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It is amazing how often Tom Tango's work comes up still in 2026. They are still using a variation of his original "Base Runs" formula.

I'm pretty close to this as well. One of them will settle into average regular, other guy probably mildly useful utility IF.

Yea that was when he was trying to attack early in the count after pitchers started attacking iirc. Good call.

It's mostly just minor league numbers propelling Chase in the projections. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Both are limited players in their own way and we'll see how they perform this year. Chase needs to prove he can still work counts after the book is out on him. Sosa needs to show his 2nd half power surge wasn't a fluke and continue to improve his defense at 2B.

Rich man's Leury Garcia would be fine.

There's zero correlation between spring training stats and regular season. Remember when Jimmy Rollins had like 7 HR in spring and then was -1.5 WAR by June and was mercifully cut? Just don't get hurt.

Which is the same thing the Mets are saying about Luis. This is just fluff. For the most part established big league players don't magically flip a switch, even with the best coaching in the world available. Also, @southsider2k5 can you clear off the prior pinned gamthreads?

Trading him would be insane. Find a way to get teal more ABs at 1B and DH. Not rooting for injury but Beni going on IL to start season would be just fine.

Went from spending his summers in the PNW to Charlotte. Hope he saved his first round bonus check.

KW was many things but clown is not one of them. He was upset and got emotional but the man brought us the only WS we've ever seen on the South Side. That's not clown s%*#.

Funny I already knew it was Belle but I had no idea Allen was the original highest paid.

56 games. Seems like they are just being smart and probably a small favor for Samurai Japan team.

Said it many times Spring Training is 100% worth it if you've never been. Even for a bad Sox team.

There's like 100k people watching a SK national team against Samsung Giants game on various streams.

I like Will, but managers don't usually make or break baseball teams, talent does. I def agree he's the right man for the job right now and he is a good motivator and leader.

It has a lot of flaws (mostly the author would readily admit tbf) but ZIPS has exactly one WS and pitcher in the top 100 of projected fWAR: Teal at 2.6 (98th), Smith at 2.1 (59th). There just isn't much bankable talent on the roster. There's some good promising young talent, but it probably adds up to around 65-75 wins this season. 77 seems a bridge way too far, even as an error bar imo. Assume the young position players gain 10 WAR as a group, that's still around 75 with our pitching. If we win 75 on the backs of the kids I'll give Getz a parade honestly.

Knock on wood seems like we are as healthy as we've been as an org to start camp in a few years.

Somewhere in the valley but it's a little like a mini camden yards. not a "lower deck lawn" type park it has an amazing concourse with a kids area field adjacent. https://saltriverfields.com/ Last time I was there it was pretty much new iirc which is why we hit it up. Think we saw Diamondbacks Athletics or something.

Talking Stick sorta blew me away as a facility.

I've been to Talking Stick, Camelback and Peoria Complex. Of those three Camelback is the most isolated and also the most basic. It's also one of the older training facilities in the valley now I believe. All that said, Camelback is completely fine as a fan experience. The parking is much easier than Talking Stick for example. The brown is a little ugly but it's also the desert.

largest total contract Jerry has ever given out.

He's like half a win below average at 2nd with the glove. I think he might be 3 wins above average with the bat at 2B. We'll see how he does. My thoughts on him at third are based on my own scouting of him on the 2024 Seattle trip. He played there that night and was a disaster. His arm just won't allow it imo.

So stupid. Should just eat Beni's salary and ship him to some team that needs a lefty platoon bat. Also, Sosa does not have the arm for 3B. We've been over this. He can hide it at 2nd. He can't at 3rd. He's a perfectly fine 2B defensively other than the brain farts, which aren't going to go away at 3rd.