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Lol thanks Bob. Fabulous piece of history

Also seeing tweets and articles from reporters about how we're supposed to be happy that Ohtani signed with a marquee team. Been a strange week for MLB reporters to say the least.

Cease to the Rockies would be objectively hilarious.

Maybe he's just switching planes in Toronto. Ohtani to the Saranac Lake Surge confirmed.

For sure. I actually think they’re too smart to sign Snell at all. Just amusing myself at the idea of a reactionary rage signing if Ohtani goes to Toronto.

Blake Snell 18 yr/$120 billion deal incoming

Lol'ing at the probable reality of them swaying some #4 guy to sign with them because they can promise him an opening day start.

Defund the facial hair police

100% this. It's why when there are those rare exceptions that actually have success that way (14-15 Royals, last year's Dbacks), you hear a lot about it. Because it's fucking hard to win that way. It's a stupid thing to just decide to completely emulate, which is why you already see Arizona adding more slugging. Don't get me wrong, this team does need to get faster and more athletic, but early indications are they're putting all their eggs in that basket and good fucking luck with that.

I also heard a clip where Pedro praised the Diamondbacks, alluding to their postseason success and wanting the Sox to be faster, more athletic, etc like they are. The same Diamondbacks that lost the World Series because they didn't have enough offensive firepower. The same Diamondbacks that have recognized that and already traded for Eugenio Suarez. It's amazing how this organization is consistently steps behind. Next offseason, after they average 2.5 runs/game with a bunch of scrappy athletic guys, they'll talk about how they need more slugging, plate discipline and on base skills because that's how teams in the playoffs succeeded.

Yup. And essentially he'd rather fail the "right" way than succeed the "wrong" way. Cool stuff.

They made it to the World Series two years in a row, winning once, with a payroll in the bottom half of the league. That's what Jerry is (half-heartedly) chasing. There's an old line about JR that Sox Machine references a lot: "Throughout the fall and winter, he was still driven by the dream: to create a World Series winner in a business climate that made sense to him." It's stupid as fucking s%*#, but I believe that's more or less the obsession with the Royals.

Don't worry, they will athletic their way to scoring runs.

I get all this, but I mean, Morosi didn't even put this out there under his own Twitter account or anything, so there are no clicks to generate. It's from a podcast he was a guest on. And quite frankly, saying he could see Robert being traded is not exactly a bold or controversial statement.

Veering off the assignment a bit, but I was looking at past rosters and I think it's hilarious that the following players were on the White Sox: Julio Franco, Dave Righetti, Chris Sabo, John Kruk, Jim Abbott, Tony Phillips, Danny Tartabull, Doug Drabek, Ruben Sierra, Jose Canseco, David Wells, Kenny Lofton, Bartolo Colon, Darin Erstad, Andruw Jones, Ken Griffey Jr, Manny Ramirez, Juan Pierre, Jimmy Rollins White Sox legends, every one of em

Dang. Maybe the fact that I’m past my prime is good enough to get me a minor league contract with a spring training invite. So many local products out here available to sign!

I’m an Illinois native that has sucked lately. I can’t play defense, but I can probably still run a little. Willing to sign for 1 yr/$1 million, Getz.

Any cheap veteran catcher that can help the young catchers and pitchers is good with me. That should be the priority. If Maldonado’s defense and game calling have slipped, as some have mentioned, then that’s a disservice to the pitching staff.

What are you basing this on? Seems like a bit of a gamble

JR spending a sizable part of his life half-assing a hobby he sucks at. Truly the most bored person in the world.

Eloy's hasn't shown he can be relied upon to be regularly available to the team. How do you not factor that in when evaluating him as a player? In the meantime, we continue the "Eloy play more than 122 games in a season" challenge.

Well known magic bean Yordan Alvarez

Shields somehow getting in then wearing a Sox hat would be the funniest thing ever.

Bad lineup, bad pitching, but at least they have a good manager leading the way.

Robert's about to go .270 42 HR 47 RBI