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The risk of Cease getting injured between Spring Training and the trade deadline and getting a diminished or no return for him is not one worth taking. And if he suffers the dreaded TJ, we won’t be getting anything for him at all before he hits free agency. Getz has to get this done before Spring Training, period.

Keep him and what? There is only one possible positive outcome from doing this. He reverts back to a true ace in the first half of 2024 for a team with no chance at competing for the division, and you trade him at the deadline. But at the same time, he will be losing months of control in a competitive team’s rotation. We all know there is zero chance that Reinsdorf will sign off on paying Cease. So what if he instead continues on as a #2 or #3 starter and diminishes his value further? He will have less months of control and he will have further declined in the eyes of other teams. I see no way that keeping Cease until next year’s trade deadline being worth the risk, rather than trading him now with two full seasons of control and one “down” year on his resume.

Talk about not having your finger on the pulse of your own fan base. Brooks Boyer and Scott Reifert sure are top class at what they do. Amazing.

The laughing parents makes it even funnier. At least they have some nice kindling for their fireplace.

My son is a junior at Brother Rice and is a starter on the OL for the varsity football team. I just attended the parent meeting for the upcoming season and Coach Q announced that offensive coach Matt Kelly won’t be returning this year. Apparently not many people were fans of his conservative play calling.