Timmy U

I can only go by teams that I was alive for. I would go 1. 1994 2. 1993 3. 1983 4. 2005 5. 2000 ( before entire pitching staff got injured) 6. 2020 7. 1972 8. 1990 ( my personal favorite team) 9. 1977 (but among the most fun) 10. 1991. Obviously 1917 is one of the great teams in AL history, but I was not alive to see them. Plus, the games were not televised.

Lopez has an option left. I think if Rodon is healthy, he gets first crack at the job regardless of what Lopez does this spring. May not be fair, but that’s life.

Sadzeck is sad.

Will Rangers let Sox hit or roll inning before it begins?

Yeah, I see the idea, but Biggio averaged 17 HR a year for his career. That's 45/50 power. Madrigal may get there, but, right now, it's 30 power at best.

Absolutely. And who knows? Maybe they're right. Madrigal is a unicorn. He can really get the bat on the ball and he really has no power. I'm not sure he has any good comps in my lifetime.

I wanted Kelenic at the time. The thing that sucks is that he was on the Sox roster for the Area Code games, so it's not like they didn't scout him.

I never defended Rodon. I think Julio Tehran will suck. My question was “ why would a contender want Julio Tehran?” I stand by that.

Rodon still has at least some upside. Tehran is 89 with no plus pitches. That’s why he was literally the worst starter in the A.L. last year. Not gonna guarantee Rodon is any good, but I would be shocked if Tehran is.

Um, why would a contending team want Julio Tehran?

Absolutely. But there are exceptions. Look at Strasburg. He was like a second round guy, but then took conditioning seriously and vaulted to 1-1. If Kelley has projection left from slimming down, that would really enhance his profile.

I wouldn’t expect younger, high-risk, high-ceiling guys to make the list. With AAA starting in April and everyone else starting in May, you really have to limit who’s hanging around the complex. Note that the younger guys who got an invite are mostly big bonus guys. Hence Cespedes and not Bailey. Also, Cespedes and Sanchez are both older. Sucks, cuz I’d like to see them, but it makes sense.

He has to answer two other questions before they give him a shot: Does he hit left-handed and is he breathing?

Agreed. If he was just above .500 for his career would they have fired him? Insisted on treatment? I think they are out of their depth on this one. I liked silence better than this statement.

I will grant you he had a down year in 2020, but I do question the surplus value of a maximum 3 WAR player who derives most of his value against LHP, and makes $16 mil a year. One problem with FA signings is that the signing team paid the most ANY team was willing to pay a guy. Sox could have had him for “free” coming off a much better year and chose not to. Why would they change their minds now?

Eh, he was worth 0.1 WAR and had an OPS+ of 102 last year. And he did almost all his damage against LHP. Oh, and he makes $16 mil a year. I wouldn’t take him for “free” either.

I understand extra year of control, but the reports are he's throwing the heck out of the ball. Managing his innings is going to be the challenge. I do not believe that come Opening Day the White Sox will have 13 pitchers more effective than Michael Kopech. I say, let him throw his 90-110 innings in the majors. Imagine him as a three-inning Opener, followed by three innings of Crochet instead of having a 5th starter. I wouldn't want to face that.

I understand the theory of clawing back a year from Kopech, but otherwise why would you want him wasting a limited amount of bullets in AAA? If he's only gonna throw 90-110 innings this year, don't you want them in the majors?

I love Dunning, but ultimately he was not in the top tier in the Sox’s view. I think they still have Cease and Kopech ahead of him, and they like Crochet and Kelley more as well. Plus, he’s 26. Maybe we’ve seen his upside? It’s a great trade for the Rangers, but I can see why the Sox would do it.

Personally, I live in NYC and a bunch of my friends are Mets fans, so at least I'll get to see James a few times in person a year. If it can't be the Sox, the Mets are fine by me.

TLR wouldn't take the breathalizer. Made the cop get a search warrant for his blood. Then that was .095. Have no idea how quick the warrant was, but one imagines if he had blown right away, it would have been higher. It's just sad in this day and age that the team won't even comment cuz it really seems like they're condoning this behavior.

Here's the answer to Steve Stone's riddle of why it's okay to have an opinion on this: In Arizona, if you are arrested for DUI and continue to refuse the breathalyzer, then you'll have to surrender your license immediately. Moreover, you'll lose your license automatically for at least a year. ... Refusing the test is a violation of implied consent, and license suspension is the automatic penalty. https://monitechnc.com/stopped-for-dui-in-arizona-do-i-refuse-the-breath-test/#:~:text=In Arizona%2C if you are,for at least a year.&text=Refusing the test is a,suspension is the automatic penalty.

I honest to God can not remember ever being this discouraged as a Sox fan — and my Dad had season tickets to the 1976 Sox when I was a kid. If they hire La Russa, I have no idea what I’ll do. Probably just step back from following the team and posting here for awhile. Might switch to following a different team or something. The whole thing just sucks. So glad I stuck by the team through the rebuild so it can be turned over to that divisive, egotistical jerk. Well, I guess thank God they traded Tatis Jr. because no way would Tony have approved of him.

I believe he has said as much due to estate taxes.

If JR voted that way cuz he thinks the guy’s a crook, I applaud him. So little weight is given to moral character in our society, and it leads to a lot of bad outcomes.