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That clip is a little out of context, even though it was still a weird thing to say. He was basically saying that his kid passed away and it really affected his play. Again, weird thing to bring up but he wasn't like "Jean Segura, his kid died" end of statement.

In 2020, Horn’s slot was $386,600 and he signed for $150K. At least a partial punt. Crochet was slot. The problem was signing Kelley for $3 mill when his slot was $1,580,000. Kelley was a consensus first round talent. But it was a serious miss in a 5-round draft. In 2021 Montgomery signed for slot and they then reach for Kath $1.8 mill v. slot of $1,243,600. Some of the more recent over-slots look better. Some seem unnecessary (like over-slot for Smith).

I was using Google AI to find a nice summary of why Kelenic is a dbag do SS2K5 but all of you guys already provided much better information. 🤣

He's a fucking idiot. When he broke his foot on the cooler not a single team mate or coach even tried to defend him. And then he did a crying interview on the Mariners affiliate station here which only stirred up more scrutiny. He's a headcase on top of his problems hitting and catching a baseball.

Beat me to it. Seriously.

I don’t think Bailey Horn was really a punt either

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Found it.

That video of Kelenic walking around Safeco and seeing a picture of Jean Segura, then awkwardly saying "his kid died" is something else.

Given how much Fuller helped Montgomery, I’m interested to see if he can work with magic with Kelenic as well. There’s no risk. If he still sucks, they can just get rid of him.

Jared Kelley never amounted to anything, but they heavily overslotted him in the 2nd round of that draft if I remember correctly. So it was Crochet, Kelley, and 3 “punt” picks.

The other thing about Kelenic is as bad as he is offensively, his defense sucks as well. Its worth the minor league contract, but if the Braves and Mariners couldn't do anything for him, I'm guessing the White Sox isn't a very good bet.

I would be curious to hear more on the details here. What is his deal? Bad teammate could mean a lot of things.

How many slots would they have to punt on to make it work? It would look like the Sox 2020 draft. You got Crochet and literally nothing else

Sox are winning the division in 2026. Ron has decreed it. So shall it be.

Well yeah, cuz they get thrown in a bullpen which isn’t as vital a role as a good starting pitcher in your rotation.

And why do we need them here that quickly?

Young pitching prospects get to the majors quicker if they go the bullpen route.

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I think if Seattle doesn’t land Marte or Donovan, maybe they can look to the Sox for Sosa. They have a comp pick too. And they once dealt their comp pick to us in a deal for a reliever.

For sure. He'll be a top 100 prospect this year.

Right around $18.6 million using the 5% overage.

And how much do we have? i realllllly want another comp pick in a Robert deal

I would throw Oppor into the top group for 2027. His stuff is such that, if it clicks in AA, he could come fast.

Ron: I was pleasantly surprised to read that you would not be surprised if the WSox compete for the Division championship. As it stands though, too many shortcomings in the pitching staff inc. no high leverage L or R arms and no Closer. Murakami's defense at 1B might be an issue. Meidroth might not single or walk enough to start him over Sosa, who was one of the best hitters on the team last year. Braden might come up and rake, or not. Robert or no Robert. Etc. As far as acclimating pitchers through bullpen appearances, OK, but in the Minors. There it could have value. Bringing a pitcher in a game in high leverage situations puts the microscope on what they can or can't do in crunch time, often against the best hitters. A starter can often get by after walking a lead-off man in an inning and then working out his control on the fastball or spin on off-speed pitches as the game progresses. Conversely, as we witnessed the last two seasons, bullpen guys came in , walked the first guy they faced, and then let hitters take advantage of their lack of control. So let the Minor league pitchers prove what they have before they come up and f things up worse than they already are.