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Well.. lets see what happens

He didn't help himself by signing his son to a minor league deal, and then keeping him in the system for what seemed like a long time.

Can't read the article, but one wonders what criteria he is using for 'prospect' vs 'farmhand' and how 'prospects' generally turn out. Maybe he made that comparison.

will probably win it without doing anything. Moves should be to win in playoffs

It already hit Chicago and is moving south. 3 inches of rain in like two hours.

If they really end up trading for a catcher, two starting pitchers, and a right handed bat then we will be winning this fucking division. We also will be going to the fucking ALCS ( at least ) and I am here for it. I think they’ll get one rental arm and another SP with control along with a RH bat with a bloated contract. Imagine that being aggressive like this and going deep into the playoffs would go a long way toward Mune being extended. This deadline is going to be very interesting.

Storms may bring a delay but us winning this game ( and series ) is an unavoidable destiny. GO DOWN YANKME SCUM!!!!! PREPARE TO BE SPANKED. ( *I’m actually scared, help me mommy* )

Not bad.

First pitch pushed back 20 mins

At least out by me in DuPage, it'll look like this today and then the sun will come out 15 minutes later and eventually it gets stormy looking again.

Seeing it tonight in IMAX!

Mariners lose 3/4 to Texas. That's good for us as it might push the Mariners into stand pat or sell mode even. If nothing else it puts them 3 below .500 and helps us in the WC race for now.

You guys stay safe up there.

fantastic movie

Well it took me a long time to figure out this new forum s%*# so you better lie and say you love it

They paid Josh Rojas for a reason too and we have hindsight to see that they were both wastes of money. Not the end of the world but my point is to say that 2026 Hays and 2025 Slater are not the same value and I'd be very surprised if a team parted with someone who's top 20 in their system. That would kinda be like trading Christian Oppor for, I dunno, Jarred Kelenic.

It wouldn't surprise me if the Guardians do a soft punt like they did in 2021. (just don't trade with them Getz).

Finally can break this one out.

Agreed. Plus with the weird year next year I can imagine cost controlled players and prospect asks will be a premium.

Today was crazy near Naperville

Yep, I get the impression they’re fine adding salary for this year but absolutely not for next year. I’m sure Jerry is one of the owners who doesn’t think they will play in 2027.

Jack Brickhouse told the story of Appling asking for a dozen baseballs so he could send to Georgia (where he was from) to be used in a charity auction and the Sox refused his request. Appling sent word to Sox G.M. Harry Grabiner that he needed to attend batting practice that day. Brickhouse said Appling fouled off a dozen or so balls in a row into the seats where fans were watching batting practice and Grabiner said, "OK Luke...you got the balls!" 😄

Levine said as much today

It was covered a lot and I've interviewed Hemond, Bahnsen and Andrews about the circumstances, neither had much good to say about him. Holcomb actually wasn't hired by John Allyn to help run the Sox, he was hired to run Allyn's professional soccer team the Mustangs. When that team went belly up, he was still under contract and Allyn didn't want to pay him to do nothing I guess, so he moved him over to the White Sox. About the only good thing Holcomb did was hire Nancy Faust. I had never heard of a team before or since deliberately releasing players outright when they refused a team's initial contract offer. Pure insanity.