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Newcomb expects to start 30 games. We'll see, I guess.

Eduardo Rodriguez in AZ

Okay, here's a SouthSideShowDown blog post about how the Sox could get a prospect for taking Castellanos off the Phillies' hands. White Sox could help Phillies pursuit of Bo Bichette with this unconventional trade First of all, could somebody tell me about all these trades that happen where teams send top prospects to other teams so they can pay their own players to play for someone else? Is that like Free Money day at the bank? Seriously, the White Sox sent international budget money to the Rangers for them to buy out Dionner Navarro's option within the last decade, and the world went mad with rage over how stupid and cheap that was. When else does this even happen? Looking today, there aren't even that many situations where teams roster players they might like to dump. Here's my list: Toronto - Andres Giminez Boston - Masataka Yoshida Houston - Carlos Correa Oakland - Luis Severino Philadelphia - Castellanos, Taijuan Walker Mets - Kodai Senga(?) St. Louis - Nolan Arenado Rockies - Kris Bryant Some of these, like Bryant - is just too cost-prohibitive to take on. Toronto seems to be happy with Giminez, Houston with Correa. The other teams listed have been shopping these guys for a couple of years, now, and somehow, they haven't been moved with "prospects". We don't need a DH. We already have Benintendi. Nobody's been beating down our door trying to trade for him and Hagen Smith. (Maybe 10-D and Jacob Gonzalez, in reality). I just don't think these deals happen, anymore. But everybody on Twitter and other boards keep throwing this fantasy at the wall, like every other day, teams are throwing prospects at teams with space to take their overpriced contract.

Not sure how any decent person wouldn't be offended by a law abiding citizen being brutally murdered in front of a thousand young college students. There hasn't been any assassination since Kirk so not sure what youre referring to there either.

You sure about this one? Not sure I can take any more on poor soil and the lack of ingress/egress at the 78 site.

Loveland was the most athletic TE I've ever seen at UM and we've had some good ones. He has unreal hands and fluidity for a guy that big. Some of the catches he made in big spots for UM were the definition of "game breaker". In the championship game against UW he caught a ball that I think even 90% of NFL TEs don't catch and he made about 40 yards out of it, got UM the momentum back. I believe it would have setup 3rd and long if he didn't catch it, instead it was a huge chunk play. He tried to play through a badly injured shoulder his junior year in a season that was over really before it began with Alex Orji and Davis Warren the QBs. He could have just shut up shop and gotten ready for the draft but he reinjured it instead and it cost him his first NFL training camp and lord knows how many weight room days leading up to the combine. He's a gamer on top of everything else and wants to play even when it might cost him personal stats if he can help the team anyway he can. Willing blocker and has a mean streak too. Other than maybe not being roided up like Brock he has no weaknesses. Create a player type guy.

Another fear was realized, though.

Quite ironic that Shaw's job was taken by an American citizen.

Yeah, things worked about great for Jason!

B A > B > C A. Is this even debatable? Hold a gun to my head A

Schriffen won the battle but Benetti won the war by moving on to better opportunities. However, Jerry gets a little enjoyment every time he sees Schriffen eat something neatly.

I'd much rather argue about the following than Matt Shaw's right wing politics: Schriffen vs. Benetti The 78 vs. Rate Field vs. suburban stadium site Ishbia vs. JR Getz vs. Hahn/KW I say options B, A, A, and neither.

I feel bad for starting this conversation. Honestly, it was just about the potential for acquiring a guy in Shaw who is now blocked at 3B by Bregman, he can play other positions than 3B in 2B and could potentially be tried in the outfield (LF) since he played it in college. Also, perhaps his trade value is down a bit. Quite honestly, I could care less if he was/is a CK and/or Trump supporter or instead worshipped the triumvirate of Hillary, Biden, and Kamala. In my mind, I separate sports from politics and I don’t see Shaw wearing a CK or MAGA hat while he’s playing in a game. The rumor about him pushing back against swing changes suggested by Cubs coaches is a concern, but not his political leanings.

Joe Ricketts has said a lot of really terrible s%*# that aligns pretty well with the nonsense Kirk was saying; Muslims don’t belong in America, it’s funny when Mexicans die in fires, etc.

I just watched a video on Youtube where the Governor of Indiana and the Mayor of Hammond talked about the proposed Indiana Bears stadium. The Mayor of Hammond said this should be settled soon if the Bears are going to move to Indiana.

And now the people who were offended by that are celebrating public assassinations.

A Bears playoff victory in a dome in Hammond would be louder.

I wonder how Bregman fares hitting in Wrigley. He has a similar pull heavy profile to Isaac Paredes, who struggled big time in his stint with the Cubs. That left field corner is no joke.

Saw the Yankees checked in on Robert, what would we want in return from them?

They acquired him at the deadline from the Seahawks I believe. He wasn’t around long and was just a spot rusher

This is not a reason to keep it

But its ok to go out before the game a jump on the home teams on field logo, on purpose, twice.

Kinda strange how the guy who promoted peaceful public discourse is considered the extremist by the same people who celebrate his public assassination

I still can't believe this throw.

I've said this before, but the majority of baseball players are certainly CK aligned. The sin of Shaw wasn't his beliefs, but the fact that he wasn't available for a very important game due to the death of someone he met within the year. Unwritten rule in that case being, immediate family and/or best friend is OK.