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Shaw arguably outperformed Vargas in his rookie season last year by some metrics (not all), while Vargas was playing in his fourth MLB season. Shaw is also 2 years younger than Vargas (24 vs 26) and has 2 more years of control. Vargas will be a free agent in 2030. Shaw will be a free agent in 2032.

who is better, Shaw or Vargas?

In that scenario, I assume Marsh moves to CF full-time so they don’t necessarily “need” Crawford? I think that trade makes sense for the Sox and I’d be aboard. Not sure I see the Phillies seriously going after Tucker considering they appear to have the outfield and DH covered already… Castellanos Marsh Garcia Schwarber I believe that’s already a combined $53.2 million dollars in payroll for 2026 for that outfield and DH. I know they want to dump Castellanos but at $20 million remaining for him for 2026, they are probably in a worse position trying to move him than the Sox with Robert.

The GM did make it sound like the CF job was his to lose but you’re right that signing Tucker can push him out. Especially if they need to add a catcher.

I was at the game and it was surreal. Not as good as world series but right there with Bulls championship games I was at. The Bulls were MJ as I don't really care about basketball as much but when they beat the Knicks it was awesome. The 4th quarter was surreal. I rewatched it yesterday and here are the things that stuck out. I totally forgot about the missed FG. Love is a system guy and they can move on easily from him. He was awful in the second half. Ben Johnson seemed to be having a very bad day until he had a really good day. The play design on the DJ Moore play will dissected for a while. I believe Wright was at TE with Theo at LT to set up the WR screen. It had been run 5 times previously as a screen. The Packers on their missed FG drive stopped the clock three times going OOB that's how the Bears had so much time. If the defense can get a bit more healthy this week and mother nature gets angry, who knows. Lafleur and Love fell apart in the 4th quarter. If I am the Packers, Harbaugh intrigues me.

To get this thread back on track, there has been some buzz that the Phillies are trying for Kyle Tucker. If they add Tucker, does that take them out of the Realmuto market and force them to look at cheaper options for catcher? I know it won’t be popular here, but I still like the idea of a Quero for Crawford trade and Justin will be hard pressed to get any meaningful playing time if Tucker is added.

Wow, the Sox have no one else in the top 100 outside of the two guys were already knew of. Can’t wait to these Keller classes start hitting because we are at such a disadvantage without a competent International program.

Matt is on the hot seat but why would Philly move on from Sirianni? Guy has 2 super bowl appearances in last four years. AJ brown is definitely being traded though.

I am feeling like Philly and Green Bay HC jobs might be opening up soon. That video of AJ and Sirianni fighting on the sideline wasn’t pretty

Caleb has a little of Joe Crede in 'em.

Let’s be honest here, he wasn’t allowed to make this decision on his own without risk of a consequence. He had to get approval from the Cubs front office to attend this “funeral”. If the rules don’t consider this an automatic reason to miss a game, I think it warrants open discussion. This isn’t tee-ball, this is professional sports and guys have sacrificed much more to play in games with stakes. And yes it matters because a poster is saying we should go out and acquire the dude. Unfortunately character does matter and this player has some baggage behind just skipping important baseball games to attend the “funeral” of an extremely polarizing right wing media personality he BFFed up within the last year. I guess that his decisions to resist Cubs coaching should also be ignored due to your full support of all people’s individual rights.

Yeah, only person who's allowed to judge people based on individual anecdotes, events or actions is CK!

Being away from Chicago I love hearing the accent. There is a group that meets for every game here and I haven't gone in a couple years, now I hate being the wagon jumper.

Ain't no pearl clutching like a soxtalk pearl clutching

Who gives a s%*# what Cubs player did during the season. Nobody here should give a s%*# if he went to a funeral or not, he is human and allowed to make his own decisions. Just because they don't align with you doesn't make him a shitty person or teammate. Nobody knows Matt Shaw the person to pass judgement on his intentions or beliefs. Keep standing on your "morale" high ground

Follow up: Above is a quote from a Sun-Times article from around the time Ishbia met with the Pope. https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2025/11/19/justin-ishbia-pope-white-sox-stadium

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We got torched by Romeo Doubs yesterday. Puka might put up 200 on us if our offense can keep up.

Let me guess, Shaw asked Busch, Justin Steele and a few other “neutral observers”

Philly fans in a nutshell.

Plenty of people pretend to be apolitical or just delude themselves into thinking it is true. The reality is the complete opposite.

I just read in the Tribune 70 million of that is deferred. Cubs taking a page out of the Dodgers playbook.

.........alright then.

I find that not true and self serving.