WhiteSox2023

Is Meidroth’s celebration/taunt literally flicking the balls? WTF was that? 🤣

Allen Thomas posts here?

Looks like this is going to be a double digits game on both sides.

He’s so good… Jerry, give that man $300 million dollars before the Dodgers do.

Sucks when they are losing/lose, but at least some of the Jedi go back into hiding whenever it happens.

🤣🤣🤣

Worst 0-2 pitch in history?

Nice meatball right down the cock of the plate there…

Wowzers…

Did he stuff you into lockers at Mount Carmel? 🤣

Damn, how did this guy end up sucking so hard with the bat in the majors? His MILB numbers were sick… https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/215891/

That is pretty surprising and I wouldn’t think it would be true.

“Diamondbacks designated OF Alek Thomas for assignment. It’s understandable that the D-backs were frustrated with Thomas, but they might regret jettisoning him instead of Jorge Barrosa to make room for Ryan Waldschmidt. Thomas was hitting .181/.222/.340 as Arizona’s center fielder against right-handers, but Statcast thinks he was pretty unlucky in the process. He had a lower strikeout rate (23 percent) and a higher hard-hit rate (43 percent) in the majors than Waldschmidt did in Triple-A. With a $1.962 million salary and two years of control after this one, Thomas should draw interest as a trade candidate.”

Dude can’t hit at all, but he did just turn 26. Would be funny to watch him and Acuna in the lineup swinging wet newspapers together.

Someone get that man a dictionary. Yes, “historically bad” is most definitely accurate.

Osawful Bado.

https://www.dga.org

He was taken 5th overall in 1998. Pat Burrell was taken first overall that year.

Could have also been “The Empire Strikes Back” with the whole Jedi versus Sith gimmick. 🤣

And look at the Cease trade. The Sox could get back 2-3 good looking prospects and they could all turn into poop. There is no guarantee. If Murakami was a free agent after this season, then your argument would have some merit. But trading him now when you have another entire year of control over him and the team could potentially make the postseason this year would literally make no sense. None. Also, what would that say to the fan base right now? Attendance would go into the shitter even worse than normal if Jerry basically lucked into a superstar and immediately traded him when the team is just 2 games out of first place. It simply isn’t happening, whether you think it should or not. As far as trading him in the offseason or before next season’s deadline at the very latest, I am all for it if they eventually realize he has no intention of resigning here and is looking for the largest payday he can get. If the Sox traded Mune by this season’s deadline, it would be a more memorable negative moment in Sox history than the White Flag Trade and Jerry would get so much s%*# for it he would probably be forced to sell to Ishbia before 2029.

No one has convinced me of anything. Not that I have a ton of faith, but the possibility remains that Sox could potentially make the playoffs via winning the division or a WC. You mentioned that 1.5 seasons of Murakami is worth more than 1 season of him to interested teams trying to make the postseason. Well, sure. But you have to factor in the tradeoff between selling him now with 1.5 years of control and likely missing the postseason this year versus retaining Murakami at least until the end of the season and the Sox potentially making the postseason. And perhaps Murakami is so excited to lead the team to the plays, that he is will to listen to extension talks. And perhaps Boyer explains how much money Mune brings in from endorsements and Japanese fans to the point that Jerry will splurge on Mune.

The team is 2 games back of first place. What you are prematurely asking for is worse than Jerry and the White Flag trade of 1997. There is literally no reason to trade Murakami until after this season at the earliest.

Dude, they can trade him after the season, or before next season’s trade deadline if they get the vibe that he is going to be out of their price range. Why do you seem to think there is a deadline to trade him that is coming soon?