WhiteSox2023

Remember that roids, coke, and amphetamines were big in baseball back in that era. That kept those 30+ year old players motoring.

At least it’s not his arm/shoulder.

Sexcellent. Would be worth it just for the cheering section with signs.

Totally dude. He doesn’t look bad at all, but he’s still only 37. I don’t think I had any gray in my beard at 37. All that partying and dirty whores are catching up with the dude. But I’ll be honest — his Twitter is truly funny as f***.

Definitely, but $11 million for a closer for the Rays is a large chunk of their payroll — like 14% of it going by their 2025 opening day payroll. And I wouldn’t be surprised if they “manufacture” a cheap new closer next season out of thin air. Ironically but related, they just claimed backup RF Jake Fraley from the Braves who is due an estimated $3.6 million via salary arbitration, which was one of the reasons they DFA’ed Misner and Seymour. Won’t pay $11 million for a pretty damn good closer but will pay $3.6 million for a backup corner outfielder. Can’t spend a dollar if you only have fifty cents, I guess. Sounds familiar.

Yep, I do remember that. Good minor league numbers for both of them, but especially Seymour. I really wouldn’t be surprised if Getz claims one or both of these guys, both being “relatively” young at 27.

And yet another fucked up story. He should’ve just stuck to trolling on Twitter…

This story gets way worse if you read what happened — make sure to read the entire article to the end. Brutal… https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cowboys-marshawn-kneeland-texted-goodbye-180029926.html

How soon until Getz claims one or both of these guys? “Rays designated OF Kameron Misner and 1B Bob Seymour for assignment.“

Well, I think we know the answer to the question regarding a bad organization — see Kenny, Hahn, and Getz. 🤣

At this point, Getz is no different than us fans. You know he is basically just crossing his fingers, hoping Robert can stay healthy, and has a productive Spring Training and/or first half. There is no one left in the cupboard to trade for any prospects of note.

Hopefully that happens and they can salvage some value from him.

Yeah, but those slumps happen for a reason — there isn’t a slider away that he won’t swing at.

Western Michigan DE and 2nd Round Pick in 2024. RIP.

I wasn’t specially replying to you, just the general sentiment. Robert is probably more worth resigning just for the hope that he produces well and becomes a trade chip again, because no matter what he does he isn’t going to turn the 2026 team into a contender. But you can’t just look at 9 guys and say that they provided an accumulative total of 5 bWAR for $16 million as if that’s actually a good thing. All those guys took up roster spots and it’s still only 5 bWAR across 9 players. That’s inefficient and still pretty bad actually, considering one good player can earn $16 million, put up 3+ bWAR and only take up one roster spot.

I doubt Getz could spend $20 million dollars more wisely than on a player like Robert who has upside if we get lucky and he both stays healthy and actually hits. Getz would probably spend that money on 3 or 4 veteran players and we would likely want the majority of them DFA’ed by the All-Star break. That being said, Robert has finished with a 1.4 bWAR in back-to-back seasons. He is definitely overpaid at $20 million dollars for the 2026 season. People are thinking that he is barely overpaid because of what he did in 1.5 seasons across 2021 and 2023 even though he hasn’t been that same guy in the past two straight seasons. Meanwhile, his proneness to injury is astronomical each season.

Both Fenwick (my HS) and Downers Grove North are playing at the same time on Saturday at 1 PM. My son played with DGN QB Owen Lansu on the Downers Grove Panthers (BGYFL) with his dad as the coach. So I’ll have two TV’s going for both separate game streams. 😀

Looks like Hudl might have a free live stream of the BR @ Jacobs game: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/il/algonquin/organization/18092/jacobs-high-school/watch?b=QnJvYWRjYXN0MzAwNTY1NQ%3D%3D If you have a smart TV, you can search for and install the “Hudl Fan” app and then search for either Brother Rice or Jacobs High School to find the live stream of the game for Saturday. This is a screenshot of the “Hudl Fan” app from my phone:

He managed to sell high on Q, Sale, and Eaton. I don’t think there was ever really a chance to sell high on Yoan and Eloy but there was with Robert after the 2023 season.

I am not too familiar with Jacobs but their secondary got roasted numerous times by AT. They don’t look all that impressive last week.

I think they’ll be fine. Better to play the weaker team than Addison Trail. I’m not positive but it looks like the only feed for the game may be through the IHSA site. It looks like you can sign up for a month for $14 bucks and then cancel before the next month’s charge. https://www.maxpreps.com/m/news/tqDyETsJe0eVW8iPwwbL-w/football-game-preview-brother-rice-crusaders-vs-jacobs-golden-eagles--how-to-watch.htm

The Sox gave Robert this contract with these additional team options when they thought he would be an annual All-Star player. Now they are stuck chasing trade value by overpaying him and hoping he has a healthy (unlikely) and successful (hit or miss) first half, unless they decide to sell him off low in ST before he gets injured.

1.5 hours isn’t awful. Too bad it isn’t at least hybrid — half in the office and half remote. Before going fully remote during Covid, my company with a home office in the Chicago suburbs allowed a 2 or 3 day work from home each week and 2 or 3 days in the office which really helped some of the employees who lived an hour plus away, typically in Wisconsin.

Don’t get too excited. They could look to trade him in Spring Training.

Rinse and repeat this same quote in some similar form or fashion every offseason until Ishbia owns the team.