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Saw some athletic writer on twitter saying basically 'actually this shouldn't be considered cheating, and is smart and savvy' and get all the way out of my face into turning the actual on field action into an arms race. The difference in technology is wide enough just with scouting.

farquhar steps of at the 2:58:40 mark of this replay. It is suuuuuuuuuper obvious before that what was going on.

He did work for McKinsey after all

They set up a camera in the outfield that fed to a monitor in the dugout, they weren't watching the broadcast, and they were only doing it at home

Farquhar is a super smart dude, and the Astros are really outing themselves as an uber gross organization.

Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez both average >95 mph and didn't throw one single cutter. Stop pushing this like it's uniform fact.

There's a pretty good chance Odorizzi is more valuable just next year than either of those guys combined over their entire career.

Fact of the matter is it's hard to actually expect much at all when you get outside of the top 6 or 7 picks. There's almost 0 reason to not give up picks for a good pro.

Bruce has got to realize that spending 40-50 mil in FA and targeting Calhoun and Hamels are incongruous ideas, no?

Especially as it pertains to the Sox, it seems

If that person that is taking over third is less good than Anthony Rendon I would tend to agree. But Anthony Rendon is really really good.

Too many good players is a good thing

It would be pretty typical to see Moncada moved to second and coincidentally see a drop in offensive production and everyone attributes it to the position change forever.

It's not even worth discussing until someone else reports ties.

I don't think there's anything wrong with the statement, but I'd prefer Kenny play things a little closer to the chest. Hahn probably doesn't love this comment.

Under no circumstances should Jim Bowden be taken seriously

Hahn has the best job in sports, well maybe second best.

Something to consider for an outfielder.

Idk why we have to do this is every 3 months. He had a a terrible first 4 seasons, and the jury is still out on the last 3. What else is there to discuss?

This made me triple take. The White Sox apparently had more *qualified* pitchers in the top 16 in the AL in fWAR than anyone...

This is what I have been saying to every person immediately saying 'Typical White Sox' to every second tier move. The Sox are already much deeper now than they were when they were signing Melky Cabrera, they could get away with it now. They won 72 games playing people who have no business being professional baseball players at 4 positions. Even just average players there should give you a bump to the 80-85 range and you just hope for continued improvement from young players from there. Aim high, but don't do nothing.

Would be a reason for Adam Engel to exist on this roster that's for sure.

Who in the world ever hinted Castellanos would even get a 100 million deal let alone 200?

Idk why but any time a report includes some sort of anecdote about the team like 'They saw plenty of him over six years inside the AL Central and have always been a fan' my bullshit meter immediately goes off.

Not every position can or needs to be filled with an uber expensive FA. Encarnacion stands to be a 4 win improvement at the position over last year, and will allow flexibility for better FAs.