Fair enough buddy. But I would like to see you think outside the box a bit more often. You're a smart guy, but you need to expand your White Sox horizons.
when the sox suck i'm quite good at imagining scenarios. i can think way outside the box but when you have a good machine up and running you don't want to fiddle too much with what's working. i'm sure there's a saying for this .... but i can't think of any at the moment. my point is ... almost any change can improve a really bad team. almost any change can screw up a really good team.
play it safe and name him lucas.
Maybe not the exact analogy, but howzabout don't change horses in the middle of the stream. Anyway, my suggested signings and trades wouldn't screw up the team because I'm not looking to overhaul the Sox so much as simply enhancing the roster.
If it ain't broke - don't fix it!
Yep, like yours a lot better!!
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didn't he say a month ago he wouldn't sign with the sox? or am i thinking of someone else?Looks like Springer is gonna be a no-no.
Report: Springer ‘extraordinarily unlikely' to sign with Sox
According to a report, George Springer, perhaps the top position player on the free-agent market, is “extraordinarily unlikely” to sign with the White Sox this winter.
Not a shocker by any means. In fact, quite expected.
I believe you're thinking of the Mets pitcher, Marcus Stroman. This is the first story about Springer not likely to sign with the Sox.
Lance got the news this morning.
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One difference between La Russa and Renteria - is La Russa will stick Eloy at DH and make him play his way onto the field - no sentiment - just what's best for the team. I love Eloy - I'd like to see him out in LF, but he has to earn it and he won't earn it running into the wall or hanging in the netting.I like this post-Lynn/Eaton acquisition analysis as to how the Sox can further improve themselves. There's some really good reading here:
The White Sox quickly addressed their biggest needs; so what's next for the new AL Central favorite?
The White Sox still have some work to do after adding Lance Lynn and Adam Eaton
How nice a portion of that title looks - "The new AL Central Favorite" - Of course this and 25 cents still only equals two bits, but it sure beats titles from recent years: Cellar Dwellers.
One part of this article I find most interesting is the idea of making Eloy the full time DH at least for this coming season, thus freeing up a spot for the Sox to sign a LF. Hopefully short term at most because Mike Vaughn is waiting in the wings. If this is the route the Sox are pursuing, I'm still quite hopeful then that they could still ink Eddie Rosario or Michael Brantley. Rosario might be the wiser choice because he could easily be had for a 1 year deal or at most a 1+1. Brantley's signing might require something along the lines of 3 years. Then again I could be talking out of my ass, so who knows.
i don't like the idea of taking eloy out of lf. IF he's not going to be the full time DH leave him alone! you don't get better by not playing the only position you can play. i think that's a dumb idea considering vaughn and what he'll be doing.I like this post-Lynn/Eaton acquisition analysis as to how the Sox can further improve themselves. There's some really good reading here:
The White Sox quickly addressed their biggest needs; so what's next for the new AL Central favorite?
The White Sox still have some work to do after adding Lance Lynn and Adam Eaton
How nice a portion of that title looks - "The new AL Central Favorite" - Of course this and 25 cents still only equals two bits, but it sure beats titles from recent years: Cellar Dwellers.
One part of this article I find most interesting is the idea of making Eloy the full time DH at least for this coming season, thus freeing up a spot for the Sox to sign a LF. Hopefully short term at most because Mike Vaughn is waiting in the wings. If this is the route the Sox are pursuing, I'm still quite hopeful then that they could still ink Eddie Rosario or Michael Brantley. Rosario might be the wiser choice because he could easily be had for a 1 year deal or at most a 1+1. Brantley's signing might require something along the lines of 3 years. Then again I could be talking out of my ass, so who knows.
maybe ... but i'm thinking he's going to be a yankee.
Point well taken. One has to wonder if his hitting would suffer by relegating him to strictly a DH. He has on numerous occasions stated he wants to play the OF, not just DH. I personally feel he would make the requisite adjustments, but you never know. Guess we'll just have to see how this plays out and who the Sox sign in the coming weeks/months.
I was thinking it is time to win a championship - not a time to develop a guy defensively. La Russa wasn't hired to develop anyone. You can do plenty of development w/o playing regular in LF. In fact Eloy - seems to have regressed in LF rather than shown a gradual getting better curve.
