Bob Sacamano

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Feb 7, 2018 -> 01:19 PM) No, 256 in LF and 170 at DH. 426 total PA's. Got it. Didn't click on the link yet. Thanks.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 7, 2018 -> 12:47 PM) Is that really predicting 16 HRs from Delmonico in 254 PAs? I may be his biggest fan here, but those numbers are beyond nuts. Was going to say, the PA number looks low. Majority of the league is righty so you would assume to pencil him in for at least 400 about. And he likely won't be in a straight platoon so likely more. Especially with those numbers.

QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Feb 7, 2018 -> 12:33 PM) Bruce Levine @MLBBruceLevine 42s Hearing the Chicago White Sox and WGN radio are close on signing a radio rights deal for 2018 and beyond . Nice.

QUOTE (wrathofhahn @ Feb 7, 2018 -> 12:18 PM) I mean part of the problem is Boras also is the agent for other players so he really doesn't have them competing against each other. It's sort of hard to use other players as leverage when the other agent for the player is Boras. In the past it's worked Boras could wait out the market because he held all the cards. He didn't need to worry about other agents coming out from underneath him to snatch one of his offers because he was the other agent for top fa's. Now with teams rebuilding he's lost control of the process because teams can say well you aren't taking my offer? Well I'll trade for Ozuna instead. I'll trade for Yelich. I'll trade for McCutchen. I'll trade for Cole. He;s lost the power. It's actually funny to listen to Dombrowski say what I've been saying all offseason we have a number for JDM but there is no urgency on our end. Other options (also Boras clients) are not coming off the board and there are still trade opportunities. It seemed like the talk all off-season was also that they would trade JBJ after signing JDM. The longer the JDM signing is put off, the harder it is to trade JBJ since teams that could have traded for him have already signed/traded for other options or dealt pieces away for other areas of need. Unless they have no issue with Hanley being platoon DH or 1B.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 7, 2018 -> 11:31 AM) Who are the White Sox??? Could have easily of put Sox starting with the "S" of Blackhawks.

QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Feb 4, 2018 -> 09:59 PM) Will update soon. Interested in hearing about your Super Bowl bets haha

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 05:20 PM) Do you agree with me that because of this, careers are going to be shorter in the future and good luck compiling Hall of Fame numbers if you are a ballplayer? I disagree. The guys who are on that HoF trajectory will play into their mid/upper 30s.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 05:20 PM) Do you agree with me that because of this, careers are going to be shorter in the future and good luck compiling Hall of Fame numbers if you are a ballplayer? Do you at least agree with my premise that it's going to be VERY HARD or at least much harder for players to put up Hall of Fame numbers in the future with a changing mindset regarding age? Only for the counting stats that people aren't putting as much significance on anymore.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 05:20 PM) Do you agree with me that because of this, careers are going to be shorter in the future and good luck compiling Hall of Fame numbers if you are a ballplayer? Do you at least agree with my premise that it's going to be VERY HARD or at least much harder for players to put up Hall of Fame numbers in the future with a changing mindset regarding age? Only for the counting stats that people aren't putting as much significance on anymore.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 03:12 PM) The fact Moustakas can't get a good contract at 29. He's not a superstar but he's above average player. The fact that I sense a general vibe that Abreu is "too old" to get excited about and won't produce through the length of even our next WS window. Opinions like that. It's not that people/teams think players suck after they're 29. It's just that no one wants to pay for their mid/upper-30s years.

Doing a little more thinking about it, if his price comes down enough, the Orioles could actually be a fit with Machado moving to SS. Beckham could move back into a bench role.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 02:22 PM) aka, us next year or the year after.... I love me some White Sox and I want to believe in Machado or Arenado, I'm just not hopeful. Same.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 02:18 PM) Bear with me please. Jake Burger is 21 not projected to be a big leaguer til he's 24. The new line of thought is you are washed up after your age 29 season. So Burger has five seasons to do something in baseball. Interesting. The way this is going nowadays, not many ballplayers are ever going to compile Hall of Fame-ish numbers. Players aren't going to be getting started til 24 or 25 minimum and will be considered expendable at 30, 31. How did we get to this point there's such a small window for baseball players? Every ballplayer should be furious at the age of analytics. Killing their checkbooks. According to?

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 01:56 PM) I get this, but at the same time ... dry powder this year might be a hell of a lot cheaper. I feel like teams have saved their cash for next years' FA market. So maybe for a complete guessing game..... What do you think Moustakas gets on the market next year if he takes a pillow contract this year? Maybe next year he gets the 5 year deal at like $75mm (15mm average). If that's the case, I don't see the issue of taking a shot at 4yr/44mm this year when the Sox have been historically really bad at plugging 3B. My other issue is I really don't trust Yolmer -- and that's coming from a really pro-Yolmer guy since like 2015 (also coincidentally after his best year in the majors). Yolmer types are better suited as super utilities or as #9 guys on teams. You can have one MAYBE two yolmer type guys on your team as starters if you're really actually serious about playing for a championship. (This is where WAR arguments are always brought up -- I get he had a good WAR last year) If he goes back into free agency a year, he would be consolation prize to those teams who need a 3B and didn't sign one of Machado and Donaldson. And if he takes a 2 year deal, he's a consolation prize for anyone who doesn't sign Arenado.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 09:26 AM) Great signing for the Mets at that price. Have to wonder where Moustakas ends up now. There are no obvious fits left except maybe the Yankees, but it seems likely they'll stick with Andujar to start the season and upgrade at the deadline if necessary. Maybe the Phillies? 1-year pillow type deal with the Yanks maybe? Dude would drop 40 bombs in that ballpark with that short RF. Also help balance out the lineup.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 09:49 AM) Has David Wright officially retired yet? Seems like every year he is trying to make a comeback and the Mets let him think it’s gonna happen Dude has had multiple back and neck surgeries. I would have thought by now the Prince Fielder route would have happened.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 6, 2018 -> 08:18 AM) 1b: Adrian Gonzalez 2b: Asdrubal Cabrera 3b: Todd Frazier ss: Jose Reyes The Mets are locks to win the 2012 World Series! lol can even add Bruce and Cespedes to that.

I really hope that Mets team can stay healthy this year. They were fun to watch a few years back.

QUOTE (WhiteSoxLifer @ Feb 5, 2018 -> 08:01 PM) #Mets in agreement with free-agent 3B Todd Frazier on two-year, $17M contract, sources tell The Athletic. Pending a physical. https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/960690951982379009 Always liked this fit. He has to be better than anything they've had at 3B the last few years.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Feb 5, 2018 -> 02:10 PM) Well, Harrison was about 35 in the original movie and Billy Dee Williams is about 5 years older than Harrison. The new actor playing Solo is about 28 and Donald Glover is about 6 years older than him. So you could say it's set around 7 years before the first movie. The actor is 28 but that doesn't mean the character has to be.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Feb 5, 2018 -> 12:59 PM) The MLB The Show 18 trailer featured, by my count, 0 White Sox players- but don't worry, a solid 75% of the video was Aaron Judge, Trea Turner, and Marcus Stroman. https://twitter.com/MLBTheShow/status/960558707846217731 Are you really surprised?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 5, 2018 -> 10:45 AM) It will be interesting to see how long they will sit on him to get a price. From the White Sox discussion end of things, what would people think of a deal that started with Zach Collins as the top guy?q Too soon to make that type of move IMO.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 07:41 PM) On paper this is a miserable bullpen. Nate and Soria are very bad and they are the best of the bunch. Sign Holland or lose 105 games Wow completely forgot Holland is still out there.

If hes offered the most money fo play 3B for a team, he will play 3B. Bet Greg's house on it.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 03:42 PM) This could turn out to be the worse bullpen in the history of the franchise. Trading David Robertson was nuts. Yes, trading a guy signed for one more year, a year your team isn't expected to compete is nuts. Pure insanity.