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Chicago White Sox Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 1:10 PM, soxfan49 said: Expand I threw out his name a few times this offseason. He’d be a great 4th OF in the event someone went down, but not a great platoon partner for Mazara. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moan4Yoan Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 1:10 PM, soxfan49 said: Expand Someone here mentioned him in the past because he’s a righty bat who can also play all three outfield positions but he’s actually a better hitter against righties than lefties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 1:17 PM, Moan4Yoan said: Someone here mentioned him in the past because he’s a righty bat who can also play all three outfield positions but he’s actually a better hitter against righties than lefties. Expand If you believe in Leury‘s ability against LHP, then I’d rather go with Maybin as our 4th OF than Engel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moan4Yoan Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) On 1/10/2020 at 1:19 PM, Chicago White Sox said: If you believe in Leury‘s ability against LHP, then I’d rather go with Maybin as our 4th OF than Engel. Expand True, anything that gets Engel off the roster is fine with me. Late game defensive play when the Sox have a lead could be Leury and Maybin in the corners with Eloy and Mazara coming out of the game. Edited January 10, 2020 by Moan4Yoan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Is Maybin better defensively than Engel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Fireworks Man Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 1:10 PM, soxfan49 said: Expand Don't want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Has the Not Steve Cishek account gotten something right that forces us all to post his rumor tweets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moan4Yoan Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) On 1/10/2020 at 1:51 PM, SouthWallace said: Is Maybin better defensively than Engel? Expand Probably not but he can actually hit a bit. Like CWS said, he would make a much better starting outfielder than Engel if one of the starters went down with an injury. Edited January 10, 2020 by Moan4Yoan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 2:19 PM, Kyyle23 said: Has the Not Steve Cishek account gotten something right that forces us all to post his rumor tweets Expand He has gotten A LOT right about the White Sox this offseason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 1:10 PM, soxfan49 said: Expand Yeah... I''m not really interested in him at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 2:28 PM, cjgalloway said: He has gotten A LOT right about the White Sox this offseason. Expand Maybe I'm missing something but all I see is him piggybacking off a lot of mlb writer talk. He has thrown a lot out there that can't really be verified (the cease trade talk, McCann and Collins possibly being traded) i dunno 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moan4Yoan Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 2:41 PM, Kyyle23 said: Maybe I'm missing something but all I see is him piggybacking off a lot of mlb writer talk. He has thrown a lot out there that can't really be verified (the cease trade talk, McCann and Collins possibly being traded) i dunno Expand He’s about as close to being borderline insider that I’ve seen. He could be legit or he could just be throwing a bunch of shit against the wall. It could go either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 2:41 PM, Kyyle23 said: Maybe I'm missing something but all I see is him piggybacking off a lot of mlb writer talk. He has thrown a lot out there that can't really be verified (the cease trade talk, McCann and Collins possibly being traded) i dunno Expand He predicted Cishek was someone Hahn wanted, Robert's extension was making big progress, and he said Grandal was their top target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 2:41 PM, Kyyle23 said: Maybe I'm missing something but all I see is him piggybacking off a lot of mlb writer talk. He has thrown a lot out there that can't really be verified (the cease trade talk, McCann and Collins possibly being traded) i dunno Expand He had the Mazara stuff about twenty minutes before the MLB rumor guys broke it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 2:28 PM, cjgalloway said: He has gotten A LOT right about the White Sox this offseason. Expand No, he has not. Here is what Cishek has done; every time a rumor has been reported by someone, he has taken it a step further and said the Sox were working to finalize something. Sometimes, it happened and he "looked" right. Other times, he just moved on and pretended he never said it. He didn't get anything first - he piggy backed off of other reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 2:54 PM, soxfan49 said: He predicted Cishek was someone Hahn wanted, Robert's extension was making big progress, and he said Grandal was their top target. Expand He named every reliever that was left on the market that could be considered solid. He SAID NOTHING about Grandal before the signing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOFHurt35 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 2:29 PM, cjgalloway said: Yeah... I''m not really interested in him at all. Expand .858 OPS in 82 games, can play some CF in needed. I guess we can do worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggins Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Wouldn't be shocked. It'd be an improvement over Engel, as long as its cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 2:54 PM, soxfan49 said: He predicted Cishek was someone Hahn wanted, Robert's extension was making big progress, and he said Grandal was their top target. Expand Cisek was an easy call. Jimmy had Roberts extension waaayyyy before this guy did, and he still wants credit, and he called Grandal after the fact. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thxfrthmmrs Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 2:57 PM, Look at Ray Ray Run said: No, he has not. Here is what Cishek has done; every time a rumor has been reported by someone, he has taken it a step further and said the Sox were working to finalize something. Sometimes, it happened and he "looked" right. Other times, he just moved on and pretended he never said it. He didn't get anything first - he piggy backed off of other reports. Expand The guy has sources. He said the Sox main RP targets were Harris and Cishek, and Diaz via trade. After Harris was signed he predicted Cishek to Sox and he was sign a couple days after. While they may have been an easy guess, he also called the Robert extension being very close right before the signing announced. The most telling of all was when he called the Mazara trade 20 minutes before announced when no one else had sources. It’s really not that crazy to think someone have sources connected to the org and are trying to make a name for themselves on Twitter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) On 1/10/2020 at 3:18 PM, thxfrthmmrs said: The guy has sources. He said the Sox main RP targets were Harris and Cishek, and Diaz via trade. After Harris was signed he predicted Cishek to Sox and he was sign a couple days after. While they may have been an easy guess, he also called the Robert extension being very close right before the signing announced. The most telling of all was when he called the Mazara trade 20 minutes before announced when no one else had sources. It’s really not that crazy to think someone have sources connected to the org and are trying to make a name for themselves on Twitter. Expand Those were the best relievers on the market and the only ones that made sense for the Sox who were interested in relievers and had stated such to Merkin. He didn't call the Robert extension - Jimmy reported it, and then another national writer said they were making progress and right after that he tweeted it out. He also was NOT the first person to report the Mazara trade as has been cited here. He piggybacked off another national writer - might have been Nightengale, I can't remember for sure - and that was that. I followed the guy to see if he was first on anything after he was originally cited here - I also follow all the national/local writers for most teams. He was never first, and frequently piggy backed all his reports of national and local reports. Edited January 10, 2020 by Look at Ray Ray Run 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Don't really see the fit with Maybin, to be honest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 3:00 PM, HOFHurt35 said: .858 OPS in 82 games, can play some CF in needed. I guess we can do worse. Expand Congrats on quoting one year.. What were his 10 years prior? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 3:07 PM, Dick Allen said: Cisek was an easy call. Jimmy had Roberts extension waaayyyy before this guy did, and he still wants credit, and he called Grandal after the fact. Expand Mazara, Robert, Ciscek. He called Cicsek like 2 weeks before ever happening. Didn't he call Encarnacion? Didn't he also say we had the highest offer for Wheeler? I mean clearly he's been wrong on some stuff. Everyone is. But he also clearly has some inside sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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