Jose Abreu

DeBrincat and Schamltz are two really nice young players to build around.

Yup, grew up on the south side. Even threw out a first pitch at a game a few years back.

The actor in that gif is actually a pretty big White Sox fan

I know that Apple computers have apps available that can record screens like that. The risk you're taking is your computer going to sleep in the 3 hour span, or the app automatically stopping the recording during the game due to the file size being too big.

Unlike last year I expect faster movement too. No big names signing in February. Teams know that this free agency is different and I expect Machado/Harper to receive their best offers by mid-December at the latest.

But why would we do it, aside from getting the prospect? Would we be flipping Gregorius?

The Yankees might sign him, that wasn’t my point. My point is that this injury has no effect on whether or not they sign him.

Bob Nightengale, who “reported” in April that Machado will sign with the Yankees, is doubling down: A few months of Gregorious won’t impact the Yankees’ ~10 year offer to Machado, and it’s incredibly shortsighted to think otherwise. Not to mention Gleyber Torres is a shortstop.

For a reason. The time for them to draft a QB was probably the 2017 or 2018 drafts.

Difference there is LaVine is at least our best option to be starting at SG for the next 4 years. Portis was our 3rd best power forward last year (including Mirotic) and we just drafted Wendell to play center. I'm all for Bobby Portis playing 24 minutes a night off the bench for the next 5 years as our primary backup 4/5, but not at the price he'll likely require.

I guess I don't have as much evidence as I remembered but here is a recent article that supports my post. edit: not sure why all that is crossed out and it won't let me change it, but it's all in the link

Because they're better basketball players.

I was under the impression that Eloy isn't good enough defensively to stick in right as a starter. And even if he is, he's very likely a worse defender than Robert, Basabe, Adolfo, Gonzalez, and Rutherford, so we might as well put him in left from the start since that's where he figures to be for a while.

I personally believe Arenado will re-sign with Colorado and Rendon will either re-sign with Washington or retire, as he doesn't seem to like playing baseball at all. That's why it's crucial to me that we go hard after Machado.

Me too but if there was any offer worth trading him for, he would be long gone

I disagree with the bolded. Who is he taking ABs from in 2019? This is assuming Eloy is in left, Palka at DH.

Highly doubt it, unless it's something that happens in the offseason

The defense will be bad overall but having Dunn, who is an All-NBA defensive guy when he's at his peak, plus the defensive potential of Carter, certainly helps. I also don't think Markkanen or LaVine are that bad defensively. It's Parker and the majority of the bench that will be the big problem defensively, in my opinion

The vibe I get from pretty much every Fegan article that isn't about Nick Madrigal is "things are bad", to be honest

$8 million for Avi isn't really that much on a team whose payroll figures to be in the mid 60s without any big additions

Even if they had zero luxury tax concerns ever, there's really no excuse for teams like us or the Phillies to be outbid by them. If Machado takes less money to play for a bigger market team then that's one thing, but I doubt it.

Ruiz might be our best reliever prospect other than Hamilton, Johnson, and Burdi, which is actually saying a lot because those 3 are probably 3 of the best reliever prospects in all of baseball.

Where do those teams even come from? Only the Yankees would theoretically be able to afford one of those guys without having too many luxury tax concerns, but even then the odds are against them. I think this free agency is gonna be way different due to the new luxury tax rules. I think Machado/Harper will end up on the Phillies, Braves, White Sox, etc. Teams like that, and not the typical ones like the Yankees, Dodgers, etc.

Rewarding conspicuously unstable rapists? Who cares, our party WON!!!

Gotta love misleading maps to try to persuade you that counties with a few hundred people are just as important as counties with millions.