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Agreed, especially because Whit is a righty bat and can play both 2B and RF, while we currently have lefty bats in Lopez for 2B and Colas for RF. At the very least, we could potentially have a mediocre platoon situation at both positions, rather than utter garbage. ?

It’s a one-year, $4 million contract with a mutual option for $6 million (and $1.5 million buyout) for 2025. Anyone surprised they paid a reliever this much? Also, the Sox scouting department thought Romy could be a starter at 2B at one time, didn’t they?

Yes, poor Puig. Stroman and Anderson are definitely guys that Puig and other players should have modeled themselves after. ? One guy likes to accuse people of being racist and the other is in the news more these days because of his side piece action rather than his baseball performance.

He created his own reputation starting with his Dodgers days. He only has himself to blame.

What a lovely roster for the price.

And he’s done it, what, twice in his career? He won’t stay healthy. We all know it. This is fool’s gold.

This would be the only thing that makes sense. It’s pretty unlikely that the Sox performance in 2024 is going to get Sox fans excited and amicable at the 2025 SoxFest. ?

IMO, that’s a stupid decision if they are as bad as we mostly think they will be in 2024. They may as well wait until they have a halfway decent season and then bring back SoxFest, since they have already proven to be so cowardly about facing the music over the last couple years.

It’s not, but why would Brooks and JR not want their PBP broadcaster to get national exposure and fame, other than his price increasing? They have been filling in for Stone for years. I don’t think he even ever flies to the west coast.

Anyone who can get injured in this way cannot be counted on. And back issues will quickly end a guy’s career (see Joe Crede).

Very crazy. These teams don’t want to give front office control to Billy boy.

The Sox had Naquin last year. He should cost nothing more than the minor league minimum if they even want him. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/08/brewers-trade-tyler-naquin-white-sox.html

The chances he even stays healthy enough to survive until the trade deadline with a high enough number of quality at bats to make him a desireable trade target for a contender are next to zero. My guess is that no team is interested in him at the trade deadline or if the Sox put him on waivers. The Sox end up paying out his full $24 million salary and his $5 million buyout.

He would have to be amazing in the first half and his massive salary is still going to limit any trade return for him. A .788 OPS in the first half isn’t going to cut it and if he’s mediocre, no one is touching him.

Maybe. I saw an article where they may just add a veteran QB like Wilson to compete with Pickett and Rudolph. https://www.si.com/nfl/steelers/news/insider-russell-wilson-table-pittsburgh-steelers

I’d still do it then. No Bears fans would care too much about the other picks when we get to watch Caleb Williams dropping dimes to MHJ and DJ Moore starting next season.

I’m not sure it would cost quite that much but I would still consider it. You have a shot at a potential Hall of Fame QB/WR duo like Manning and Harrison for 10+ years if both CW and MHJ pan out? I’d say go for it.

He must have used a knife and fork and had his napkin ready. That was his first screening for this job. Smart guy.

No. When @poppysox is talked about during the Sox game, he wants his PBP guy to be talked about as well.

Kiss the ring, John. Also, more proof that JR wasn’t a fan of Benetti’s extra non-Sox work. Why would you not want one of your sportscasters getting national recognition and hype, even if he has to miss a few Sox games? JR apparently doesn’t have a problem with Steve Stone taking tons of vacations and never traveling to the west coast, but with Benetti it was the end of the world.

I’m not buying that a 6’5” 230 pound 22 year old is going to stick in RF, if he fills out anymore as he gets older. Maybe you could hide him in LF. Regardless, I wouldn’t turn him down as the return but I’d be doing everything I could to keep him at 3B before considering 1B.

Moving a corner infielder to RF… where have we seen that one before? Oh yeah, twice with Vaughn and Sheets. No thanks, Rick.

Hah, I read this and immediately knew the author had to be a Bears fan. Glynn Morgan works for NBC Sports Chicago. Guy is trying to play Madden in franchise mode to make the Bears a super power. He must be overriding every trade to force the Patriots to accept. However, if there was a way to make this trade work out by giving up more or getting back less in the way of picks, as long as the basis of the deal is the Bears getting MHJ with the #3 pick and the Patriots getting Fields and the #9 pick, I would be all over it.

You probably lose some of your fandom when you get to finally work for your favorite team but realize that your boss and the owner are assholes.

It’s not happening. And that’s the bottom line, cuz Stone Cold @tray said so!