vaughn or Kopech.

If you think he’s going to fall off a cliff for some reason that’s fine, but he’s been a premier pitcher for the last 2 1/2 seasons.

On a one year deal it’s fine, but I wouldn’t go multi-year with him in this environment

Seriously, James has taken plenty of shots at Jerry, the front office, the coaching staff, and the players. Accusing him of “carrying water” or whatever the phrase is laughable.

He’s a premier pitcher whether you like it or not and he’s wayyyyyyyyyyyyy better than Tanaka