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be interesting to see what the white sox do. do they have to start giolito and moncado clocks? if not- as a sox fan i would say don't bring them up. the white sox have maybe 20,000 fans in chicago while the cubs have 12 million. about 5,000 of the sox fans are very loyal and go to most of the games....

if you are asking if he was quoted as saying that- yes. if you are asking if he will repeat 2016 performance- no clue

park factors park factors park factors. belt would be stud in coors and almost a stud in a few al parks. only a heavy heavy heavy dose of steroids can help in that park. keep an eye on the size of belts head. if it doesn't grow- he won't hit for power.

yah mule - great point. and now we are in the year of "pitch framing" being everything. some potential hitting studs will no longer catch- herman murphy and scwaber come to mind. and then there is the angels who made about 10 moves that made zero sense to me this offseason- including that catcher tr...

dan- just fyi the list of possible drafted catchers (top 30) is fairly static. the bottom 10 will be drafted right around where most drafters that drafted a catcher early will be drafting their last hitter or last pitcher. i guess if you want to go to the extreme you could say round 26-30 for that l...

stevemer- for what it is worth that looks like the best team from this draft. some teams bagged sb's or lacked power or didn't have any closers- but this team looks very balanced. peralta looks like a great pick to me for $3- but what do i know. and you have all month to look for gomes replacement a...

mike thanks for the kershaw stats. when talking about pitcher health- people should look at him and sale over the last 5 years. you start out kershaw sale and i think you win leagues 4 out of the last 5 years if you could have found any kind of offense. maybe even 5 out of 5. probably both get hurt ...

deadheadz you outdid yourself with that logic in the above post- and i did not think you had any new ground to break.

i don't think mauer has any shot at the hall. i also think those concussions are hurting his hitting even now.

what they need to do with brian kenney and his endless chatter about all things "not real" like 7th vs 8th vs 9th inning is this: take a 2 by 4 out in the studio and have him walk on it- like we all used to walk on the curb as kids. brian- that is the 7th inning. then go to a gym and get the board a...

sox park faces east- southeast. just weird the way the wind blows there. you would think it would blow in more than it does. but it does suppress lefty power vs help righty power somewhat.

doritos are on sale at costco- large bag- chedder!

ya glenn. a full time job, wife, and a couple of young kids are NOT excuses for not doing the countdown. go from 4 hours of sleep a night to 3:45 and get started!

and my new "beat it to death" mantra for 2017= "ceasar hernandez reported to camp at 180lbs after adding 15 lbs of muscle". Is a continuing example how ALL sports writers keep ignoring the reality of steroids. the science says a 165 lb man can not add 15 pounds of muscle in 3-4 months. just can't. t...

btw- to those of you who have read gregs posts on the $ spent by the 2 daily sports companies and think it is "crazy" like greg does- wake up. this crap has been happening forever in all sorts of industries and all sorts of situations. my two favorites are the telecommunications industry- specifical...

wayne- that was excellent. just excellent. does anyone know where illinois sits on this? i have not read most of the posts on this subject but if votes are being held in illinois i will copy the non personal part of this and send it. mike

i think the syndy thing is real- he did add 17 pounds. i also believe that he really did say he did so to add speed to his 102mph fastball. fangraphs just ran an article on the games lost to injury and ranked all 30 teams over the last 15 years. to no ones surprise the mets were 3rd. i think the dod...

good write up. i like when guys take the contrarian view. you may be the only person that thinks 2b is shallow.

i gotta go with syndergard. knowing that the mets had 9 starters get hurt last year and noahing that guys that throw hard and guys that throw sliders blow out their ucl at ever increasing rates noah noahingly put on 17 lbs of fat- so he could noahingly throw harder. what a genius.

welcome back! 4 posts and no JOEY VOTTO mention. just thought i would correct that. the colorado lineup will hurt someone a little bit. i know i did not draft story to bat 7th- but that is where he sits. desmond should bat 7th- but they spent all that $ on him - so he won't. dj could get hurt as wel...

russ- check your in box

try for 2 auctions. probably won't happen- but what do you have to lose?

yes- I agree with mike. can't change this year now. gecko- for example- has about 5,000 hours of prep in already.

batting average. the reason people win has nothing to do with what we look for- it is how they look for it.

senior moment- i saw phillies not philips! anyhoo- is there anyone not linked to the braves? john hart must be keeping that media job warm by giving the press little nuggets to print in this slow off season.