Jose Abreu

I've been talking to people who have been at every open practice and none of them used the word "awful". He had one subpar day, a few average days, and a few good days. If anything he has looked good, according to them, and they're perplexed by the ultra-negative reports

Sorry, I did mean 34. And yeah, I 100% agree that the offer was inadequate and those years should have been guaranteed. All I'm saying is that, as long as his production wouldn't fall off a cliff and/or he misses a third of the season or more, I think the options would vest. Which I suppose makes the non-guarantee even worse.

I have a hard time believing that Machado would hit .178/.275/.301 in his age 32 season

Imagine how super the superthread would be if it also included all of the deleted ones!

There's nothing to justify because he has been really good

This is glorious. Thank you

It was a bad offer and was handled horribly by the front office, but I still believe the outrage over the vesting options is unwarranted. 550 PAs really isn't that much. All you're asking is that he plays ~125 games or more.

SSS but that's quite the slash line

It sure would be a convenient service time excuse for the front office.

It annoys me to no end that Skole got the call over Collins

I know it's not really the question, but for all the talk these two get around here: Basabe > Gonzalez > Walker > Rutherford

A lineup with Jimenez, Anderson, Robert, Madrigal, Mercedes, and Collins would actually be better than our current (non-Moncada) lineup with Abreu, Reed, Jay, Sanchez, Engel, Goins, etc.

Andrew Vaughn will fill that void soon enough

Abreu

If we were the ones that traded Colome for Narvaez, you'd be the first to point out that Narvaez has horrible batted ball metrics and is a major regression candidate

Don't forget The Great Jake Peter Meltdown

I mean plenty is happening. Actually pretty active overall. Just not anything with us

Why? I know Abreu has very little trade value but Faria isn't good

Are you sure it's not Jesus Colome?

Even better

It's not official yet but Charlotte has a night game so it doesn't need to be announced until the afternoon. They announced Vaughn so early because the Dash are playing in 5 minutes

Good news everyone!

Wait a minute, are you saying that telling everyone that you're offering a player $125 million below market value isn't a good strategy??

Andrew Vaughn is at DH and batting 3rd in 30 minutes for the Dash https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/prospects/stats/affiliates?date=07/31/2019 https://www.milb.com/scores/whitesox/2019-07-31

Also Remillard to AA