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i woke up this morning and realized it wasn't a dream

this isn't a "who" guy

I'm a LuBob fanboy to be sure, but I think he could be a part of this team on a new deal even if continues to hit, like, .680 OPS. His glove is too good and CF is too important of a defensive position. There's no clear replacement for him in the system. I like Ely Brown, but he's a 12th rounder who may or may not be up to the task, akin to Duke Ellis. If Marcelo Alcala keeps up the good work, maybe he's the guy, but he's only 19. We might hope to have a center fielder prior to 2030. Trent Grisham might be the only realistic FA option in 2027 to fill CF and I'm not sure I'd trust him to maintain his production. You wouldn't want to pay him $20mil for his recent level of production and injury history, but I like him a lot better than Cedric Mullins at $7mil for example. Not many center fielders have his tools and ceiling.

pretty much. Hawk was a total homer and he's the best Chicago broadcaster I've listened to. Neil Funk was really underappreciated too. Major troll, very amusing, until he lost his eyesight and started confusing Taj Gibson and Tyrus Thomas. I think Schriff could get better if he actually tried at his job. And didn't put his foot in his mouth 100 times a season. I ain't mad if he's gone after next season, I'm also not mad that they moved on from the guy who has grander ambitions than local announcer. Mike Breen is also a great national announcer but sucks listening to on Knicks games, Clyde Frazier does all the heavy lifting. I couldn't imagine Joe Buck, Al Michaels, etc broadcasting local games. These guys all have national interests they don't want to piss off. Benetti knows how his bread is buttered and it isn't by Chicago or Detroit. It's not so much homerism as actually rooting for your team. Every 50-50 call, Benetti is all like, "hmm, I dunno, it's pretty close..." like come on man, support the team.

good luck, Jason! I wasn't mad they moved on from him. His careerism impacts his ability to call local games. "hmm, I dunno, I don't think that call should favor the Sox" is not the attitude to have. Dude also has no depth perception, could never tell a home run off the bat. He's much better at both football and basketball. Loved when he filled in for Bulls games. Try to catch whatever NFL game he's announcing. He really reminds me of a better, non-lame version of Joe Buck. His future is bright. But I got tired of listening to his constant "unbiased" haterade at the local level. Make or break year for Schriff. I think it's a contract year. Derrick Rose took a leap and won MVP his third season, maybe Schriff will do the same. He'd be fine if he knew anything at all about the sport. Maybe somebody told him to watch some baseball.

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/jimmy-johns-settles-illinois-lawsuit-over-non-compete-agreements-idUSKBN13W2J9/ reminds me of this. sometimes you just want to take your talents to quiznos…or the anaheim angels. I could absolutely picture Hahn as a sandwich artist.

Is the public ponying up the TIF dollars for a pointless red line stop?

it worked for Sale and Crochet. Seemingly it's a viable way to get acclimated to MLB. Although, I see Schultz more so in that role than Hagen based on their respective injury histories. In a perfect world, Schultz and Hagen both come up and start and relegate Kay and Newcomb to the bullpen though. I voted "yes" but I wanted to vote "I dunno, maybe, it depends".

it's about time

well we don't have Yoendrys anymore, someone has to have it. maybe Bryan Ramos because he keeps 'YoYoing' between AAA and MLB.

it'll never not be funny to me that everyone slobbers all over those two dudes, the criminal and the wunderkind, and they completely blew it with a $400mil payroll. the key point here is that they failed and now this year they're not even trying. meanwhile, the sox actually appear to be 'trying' this offseason and people are still complaining. interesting.

the steve cohen special seems to be missing the playoffs then replacing the team's good players with polanco, a 35-year-old who just hit for 89 wrc+, a guy who posted a 5 ERA. maybe that's the david stearns special.

still waiting for Brooks to release Munetaka's Room

I think most teams would be happy with Taylor, Leasure, Wikelman, Vasil out of the pen all making nothing. Newcomb is a nice addition from the left side, though he might start. Gilbert, Eisert, the two rule 5 guys are less than ideal. Bush, Murphy, Schweitzer, perhaps Schultz and Hagen could all potentially shore up the left side of the pen. Wasting money on the bullpen is a fool’s errand if you ask me. Relievers are too volatile.

Aruba, Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahamas, Key Largo, Montego. Just a few thoughts.

if they paid him the same amount they paid Rojas, I think it's a good deal for what is basically a backup. I bet he could start somewhere though. I liked Moncada despite never living up to the hype. He's a nice guy, he'd always stick around longer than other Sox players to sign autographs for kids at spring training.

Robert slashed .298/.352/.456 in the second half across 125 plate appearances. Seems totally reasonable to expect that next season (if he’s healthy).

We should sign him too. tbh I’d take YoYo back. He’s probably better than Vargas.

It was the bench coach (Montoyo).

Yeah I think Emerson has been the kid with the most hype for multiple years. Roch went to college for a reason, he massively improved his draft stock with his sophomore season. His high school class was loaded which seems to be fortuitous for us this many years later.

Hark, Gene Honda, Jerry sings. 村上 宗隆 was born in 熊本市.

More shocking to me is the “women only” train cars to hedge against groping and that every cellphone has a clicker sound on the camera to hedge against upskirt photos. Weird place.

Like this more than giving multiple years to Fairbanx.

Totally agree about Bonemer and Oppor’s placement. Intrigued by Bush’s placement. Surprised they have Sammy above Wolkow.

Burke has crazy stuff. He just does. Can he locate it consistently? Not so far.