Bob Sacamano

Who knows how legit that is but it was shared above.

Palka's minor league numbers are actually pretty solid. He had that injury-shortened 2017 that kinda hurt him from getting a shot sooner.

Then you have Palka off the bench late in the game.

Palka is out of options correct? The only reason why I mentioned that Pederson and Jay can both play CF is that they could carry Palka on the bench. So you can probably go with a McCann, Sanchez, Rondon, Palka bench.

If the Sox sign Machado and trade for Pederson, what does the bench look like? McCann and Sanchez for sure. But with Jay, Alonso, Pederson you may need a righty offset. Maybe that guy is Rondon? And you wouldn't necessarily need Engel on the roster having Jay and Pederson capable of playing CF.

"* Two things to like about Joc Pederson, who is drawing interest from the White Sox and possibly the Braves and others: His strikeout rate has dropped for four consecutive seasons, from 29.1 percent to 27.3 to 21.1 to 19.2. He also crushes right-handed pitching: .893 OPS with 24 homers in 386 plate appearances last season, .842 OPS for his career."

Same

I agree. I don't think it's that close to being wrapped up.

Depends on the price but I agree, I'm fine with Palka playing RF (or LF depending on where they want Eloy).

Yeah it seems unlikely for sure. And I would not be opposed to them coming to an agreement on Friday lol

When is the last possible day this week for them to agree to a deal, get a physical done, and have him there for Soxfest? I guess he can always get the physical done Friday morning before Soxfest starts. So to answer my own question, maybe Thursday afternoon?

And? This seriously makes it even more impressive. Dude has worked hard to be this good for so long.

Well no. It is relevant since he won't be in the starting lineup. Fine I'll take it a step farther: Machado, Jay, Yolmer on bench > Yolmer at 3B every day, Avi, 8th reliever (since we're likely looking at 4-man bench this year).

Machado + Jay > Avi + Yolmer

Manny talk. Back to refreshing all day tomorrow probably.

Well, football was a nice distraction from this....but we're back!

Jay in CF and Joc in RF is also fine.

"No yelling on the bus!"

"Dat Veronico Vaughn is one piece of ace."

When was the last time they pursued this caliber of a player, never?

Helluva post.

I think Jay will play more games. Don't know how Avi's body will hold up on that turf unless he mostly DHs.

Agreed. And they lose Roark. So they would lose 3/5 of their rotation after this year.

Yankees have been making some great trades it seems. Rich keep getting richer.

Gray expected to go to the Reds for 2 prospects and a draft pick. If they sign Keuchel, you can see a decent team next year.