Jack Parkman

Exactly. It is rare to find a Sox fan in the Burbs. When you do, that guy might become a friend very quickly. Even in the early and late 90s when I was a kid you could count the number of Sox fans in your grade on two hands.

The Sox were 29th in baseball in TV viewership over the last 5 years. I don't know what you're talking about.

False. Kane, DuPage, McHenry and Lake are all heavy Cub areas. The only Sox heavy area outside of Cook County is Will County. There are always stray Sox fans in each area, but out here in Kane County, Cub fans outnumber Sox fans 10-1

Completely agreed. The largest estimate I'd buy is 35% and that is really generous. I think the reality resides somewhere between 25-30%. That is a smaller market than both the Indians and Twins btw.

Just by personal experience living in the area my entire life I'd put that number closer to 25-30% I do not buy for one minute that the Sox have a 47% share of the Chicago Metro. No way, no how.

That number includes at the very least Quintana's option.

That is one argument, the other is to say "fuck the future, we'll deal with it when it comes" Go get the best players now to maximize the window and if they have to pay the piper down the road, so be it. See the Blackhawks with Keith and Seabrook. Players come and go, championship banners fly forever. Remember that when (hopefully) the Sox start trading prospects for proven talent.

Yes they do. Adbert Alozay is pretty well thought of, and he's coming off of TJS next year.

The 93M number is from Cot's contracts and it includes Quintana's team option

Yes. He's still good when not injured. That would really help the Yankees fill out their rotation next year as well. I think that one at the very least is likely to happen.

Also, don't discount the idea of Samardzija and Melancon for Heyward as well as Cueto for Ellsbury. Cueto is still good when he isn't hurt though.

Hamels. He's making 21M in 2019. They only have 93M committed next year. Granted, they both have a lot of good players in Arb years, but I don't think it would be enough to kill them signing one of those guys. You don't think the Cubs would trade Schwarber, Almora and others in an instant if they could get Harper.

I think it is relevant. The Cubs have much more of a national presence and the truth of the matter is that nobody cares about the Sox outside of the city proper, SW Burbs and NW Indiana, save for a few transplants and people like myself in the remaining burbs. Honestly, I think that the Sox market is closer to the Twins and Indians than a large market. As a matter of fact, I think the Cardinals probably have a bigger fanbase than the Sox.

Not really. They're both so damn close to the tax this year that they really can't do anything else.

If that is the case(opt-outs early and often) then neither player makes sense for the White Sox. If all goes well from here, their window doesn't become wide open until 2021. They'd be gone by then.

Ellsbury and Gardner for the Yankees, Zobrist+others for the Cubs.

I think both Arenado and Rendon are going to re-sign where they are.

Yankees and Cubs have big money coming off the books. They both could fit them in without going into the tax next year, which they can't do this year.

Do you know what does change though? The Yankees and Cubs lose a lot of payroll. That could make all of the difference for those guys.

I don't think you're wrong, and I think what is going to end up happening is that they're both going to sign a 1-year deal sometime in May, and go at it again next offseason. Edit: Laugh all you wan't people, but they won't sign long term for less than $300M. I think they'd rather take a 1-year deal and go at it again next year than sign something ridiculous to them like 7/175.

yeah.

They call it the injured list in the NBA.

Because they can only go on his 1.5 seasons of MLB data, and that projection is basically what he's done since being called up. Projections systems are notoriously pessimistic about young players that have struggled. They take them at face value and don't project them to ever get any better.

This is funny because it is true

It happens a lot when pitchers get nailed with a line drive. Most of the time the guy is fine for his next start or in a couple days but has a welt that prevents him from continuing that start/outing. If a pitcher gets nailed in the foot and has to continue or go on the DL, it could end up with more injuries because a pitcher's legs are really important, and they could get hurt. See Jake Peavy.