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Wow, really? Bailey really wowed me with his numbers at such a young age. I suppose these guys are much more advanced.

Does this mean HoT FiRe is back on the market?

Glad to hear they are still heavily involved in Colas and Cespedes. Those guys have to like this club given the Cubans here and the hole in RF. I'd be surprised if we don't land one of them.

Good read, but I noticed you didn't write about Ozzie in there? Does this mean he is a dark horse candidate? AJ Hinch just seems too obvious at this point. I'd be surprised if it isn't him. I would be thrilled with Hinch (or Ozzie).

Ideal time to announce the rehiring of Ozzie?

The arrogant loud mouth that WON A WORLD SERIES HERE. What have you done for the White Sox?

IMO Ozzie is definitely a dark horse candidate. They are downplaying the chances of him being the manager wayyy too much. I just don't buy it. I think it's possible the Sox want to keep it under wraps until the world series ends, then it'll be a big surprise.

Goodness, the Cards have to be feeling bad about trading away Arozarena

He asked for the cliff notes. That's as concise as it gets.

Orange man bad

Not gonna lie, for some reason I feel a short pitcher like him won't age well. I don't have any proof back that though so it is probably innacurate. It's probably just irrational fear after seeing how poorly Lincecum aged. The guy is only 5'7" though. He's even shorter than Nick Madrigal.

More pop ups, less seats and fans even further away from the players. Yippee.

The "just bunt or hit the opposite way against the shift" argument reminds me a lot of people saying that certain big men need to just practice free throws more or shoot them underhanded in order to improve their free throw percentage. It is much easier said than done. I don't think these players are willfully not trying to beat the shift via bunting or shortening their swing to hit it throw the shift. That is just really freaking hard to do consistently.

The Sox kept claiming that all the cash they had from the dirt low payrolls during the rebuild days would be used in the future. It will be disappointing if they cry poor and completely flop this free agency. I get that it was hard on everybody this year, but they were raking in cash during the rebuild.

People kept telling me Stiever + lands Nimmo. I doubt that is the case tbh, but I so that 100/100 times.

No

WHERE'S BURGER? WHERE THE HELL IS BURGER?

You've gotten a hit off Big Game James??

He will most definitely be up in 2021, and probably early in the season.

Do Sam Fuld's boys not quit?

Francona has had some significant health issues and is under contract with the Indians still. I'm sure everybody would like that pick if he was healthy and available, but he isn't. Nevermind, i see you were just answering somebody's question.

He adds 10 more names to that list and we can call him caulfield

So you expect all teams to not sign players that have used PEDs? They cheated after all. It's simple. The number 1 job of a team is to win. Teams regularly sign roiders. NFL teams even sign players who are guilty of beating their significant others and kids.

This example is as stupid as the one comparing the cheating scandal to dumping toxic waste into the Mississippi River. We are talking about a game here, not the murder or jailing of an innocent person. I'm sure you would have been the completely honorable whistleblower that goes against all those millionaires and the billionaire, all while sacrificing any chance of keeping your incredibly well paying dream job.

And this is absolutely true. If he throws his entire team under the bus, it is possible that no front office will trust him enough to hire. There goes his career and his means of living. How do you think it would go over if a manager spoke out about one of his players taking steroids? I really doubt anybody who hire that manager again after that. It's so easy for people here to be righteous when they aren't in the situation AJ Hinch was in. Would you really speak out against the team if it meant your career in baseball would end? Goodbye to all those years of hardwork. Goodbye to the likelihood of living lavishly and comfortable for the rest of your life. Get ready for a boring old 8-5 job. Most here would not speak out.