To me, Mark Buehrle was a pitcher who made the absolute best out of mediocre stuff. He was pretty much the poor man's Tom Glavine.

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You're right about Contreras. I remember watching him warm up once with that 12"softball in the pen in order to stretch his fingers for his splitter. The guy had very large hands and he jammed that softball deep between his fingers and the spin on that ball was amazing. Its too bad that he didn't get to the bigs at an earlier age because he really was something to watch pitch.

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Oh, he might have went on livin'
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When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

You know what they say about big hands?

Big gloves.

McCann a "no show" at White Sox convention. Hmmm

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Keuchel sighting?

Told you he wasn't getting 25 per.

I think the contract he got is just as I described it, reasonable for a 28 year old.

I'd rather have Castellanos and Walker at 16 million than Mazzara and Encarnacion at 17.

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I don't think Hahn played his cards right on the RF situation.

The FA possibilities all signed for short, affordable deals. The trade possibilities ended up going for even less than Walker's value. I don't think Mazara will be any different than the guy he was in Texas, which is just ok.

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I think you'll change your mind. Castellanos is fools gold. IF Encarnacion can't hit anymore it was a 1 year gamble. Castellanos was going to be brutal in the outfield and not hit enough to justify the money. I think Mazara will have a better season.

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Is Castellanos $10M better than Mazara? I would say no.

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Sign Puig for 2 years $20 million with an option for a 3rd.

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I'd say he is.

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Nope. Mazara is four year younger and has basically the same stats. Mazara can improve. Castillanos, not so much.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

We'll see, Texas is easily the best hitters park outside Coors.. Castellanos been in Detroit's cavernous stadium. He's gonna tear the cover off the ball in a full year in Cincy.. I'd bet he crushes Mazara output.

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Maybe. Maybe not. I still think that a guy who has basically the same stats as a guy four year older has got more potential productivity than the older guy. The Sox also saved some money in the process. Mazara is only 24 years old and has good major league experience already. He conceivably can profit from the very able hitters surrounding him on this team both on the field and off of the field.

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Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

Mazara also isn't an absolute liability in RF. Robert would be dead in a year trying to cover for Castellanos and Jimenez.

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Mazara isn't even a full time player. Right now, he is on the very fringes of being an MLB starter. He isn't even Avi Garcia.

Castellanos has been sitting at +.800 OPS for four years. Now he enters his baseball prime and gets to play outside of Detroit (the guy has been a doubles machine in a huge park so you can expect his HR totals to increase)

Money isn't an issue. Sox are STILL below league average.

Yes, Castellanos is 10M better and it wouldn't have cost a legit MLB prospect

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I think he would have seen plenty of time at DH and they wouldn't have signed Encarnacion.

The team would have been much more flexible offensively and defensively with Castellanos instead of Mazara and Encarnacion. It also would have allowed for more Grandal days at DH

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That's correct. The production of our outfield is going to be much better this year by a lot. Think of it. The Sox had literally no long ball and RBI production out of center and right field last year. Their production out of those two position players in this present line-up will probably triple. Wouldn't doubt also that Jimenez will battle for the AL home run title.

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Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

He's only projected to hit 24 home runs and the splits say that he was a far better hitter at home. He has a .760 OPS on the road for his career. He also played in the 3 most hitter friendly park in baseball when he was in Detroit.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/91 ... =0&season={"name":"ALL_SEASONS","season":"","seasonPhase":"REGULAR_SEASON","groupedBySeason":false,"requiredPhase":"season.phase.regular","displayName":true}

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/202 ... he-numbers

Mazara is a lot younger, a better defender and was more productive in a park that's ranked 15th of the list of hitter friendly parks. He's now moving to a more hitter friendly park and he's at the age when players start to really figure things out.

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Coors is 1
Texas Rangers 2

That can't be disputed.

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Don't overly rely on home/away to make that determination. Most players will play better at home, no matter where that home is. This is the fallacy some are arguing with Arenado

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If you click the link people a lot smarter than you dispute that.

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The experts expect him to be pretty much the same player he's always been this season. Minus the triples because of the center field in Detroit.

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Those nerds crunched those numbers 8 years ago.. anybody that knows baseball will tell ya Coors one.. the next two highest altitudes are Arizona and Texas..Texas has fuckall for foul territory and highest temps in baseball.

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Encarnacion will hit 30 bombs and have around 85-90 RBis and makes an already very good line-up basically awesome. And Grandal will still get his DH spots when McCann catches. You really over value Castellanos.

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An Ode to the Texas man who shot an Antifa terrorist:

Oh, he might have went on livin'
But he made one fatal slip
When he tried to match the Ranger
With the big iron on his hip

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Havana White Sox.

Love it

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Probably the best arm they have in the system right away. Plenty of money left over for Colas, too.

Don’t hate the Sox for using the market inefficiency that is Cuba.

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