Timmy U

Since they’re not going to contend anyway, I half believe that Reinsdorf is taking one for the league. “See? The veteran free agents signed. No reason to change the rules.”

I dispute the word “dive.”

If they sign Adam Jones, I am going to crossover from anger to enjoyment. I will hate watch this season like it’s the last year of ER.

Steve Carlton. Ron Santo.

You and I just disagree on Marwin. I think he’s had his one good fluke year. Maybe I’m wrong. But I think the Astros agree with me.

Okay, maybe it has nothing to do with Cease or Dunning. Maybe I just don’t want to spend any of the precious time I have left on Earth watching Ivan Nova or Ervin Santana and thinking, “I hope we can flip him for a C+ prospect.”

It' not a crazy idea. Remember last year when they said one of the reasons they weren't bringing up Eloy is that they didn't want to take AB's away from Palka, Delmonico, and Ryan Cordell? They may have been lying, but still...

I am not convinced that the next 2 years of Marwin Gonzalez are going to be better than the next 2 years of Jose Rondon. And not because I think Rondon is all that good.

Ha ha, in another thread I said that Ivan Nova is an example of the White Sox thinking 5 years behind rather than 5 years ahead. This is more of it. Imagine if they won't bring up Dylan Cease or Dane Dunning cuz they're giving the innings to Ivan Nova and Ervin Santana. This isn't a rebuild, it's turning trash into treasures.

He also won the NL home run crown and played Gold Glove caliber defense. Maybe, but Keith Law wrote before the trade that he had scouts telling him that, we’re he eligible for the draft, Tatis would go 1-1. Everyone knew he was a significant prospect, but they valued their mirage of a hot start, James Shields past, and salary relief over future production. The decision making in this trade encapsulates everything wrong with the Sox management’s thinking over the last ten years. They prefer past production that Kenny saw on TV five years ago to production five years from now. Hence, Ivan Nova and Jon Jay.

Just keep Yonder below 550 PA’s and I don’t care. Jay will be gone by August 1. Basabe’s injury probably means Jay and Engel have jobs for the vast majority of the season. Gonzalez is my dark horse to force a change.

They've also been extremely unlucky/too good in September. With those records, they've picked first zero times, second zero times. They've even sucked at sucking.

This might be the most depressing post of the year. Reading that is about a cheery as reading my own obit.

I’ll miss everybody who leaves, but I want to watch Eloy and the other young guys when they arrive. Frankly, I am still way madder about Tatis than Manny anyhow. I agree with all the other posters that watching Alonso and especially Jay while they waste roster spots for a year is going to suck.

They are two very different hitters. Moncada’s strength in the minors was he took a lot of pitches and was very good on balls away, with pop and speed. Problem is maybe he takes too many pitches and has holes especially just inside out of the strike zone. Eloy is way more aggressive with fewer/no glaring holes, but he doesn’t walk all that much. Nothing similar about them at all, really.

I agree. 9 years until he signs, 275 million page thread.

Man, I wish I had your confidence. To me, he is a player to watch because, if he is all bat to ball grounders — no walks, no power, then he is barely a major league regular let alone a guy you take with a top 5 pick. Fingers crossed.

I’d add Amado Nunez to that. Kenny is going to be interesting.

I guarantee the Mets are not involved. They're still paying for their owner's Madoff mistake. NYC prices for a mid-tier payroll. League should have made them sell.

Well, yeah, but I used to live in California and the issue there is that property taxes were capped an insanely low level in the seventies, so, to make of for it, their income tax is very high. In Illinois, it’s the reverse. Solution: don’t buy property in Illinois. No way to avoid Cali’s income tax.

No worries. Nolan is only going to be there because, with all the pitchers in camp, you need a lot of catchers and minor league guys don't show up right away. Nolan's an org guy in all probability, so don't read too much into this.

Sadly, the one I remember taking forever was the Shields trade. It was rumored for like week. There was enough time before the trade for Keith Law to write a whole column advising the White Sox not to do it. In that column, a scout said, if he were eligible, He Who Shall Not Be Named would be 1-1 in the draft. So, some trades are rumored for a while and still happen. I also would not put Bush in this trade.

Didn’t they get Bregman with the pick they got for not signing Aiken? That worked out pretty well.

Well done, but that’s Macbeth. Hie, get thee to a nunnery!

I was strongly anti-Madrigal. (I hope I am wrong.). I wanted Kelenic. Therefore, the Mets trade really puzzled me. My deepest fear is that Madrigal may maximize the skill set of and be the absolute best version of Darwin Barney. But, with golf ball they use these days and his bat to ball skills, maybe he’s a 15 homer guy.