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One thing to note is that based on some of the early reports, Yoan probably spent a good chunk of the $15M he netted after tax. Likely still a wealthy man, but I doubt he has $10M+ sitting in a brokerage account somewhere.

Looks fine to me. Just a brief bout with the yips.

Relax dude

FuckingA just let him swing hte bat

I dont feel for him at all

Ya they guys look shocked at it.

Lol @ Ms

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I think I'd pass unless super team friendly.

I assume he'll be taking Donn Roach's spot in the Charlotte rotation, who got shelled last night.

As I said, I would have left him alone. Renteria sucks at his job. This is nothing new, and it won't change.

I'd leave him alone based on his start, but it makes a little sense. He has career OPS of .611 versus LHP as opposed to .782 against RHP.

Would have preferred: Leury 2B, Moncada 3B, Abreu 1B, Eloy LF, Castillo C, Anderson SS, Rondon DH, Cordell 9, Engel 8 What does Cordell need to do to get a start? Sox don't seem to be too concerned about limiting Alonso's PA with him starting against LH starter.

I really hope our OF alignment by May 2020 is Eloy-Robert-Adolfo. I think Adolfo blows up this season and is top 20 top prospect. The guy just has it IMO. Obviously Robert will be right there with him if hes can stay healthy this season.

Certainly has more potential than Donn Roach.

I like it.

Palka hit 27 dingers and put up an OPS+ of 111 in 450 PA last season. He is interesting enough to give at bats to this season. He is obviously a flawed player, but he is the exact type of player that winning teams have on their roster and platoon appropriately. There is no good reason to not give him at bats this season.

lol

I mean, it makes sense to give Palka at bats right now though. Palka was likely going to be in AAA if the Sox got MM. But since they didn't, and this season is now about 98% chance to another rebuilding year instead of something closer to say 80%, Palka should be given every opportunity to see if be can become a future piece. We all know Yonder Alonso is not a future piece of the puzzle. He is a guy that will be on the 2019 White Sox, but that is about it. The fact that Alonso and Abreu are both on the roster pigeon holes Palka into the OF. But honestly, in a season where we'er likely to lose more than we win, I am fine with it. Palka has been straight awful to start the year (and in ST too), but it doesn't really make sense to sacrifice his at bats for a guy like Alonso considering where the Sox are in this process. Thankfully for now, we can get Palka his ABs in the OF.

The storyline that the Sox did the Indians this huge favor by taking a guy making $8M off their hands (maybe a couple mill than he'd get on the open market) for minimal return is so overblown around here.

People really struggle to spell such an easy name. A-L-O-N-S-O. No Z. 1 A. Alonso is a fine baseball player. He isn't the problem. I hope he plays a lot of 1B when he is in the lineup - he is much better than Abreu over there. We haven't faced a LH starter yet, so I am curious to see what RickyBoy does with the lineup when we do. I guess we'll find out tomorrow. Hopefully Alonso is on the bench, because they're going to need to manage his PA with that 550 PA vesting option at $9M. I guess its not the end of the world if he's around next season, but I'd rather upgrade at DH/1B with Castellanos. Smoak could be another option that should be much cheaper. Maybe a lineup like this against LHP: Leury 2B, Moncada 3B, Abreu 1B, Castillo C, Jimenez LF, Anderson SS, Rondon DH, Cordell RF, Engel CF Still pretty gross.

This isn’t really what happened. First Machado did not get thrown out. The padres manager did. Machado was called out for interference, but was not thrown out of game. Also I thought it was a terrible call. You made it sound much much much worse than it was.

Have you watched the games this year? Yolmer has pretty much directly cost the sox two games with awful defensive plays, and had another horrible error today. He also looks like he's swinging a pool noodle at the dish. I am not quite in the DFA Yolmer category yet, but he definitely need a nice long sit on the bench once Tim is back. Rondon should be at 2B against LHP. Put Leury at 2B against RHP and put Engel/Cordell in CF.

You been hanging out with that other chap who was telling all us Machado was not a good 3B a week or two ago? lol. Machado is an elite 3B. Its not really up for debate.

Yoan has the looks of a man on a mission right now. I dig it.