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Wirtz/Ricketts Reinsdorf - I would think he has wealth access not as much as above but more than McCaskey The McCaskeys are a mom and pop operation and they are spending a lot more on the operation then they have in the past. Dennis Allen is making $5M. Not certain the stadium is generating the revenue to pay for a minimum of $2B in Debt servicing. There needs to be other businesses to shift funds around and I am not certain they have this.

Sounds like he may decide on a team today.

Castellanos’s postseason stats in 2025? He was good in the postseason in 2023 and 2024, but not last year. https://www.mlb.com/player/nick-castellanos-592206?stats=career-p-hitting-mlb&year=2025 4 games 15 at bats 1 run 2 hits (both doubles) 0 HR 3 RBI 0 BB 3 SO .133 AVG / .133 OBP / .267 SLG / .400 OPS

This Tucker market seems ridiculously below expectations. I really Ishbia was in charge right now because we should be all over this guy at the price points and length being discussed.

I don't have stats in front of me, but the played in playoffs.

Now that the Bears have a good coach and some good young players and are good again ... don't discount that in negotiations. Pritzker will soften. Bears will stay in Chicago. I still say Arlington Heights would be nirvana for them just like the Cowboys' complex, etc.

It means bourgeois. It’s a wealthy area. Take a Time Machine to when the projects existed. We wish they still did.

To White Sox?

Bellinger.

"Yes, Luis Robert will defer $15M to facilitate that trade!"

I'm almost certain Smith had one

Wish I could lip read, hahaha

Scott Boras is deep in talks on his phone at the Bulls game fwiw

He’s Benintendi type bad defensively and we can’t roster two guys like that

We all seem to be ignoring what Nightengale said right in that clip. If Castellanos sits, he sulks, and it becomes a clubhouse issue. We. Don't. Need. Him.

FWIW, Alberto had an introductory Zoom call and Paz will have one next week. I’m not sure I recall Rule 5 picks having these types of media sessions either.

Invite as many NRIs as you can fit into camp. I’m certainly not against another OF addition depending on what the plan is for Benintendi.

I thought he was a hard worker. He’s got some kind of emotional issue, which is not the same thing as “culture”. We have some people talking about him like he is Josh Donaldson.

Does Conforto have any real options left to get near full-time at bats with any teams out there? He’s a Boras client but he’s gotta be desperate at this point. I’m not sure he is even worth it these days but he could get at bats in a platoon with Pereira in RF and alternate at LF and DH with Benintendi. EDIT: I forgot he would block Baldwin from playing time so probably not worth it.

Logical reasoning says he came to the Sox because they basically have him making the team already. I doubt it’s the Chicago of it all. Which I love don’t get me wrong.

Winker is just a DH. Pass

Could potentially sign someone like Conforto or Winker as a NRI to create competition in spring training, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they just have Baldwin/Pereira/Kelenic play in the corners and call it a day. Seems like they’ve packed it up for the offseason already.

Don’t really know how it’s going to shake out but in a platoon, one will have a better chunk of than the other so no, don’t really think it’ll be 50/50 split. Doesn’t sound like they’re committing to both primarily being in the lineup either though saying Benintendi will DH more.

I’m not following. Are you suggesting we are going to restrict these guys to like 330 PA’s each? Getz should be fired immediately if that’s his plan. I don’t think you are actually suggest that though.

I don’t disagree, but Pereira doesn’t have options, so he’s getting a spot or you risk losing him. I wouldn’t bring in Castellanos as competition for him though.