Tony

How big of a hot take is it to say it Brady had picked the Bears over the Bucs....it’s Chicago in the Super Bowl right now?

Gotcha, thanks Balta

Two things. 1. Zack Wheeler signed for 5/118 with the Phillies. But let’s say that offer never came in from the Phillies. So the Sox offered 125, and the next best offer is from the Yankees at 100 million. Where do you think he ends up? 2. Again, Wheeler signed for 5/118. We don’t know how much the Sox offered, but let’s say it was 125. What if the offer was 140? 150? Does he still tell the Sox no, or does the extra 20-30 million get him to Chicago? What we are saying basically comes down to semantics....but my point is I think in both cases, money DOES become the deciding factor and is the No. 1 decision...but when the difference between the two final offers were so small, the secondary stuff starts to weigh-in more. I don’t believe playing on the East Coast becomes that big of a talking point if the difference in offers was 20+ Million, and the Sox could have made that happen if they wanted.

So help me out guys. I followed everything, but not a huge XMen guy. Does the Quicksilver character have a totally different backstory than the Quicksilver in Ultron? I assume so, I just didn’t know how they handled that...

I don’t think this word means what you think it means.

I mean, it would have been an insult to fans. Trevor Bauer is getting 45 million in 2022. I’m fairly confident we’ll never see a player make that much in a season for the White Sox...ever.

Fixable....by the Bears?!?!?

Really awesome write up by Fegan and sounds like a really nice addition. Fan of the staff Tony has put together thus far.

Without being in the room, it felt like Cooper had a business card with 6-7 of his core pitching philosophies printed on them, and would just hand them out to the staff and say “Good luck.”

Don’t worry, based on who Cease follows on Twitter...he is the EXACT opposite. (Which I don’t really care about, FYI..)

So to be clear, Bauer being 30 is a concern for you, but you’re also concerned that if the Sox signed Bauer, they would be unable to re-sign a then 35 year old Lance Lynn?

I was actually somewhat ok with that but I just felt like I’ve seen this movie before. It did nothing new and the performances weren’t anything special. It was just very “meh”

To be clear, it isn’t the only reason. You’ve proven time and time again to be an irritating, whining, miserable know it all and people are sick of your act. Believe me. We’ve gotten plenty of messages. So when you come over the top and “chime in” with your absolutes (even though they are simply your opinions) people absolutely have a reason to tell you to shut the fuck up, and it doesn’t have to relate at all to whatever dead horse you’re trying to beat this time...people just don’t want to hear from you. You should listen to Kyle, he’s a smart guy.

It was very paint by numbers and just didn’t move the needle for me at all.

Ethan Katz is set up to be the biggest failure in White Sox history. I honestly feel bad about the level of hype he has received from the fan base, there is next to no chance he lives up to the hype that has been created around the legend of Ethan Katz.

I think that’s part of your problems, poppy. You aren’t going to agree with it or not going to understand it if you think it’s used for one thing...when it’s really used for another. Here is what my advice would be, and this isn’t just about WAR. Use as much information as possible, including your eyes. I’ve beaten this point into the ground and I will continue to: No front office just uses one stat to evaluate a player. Neither should you. We have SO much information available to us in 2021. Why would you use one stat to try and tell you about a player when you have hundreds to look at? I don’t look at just K/9 when looking at a relief pitcher. It’s one of the stats I like to look at, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. I love OBP, but I can’t just use OBP to evaluate a hitter. And why would I? I can look at so many other stats to help me paint a better picture of a player. WAR tries to evaluate overall performance and there is some value there for sure. But only using WAR would be a mistake. You should use it! Just don’t use it alone.

You basically have to trade an entire franchise for Watson at this point...

I feel like I’m walking the line with both sides right now. The Sox have a very solid roster right now. They should 100% be considered the favorite in the division as it currently stands. And it’s a foundation that should continue to get better. On the other hand, as others have mentioned (or beaten to death in many threads) this team still has a few rather large concerns that can be alleviated with money. Don’t need trades, don’t need to get super creative, just need to spend some more money to really give this team some much needed depth and truly make them a World Series favorite. The offseason also isn’t over. If this is it, if the ML roster is pretty much set on January 29th...I think fans have a right to be excited about the season but frustrated at the lack of aggression shown by a FO right on the cusp of greatness.

I agree, especially if the story somehow leaked the Bears put together the best package but then backed out, but that specific story probably doesn’t leak. I agree with you that end of day they probably do the deal if they somehow could offer the best package, I guess my point was I wonder if it gives them pause up at Halas Hall thinking “Wait, we’ve given up this much capital to end up with Watson when we could have just drafted him 3rd overall a few years ago?” It just makes Pace look SO bad in my eyes.

Sorry, not sure if this has been covered yet, if it has, my B. I was texting with a few buddies yesterday and I fully believe that is the Bears somehow had the assets to acquire Watson (I don't think they do), does Pace hesitate because of the optics of it? At the end the day, Bears fans will be happy getting Watson in the fold no doubt. But think about all the capital Pace would have spent on Mitch, Foles and now Watson all because he screwed up the draft so badly.......it's just a TERRIBLE look and I think it could give him pause, specifically for Watson.

Yes, Barstool has been as successful as they’ve been because of all the racist behavior. That’s it

This is such a played out, lazy, effortless position to take. Dave Portnoy didn’t sell around 40% of his company to Penn for over 400 million “off of sexist and racist banter.”

We took a road trip up to Minny for that game...was just awesome walking out of Target Field...?

I’ve always really, really liked ROTJ. For me, it’s Empire-ROTJ-ANH. I think the planet building is better is ROTJ. Fun stuff at Jabba’s, Dagobah, Endor, the Death Star. Never been a huge fan of Bespin in Empire, so I think ROTJ has the best locations.