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Agreed. I didn’t realize it was Gilligan and the same actress that was in Better Call Saul. I just read the synopsis and I will definitely be watching this show now.

Yeah, that was never going to happen here.

I still would like to them just stick him at 1B and try to make him a decent defender there. Maybe he’s a guy who ends up being able to hit 30+ and the bat plays.

The guy had the best offensive year in his career and was still only worth 0.8 bWAR. Do you think his bat makes up for his very frequent botched plays?

I know the urge is to fall back on stats, but I think in this specific case, his mistakes don't always show up in the stats. Missing throwing to a base, throwing to a wrong base, and forgetting to cover a base aren't really trackables at this time.

That really is a key aspect to this, though. Meidroth had as good a season as more highly touted rookies like Cam Smith, K. Campbell and Matt Shaw. Sox have several players who did pretty well in 2025 and who should be ready to take a big step. Sox need to find out. Count me in as a Meidroth guy. If the Sox want to sign a good FA, great. But the Sox are likely going to win in the 70s regardless, some mediocre and below FA might crowd out more than they help. I’m not referring really to Murakami (I don’t have much of a read on him). To that end, I I hope some of these guys shag balls in the OF…just to see.

Okay, you've mentioned the 5 franchises out of 30 with bad owners that everyone knows about. Of course, then there's of the top 12 or so teams from the biggest markets that can hand out insane contracts. What about the other half of teams in the league? Move them to some inferior league? May as well roll back MLB to the original number of franchises at 16 for the biggest markets and push cities like Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cleveland, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Tampa Bay, Baltimore, etc. to some sub-par league. The Brewers payroll is equivalent to the Dodgers luxury tax, so they'll be in this second rate league for sure. Terrible idea, just awful.

This… totally. And then everyone realizes they wasted their fingers even typing about said desired player.

Perhaps baseball will devolve into a regional sport if the competitive imbalance isn't addressed somehow. A sport that fans in the biggest markets follow, but sharply declining interest in the bottom half markets.

Lack of experience most likely and need more reps. Baldwin has the same problem in the OF. He's very fast but if you check his range its pitiful. He's literally learning how to judge fly balls so his jump must be atrocious. Then when he does get there on time I've seen him take his eyes off the ball and clank a few.

It’s risky no doubt, but also one of the cheaper ways to acquire a potential star and that probably excites Jerry. I also think the big name Japanese guys generate a lot of revenue, which I’m certain is factored into the contract offer.

Wow, this would be a lot of money for a guy who very well might not stick at the MLB level with that swing and miss. I don't disagree with you though, I have his deal closer to 5 years 100 million (Maybe Sox can claim he's their first 100 million dollar guy!!!). Just imagining Jerry paying a high posting fee for a player is pretty funny to think about. Not happening. My fear is if it did happen, this guy would flop so hard Jerry might pull back his sale and murder all Sox fans while on his death bed.

Wre not far apart on our AAV and I forgot about the posting fee. So basically you expect the The Sox to hand out their biggest contract ever that Jerry could be on the hook for most of or even all of it ? To be polite Ill just say I strongly disagree but admire how you view the current status of the franchise although I find it somewhat delusional. 🙂

he's a replacement level second baseman. we've been over this a number of times. he was as "bad" defensively as ozzie albies, colt keith, better than gleyber torres, julien, india, kristian campbell, plenty of other regular 2bs. his mediocre defense is fine because his bat is that much better than meidroth's. if you can get 25ish home runs out of your second baseman who can at least play the position, this is a good thing.

I think he’s going to get way less than projected, but still a fuckton of money for an unproven player with legit question marks with the bat. But ultimately, I think Pete Alonso getting 5/$150M sets a ceiling here as he has a much higher floor than Murakami does and should receive the higher AAV.

I’m thinking around 6/$110M with a $34M posting fee. Ends up being a $24M AAV which feels right to me in this market.

i meant more AAV not total money in the contract.

Guys who have come through the entire White Sox experience do not seem to rank highly in baseball IQ in general, but Sosa is in a league of his own. You would THINK this could be fixed by coaching, but some guys just never figure it out.

I feel like we always do this free agent dance where it is announced that someone isn't getting the market they expected in the off season, and then everyone gets their hopes up that we will get a particular player on some under-market deal that even Jerry couldn't pass up, and then the dude signs for like 25% above where he was originally thought to be getting.

I think Sosa can be a very valuable piece, but they should try to get him some time in LF at Benintendi’s expense.

No way he gets that little. Guessing $100M easy maybe 5 years. Could be bigger.

3/45 with a player option after year one.

Yeah, I think there's a sweet spot for Meidroth, Sosa and Baldwin to all get 400 PAs, with Meidroth at 2B, and maybe Sosa in LF/DH/2B