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  1. howieramone2
    They gave him an extension because he had a very good year. You will notice most extensions come after good years.
  2. howieramone2
    You can't spend money you don't have. We spend 9.5M on an academy in the Dominican a couple of years ago. Last off-season we spent 8.5M on renovations at Target Field. I believe we ate 2 years of Molly's salary. Anyone can say we are pocketing the money, but that doesn't make it true.
  3. howieramone2
    I agree on the big bat and hope we can trade for a 2/3. IMHO Hildy pitched himself out of the opening day mix. I would spent big on a reliever with closing experience.
  4. howieramone2
    Completely agree. We need our best pitchers on the field next season. He can always be moved to the rotation in 2020 after receiving valuable experience. Romero, Stewart, Mejia, Gonsalves, and even Thorpe may well be ready for the rotation come 2020.
  5. howieramone2
    The White Sox will be bottom feeders for the next 3 or 4 years minimum. Lions, and Tigers, and Bears......oh my!
  6. howieramone2
    There are still 3 or 4 moves to be made. Romero is more likely to close more than May next season. This is what Theo refers to as a small move. Every team, every year makes many, many of these moves. No need to exaggerate what is obviously a routine move.
  7. howieramone2
    Completely agree. Remember Berrios!
  8. howieramone2
    We are going to contend in 2019. Romero, Mejia, and Stewart are among our best 12-13 arms. Put those 3 in the pen to gain experience. They can always move to the rotation in 2020.
  9. howieramone2
    He's not going to the bullpen. He will be a starting pitcher in The Show for the next 3-4 years.
  10. howieramone2
    That 2nd round pick was not worth anything like the 7.25M we got. Also, we don't build thru the draft exclusively. For close to 10 years now, we've been one of the most successful teams in IFA. As a side note, this past year was the first time ever, there wasn't unhappiness because we didn't spent our entire allotment in the first 30 days or so.
  11. howieramone2
    Hughes was Darvished. Hard to trade a player who's Darvished. How long did it take to eat his salary, once he was reasonably healthy?
  12. howieramone2
    Not at all. There is no downside to starting a college reliever as a starter. Every article I read about Jay prior to the draft had him as a starter. The lights didn't come on for Hicks until he was almost 28. I don't recall the board being at all unhappy when he was moved.
  13. howieramone2
    There are many different types of Darvishes. His was a lesser one.
  14. howieramone2
    Hughes was Darvished most of his last 3 years.
  15. howieramone2
    No, No, and No.
  16. howieramone2
    I thought it was common knowledge it's hard to lose on a 1 year contract. You like the Cano, Greinke, and Darvish deals do you? They signed 4 free agents last season and will do the same this year.
  17. howieramone2
    Don't confuse payroll commitments with player availability. We have one of the top farm systems in all of baseball and 3 or 4 players who are reasonably close. Why don't you ask Mike how much he wants to spend blocking our future stars? As I recall, he also wanted to trade current players, for those with 3,4, or 5 years control. Obviously he wasn't paying attention during the trade deadline.
  18. howieramone2
    Did you know they were the first team in the history of baseball to go from losing 100 games, to making the playoffs?
  19. howieramone2
    I watched the Twins all year and it wasn't obvious to me. Iglesias is solid, but not a difference maker and will sign for 2-3 years. They are not going to block Lewis.
  20. howieramone2
    Yes, why not block your best prospect for a couple of years. Look, when Lewis comes in 2020, Polanco will move to 2B or if push comes to shove 3B.
  21. howieramone2
    It's certainly a safe bet the Indians and White Sox won't win a World Series in your lifetime. Last I heard the Red Sox are the poster child for fire sales. Look for Theo to move to New York or California in the not too distant future.
  22. howieramone2
    To get Meyer and May they traded all they had and still lost both trades. When TR came aboard there was nothing in the farm system and nothing on the team. TR didn't immediately start the rebuild just to piss off the folks here on TD.
  23. howieramone2
    Did you know Haley spent time on the roster of the best team in baseball last season? Unfortunately he keep getting Darvished.
  24. howieramone2
    Good job on a tough topic, but I don't agree with your conclusions. I see Rodgers and Reed being set, May did enough to pitch himself into the mix, and IMHO Hildenberger pitched himself out of the mix. Stewart, Mejia, and Romero are all in our top 12-13 arms, and can return to being starters next season. Buy at least one and hopefully 2 bullpen arms.
  25. howieramone2
    There were at least 40 players in the organization better than him last year.
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