Comments on: Jose Abreu’s Hot Streak–Good News and Bad News

By: Nick Schaefer

Nick Schaefer — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:15:26 +0000

Well, you left out Dexter Fowler, Mike Napoli, Dae-ho Lee, Ian Desmond, Pedro Alvarez, Steve Pearce, etc. all of whom would have helped to varying degrees.

You are right a lot of them have worked out poorly, but to refuse to make a move because it isn’t a “sure thing” is an easy way to sit there with Avisail Garcia crossing your fingers as you sink into the ocean every year until Chris Sale is old / ineffective / gone.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:04:34 +0000

the white sox are 1 really good hitter or 2 slightly above average hitters away from having a meaningful offense. the problem is going the free agency route to fix things is no for sure thing. for 2 consecutive years the free agents that signed the top contracts have been absolutely terrible. look at this most recent class of offensive free agents:

heyward – $184M for 8 years – WAR 1 (yikes!!)
davis – $161M for 7 years – 2.6 WAR – hard to peg this guy; not someone i would have given this contract to
upton – $133M for 6 years – WAR 0.6 (yikes!!)
cespedes – $75M for 3 years – WAR 2.8 – but having a pretty darn good year – worth it
gordon – $72M for 4 years – WAR 0.9 – much of this has to be from defense looking at his hitting stats
zobrist – $56M for 4 years – WAR 3.0 – solid all around player – how will his contract age? he’s 35
murphy – $37M for 3 years – best contract this past offseason, but would you have taken this gamble after his playoffs explosion?

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By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:37:07 +0000

That august slash line gives me the vapors