Jose Abreu

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Mar 28, 2018 -> 06:28 PM) Not bad for a $60 mil payroll, $20 of which goes to James Shields. I know what you meant, but 10 mil goes to Shields, 11 is paid by San Diego for 21 total

So... busy month in politics

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Mar 28, 2018 -> 04:15 PM) If you read reviews/follow game sites (Operation Sports), they did announce it would be out of the game. They said Online Franchise was gone, not Season mode. I'm on Operation Sports and it caught everyone by surprise. There's like a 40 page thread about it on there full of outrage

re: Moncada, I had no idea that he tied for 3rd in DRS among 2B last year in just 1/3rd of a season (it's a cumulative stat). I remember him looking good out there, but not that good. If he can keep that defensive play up and maintain his .804 OPS that he had last year*, then we really do have a star, even with a high strikeout rate. *after his first 2 weeks up here, which I am excluding due to it being his adjustment period, through the end of the season. I usually am not a fan of omitting data in player evaluations, but in the context of a prospect seeing extended time in the Majors for the first time, I tend to allow it

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 28, 2018 -> 03:56 PM) Ideally this is me: Moncada 2B Avi RF Abreu 1B Delmonico DH Castillo C L Garcia LF Anderson SS Sanchez 3B R Cordell CF Glad we agree on getting Nicky off the field and benching Davidson. I like Leury too but want to see a couple months of Engel at the plate to see if he has actually improved at all

77-85 record

Abreu: over (31) Davidson: under (17) Moncada: over (24) Garcia: over (20) Anderson: over (18) Castillo: under (14)

The Show removed season mode, didn't tell anyone, didn't give a reason, and didn't apologize. And given that that was the only mode I used, I'm pretty upset. Franchise is too different to me, although I have been trying that. That said, the gameplay itself is actually much better than years past

A. Garcia

I'll go: Moncada Avi Abreu Delmonico Davidson Castillo Anderson Sanchez Engel Which is actually same as flavum. Ideally, though, I'd like to see: Moncada 2B Avi RF Abreu 1B Delmonico DH Castillo C Cordell LF Anderson SS Sanchez 3B Engel CF But sadly, Cordell is at Charlotte and Davidson seems to be preferred

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 28, 2018 -> 12:25 PM) I agree with you. That is why we are working to see how we can customize / tailor it to look prettier. Thanks. It's humorous how the overall tech for a site like talkbears is better, but the site itself is just plain ugly. I trust that you'll be able to customize it if possible

Abreu and Moncada

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 28, 2018 -> 11:16 AM) Cordell in April Kopech in May Jimenez in July Yup. I think Kopech gets up as soon as we secure the control year.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 28, 2018 -> 11:19 AM) The biggest issue for him by far is conditioning. Last year with the Cubs and Sox orgs he threw 93.1 total innings. That is, for a starter, a miniscule number. If he stays healthy, he needs a full 2018 and a full 2019 season to build up that arm, and that's assuming no setbacks. If there are no setbacks, kid stays healthy for the next 2 years, then you could talk to me about a September or late 2019 callup. If he puts in a full minor league season, I could give him a couple of major league starts or use him in the bullpen in late 2019. If he's joining the starting rotation in 2019 out of ST after only throwing 120 innings this year, I'm going to say that something went very wrong, and he won't be there for long. While you're correct, his starts in our organization last year were also marred by absolutely pitiful defense. It was almost laughable how it followed him every start- he had to throw many more pitches in fewer innings because of it

I know that the upcoming upgrade to the new Invision forum is more than just layout, but man, the current layout of this site is much better looking than the new ones such as talkbears

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Mar 1, 2018 -> 01:59 PM) Yeah, to me, this is the offseason where the mainstream press, in general, lost a lot of credibility on rumors. They showed us that in the absence of actual information, they will treat speculation the same as they would treat news. I'll listen to Rosenthal, the local Sox guys (Brian, Chuck Garfein, etc.), and... that's it.

I could see him pulling a 2014 Kendrys Morales.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 28, 2018 -> 08:48 AM) To be fair to him, the prognosis improved. At first Burger's career was over. Who said that?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 28, 2018 -> 09:44 AM) Because everyone did the same thing with Moustakas’ career stats...you just made the point for me, when we should have been looking at the 2015-2017 “full picture,” including the injury prognosis. Somehow a 4.4 WAR and a high 3’s/low 4’s pace at age 26 and 27 became a future mired at 2ish at best at the grizzled old age of 29. Can we also ignore Avi Garcia, Logan Morrison, Yonder Alonso and Chris Taylor pre 2017? Come on Caulfield, you have to see the obvious flaws in this argument.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Feb 27, 2018 -> 07:04 PM) He will hit 30 homers if he plays 130 games. Those guys serve a purpose, especially on a team that’ll be lucky to win 80 games. Like someone else said, he’s young. Why not give him a shot? He'll start the regular season being 27 years old. To me, the "he's a young guy, give him a chance" argument expires after you're 25. Sure, there are late bloomers, but as long as Davidson is a high strikeout, low on base percentage, poor defense guy, his value will be next to zero. In order to survive in this league as a poor defender/DH who can only hit home runs, you need to either get on base a lot or rarely strike out. Davidson does neither.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Feb 27, 2018 -> 05:45 PM) All this talk about who plays 3B. How about just leave Davidson there? Nah

Cubs 6, Sox 5, final. Robert went 1-1, 1B, BB. Saladino had another good game on both sides of the ball- maybe he's finally healthy? Santiago had good movement and life over 3 innings of work. Fulmer got screwed over by his defense so much to the point where I can't put any stock into the results. He had to throw a lot more pitches early on than he should've.

Narvaez's plate discipline and on base skills are frankly elite for the catcher position. I'd hope that we at least keep him as our backup for 2018, and see if he can improve defensively.

QUOTE (ChiSoxJon @ Feb 27, 2018 -> 04:38 PM) That's fair I think 15/15 is more reasonable for both I'd say 15/15 for Tim, 20/20 for Yoan

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 27, 2018 -> 02:31 PM) Fulmer looks ready This is more on our defense than him