I wouldn't be thrilled at having declared bankruptcy a couple years ago. Olympics held in the US are typically profitable. I believe Lake Placid is the exception to the rule. Gonna have to see the math with this one.
Soler was struggling to just be replacement level even for the rare stretches when he was hitting. Reddick is a much safer better to actually be productive (though I was looking at BR, which seems to like him a lot more than FG; both hate how Soler violates the game).
Chris Sale is sick of Ventura; doesn't want to be traded: http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/191709448/chris-sale-talks-about-white-sox-suspension/ Sounds like an easily accommodated technicality.
What a weird game; I was fine even when they were down 4-0 because I knew the White Sox' massive tire fire of a bullpen was waiting to get trounced, and that's exactly what happened. Then Joe had a series of small strokes or something and I went to bed unexpectedly sad.
If I can still watch Annie Hall or Chinatown and enjoy them as great films while realizing that the filmmakers are complete scumbags, I sure as hell can watch Chapman be used as a pitching machine by my baseball team while thinking he sucks as a human being.
I can't say that I would rather have McKinney than Cease. Sure McKinney will be higher on the prospect lists and Cease is a complete wild card, but he is also a rarity in the Cubs system. mckinney is literal garbage so of course id rather have cease than him but jesus christ the wailing and gnashing of teeth over these children in LOW A BALL is really amazing. Prospect-hoarding gone mad. You knew it was bound to happen.
He can still be a piece of horsefeathers, but I don't have to root for him. To me, the Cubs winning with him doesn't lessen it or anything; he's just the [expletive] who came along for the ride.