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The Cinderella Canes do it again. (10) Miami (FL) 31 (6) Ole Miss 27 Final. Miami heads back to its home stadium for the National Championship. It would be a steep climb against Indiana but Oregon is a coin flip.

Lee is a perfectly cromulent backup catcher. As an older fan I appreciate that he's around, and GMs do as well. Seasons are lost on a catcher injury and a -2 WAR "regular" suddenly playing every day. The smart play is to just hold onto Lee until someone inevitably goes down and trade him for a lotto ticket. You do that 20 times over a decade you hit on a couple.

Exactly. Great point. We’d all rather have this guy than Lee and yet some people are expecting Lee to be worth something. Meanwhile, Romo could have been had for a waiver claim.

2 hour rain delay at the United Center. Jerry really needs his concessions.

He's 100% getting traded now. You don't come back from that.

Holy hell that’s wild. speaking of arbitration, it made me think of the pettiness with Giolito years ago. Anyone on the Sox a union rep right now?

Yikes

Co-favororite with Ben Cowles.

Early favorite for POTY

Getz has made it very clear that he wants Benintendi to be a big part of the DH rotation. Obviously you don’t trade Quero to facilitate that, but could be further proof they are seriously open to trading Quero if they can get value for him.

Oh totally. Lee has very little if any trade value.

We had a 98 wRC+ from July 1st forward. The only real losses since then are Tauchman and Slater who combined for a ~105 wRC+. If we keep Sosa and use our bench guys appropriately from a platoon standpoint, I think will be a little bit stronger than it was last year. To go from average to good will certainly require Murakami to achieve his projections as previously mentioned. The defense being bad is very much a TBD to me. Robert, Colson, & Meidroth should be fine up the middle. Benintendi is terrible in LF but sounds like they are trying to play him substantially less there. Baldwin was awful in multiple spots, but I think he can improve in the outfield more reps. Hill is a tremendous defender and Pereira should be more than solid in a corner. Vargas is a question mark at 3B, but didn’t look terrible to me. I have no idea how Murakami be at 1B, but I’d hope he’s not awful if he could play 3B in Japan. Catcher is a bit of a wild card but hopefully the rule changes help Quero a bit and I think both him and Teel will continue to improve with time. Don’t think it will be a good defensive unit, but not ready to say it will be bottom five or anything like that.

Yeah Lee goes in a deal for some fringe reliever or something. If you’re lucky.

It probably also means that if a dude like this is on waivers, a guy like Korey Lee isn't worth a spit.

It would have to be

Just stop...please. Just stop. 😄 But...but...but weren't the rumors saying the Sox were moving to Nashville? 😉 The Bears Stadium issue is quiet because they have ZERO leverage and until they figure out a way to pay off the Soldier Field debt they aren't getting much sympathy from the politicians. And they know it. Like it or not their immediate future says they'll be playing in Soldier Field no matter how much they huff and puff or pout about it.

You could mention a few trigger words if you want to breathe new life into this thread.

I think this signals they aren't planning on carrying Teel, Quero, and Lee on the major league roster. Romo is a very good fielder and gives them some catching depth if they lose Lee when they eventually try to sneak him through waivers. Not a bad move by any means, especially if they can get him to hit.

Lee and Robert for some controllable pitching.

I understand that but Vrabel has done it before in Tennessee so he is more of a known quantity, whereas Johnson truly was new to this

It's still weird that we are hoarding catchers when we refuse to let our catchers do anything other than catch.

I'm speaking to how the right coach can flip the script. I believe he has done that in New England. 3 of top 5 coach of the year candidates are new hires.