Paul Sullivan: Now the pressure is really on the White Sox to sign a frontline starter
by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
Dec 11, 2019
4 minutes
SAN DIEGO - Before getting a record nine-year, $324 million deal from the Yankees for pitcher Gerrit Cole on Tuesday night, agent Scott Boras dished out one of his patented strained metaphors, saying "major league teams are like birds" during the offseason.
"There are hummingbirds where they'll buzz around and move through the process," Boras said at the winter meetings. "There are probably sparrows who have a big desire to get something big and can't carry the weight of it. Lately there are a lot of owls where they are wise and mostly work at night in what they do, very thoughtful.
"Certainly we have
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