January 12, 20197 yr 23 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: I just don’t see why it matters what these other clubs did. The Royals had to suck for a decade to amass the talent they did. The Cubs & Astros basically hit on 90% of their moves, which is not a realistic expectation. And the Cubs still spent a ton of money on Heyward, Zobrist, Lester, Lackey, etc. We need to do what’s best for us right now, not what has worked for other teams in the past. The Cubs and Astros absolutely did not hit on 90% of their moves. The Astros are my constant example of how rebuilding works even when you make a ton of mistakes in the draft. Aiken, Mark Appel over Bryant, they had 3 straight #1 picks and have 1 player out of them.
January 12, 20197 yr Just now, Chicago White Sox said: Awesome thanks! Hopefully NotHahn provides those rumors in real time! Perhaps a live video with his source's face blacked out and voice distorted? lol
January 12, 20197 yr 1 hour ago, Saufley said: NotHahn meets at noon and Chili said sometime this weekend. Hopefully good news (or good rumors). Hopefully Chili meets tomorrow afternoon just to kind of space it out a bit. Edited January 12, 20197 yr by soxfan2014
January 12, 20197 yr It’s my birthday too. Give me a present. All donations accepted and will be used towards funding a Machado or Harper signing.
January 12, 20197 yr 10 hours ago, Balta1701 said: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Creeps in this petty place from day today And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death Out, out brief candle Life's but a walking shadow A poor player that struts and frets its hour upon the stage and is heard no more It is a tale told by an idiot Full of sound and Fury Signifying nothing I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play.
January 12, 20197 yr 4 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said: Hopefully Chili meets tomorrow afternoon just to space it out a bit. Kinda space it out a bit. Hopefully Machado signs today and we don't have to worry about insider rumors.
January 12, 20197 yr 2 minutes ago, hi8is said: It’s my birthday too. Give me a present. All donations accepted and will be used towards funding a Machado or Harper signing.
January 12, 20197 yr 27 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: The Cubs and Astros absolutely did not hit on 90% of their moves. The Astros are my constant example of how rebuilding works even when you make a ton of mistakes in the draft. Aiken, Mark Appel over Bryant, they had 3 straight #1 picks and have 1 player out of them. Didn’t they get Bregman with the pick they got for not signing Aiken? That worked out pretty well.
January 12, 20197 yr 16 minutes ago, bschmaranz said: And if the Sox don't sign Machado or Harper we'll all be singing " I wanna be sedated".
January 12, 20197 yr 22 minutes ago, hi8is said: It’s my birthday too. Give me a present. All donations accepted and will be used towards funding a Machado or Harper signing. Happy birthday. I hope you get that present!
January 12, 20197 yr 34 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Awesome thanks! Hopefully NotHahn provides those rumors in real time! Seriously - I've never been this excited to hear how a one year old's birthday party went; I'm jonesing for some info.
January 12, 20197 yr 25 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: The Cubs and Astros absolutely did not hit on 90% of their moves. The Astros are my constant example of how rebuilding works even when you make a ton of mistakes in the draft. Aiken, Mark Appel over Bryant, they had 3 straight #1 picks and have 1 player out of them. Aiken got them Bergman bro, who just put a 7.6 win season (god I really wanted him for Sale). That’s a gigantic fucking win for them and you trying to suggest otherwise is manipulation at it’s finest. Passing on Bryant was a huge miss and there is no doubting that. But other than the Gomez deal, have there really been any other deals that were legit bad? Luhnow literally has stolen a ton of quality players (Marwin, Devinski, Alvarez, etc.), drafted incredibly well, and build a strong LatAm pipeline. I stand by my statement they’ve hit on the vast majority of their moves. The same applies for the Cubs. They literally hit on almost every draft pick for an extended period of time, made an absolute killing in LatAm (Eloy & Torres in the same class...holy fuck), built a championship rotation with zero in-house guys, made numerous trades in which they were the clear winner, and added several high end free agents that played integral roles in winning a World Series. Of course they had some misses (Heyward, Jackson, etc.) but again the vast majority of their moves worked. Look at most teams draft, trade, and free agency histories and they’d be FAR worst. The Cubs & Astros have been without question amongst the elite in terms of talent evaluation. You are kidding yourself if you suggest otherwise, unless you are fixated on an arbitrary percentage I threw out there.
January 12, 20197 yr 2 minutes ago, MiddleCoastBias said: Seriously - I've never been this excited to hear how a one year old's birthday party went; I'm jonesing for some info. Lmao we just need a little taste.
January 12, 20197 yr 15 minutes ago, BlackSox13 said: And if the Sox don't sign Machado or Harper we'll all be singing " I wanna be sedated". More like "beat on the beat with a baseball bat" as the posters here will go after Hahn and KW.
January 12, 20197 yr 46 minutes ago, Mooseman said: Perhaps a live video with his source's face blacked out and voice distorted? lol I love it!
January 12, 20197 yr @NotHahn today is the big day. Hopefully the snow wont ruin things. Granted I dont even know if it is snowing by you. GET THE GOODS.
January 12, 20197 yr 13 minutes ago, MiddleCoastBias said: Seriously - I've never been this excited to hear how a one year old's birthday party went; I'm jonesing for some info. Oh shit, is that why NotHahn is connecting with his source?
January 12, 20197 yr 9 minutes ago, ptatc said: More like "beat on the beat with a baseball bat" as the posters here will go after Hahn and KW. Oh boy you are not kidding. The fall out will be epic if one of them isn't signed. Already blown the dust off my hazmat suit just in case.
January 12, 20197 yr 8 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: Oh shit, is that why NotHahn is connecting with his source? Yep.
January 12, 20197 yr Man I need to impregnate a girl so I can have a kid and get in on these sweet, sweet birthday party scoops.
January 12, 20197 yr Just because there's literally nothing else to talk about right now, if you're the Sox, would you give Machado 12 years and $350 million like the Phillies are rumored to be offering Harper today?
January 12, 20197 yr 4 minutes ago, Whitesox27 said: Just because there's literally nothing else to talk about right now, if you're the Sox, would you give Machado 12 years and $350 million like the Phillies are rumored to be offering Harper today? No. If Phillies sign Harper for that much they most likely shift to pitching and we can get Manny for 8/270 since no competition Edited January 12, 20197 yr by EloyJenkins
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