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Use Me For Your Kingdom’s Cause

Adam Hess December 6, 2019 0

If the early signing of Yasmani Grandal gave you a perhaps unrealistic amount of naive faith that things might be changing for the White Sox when it comes to the free agent market, Zack Wheeler signing in Philadelphia may have brought you crashing back to earth. If you feel as though you match

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Digging Through The Scrap Heap

Sam Fels December 4, 2019 0

As the Cubs continue to emulate that “C’mon, do something” meme in real life this offseason, there was a charge of excitement, I don’t know why, when the non-tender list came out. Some of that was from Addison Russell being told to do one, which is understandable. Most of it though is from wannabe GMs […]

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Cubs Release Addison Russell, Proving It Was All About Baseball After All

Sam Fels December 3, 2019 0

Remember “Quiz Show?” Pretty brilliant Robert Redford-directed film. Great cast. Maybe the one time Hank Azaria played an unrepentant asshole. David Paymer and John Turturro are just awesome, and pretty much showcase the entire Jewish spectrum. Somehow it starred Rob Morrow, which gets funnier and funnier the more you think about it. Anyway, the climactic […]

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Jose Abreu’s New Deal Is Only Curious If You Want To Overanalyze it

Wes French November 26, 2019 0

Jose Abreu and the White Sox did what we all thought they were going to do and agreed to a multi-year contract in lieu of the qualifying offer the Cuban first baseman accepted just over a week ago. With his countryman Yasmani Grandal now in the fold too, Abreu’s signing makes things more complicated than […]

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Whit Merrifield Isn’t That Great Of An Answer, Certainly Not At That Price, Shut Up

Sam Fels November 25, 2019 0

Cubs fans, and perhaps only Cubs fans, could be caught in the middle of their analytic leanings, fan passions, an unwillingness to hold ownership responsible for being pricks (who just sold their main company for $26 billion I might add) and a desire to win now. But that’s where we’re at. So you can have […]

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Oh My God, It’s Happening: White Sox Sign Yasmani Grandal

Adam Hess November 21, 2019 0

There is no need to bury a lede here: The Chicago White Sox did the damn thing and signed Yasmani Grandal to a 4-year, $73-million deal. I don’t need to tell you this, but it’s obviously a monumental deal for the White Sox in so many ways, and we will get to them all. Quite […]

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Burden In My Hand – White Sox Offseason Wishlist: Anthony Rendon

Andy Jonathan November 15, 2019 0

I told myself I wasn’t gonna fall for it again. I wasn’t going to get excited about anything that Rick Hahn has to say about offseason targets or the money they plan on spending or who might be in play for the Sox to sign as a free agent. Yet here we are, listening to […]

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We Can Plant A House, We Can Build A Tree – Cubs Offseason Wishlist: Jon Gray

Sam Fels November 14, 2019 0

We’ve been through a few pitchers the Cubs could just sign, some good some bad. We started this whole thing off with a trade target, and that was Thor, which will never happen. So let’s cycle back to another trade target, something of a baby Thor. And that’s Jon Gray. Gray is probably on the […]

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We Can Plant A House, We Can Build A Tree – Cubs Offseason Wishlist: Brock Holt

Sam Fels November 13, 2019 0

Full disclosure, a signing of Brock Holt would allow me to open up the box marked “Mike Olt/Steve Holdt Jokes” that I never really got to use much when Olt prove to be an oaf. So I’m biased. Still, while it would hardly be the sexiest signing the Cubs could make, it would have some […]

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Burden In My Hand – White Sox Offseason Wishlist: Chris Archer

Andy Jonathan November 12, 2019 0

I talked earlier about the need for the White Sox to fortify the front end of their rotation earlier by adding Zack Wheeler via free agency. What if the Sox could accomplish the same thing without Rick Hahn having to spend nearly as much of Jerry Reinsdorf’s precious precious gold? I’m gonna propose something pretty […]