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Agreed. The OP seems to have issues with something yet to be proven has any truth to it.

China...Dodgers are definitely way behind the Yankees. So many knockoff hats, as the real ones are more expensive than in the US even. South Korea and Japan...feels like LA has exploded the last two years with Ohtani.

The reported location of their new stadium will be in the municipality of Kansas City, Kansas. Why would they drop "City" from their name when their home field will be literally in a town named Kansas City?

Burke has crazy stuff. He just does. Can he locate it consistently? Not so far.

I’m shocked that the Dodgers are still behind New York.

https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-white-sox/seeking-an-edge-white-sox-add-proven-rays-executive-carlos-rodriguez/ They would have traded him after 2023. Definitely held on to Randy Arozarena too long. Of course, actually trading a guy like Robert at peak is easier said than done. It also represents surrender of sorts to the fanbase. The Sox held on to Anderson, Cease and most of their players too long, in hindsight. Part of that was obviously injuries as well, see Moncada/Eloy/Hendriks/Kopech. Trading Crochet was the one guy who worked out well, Giolito too, I guess.

well they just hired the Rays guy but - yes.

You know much more about advanced stats than I do, so I have some questions for you. I’m curious how much the run value stats you cited predict future success. I’m also curious if they are more results based like ERA, or if they are more like FIP? I decided to look at Cannon’s page. In 2024, he was in the 47th percentile in fastball run value. In 2025, he was in the 3rd percentile of fastball run value. So did his fastball get that much worse? Or is there some luck involved there? I then wanted to look at an elite pitcher. I chose Tarik Skubal. In 2021 (his first full season), he was in the 20th percentile in pitching run value. Then he jumped to 78th in 2022, 93rd in 2023, and 100th in 2024 and 2025. Is that kind of jump after a rookie season extremely rare?

The Rays would have traded him years ago, like we should have.

You wanna be the Rays? Then you'd trade Robert now. They are always moving talent while the talent interests the league. They dont care if the guy looks good on a bobblehead promotion. When assets are offered up, that guy is gone.

https://www.draysbay.com/2021/2/22/22265255/carlos-rodriguez-tampa-bay-rays-2021-covid-19-challenges

-3 here 😆

That would be idiotic. Almost as idiotic as KCK Chiefs. Most of that city is like East St Louis. Then you have Johnson County suburbs and Wyandotte "countryside"...which is where they would be in actuality.

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What would be the negative economic impact for Illinois if the Bears left Chicago for Northwest Indiana? Who would be a good source to talk about this?

Does it matter? Seriously. How about the Hammond Steel Bears? 😆 The Giants play in new jersey they are still called the New York Giants a la the New York Jets.

lol…you hate breaking up seasons of rookies? Yes, let’s pretend that development is linear and only full season metrics matter for first year players. The best part is you said that you watched his first handful and that he didn’t get better, which is objectively not true.

Yes. I’d be completely fine with Petty + their comp pic. plus no more Robert which may be the best part of the deal

They can buy low on Petty in a trade with the Reds. He had a rough start but didn't we like him before? Bannister could work with him

Exactly. They don't think much of the pitching they currently have both at the top and the guys in the minors if they are this serious about more pitching with the position player situation they have as well.

Trade Robert…sign Bellinger to 1 year deal to flip.

I disagree. I think he cares whether he plays in mlb or not, but I’m weird that way.

They don’t have anywhere near enough pitching to compete if they kept Robert. None of this is about 2026.

That tells me what the Sox think of the current pitching situation as they are still thin in position players overall, but especially in the OF.