By American, I mean American baseball. I thought that was obvious. Do you think Ricky was down in Mexico teaching the intensity of Dominican ball? It's influence on the American game is great but Ricky is along for the ride just like ever other American. He doesn't have special insight. Mark Salas doesn't have special insight. Ozzie had special insight.

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There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

https://twitter.com/MLBRandomStats/status/1211427677162364928?s=20

Stats matter. White Sox right now have too many regulars who don't walk enough.

Not to belittle your twitter stats, but do you think walks are all the difference in the plate appearances between the 71 win teams and the 91 win teams? Because it seems that is your point. Walks are great and many of them score but I think the stat doesn't prove very much. Take Moncada. It's safe to say he was looking for walks his rookie year. Put him with 2 strikes way too often which lead to 200+Ks. The following year his walks were down as were his Ks. The rest of his stats speak for themselves.

https://twitter.com/MLBRandomStats/status/1211427677162364928?s=20

Stats matter. White Sox right now have too many regulars who don't walk enough.

Adam Dunn loved taking walks. How'd that work out for the Sox?

I think it's worth pointing out that when we're talking about Dominican and Cuban players having a different approach to the game, that's just in general. Obviously, there are exceptions. And there are plenty of American players who are selfish and have bad habits too. And I wouldn't be as quick to excuse those guys as I am a guy who had to bust his ass to get out of a cane field.

To me, one of the best examples of different approaches to the game are two Americans who played on the same team- Jeter and A-Rod. The modern fan who is steeped in Moneyball ideology looks at Fangraphs or Baseball Reference and thinks that A-Rod was an obviously superior player. Every amateur GM thinks it was stupid that Jeter played short instead of A-Rod. But people in the game know better. Yeah, A-Rod had video game numbers, but Jeter was a winning-type ballplayer. The Yankees were smart enough to know which guy they wanted in the middle of the diamond.

CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms on a three-year, $55.5-million contract with former Cy Young Award winner and two-time All-Star left-handed pitcher Dallas Keuchel, which includes a club option for 2023. Under terms of the agreement, Keuchel will receive $18 million each season from 2020–22, while the White Sox hold a $20-million option for 2023 with a $1.5-million buyout.

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Twins signed Rich Hill and Homer Bailey. Even if they get Donaldson they really do not do much to scare me.

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

950 runs and .840 team OPS scares me. Nearly 7 runs a game against us last year kinda scares me.

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

Dylan Covey accounted for a lot of those.

Dont forget that its going to be a lot tougher to score runs against the Sox with Madrigal (I dont care about Yolmer Sanchez's gold glove) and Robert up the middle.

Twins signed Rich Hill and Homer Bailey. Even if they get Donaldson they really do not do much to scare me.

Assumptions made on this board seem a little iffy. Now Madrigal is going to be opening day 2nd baseman(or at least by April 10th, home against Twins). AND he's better defensively than Yolmer.



Let's just slow our roll on how the Twins are going to fall off the table. It might even be a mistake to count out the Indians. They have some nice young pitching themselves(and more than one was successful, Bieber and Plesac, unlike our guys, only Giolito) and Lindor and Clevinger are still there. 93 wins last year, not too shabby.

Indians have best starting pitching in division.

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There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

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I wasn't aware Lindor was a starting pitcher.

I'll take a healthy Sox rotation over the Indians rotation even if it includes Clevinger.