Jose Abreu

From what James Fox and WhiteSoxDave have been writing, it seems as though the Sox have designed some sort of presentation to give to Machado to sell him on how we're gonna win with him. I hope it's not like the presentation we gave Ohtani.

Where did you see this? It's interesting to me that it's literally day one of the offseason and we're seeing reports of teams not being so crazy for him. If this isn't all just posturing and smoke, maybe it really will be the Phillies and us as the top bidders

Exactly. What happens when you preemptively move Moncada to 3rd in the spring, and then Madrigal either a) never reaches the majors or b) is never a good enough player to actually force someone off their position I'd argue that those two outcomes are just as likely as Madrigal being so good that people need to be moving over for him years in advance of his arrival.

Whispers today that the Yankees are "lukewarm" on Machado due to his antics. Not sure if I buy it

They also need to fix their free agency/salary settings in franchise mode. In all of my seasons, Machado/Harper offers and eventual signings max out at 10/240 or so.

Interesting, I thought (as did many here) that the clause was for "elbow surgery" and not specifically UCL injuries.

I'd do that in a heartbeat.

Finally, someone who gets that Jones' option for 2019 isn't for $4.5 million. You're already a step above the Sox beat writers and most bloggers -edit: it's actually less than the listed 1.25 too, it's for the league minimum which is about 540k

He seems a little scared with the ball with me. You see it at the free throw line too. He just doesn't seem very confident in his shot right now

Blackhawks looked good. Saad looked good. 3-1 win. I'll take it

Totally different scenario but didn't we sign Abreu during the World Series? Not sure if he was considered an amateur free agent like the Mesa brothers.

I keep seeing this but what makes everyone say it? We have more money than the Phillies and it's not like this is Trout where it's his childhood team.

It's a nice fluff article but Heyman absolutely was referring to the Cubs.

I think people see the word "bust" thrown around so much that they no longer know what it means.

This was not a good game for Trubisky and we still put up 31 points against a team that was getting pretty good pressure on him. The offense has only gotten better. I believe the defense will improve once Mack gets healthy and the weather worsens

That defense got torched by the Buffalo Bills and just lost their star corner

Not sure why Mack and Floyd are being dropped into coverage so much. If Mack is too injured to rush then we should put an actual coverage LB out there.

Agreed with the Hoiberg/Parker comments. At least Zach looked good again.

I think the entire NBA forgot how to play defense. Jesus. Some of these final scores are outrageous

I see we've reached the point in the rebuild where people a.) forget why we're rebuilding or b.) don't realize we're rebuilding

Can you provide any statistical evidence to refute it? I don't get the point of your question. It's immeasurable, but it should be pretty clear to any baseball fan that players are more expressive now than they ever have been. edit- Now I realize you may have been joking about the title of the article, but unsure

LaVine's defense wasn't even bad tonight. Parker's, on the other hand... good lord

Yeah, given that we basically know who the champion is already, my goal is to be entertained. Lots of young talented teams like Denver that should at least be fun to watch.