Jose Abreu

Are there any MLB position players who came back from this and were productive?

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Feb 26, 2018 -> 06:11 PM) Probably especially with their starting pitchers. But I've heard the same stuff (no disrespect towards you) the past few years. My answer is the same...it doesn't matter how healthy the Yankees are or the Brewers or the Blue Jays. That doesn't directly impact the White Sox. So you expect the White Sox to magically be the most injury-free team in baseball every single year? That seems unrealistic. If we're consistently one of the healthiest teams each year, I see nothing to complain about.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Feb 26, 2018 -> 04:20 PM) Good Lord does that suck...c'mon...2 down in a week. Also...I get the "hustle"...but I'd also let my big lumbering sluggers know....hey...you're not Usain Bolt. Hope the kid can bounce back...but this is pretty depressing. In his defense, he actually has some sneaky speed. Not the stereotypical slow slugger

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 26, 2018 -> 08:38 AM) Obviously not overweighting defense. But the White Sox have historically pursued how many elite defenders with limited offensive upsides to play half their games at USCF? Andrelton was also a solid offensive player last year and finished 8th in MVP voting.

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QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Feb 24, 2018 -> 10:29 AM) Keston Hiura just had this injury and DH'd through it. Why can't Micker do the same? That way he doesn't entirely lose the development time. Props

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 24, 2018 -> 11:21 PM) Differences of opinion make life interesting. Some of us are skeptical about the Sox front office. Differences of opinion, when based on little to no evidence and repeated ad nauseam, make life irritating

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Feb 22, 2018 -> 09:13 AM) Right, this ^ What's the magic in month to month? Why not week to week? Half to half? Moving the endpoints around may make the numbers different, but they all add up to the same thing in the end. All that tells us is that Frazier's performance is more evenly distributed than Moustakas', but the whole performance still happened and still affected wins and losses the same way. The answer is to look at the whole season. and judge accordingly. While I agree with this post, I do find it ironic that you say this, yet have been using 50 plate appearances as a minimum for stats throughout this thread. Those 50 PA are even less significant than month to month, half to half, etc.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 21, 2018 -> 10:20 AM) If signing Manny Machado means the White Sox will not be able to add other big pieces, they are screwed anyway. It doesn't. Even if you add a $30 million AAV to our 2019 roster, you're still looking at under triple digits in terms of team payroll. We all know that Jerry is willing to go (and has gone) far above that number when we're trying to compete.

I'd rather overpay for Machado's prime years than pay for Donaldson's age 33-37 years

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 05:57 PM) Florida firesale continues. It must feel like such a relief to get traded by a team that plays in an ugly empty stadium. While our stadium is certainly not ugly, I don't get why I've recently seen Sox fans, both here and on Twitter, take jabs at other teams' attendance as if we're some sort of powerhouse in that arena

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 07:36 PM) Bruce drilled him in a blowout game last year that cleared the benches. Thanks, didn't know that

QUOTE (Scoots @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 07:12 PM) Does anyone know how legit this rumor is or is it just pure speculation Legit rumor, if you trust Morosi. The source is the anonymous NL executive

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 06:34 PM) Not sure if this was mentioned but Rondon and Moustakas could make for an interesting club house. Depending on the deal, I would not object to signing Moustakas. No opt-out though. Which Rondon, Jose or Bruce? My guess is Bruce since he was in the same division...do they have an issue or something?

https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-white-sox-...kas/c-266762670

QUOTE (Tony @ Feb 20, 2018 -> 12:20 PM) Morosi floats Moose to the Sox: https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-white-sox-...kas/c-266762670 He's simply talking about fit, no real connection there. I am against it simply because I don't think Moustakas is a very good baseball player for the money he is going to get, but here we are. I'd hate this. That sounds like more than just fit to me. Also, I think this is thread worthy- I came here to post it but don't want to steal your thunder

QUOTE (wrathofhahn @ Feb 19, 2018 -> 09:25 PM) Ugh this wasn't my intention think I need to take a break from the board every thread I make gets side tracked. That was to Ron, not you. You might know that but I just wanted to make sure. I understand the point you were making in the original post.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Feb 19, 2018 -> 09:23 PM) I don't like the 13 man pitching staff. 12 is plenty. I'd normally agree, but given how bad our starters project to be overall, I think we'll need the extra arms. Especially early in the season, pre-Kopech

QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Feb 19, 2018 -> 08:32 PM) If you took the video yourself nice job otherwise a waste of a view with Abreu just looking at 2 pitches. Nah, I didn't, and it probably was a waste, but I at least liked seeing Kopech's motion and movement

Here we go again

VIDEO: Michael Kopech vs. Jose Abreu

I agree completely with OP, although I think Saladino could be a surprise DFA and Smith may get traded for scraps before the season starts

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 18, 2018 -> 04:22 PM) I wouldn't be shocked if he did end up a Yankee. It just means they wouldn't be able to go long-term with Judge post-arbitration years most likely. We say the same about Harper going to the Cubs only with Bryant instead of Judge. Yeah, don't get me wrong, it's very possible that he ends up a Yankee. But all this "it's all but guaranteed, it would be the biggest shock of all time if he's not a Yankee" talk is a joke. Keep in mind that the whole "it's his dream to be a Yankee" narrative began when some porn star who happened to be a Yankees fan tweeted it out, and people ran with it because she had the blue check mark on Twitter.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 18, 2018 -> 03:22 PM) I’d avoid getting mad at anyone going through a translator. Yup. I'd love to know what he said, in Spanish, so that I can tell what he really meant. And even if he meant it exactly how it was translated, it's no issue to me.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 18, 2018 -> 02:48 PM) Nightengale is a big White Sox news guy and he even wrote if Machado isn’t a Yankee it will be the upset of all upsets. While I agree they want him, they better have a really good plan B. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/c...kees/347912002/ I love that Nightengale said that. Prior to the 2017-2018 offseason, I viewed him as a White Sox mouthpiece, but he has had an absolutely terrible track record since last October. The dude has been wrong on nearly everything. Him saying that Manny is practically already a Yankee means nothing to me