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The tragedy of Mason Adams' TJS is that he was probably going to supplant Jon Cannon in the rotation to start 2025. Now they have Burke/Cannon/Davitt competing for 2 slots with McDougal/Schultz right behind them, and then Bush/Thorpe/Adams in June/July. I could also see a bunch of guys who haven't bought their plane tickets to Korea yet getting mop-up face time in March.

RotoGraphs took a look at Kay and made some comps back in October: Mining the News (10/29/25) | RotoGraphs Fantasy Baseball Here are the MLB results for his comps. His 7.6 K/9 with a “high” 2.4 BB/9 limits his upside. Anthony Kay’s MLB Comps Name Season Age IP K/9 BB/9 HR/9 ERA SIERA WHIP Nick Martinez 2022 31 106 8.0 3.5 1.3 3.47 4.03 1.29 Hisashi Iwakuma 2012 31 125 7.3 3.1 1.2 3.16 3.85 1.28 Naoyuki Uwasawa 2024 30 4 6.8 4.5 0.0 2.25 4.89 1.00 Luis F. Castillo 2025 30 7 6.4 9.0 0.0 7.71 6.75 2.71 Kodai Senga 2023 30 166 10.9 4.2 0.9 2.98 4.00 1.22 Ryota Igarashi 2010 31 30 7.4 5.3 1.2 7.12 4.50 1.55 Kohei Arihara 2021 28 40 5.3 2.9 2.4 6.64 5.39 1.43 Robbie Erlin 2022 31 2 4.5 4.5 4.5 9.00 5.73 1.50 Shun Yamaguchi 2020 32 25 9.1 6.0 2.1 8.06 5.09 1.75 Yusei Kikuchi 2019 28 161 6.5 2.8 2.0 5.46 5.17 1.52 Kenta Maeda 2016 28 175 9.2 2.6 1.0 3.48 3.69 1.14 Average 30.0 76.6 7.4 4.4 1.5 5.39 4.83 1.49 Median 30.0 40.2 7.3 4.2 1.2 5.46 4.89 1.43

Lopez was coming off a season where he put up basically league average 1.8 bWAR. Brebbia was coming off of a very good year with the Giants. Neither were bad gambles to hold down a spot on a team that was a smoldering ruin when Getz took over. Fedde was a similar signing, and Anthony Kay falls into that box. There's just not a lot of payroll flexibility, and there are spots to fill. The ones that work out look like genius. The ones that don't, well, you're all over those. You know what the strategy is. Reinsdorf has debt, and they're not spending until the new player agreement is in place. I see them making moves that would put them around 75+ wins.

Lighting money on fire. They should have paid Cease $30M a year.

Cheap. $2M.

Obviously. A CPS is an accountant.

I was a Realtor. It gets capitalized to denote that one adheres to their code of ethics and more importantly, pays dues to the NAR. They don't need to add "certified" in front. "Realtor" is what it is. I don't understand your CPA comment. They are accountants. It's right there in their designation - Certified Public Accountant.

Realtor is a trademarked name. A Realtor is a member of the National Association of Realtors. It gets capitalized.

I think the guys with pedigree are already going to be priced out of our range. Teams like the Giants are already announcing they're going to be shopping in the lower-mid range, which means 6 other teams will be right with them, and they'll all bid the $5M/1 guys up to $18M/2.

Garfien/Merkin podcast. Not a lot of info, 10 questions that they don't really give any concrete answers to. CHSN Podcasts | Instagram, Facebook, TikTok | Linktree

Getz has a ridiculous budget. I'm not sure what you want him to do. You keep bring up this "lighting money on fire" argument - Lopez was replacement level. Without him, Zach Remillard is your opening day starter.

The Rays aren't a rebuilding team digging out from the "worst evah" crater.

Another nonsense ESPN listicle about trade targets and who could be involved. McDaniel/Passan give Robert a 60% chance of being traded: 2025-26 MLB offseason: Ranking players who could be traded - ESPN

FutureSox clocks in on their lists of who might the Sox lose, and who could they pick up in the Rule 5. 2025 Chicago White Sox Rule 5 Draft Preview -

Bravo.

Rockies feel they have another level to unlock...

I guess this is good for the Sox...

Dude played for the White Sox Amateur City Elite program and is a Simeon alum. Brewers picked him at #5 in 2016. It seems like yesterday he was bandied as a possible Sox selection in that 2016 draft. Boy, did the talent suck that year. The Dodgers' 1st round pick at #32, Will Smith (23.0 bWAR) is the only player from the 1st round to clear 10 bWAR. The Sox picked future Realtor Zack Collins at #10. Nationals To Hire Corey Ray As First Base Coach - MLB Trade Rumors 1st Round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft | Baseball-Reference.com

The park itself could be pretty dull, I guess. That backdrop is stunning.

The Giants just announced they'd be looking into the cheaper mid-level pitching market this winter, which is probably what a dozen other teams are doing, and will price Houser, Ponce and guys like that out of their own reach.

MLBTR update on Cody Ponce, who has been linked to the White Sox just because of their experience with Fedde. Report: Cody Ponce Could Command More Than $30 Million - MLB Trade Rumors

Just realized this is an old friend alert. Brandon Hyde, the Oriole manager fired earlier this year, was once a White Sox minor league catcher. He played on the 1999 Burlington Bees team that won the Midwest League Championship, that year. Mark Buehrle also pitched on that team. Due to work and family responsibilities, I found myself single a lot that summer, so I'd jump in the car, and go see the Burlington Bees or the Cubs' Lansing Lugnuts play. I made it a point to visit every stadium in the Midwest League. The most beautiful one was the home of the Quad City River Bandits, which was featured in the film Sugar. Cedar Rapids had a great, old stadium, too. I really didn't like the new ones, like Kane County, or Fort Wayne. Oh, well. Just wanted to share that realization. Rays Hire Brandon Hyde As Senior Advisor To Baseball Operations - MLB Trade Rumors