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The return of Sale would be awfully entertaining.

lol cmon mannnnnn

Where is this from?

$9.1M over three years for Lindbloom. Damnnnnn that is sexy.

Where is he saying this? Don't see on twitter.

Really liked him a 2nd SP addition.

Where are you seeing said smoke? nvm: see you answered

JFC. I am not repeating what has been explained to you countless times today

I said whatever dude because you're like talking to a brick fucking wall. You ignore every single point people make and just repeat the same negative bullshit over and over again. I said nothing about Mazara - we were talking about using useless stats like ASG appearances, gold gloves and silver sluggers in regard to Ozuna, and then you go back to Mazara. You do the exact same thing with Machado in nearly every thread almost a year later! Very few people are excited about Mazara, but he's a measurably better move all things considered than handing Ozuna a 5 year $90M contract. I wouldn't have made the Mazara move at this juncture myself, but I think its a much better long term move than overpaying a DH close to $100M and committing to the worst OF defense in the league for half a decade.

Whatever dude. I am not excited about Mazara - but you're also the guy that would complain when Ozuna becomes a dogshit asset making $18M AAV in 2 years. Ozuna is not worth what he's going to get paid, and clogging your OF long term with an expensive player that isn't a good defender isn't a good baseball move. Funny that you of all people were in the minority of people who actually wanted to sign Ozuna. Seems like you just want money spent for the sake of money spent - to hell with it being a smart deal long term. But your tune will certainly change when those deals get into the "fuck, we really shouldn't have done that" stage.

Teams usually don't use elite trade assets to dump salaries. Especially not organizations like the Rays.

He also was way down on Moncada, and that hasn't turned out super well. Not sure if he's changed his tune on Robert, but he was lower on him than most everyone else this past summer.

Lol, those are legitimately the most useless things you could use to describe a player.

Not really, only a few people.

Yah, was referring to AAV.

Ryu is a better pitcher than Price and will come at like 60% of the cost.

I don't really disagree, but I do think he can improve, and he definitely improved as the season went on. With Abreu in tow for 3 more seasons at least, Eloy is going to have to play LF the majority of that time. Maybe that calculus changes a bit if they move Vaughn this offseason.

The Sox aren't move just turned 23 year old Eloy Jimenez to full time DH. Sounds good on paper, but its not going to happen. Complain away.

Pretty minimal interest in Price unless Red Sox are eating half the deal. Whole Benintendi role in that deal seems far less likely now with Mazara around.

My post above gives you all the info. Its $86M as of today. Some pre-arb guys make more than others, but $550K is the min. $600k is safe assumption for average, maybe a tad low. $9-$10M range for pre-arb guys is accurate.

Which barring something surprising like signed Rendon, is pretty tough to reach at this point. Ryu for $20M, Porcello/Wood for $10-12M, and bench bat for $3M gets you to $120M give or take a mill.

Sox are at $86M today with all guaranteed contracts including Mazara and other arb guys at their estimates and 15 guys making $600k. This counts Abreu at the $12.6M, so with the signing bonus spread amongst the three years. https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/chicago-white-sox/payroll/

What a d bag

I get the angle guys, but I wouldn't hold your breath. There would need to be a lot of dominoes to fall if the Sox made Mazara move to save money to make room for Rendon. I think we'll see some money spent on SP, but at this point, everything that is left is imperfect options. I would love Ryu, but fuckina, why are we running Mazara out in RF for a year if we're spending $20M on Ryu? Mazara just screams to me a move that will be supplemented with Keuchel and a 1 year SP flier, and we'll top out at a payroll around $120M next season.

Your words, not mine. Look dude, I am not a huge fan of this move. But its considerably better than paying up for Castellanos or Ozuna. Those would have been very short sighted moves that surely would have inpaired a mid market team like the Sox in a couple years. They're also dogshit defenders. If I am Hahn, I wouldn't have made this trade in mid December - maybe mid February when all other options failed, but not right now. Moving onto what they do with the rest of the roster, but at this point, I am not overly confident it will be anything exciting.