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Can I interest you in a slightly used baseball stadium with plenty of parking?

It would have been an interesting move, and one I am sure wasn't too far away. Substitute "right hand starters" for "left hand relievers" and "Thompson" for "Horn", and it is pretty much the same sentiment.

of all things, this one I don't care about. I don't expect a manager to come out and say "these guys suck, see you in 2030."

That's the big "if" though.

This is going to be a loooooong season if people are hanging on this dude's every word.

This struck me as selling on a guy who may well have zero value very soon. He is also a guy who has to be approaching Rule 5 territory as well. I will be honest, I have no idea if this guy just needs a change of scenery or is what he is, but I do appreciate them being convicted in their self scouting and moving on from a guy who they don't think they can get anything out of. Sure you hope to get more out of him, but at the same time, is a future reliever better than nothing? Thompson has been awful in his minor league career to this point, and if anyone should know Thompson, it should be Getz. He isn't even a top 30 guy in the MLB.com, Fangraphs, or Keith Law. Law didn't rank him or even mention him. He sneaks in at #27 in BA.

And there is a pretty decent chance that if surgery is set for Friday, this happened long before said claim period.

On a team with a ton of youngsters, a guy who can go out and give you a lot of innings on a regular basis out of the pen is something that is valuable. Not burning out your kids who are your future is a thing.

Wasn't clear.

He is out longer term with a shoulder injury. IIRC he might start throwing again by the end of spring training.

Well cross him off the list.

Huh.

The Sox own a $16.5 million option on 2025 and an $18.5m option on 2026. As of today, there is a near zero chance they are picked up. The guy is a career .275 hitter, with an .811 OPS as essentially a DH. Outside of what looks today like a fluky 2020, his OPS the last three years is .785 from a guy who has played in 259 of 486 possible games or about half of the teams games. There is no reason on god's green earth to extend this man as of today, unless he is willing to tear up those two option years AND take a large discount to do it.

I 100% believe that is who Jason is. It is a geeky, dorky nerd who realizes how lucky he is in life and enjoys every freaking second of it. Steve Stone is authentic all right. He's an authentic jerk. He's shown open professional contempt for each long term partner I have ever heard him with. He did it to Harry. He did it to Hawk and he did it to Jason.

Most of it is so over the top. MLB would control the move, including conditions of the move. If they wanted to hold open to territorial rights, they would make it part of the move conditions. The rest of it is some weird overreaction to fans being fans. At the end of the day, Sox park in Chicago provides a better market place than a new ballpark most other places. The rest of that is just hysterics.

I am sure that is what MLB wants, but at the same time, if Jerry found a better deal somewhere, someone else would love to be Chicago's team.

Like using government funds and agencies for exactly what they are intended to do is the biggest fraud in the history of fraud.

Not if MLB makes it a condition of the White Sox moving, but sure.

Holy overreacting Batman!

In a metro area of 10 million people, even a third of that market place is MUCH bigger than most of the expansion areas being talked about. Nashville metro is about 2 million. Salt Lake City is 1.2 million. Portland is 2.5 million. Charlotte is 2.7 million. If you were to rank 1/3 of Chicago as it's own market, there is no bigger metro area in the US which doesn't already have a MLB team.

MLB has been talking about expansion very recently. That is "who".

Again, if the Sox leave Chicago, Chicago shoots to #1 on the possible expansion location list.

a third (or more) of the Chicago market is going to be much more lucrative than most of the other places under discussion. Even more so if they were to come in and get the stadium and set up they wanted.

Being fully honest here? If Jerry decided to leave Chicago for Nashville the owners would 100% wave him down there. You know why? If someone is going to spend billions for a MLB franchise, you are damned right they would be thrilled to be the 2nd team in Chicago. My guess is they would Cleveland Browns the Sox and force them to leave the name and history behind for a "new" franchise.