Jose Abreu

This is just a really depressing day for America. No other way for me to put it.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Aug 12, 2017 -> 11:38 AM) Not sure what you're basing that on other than his ERA. 4.97 K/9 to 4.62 BB/9, 5.86 FIP, 6.16 xFIP, 5.81 SIERA. I know he's not very good, but when I said "one of our best relievers", I was more knocking our bullpen than praising Holmberg

QUOTE (Quin @ Aug 12, 2017 -> 10:50 AM) Then yeah, best approach is here. If he likes working with Coop he might come back cheap. Semi-related, but I can really see Anthony Swarzak signing here this offseason.

Delmonico

TA7

Thanks Stroman

QUOTE (Thad Bosley @ Aug 11, 2017 -> 09:18 PM) Avi's no slow-poke. He can move for a big fella. Yeah, don't know why he included Avi. He's one of the fastest players we have.

Stephens had a rough night as well

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 11, 2017 -> 08:14 PM) No, seems slow to me I think he's pretty fast overall but Smith has been slow in giving him signs at times. He's not Buehrle fast, but still pretty good.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 11, 2017 -> 08:09 PM) That's not luck, Hosmer is a good 1b I thought he had regressed hard defensively

QUOTE (ReyLo @ Aug 11, 2017 -> 08:07 PM) Continue to be so impressed by Kevan Smith. Such a shame he lost time last year. I think both Smith and Narvaez are good options for backup catchers when we're good

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Aug 11, 2017 -> 05:28 PM) After reading this asinine "preview" from RR I'm ready to sweep their asses: https://www.royalsreview.com/2017/8/11/1612...s-derek-holland What a royal jackass that author is. If you're going to be painfully unfunny at least don't be a Royals fan as well. Last I checked, the Royals played in Missouri- not England. He has no place to talk.

My guess is that it would just be Rey or El Rey

Tell him to stay away from Ian Hamilton.

Yeah, one of our best relievers who happens to be a lefty? Unexpected.

Gonna be a long day. 7:10 can't come soon enough

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Aug 11, 2017 -> 10:25 AM) Interestingly enough Stephens and Hansen also scheduled to start tonight. I am mildly surprised neither of them are getting promoted. They both really deserve it.

Moncada

I like the "PTBNL" one on Oakland.

Don't like the red-ness of them.

Delmonico seems to have a much better approach than I thought. His defense, though...

moncada

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Aug 7, 2017 -> 04:40 PM) What measurement do you want to use? In 2015, Tyrod Taylor was tied for 7th in passer rating, Cutler was 16th. Taylor's completion percentage was 63.7%, Cutler's 64.4%. At the same time, Taylor's Y/A was 8 versus Cutler's 7.6. Taylor's TD:INT was 20:6, Cutler's 21:11. Taylor's QBR was 70.3, Cutler's 65.9. About the only area Cutler really outplayed Taylor was 4th quarter comebacks, and he has been pretty good in the clutch throughout his career. Meanwhile, in 2016, Cutler was awful and he got hurt, while Taylor was merely mediocre while maintaining a very low turnover rate. I don't see how anyone can say with any legitimacy that Jay Cutler is a better QB than Tyrod Taylor other than wearing orange tinted glasses. I love Taylor and think that he's very underrated, but I still think that Cutler would have better numbers than Taylor overall had he not been stuck with a garbage offensive line, constant injuries to his receivers, a new offensive coordinator every two seconds, etc.

Abreu

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 4, 2017 -> 07:19 PM) Trump called WH a dump. I'm surprised by the relative lack of publicity this comment got. Can you imagine the Republican outrage had Obama said this?