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That kind of thing has happened in the majors before - sometimes with a player giving another player some sort of pricey gift as opposed to some dollar amount in exchange for their preferred uniform number. With that $10M signing bonus, I'm guessing Roch was able to squeeze some sort of nice gift or payout into his budget.

Yes, @bobbydanks , there is a Danny Mendick.

Someone needs to take those Voodoo dolls of the other catchers away from Quero!

.....I'll also add that the 2021 Braves are the most recent example of this. They were under .500 at the break and then totally caught fire and ended up winning the WS. We've seen these kind of teams before. Boston reminds me of this, but of course, they play the games for a reason.....anything can happen.

All I'm saying is that once in a while there's a team that looks to be totally out of the race in the first couple of months and then catches fire and soars to the World Series and Boston looks like they fit that pattern. Nothing is guaranteed. As far as the Cubs go - yeah, they still have to get past Milwaukee. But lots of teams make it to the WS without winning their division. Unless you think they won't make it as a wild card?

Unfortunately, they look like one of those teams that starts off slow and then takes off like a rocket all the way to the World Series. It happens every now and then. Get ready for a BoSox vs. Dodgers or Cubs World Series.

Best of luck on the surgery, Lip, and I hope you have a speedy recovery.

So says the guy who gets bent out of shape over wizards.

Or is it "fvck off"?

Bust! /s

People are going to use those terms irregardless of how you feel about it.

I prefer to call this the AL Pennant instead of the ALCS title. Wouldn’t that be wild? This is a team that has won only 2 pennants in the last 106 years!

Agreed. It's possible Ishbia could bring him back, but that's 2029 at the earliest and could be 2034. They need to move on from Schriff. If they do, I wish him the best but that's my opinion.

I don't know if they have. Just googling it, it looks like the Soderstrom contract could reach 9 figures if certain milestones are met, but that's not guaranteed money.

....i'll also point out that this is the Tigers trading away their ace. Is the problem that Ilitch is too cheap? Is the solution that he sell the Tigers to someone who is willing to spend like the Dodgers? I don't know about that - he's been willing to spend on his team in the past. We can't blame Nutting, Fischer, and Reinsdorf on this trade.

you keep pointing to the same 5 worst owners in MLB as some sort of proof that there isn't a competitive balance problem. Any league is always going to have a handful of terrible owners regardless of the CBA. That's how it's always been and will always be and that's not the issue here. You never mention teams like Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Tampa Bay but always the A's, Marlins, and Pirates. So, what's your solution - force 15 to 20 of the MLB owners to sell their teams so that they can bring in someone who will spend like the Dodgers even if they don't have the revenue streams of the Dodgers? I expect your response is that the players will never accept a cap. While that may be true, once again, that doesn't mean the system isn't broken. Both things can be true. EDIT: I'll even add that I'm not even pro hard cap or pro owners. I just want the system fixed and just repeating that the problem is that 20 owners are too cheap isn't going to fix MLB's problems.

He Gone!

A wizard and a leprechaun on the same pitching staff.....that would have to be a first in MLB history.

Not a White Sox historical event, but on this day in 1979, Thurman Munson had the final at bat of his career at Comiskey Park before he died the next day in a plane crash.

Other than Roch going to W-S, have any other picks been assigned to minor league teams?

Higher than Landon Gonzalez's? 😉

Do know if there is there general support for the Tampa stadium plan among residents of the area? It sounds like approval is very much up in the air. Something has to give - the Rays are winning and they still can't get people to come to the park. This isn't the first year they've fielded a good team, either. Unlike the White Sox or the Royals, I don't think it's debatable whether the Rays really need a new stadium. One way or another, they are NOT going to be staying at Tropicana Field. If they do get approval to build a stadium next to Raymond James, I suppose the second question is whether that would fix their attendance woes. I'd image the location would have to help to some extent.

I heard they have a very old stadium available right in the center of town.

Please don't trade him, White Sox!