Hatchetman

Alvarez is a good hitter. He'd be an upgrade at DH.

pythagorean W/L in 2015 was 72 wins if that means anything.

He's a less talented more Cubfanish version of Chris Rongey off the Dan Bernstein broadcast tree.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 29, 2015 -> 08:57 AM) There is still a part of me that is surprised the White Sox didn't end up with Bruce in a larger Cincy deal. was wondering the same.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Dec 28, 2015 -> 01:48 PM) You know the wrong ones. It has been pretty quiet since the 22nd. So your big client calls and asks you to review a document, you're going to say, "no, we're on vacation?"

I'm sensing a lot of microaggressions around here today.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Dec 28, 2015 -> 07:55 AM) Lawyers are on vacation till next week. The lawyers I know are NEVER on vacation. At least what I think of as vacation.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Dec 26, 2015 -> 06:14 PM) The allotment is worth about 2% of the money being thrown to Gordon. It wont get any consideration when deciding whether to sign him or not. And it shouldnt. What is a late first round pick worth? If these guys were free agents, they'd be getting $10MM? $20MM?

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Dec 26, 2015 -> 04:36 PM) I'll be honest. I don't want to give up a draft pick for a guy who only signs for 1-2 years. Good point I had not thought of. But they would get one if he left, no?

Dude crushes lefties, but I don't see him making the 25 man roster.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 22, 2015 -> 02:52 PM) Defense/advanced stats aside, Melky still put up .273/12/77. It's not like he has zero value. He's owed $29M over two years. The point was how nice it would be to cut him and the salary.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Dec 22, 2015 -> 02:37 PM) Zero chance the Sox would cut Melky. why the hell not?

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Dec 22, 2015 -> 01:23 PM) Owed $31M over next years. What would they want for him? I don't know but KW likes the guy and you know how that goes. $31M is way less than what these other guys are going to get and it fits our "window." I'm just throwing it out there, not promoting it.

My only quibble is that it doesn't make sense to move a star fielder to a different position (RF). So then we have Melky in RF I guess. eeeeeeEEEEHHH....

This could set up the Granderson to Sox theory I suggested earlier.

Couldn't stand the guy. Still makes me happy to think that he's not here anymore.

what's going on with Houston's outfield? They have four guys: Marsinick, Rasmus, Gomez, and Springer. One would think Gomez and Rasmus could be had for reasonable.

Saladino will be 26 this year and was set back by Tommy John surgery.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Dec 21, 2015 -> 09:03 AM) Without Cespedes the Mets would of never reached the World Series. They probably would of never reached the Playoffs without him. That being said, I can't help but wonder, why aren't the Mets going to bring him back ? Am I missing something here.? If the White Sox are going to bid on him, why aren't the Mets even bidding on him? Is he a clubhouse cancer? He has been on 4 teams already. Do these 4 teams know something about him that we don't? They have Conforto and Granderson in the corners and they don't want to put Cespedes in CF because he would be terrible. So the ovbious move is for the Mets to trade Granderson to the Sox.

Merry Christmas Dick. Hope you have a cheerful holiday.

What are you going on about, Dick? Do you have a point?

Well the Dodgers must have some plan as to what to do with him. I assume.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 02:57 PM) How come you didn't speak up about the "mishandling" of Micah earlier? I never saw the guy play in the minors, how was I to know how truly terrible he was? The minute he came up I said move him to third or LF and people said he had a bad arm. Well there have been a ton of left fielders who couldn't throw a lick. Not sure why that would be a big deal.

I recall Kittle injuring his shoulder in 1984 jumping into the wall overhand at Comiskey. His career was never the same after that.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 02:38 PM) Better the Dodgers try it than us. He is brutal defensively at one of the easiest positions on the field. I've been watching baseball for 35 years and the only one worse may have been Kenny Williams at 3B.