Jose Abreu

I'm pretty surprised that you feel this way, given your disdain for Reinsdorf/the front office. Unless you think that such a signing would be a bad thing for the organization?

He had pretty good peripherals in AAA last year. I'd rather give him starts than Dylan Covey

Yes, he was like a top 25 in baseball guy around 2012

Potential #5 starter early on

Surgery for what?

Also, Derrick Rose forever

The Bulls need to do a better job of getting Zach LaVine the ball in transition. That's where he's most effective and they keep missing him wide open.

If you know C++ I think you'd be able to learn SQL, R, and Python pretty easily.

Face it, we're getting Oseweiler'd

Eagles get Golden Tate for a 3rd rounder

But they did deliver some sort of presentation, right? I remember Hahn being reportedly shocked that we didn't make Ohtani's short list

Nobody's forcing you to read it. Those of us who have taken note of recent organizational patterns, comments, and hints obviously believe that the chance is nonzero.

From what James Fox and WhiteSoxDave have been writing, it seems as though the Sox have designed some sort of presentation to give to Machado to sell him on how we're gonna win with him. I hope it's not like the presentation we gave Ohtani.

Where did you see this? It's interesting to me that it's literally day one of the offseason and we're seeing reports of teams not being so crazy for him. If this isn't all just posturing and smoke, maybe it really will be the Phillies and us as the top bidders

Exactly. What happens when you preemptively move Moncada to 3rd in the spring, and then Madrigal either a) never reaches the majors or b) is never a good enough player to actually force someone off their position I'd argue that those two outcomes are just as likely as Madrigal being so good that people need to be moving over for him years in advance of his arrival.

Whispers today that the Yankees are "lukewarm" on Machado due to his antics. Not sure if I buy it

They also need to fix their free agency/salary settings in franchise mode. In all of my seasons, Machado/Harper offers and eventual signings max out at 10/240 or so.

Interesting, I thought (as did many here) that the clause was for "elbow surgery" and not specifically UCL injuries.

I'd do that in a heartbeat.

Finally, someone who gets that Jones' option for 2019 isn't for $4.5 million. You're already a step above the Sox beat writers and most bloggers -edit: it's actually less than the listed 1.25 too, it's for the league minimum which is about 540k

He seems a little scared with the ball with me. You see it at the free throw line too. He just doesn't seem very confident in his shot right now