WestEddy

Good job. We're all going to have to step on each other's jokes a lot for the next month while Caulfield is on his self-imposed hiatus. Maybe @Bob Sacamano will want to help out by referencing a list of 80's era Cub players who have absolutely nothing to do with the convo. Do you even know who's going to be the 2033 Game 3 World Series starter for the Sox? Is he even in the system? Ohtani also made an impact on the mound for LA, making his return to pitching in June after an almost two-year layoff, following two procedures, including one to repair the right ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow and his left shoulder last offseason. In 14 starts, he went 1-1 with a 2.87 ERA and had 62 strikeouts. The second-straight MVP award comes after posting a historic season last year in which he became the first player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single campaign. cnn.com

If they won the Super Bowl, something tells me they're still having the parade in Chicago.

Ohtani and Jonathan Cannon are both pro baseball pitchers. There, now you have two.

We all have more weight to pull, now that Caulfield's going to be wearing out that Padres' board.

Except the FutureSox podcasts with Dylan Barnas and Elijah Evans. Those guys speak way too fast as it is.

It's a grego.

Well, Gary/Hammond could get, what, 10-11 surges in dining and hotel stays, and then have to service the stadium for the whole year? I suppose it becomes an entertainment district if they do concerts, college football, etc. And Chicago still keeps the "civic pride" of "having" an NFL team.

I don't know where to find it, but I think Murakami's in zone whiff rate is much higher.

I don't think anybody should self-deport, but Caulfield was talking about 3/36, if I remember correctly. And a few of us got swatted down for suggesting somebody like Murakami could sign with the White Sox. NostraCaulfield mocked me for suggesting 3/45.

Merry Christmas, guys. Thanks for the banter.

You do understand they have to play the games this year, right? If they don't have a "top prospect" ready to step in at CF, or into the rotation, I'm not sure what your solution is. If Sean Newcomb wins a starting job and is good enough to hold off the likes of Cannon or Davitt, he's probably good enough to get interest at the TDL. Same with Jake Meyers.

KW/Hahn actively agitated their clubhouses. Spies, and all.

Weird. I saw a report just today that said they would consider making those guys available. Not for Robert, specifically, but more generally, to fill holes.

People mock the notion of Getz focusing on an orderly clubhouse like it's a waste of brain cells, or not needed because that one team who won, none of the players liked each other.

The Giants just signed Gregory Santos. Maybe he's their reclamation project.

They should slip all these guys a couple of hundred and have them send back scouting reports on everybody. Asia covered.

Is that a 4 or 5 star system? I thought I wasn't going to like Death by Lightening (and I wouldn't recommend to non-history buffs), but Matthew MacFayden as Guiteau grew on me.

So, the White Sox probably had him for 2/$10M based on the exciting culture they're building, but he had to turn them down due to his illness. That's cool.

Nobody's winning 300 again, and 3000 Ks might be way less frequent. Buehrle is certainly "borderline".

It looks to me like the cost to the Reds is hovering around something like Mason Adams and an alternate reality Samuel Zavala who played his way up to AA in '25. That, plus the competitive balance pick. That looks like a no-brainer.

I actually don't mind the ball 1" off the plate getting called for a pitcher who's been painting it for 6 innings. This will fix the ball right down the middle being called a ball. Now make an actual rule on what constitutes a swing.

I love Harold Baines, and I would certainly take a selfie in front of his plaque on my next trip, but he is not a Hall-of-Famer. Also, Ron Santo should have been selected during his living lifetime, as well as Dick Allen. It's like there were guys with a bone to pick.

I think he immediately slotted in as their #9 prospect on MLB.com.

Random article posits that the Mets could beat the Reds' offer of injured pitchers with RHP Jack Wenninger (Mets #13, MLB), OF Nick Morabito (Mets #16, MLB) and picking up all the Robert cash. How NY Mets can outbid Reds for Luis Robert Jr. after latest trade swerve - MLB