GermanSoxFan
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4 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:
YAWN.
The coldest rebuild takes, gotta reheat them yourself.
The approach the Sox had beforehand was clearly working and they ruined it!
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I think James McCann is clearly the best catcher in baseball
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22 hours ago, caulfield12 said:
Definitely have to go Will Smith #1. The Dodgers should know, they had both. Based on last year's full season, you would get arguments between Grandal and Sal Perez. Depends if you prefer the walls or homers.
You wouldn’t get any argument for Perez, if you use fWAR, Grandal accumulated more while only having roughly 60% of PAs.
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1 hour ago, Flash said:
Damn...Caratini was a guy we should have pursued. Inexpensive, hits LH and solid D. Milwaukee gave very little.
McGuire ticks the same boxes and the Sox won’t carry three catchers all year.
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Just now, oldsox said:
You can use the same excuse for Sousa and Henzman. No excuse for Moncada to look this bad.
no you can’t, they are fighting for a job, moncada obviously isn’t.
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You are not making any point tho, it’s just the same tired sky is falling bs.
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I still am dumbfounded how anyone who has followed baseball for more than a week draws any conclusions from spring training.
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Man, I really wanted Justin Upton when he was a free agent, I was always a fan of his, but that contract turned out to be really ugly. He had one great year. Another horrific contract by the Angels*.
* I know that the Tigers signed him and traded him a year later.
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I heard from a dodgers fan who gets some info here and there that a Bellinger for Kimbrel swap had legs, so in that sense I am disappointed lol.
But this is an amazing move that will help the Sox a lot, even if you only get 100ish games out of Pollock.
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Even if the Sox signed Bryant, Correa and Scherzer I‘d say maybe. People project too much onto playoff baseball as if it’s a different game. I‘d give the freaking Orioles a 40% chance to win a playoff series.
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Just now, Jack Parkman said:
Baseball is nowhere near as chalky as basketball, but the Sox have had problems with other good teams for multiple seasons now.
If you think that the playoffs in baseball prove anything, I don’t know what to,say.
Or does anyone really believe Atlantic was the best team in baseball last year?
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I also like the implication that the Orioles could be better than the Sox.
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We were among the worst teams in baseball in terms of RF production and if it weren’t for Sheets we would have probably been the worst team in baseball. Even after, something absolutely nobody saw coming, signing a washed Adam Eaton didn’t work.
We didn‘t have a starting 2B.Our best pitcher per IP also left.
No one:
Rick Hahn: Here are two relievers and two utility players. Enjoy the season, suckers!
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2 hours ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:
I'm not there. What a horrendous offseason this would be if this is it. Not sure how someone wouldn't grade this an F. lol
The thing that gets me the most is guaranteeing three years ro Leury. One year with an option is the absolute maximum he would have gotten on the market.
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my boldest prediction yet: the first loss of the season will be taken in stride on soxtalk dot com. Nobody will call for someone to get fired or dfa‘d.
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Just had a look at next year‘s free agent class if, which is basically impossible, the current RF approach completely implodes.
Jesus Christ, next fa class looks fucking dire.
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2 minutes ago, bmags said:
I think this is real. I don't hate josh harrison or anything but given our history a lukewarm prediction is that he won't be on the roster in august.
(and he also may look like a great signing through end of april)
Just like White Sox legend Jimmy Rollins I see a similar path for Harrison
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I am already at the acceptance stage with some relapses into anger
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Danny Mendick will be the starting 2B and post an .750ish OPS
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36 minutes ago, 35thstreetswarm said:
Dammit, Adolfo-mania was gonna be mine 😂
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2 minutes ago, bmags said:
did you guys see this
Maybe he thought he needed to go the bathroom?
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12 minutes ago, soxfan49 said:
Where do you come up with this shit?
Fun fact: that post contained eleven player names.
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23 minutes ago, Quin said:
Yermin for Trout. Book it.
Yermin has yet to make an out in Anaheim, if you extrapolate those numbes to 81 home games…
That would be my pitch to the Angels in trade talks.
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1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:
Absolute insanity we gave Leury a three year deal at a player friendly rate.
The team spends money like drunken sailors when it comes to marginal players.
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Offseason Part 3 - Because Part 2 Was a Dud
in Pale Hose Talk
Posted · Edited by GermanSoxFan
The Sox made the playoffs in back to back years for the first time in history and are in a great position to win the division again, the rebuild already has been a resounding success realistically speaking.
Could the offseason have gone better? Obviously. But unless Keuchel pulled a LaRoche and retired, I understand that a move for a TOR starter wasn’t really in the cards.