southsider2k5

The teams that look to trade their best players at their peak are the teams that are in perpetual rebuilding. I know it seems like a great concept, but successful teams aren't looking to deal their players coming off of breakout years.

That year from Cueto screams fluke. Maybe he discovered something with Katz, but he hadn't had a year anywhere close to this since 2016. Depending on where the bid/ask is here, I am OK with walking away on a high note.

The idea that essentially one seasons worth of good play equals nearly the entire rest of the franchise regressing last year is some funny math.

There it is.

That is interesting.

And yet...

I will be honest, this makes me feel a whole lot better about my POV on 2023.

Sometimes a guy who yells a lot is just a bad teammate.

Besides him being a great teammate and hitter, I am going to miss the annual Decline of Abreu threads most of all.

Honestly it is almost certainly BS.

What if it was the focal point of a Ohtani deal?

Darn it, now I want Luis Robert traded.

I keep feeling like this. The 2020 and 21 White Sox are still in there somewhere. I know last year poisoned the well, especially for any predictive formulas, but I really feel like the worst case scenario with TLR happened last year, and that this year will be much closer to 20/21 than 22.

This is official now.

Nah. It means they are taking their time to find people. I would be more upset if it was in place on Day 1 because that means that the team dictated who the staff would be to our new manager.

If we are talking about someone who isn't an important piece of the future, this wouldn't be the worst thing. Of course, we will turn him into a RF.