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2019 College Baseball Season starts in a couple of weeks.

Well, if Dodgers talk us into taking Joc Pederson off their hands, they'll probably get one or two guys from this list. I just hope it isn't Bush.

Pederson would play, Jay would sit.

He was the Yankee closer right before Mariano.

One reason NBA salary cap was installed was to prevent teams from paying way too much for rookies

The boys at PTI predicted mid Feb.

I would go the other way and try baseball first, at least for 2019. He might not be good enough, and, if so, it would show pretty quickly. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe he played 2 years of college ball. First year, he didn't hit. Second year, last year, he hit in the .290's with 12 or so homers and a lot of speed. I am often amazed how tough pro baseball is. Every year there are players drafted who hit really well in college and really struggle as soon as they go pro, even in low minors. If he plays baseball this year and doesn't do well, missing one year of football won't hurt him. Losing a year or three of baseball would really set him back if he plays football in 2019-20.

Phan has pretty good credentials. I like him. Meadows -- not so sure. I thought Meadows was more of a CF prospect, not sure about that other guy (CFer) who used to be good and got hurt last year. Can't remember his name. Who cares? I just want a third sacker, a center fielder, and another SP.

Sure he will, unless he gets hurt. Gomez has been going downhill for a while. I don't even know if he is still on the 40 man at Tampa, but Avi will be. Avi taking a beating here; I'll take the other side.

Avi should get plenty of AB's with Tampa. Certainly better than Carlos Gomez.

Never heard anything about No Trade Clauses in these posts. Machado bound to ask for them.

Then what happens if three other players have the same deal?

Wow. Jays gave Martin a 3 year deal for $60 Million. This on top of the Tulo debacle. Not exactly shrewd.

If Sox continue adding to the bullpen via free agency or trades, then Charlotte might end up with a very good bullpen themselves.

Trea Turner is another recent example. A couple of years ago he moved from short to CF without a hitch.

Good post, Brian. But, why were the Pujols and Cabrera trades "necessary".

I remember Teahen for two reasons. One, he owned Mark Buerhle when he played for KC, and two, his wife posted on SoxTalk when he was lampooned here.

He signed for something north of $4 Million. He got a check for half, and the other half is due March 1st. Spring Training report date is approx. mid Feb. It's not a big deal if he misses the NFL Combine. Draft is end of April. He can play minor league baseball for 2-3 months and keep everyone guessing. Talk show hosts will love it.

I wonder if Hahn (or any GM) would have the balls to say...…. Okay, here's our offer for $300,000,000. It's good for 24 hours, then it's off the table.

Agreed. Same feeling with Luis Robert.

Here's another name you can scratch off the list of pitchers: Michael Ynoa, the same guy our GM included in the Samardzija trade. Hahn went so far as to say he would not have made that trade without Ynoa. KC just signed him to minor league deal.

I love over/under bets. I'll wait until a day or two before season starts, though. Manny will change the number if we get him. I usually avoid betting on or against White Sox.

How many wins have you penciled in for Kopech?

Lots of chicks down there.

Who gets DFA'd?