Agree with that.


Not at all.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

Sounds like it is Steele Walker to the Rangers for Mazara

SAN DIEGO (670 The Score) -- The White Sox have made a move to help fill their hole in right field.
The White Sox acquired outfielder Nomar Mazara from the Rangers in exchange for minor league outfielder Steele Walker on Tuesday night, the team announced.
Mazara, 24, hit .268 with 19 homers, 66 RBIs, a .318 on-base percentage and a .786 OPS in 116 games for the Rangers in 2019. Mazara also is a left-handed bat, which the White Sox desired to offset a lineup that was right-handed heavy this past season.
"At just 24 years old, Nomar provides us with a left-handed hitting right fielder who fits into our current team’s development arc and who still has untapped potential," general manager Rick Hahn said in a statement. "Nomar adds yet another young, exciting bat with upside to our lineup."
Mazara hit exactly 20 homers in 2016, 2017 and 2018. He has careers marks of a .261 batting average, a .320 on-base percentage and a .754 OPS. Those aren't eye-popping numbers, but they nonetheless represent a significant upgrade in right field for a White Sox team that had no answer at the position last season. White Sox right fielders combined to hit .220 with six homers, 40 RBIs and a .565 OPS in 2019.
The White Sox believe that Mazara's best years are still ahead of him, and he's under team control through 2021. He's arbitration-eligible and projected to make $5.7 million in 2020.
"He is a strong young man," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said of Mazara earlier in the day Tuesday. "He runs pretty well for a big man. He can defend and has a good arm. He has some good qualities at the plate and can put one in the seats as fast as anybody. In general, he can play right field and help a club."
Walker, 23, was rated as the No. 6 prospect in the White Sox's system, per MLB Pipeline. He hit .284 with 10 homers, 62 RBIs and an .811 OPS in 120 games split across Class-A and advanced Class-A in 2019. The White Sox selected him in the second round of the 2018 amateur draft.

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I'm fine with this. Lefty power-hitter who plays at least average defense and controlled through 2021 is perfect.

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I'm fine with this. Lefty power-hitter who plays at least average defense and controlled through 2021 is perfect.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Maybe he ends up being the player Avi Garcia was supposed to be.

What're the chances Steele Walker Texas Ranger becomes another Tatis?

That can't happen again, right?

0%, he can't hit lefties.

Our new guy can't hit lefties or Walker can't?

Walker definitely can't. Our guy probably can't, but at worst he's a big league platoon player.

$62 million = Gerrit Cole ($36 mil) + Giancarlo Stanton ($26 mil)

2020 payroll based on current rosters
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$75 mil Tigers
$72 mil White Sox
$66 mil Royals
$60 mil Brewers
$59 mil Pirates
$54 mil Blue Jays
$43 mil Orioles
$33 mil Marlins

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

That Stanton deal might be the worst in MLB. This Cole deal is a bad one, he's 29, he'll be a 5th starter by the time he's 34 or 35.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

26 man roster now, they added a spot.

Walker definitely can't. Our guy probably can't, but at worst he's a big league platoon player.

Great even more pitching changes.

I fucking love baseball and will always be a fan. But I am not crazy about the direction of on field play. The three outcome at bats and constant pitching changes are annoying. I am not sure those are great strategic moves either.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Great even more pitching changes.

I fucking love baseball and will always be a fan. But I am not crazy about the direction of on field play. The three outcome at bats and constant pitching changes are annoying. I am not sure those are great strategic moves either.

Completely agree, the damage is already done in terms of the ridiculous pitching changes. I don't think the 26 man roster will make it any worse than it already is.

Fine as a stop gap....the cost appears nothing. He is at best a platoon player, but man....the little league ballpark in TX plus the juiced ball last year and he only had 20 HR? Fine for a cheap insurance policy in right field, but definitely not what I'd call a long-term solution.

I'll feel anxious until they figure out the left-handed starter. They need to stop jerking off in the corner and get moving on one of the three: Bumgarner, Ryu, Keuchel. The market is now set.....pay it. It's their own damn fault they're in this mess. I have the most faith in Bumgarner. It's risky and going to be expensive, but no choice.

Also, doesn't the new rule regarding pitchers not being able to face a single batter kick in this season?

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Nothing is going to change until you ban nerds from running teams. They've ruined baseball.

I think I'd define this move as uninspiring.

I don't know what Steele Walker will be. He sounds pretty similar to Mazara, except a capable defender with less power. He obviously is cheaper.

Irrespective of Walker, why trade for an uninspiring player when there are at least equally capable people available in FA and you have plenty of money?

This is one of those typical KW/Hahn moves where they become obsessed with a player at some point in his career and are dogged in their pursuit of him even after he proves himself incapable.

Mazara is just filler, nondescript, league average type corner OF. He won't suck badly enough to hate him or be good enough to cheer for. In two years, he will be gone leaving no mark. Why trade for that guy?