WestEddy

I walk every day, pretty much cut red meat out of my diet, get regular checkups, all in a bid to live long enough to savor the day the White Sox decline to give a qualifying offer to Benintendi when his contract runs out.

Evan White. He's got a buyout for 2026.

He just got shuffled from Seattle to Atlanta to Anaheim in a contract shell game this off-season.

I don't even remember the street, but there's a marker in the sidewalk where the Haymarket Square riots started. It's about 4" in diameter, and that's all that commemorates it. We had friends visit from Soviet East Germany, and it was fun to point to that and tell them THIS is where the international worker's movement began.

CrazyEST idea: If Eloy starts hitting, but there's no trade interest, pick up the option and throw him at 1B.

Andrew Vaughn: King of the Fielder's Choice RBI.

Well, he is from New York, so ..... No.

They're pitching around the scary bottom of the order.

They're trying to recreate game 4 of the 2005 WS.

Woody Allen did say that 90% of success is just showing up.

Amazing series. Looking back at the box scores, every single White Sox pitcher got a clear shot to completely s%*# the bed. And boy did they ever. To a man.

Benintendi's OPS is .343 against lefties this year. Colas has reverse splits. They should be sitting Benintendi at every opportunity, or at least, DH him, and put Julks in LF.

I could see the Sox airing him out to 120-130 innings, albeit with some missed turns in the rotation and 3 inning outings. Then next year, he pays the piper for a half season, losing a couple clicks and just being a good pitcher.

I actually think selling pot at the ballpark is the light at the end of the tunnel.

But this isn't a guy fresh out of college/AAA, and relatively unknown. The league has already adjusted to him, and he's adjusted back. He's had success, and is now extending that success. The only real unknowns are how he holds up for the duration of 2024, and how he snaps back in 2025.

Is somebody gloating? It was the same discussion in 2016, blowing it up vs. extending the few stars.

He's got his first round money, so Crochet's still set. I could see the deal somebody suggested above, 3/50, or something, lock in the arbitration money, give a little back for the first year of FA, then walk. But that's so short, why would the Sox do it? And, as somebody else asked, why would the Sox encumber a trade with guaranteed money? Guys like Vaughn and Crochet are cheap and low-risk. If they s%*# the bed, non-tender them. Give the option of extending to the trading team.

Are you saying he's not going to play 162 games, or he's not going to hit 30/20? Vaughn punted the first 3-1/2 weeks of the season, and with 2 weeks left in June, has 13 doubles and 9 HRs. If his slump isn't his new normal, he certainly looks like he can hit 30 2Bs and 20 HRs in 2024.

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