The Beast

I just did not understand the rationale for trading Burger. Is it that they were risking him becoming injury prone again or that his power hitting was going away? Was it just that he was getting too old and they needed to get starting pitching? Or that they wanted to have a fire sale to replenish the farm?

At least Soroka wasn’t all bad tonight. I keep wanting to call him Sirotka.

Looks like the Texans voided the last few years of Diggs’ deal and paid him some additional salary this year to try and give him an incentive to play for a new contract.

Are Leone or Garcia worth a damn or are they going to be DFA candidates?

Exactly, or at least they will need starting pitchers. They can’t just start relievers. He doesn’t start though. The rotation is basically dog s%*# and they need more than just a few guys with starting experience. They also need to build a starting rotation in the coming years. I have been wanting another starting pitcher, it didn’t have to be Clevinger though.

We have gone to the DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville. If you ever go, go early to avoid the crowds.

Sign Carl Edwards Jr. to the active roster and have him pitch behind Crochet or the number 5 starter as relief for the opener. Then trade him at the deadline if he’s worth anything or release him if he sucks.

I saw the note about the season ticket holders and thought that there were tickets on StubHub. I thought it might be a unique place to take my wife for a Sox game. The Club Level is awesome for when the weather sucks and from a viewing experience. I’ll go to the upper deck behind the plate on the lower rows so you can see everything. Otherwise I’ll search for good priced tickets by the dugout or in the outfield.

Does anyone know how to get a pair of tickets to the stadium club for a game? Those Campfire Milkshakes sound good.

Some reporting on the interested teams and the trade.

Poles may have screwed this up and waited too long. But I also think the league may not have wanted him. I thought they would be able to get a 3rd but probably not a second. If Poles had a 4th and waited he may have messed up. I hope Wilson sucks and then Fields becomes the guy for Pittsburgh this year. I also hope that Fields doesn’t become a bust that is out of the league after some time. I still think there is time for him to be valuable to teams and he won’t end up like Josh Rosen. Lastly, Nagy messed him up when they drafted him. He didn’t do him many favors in his rookie year. I hope Fields can turn into a passing quarterback and reads the field better. He’s athletic, talented, works hard and seemed to improve with time. At least they didn’t trade him to some loser team like Oakland. Hopefully it means the Bears just draft Williams and don’t draft Maye. And hopefully Williams is the generational quarterback people have said he will be.

Doubtful. Audacy has filed for bankruptcy. She won’t be back on the score since they don’t do updates anymore and have the hosts they need for their shows.

I’m glad they have been supplementing veteran players with their draft picks and Allen for a 4th round pick is a good trade. Especially since I’ve been reading there is a talent drop off at the bottom of the draft. If Fields gets dealt and they trade down from number 9, they can still get a healthy amount of draft picks in return. Maybe they end up with Williams at 1, a late first round pick, a second round pick, two third round picks and a fourth round pick in this year’s draft. That is more than enough to fill the remaining holes that they have. I would love if the Bears were to sign Allen to a short term extension, but I also want to know more about the kind of comp pick they would receive if he departed as well as other free agents next year. Brad Biggs said something about a mid round selection in 2026, I am guessing that could be a third or a fourth, but I don’t know how that is determined. Maybe because the 2025 free agent class has to happen first before the 2026 comp selections are doled out?

So, is this Lorenzen move happening!

Either: 1. They trade him over the next week or so for some pick, probably to either Minnesota, Denver, LA Rams or New England. 2. Hold onto Fields until the trade deadline or when some team has an injury. See if he and Williams can coexist. 3. Trade during the draft as Chisoxfn suggests. 4. Two quarterback headed monster with Fields and Williams. Yes to your question. I was one of them. A la Kain Colter / Trevor Semien. Maybe the new GM and coach are finally doing the right things in Carolina, even though they should have dealt Burns for two first rounders when they had the chance. Perhaps that even with limited picks, Poles will be conservative in free agency and build more through the draft, which is consistent with what Brad Biggs has reported. But there has to be more out there to fill holes on this team. Need another interior defensive lineman.