Everything posted by southsider2k5
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The Athletic Hope meter
Look, when you have a decades long season ticket holder telling the organization to f*** off, the problem isn't if the fans are big enough fans. Most people get that.
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The next round of cuts
I want to see more of Smith before I judge. I want to see him go six innings to see if his stuff plays up in relief, or if he can do this for a full start. I have a bit of hope, but I am not ready to judge yet.
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The next round of cuts
Stolen from this tweet.
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The next round of cuts
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The Athletic Hope meter
So Jerry must think he is a perfect 10, because he ain't doing a damned thing.
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The next round of cuts
That whole trade was loaded with non-tenders and non-gonna happens on day one. We are down to hoping Riley Gowens overcomes the odds and gives us anything in a system where about 15 guys are ahead of him on the depth chart.
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The next round of cuts
Almost all of the rotation is back end guys right now. The red meat won't get here for a year or two, hopefully. That whole string of Shuster, Nastrini, Canon, Martin, Wilson, etc, are guys you hope figure it out and give you that 4.5 era over 160 innings to fill some innings over the course of seasons. Maybe a Burke has more of a mid rotation ceiling, but there just aren't those guys here yet.
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2025 Things to be Excited About List
Even turning Vargas into a bat only something would be the nice start of salvaging that deal.
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The Athletic Hope meter
It's funny, as I have gotten older, I spend less and less time on professional sports in general, and more and more on amatuer. It isn't about perfection, otherwise no one would watch athletics in general. Just like I want to see an honest effort on the field, I also want to see an honest effort off of it. Right now the White Sox are the 400 pound dude on his chat board talking about "no fattys".
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DVS retiring...
I obviously thought you were mocking the idea of a twitter troll being on a serious journalistic payroll.
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2025 Things to be Excited About List
Same, and for a black and white version of the 83s.
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DVS retiring...
Oh you were serious? Nevermind.
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The Athletic Hope meter
There it is. This is 2025, and there are plenty of things to do with my entertainment dollars and time. I will be watching more of my local HS baseball team than I will this product.
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Opening Day 26-Man Roster
When an owner refuses to wade into the deep end of the free agent market, it becomes necesary to get an extra cheap year from your players so that you can sustain success as a team longer. Granted, there aren't any real good examples of this lately under Jerry mostly because success hasn't really been around to sustain, but it works in concept.
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24-25 NFL Thread
Bears would have done great with my man Braden Fiske too.
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Opening Day 26-Man Roster
Gotta keep the opponents guessing.
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The Athletic Hope meter
That also looks like the typical Getz free agent signee recently.
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DVS retiring...
hahahahahahahaha, this is gold. Well done.
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The Athletic Hope meter
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6186874/2025/03/11/mlb-fans-optimism-results-rankings/?campaign=12883820&source=athletic_top_stories_email&userId=6062851
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How's that Organizational Pitching Philosophy Coming Along?
The Sox were seemingly one of the last teams who emphasized slightly under max and health vs max velocity when Don Cooper was here, but that doesn't seem to be the case here now.
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How's that Organizational Pitching Philosophy Coming Along?
And this chart is why everyone goes max effort. That little bit extra makes a big difference. There is no way to legislate this out of the game either.
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Opening Day 26-Man Roster
Bold of you to assume the Sox will have a stable roster.
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3/12 Angels @ Sox - 3:05 CDT - spring training
Tf he need revenge for? His free paycheck last year?
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White Sox asking for "top prospects" for Robert
Not unless they are willing to start with Dominguez. The Yankees farm hitters are one of the few franchises that saw a worse year than the Sox one's had.
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White Sox asking for "top prospects" for Robert
And yet they bring in guys like Tyler Glasnow on the regular.