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Wouldn’t describing the Cease trade as providing a “light return” be admitting that the return wasn’t good enough or as good as it should have been?

Famous last words from a bad GM. I seem to remember him using the plural “parades” as well.

We have AV!

There will always be a team that will take on a decent reliever for a pittance, especially if the Dodgers include some cash.

Yikes. So he can at least play 3B but his bat/power would obviously play worse there than SS.

Other teams spend on things like this all the time and still manage to also have a reasonable payroll. The Sox have to do this now because they’ve failed in choosing the wrong front office, scouting, development, and technology for years and years. And we still don’t know if they nailed it this time either. No bonus points granted for that.

We already saw what happened. The Royals extended Witt last February and then the team went on to finish 86-76 with a playoff berth.

No, but they did manage to sign Witt to a $288 million dollar contract. Jerry is at $75 million.

Yet those many teams at the bottom have still signed players to $100 million dollar contracts.

Forget the Dodgers then… it’s still pathetic. The Sox are in great company.

JR hasn’t approved signing a single player for $100 million and here is another team donating that kind of money. To quote SoxFest attendees from last Saturday — “SELL THE TEAM! SELL THE TEAM!”

No worries — any projectiles or weapons would have mysteriously disappeared before the event ended anyways.

Well, if you go by year after year history, you would be proving the naysayers right.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6094615/2025/01/28/austin-hays-contract-reds-mlb-free-agency/

I don’t believe it ever got that far to a court case.

Currently around 40%. What he does with it will likely decide his future.

I remember seeing their disclaimer on an article. Why they wouldn’t simply match up with MLB rules makes zero sense.

$26.6 million.

Guilty, not guilty, innocent, falsely accused… Taylor damn sure isn’t a lawyer by trade because it’s pretty obvious he doesn’t know the definition of any of these words. Yes, while it’s possible that the female who accused Clevinger was lying, Clevinger was never “proven” to be “falsely accused”, and damn sure not by an “MLB investigation”. 🤣

Agreed, I was just surprised it was true.

Apparently this is legit…

I was waiting for my therapy session with my kids when I read this and spit out my coffee.

Freaking Cubs trolls.

He probably wants to be traded at this point after two outfielder signings this offseason.

We’ve already covered the second part of your post regarding the potential Twins/Fedde/Keaschall trade. I provided two sources that said it was on the table. You simply made up your own hypothesis on what happened because you have to defend Getz to the bitter end and justify the Vargas acquisition. Regarding the first part of your post… “COLUMN: The Chicago White Sox are the laughing stock of baseball“ Also, when your fans are chanting “SELL THE TEAM” to the owner live at their own fan fest, call me fucking crazy but your team may be a “laughingstock”. 🤣 You can have your opinion, but it is definitely in the minority.