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I have to imagine with the idea of imposing a top end salary cap, we will see the NYM and LAD of the world sit this one out, or at least not spend on the top end of the market. It might actually be a strategic advantage for teams on the bottom end, if there is indeed a floor coming, to spend now to get above it before prices crash and it becomes harder to hit those numbers.

I can't remember the last time I heard someone complain about Jackson.

That doesn't make mocking it any less shitty.

Again, i will point out that you mocking the experience of minorities for a joke is a horrific thing to be doing in 2026.

I never stated a preference. I just pointed that that the only result of striking out less is not double plays. In fact, it is still one of the lowest percentage outcomes in the world of potential outcomes.

I will say this much on Schiff. I have yet to say anyone use phrases or descriptions of his talents that included coded references to his heritage, or aspects of his personality that go towards black culture.

Sure, but on average, more contact leads to way more hits than it will DPs. By a factor of 8 to 10X just based on how many hits versus DPs happen in a season. The vast majority of contact will end in an out either way, but contact allows for WAAAAY more hits than DPs. I know the focus is on DPs because it is the worst case scenario, but it is also one of the least common outcomes.

I will note this much. Most years, the GIDP leaders are in the 25 to 30 range. For strike outs, that number is typically over 200. Contact is far from a one to one when it comes to GIDP. The end result of more contact is most often more outs, but only a small fraction of those would be double plays, by average.

We need about 300 starting pitching innings of at least a decent quality. I don't think we need to have a superstar at the front, though that makes the post season potentially harder. But we HAVE got to get more GOOD innings from the rotation, as it relieves a ton of pressure on the back end of the rotation as well as the bullpen is able to settle into more predictable roles and routines.

Yeah, again, I am not sure what is expected here, other than some kind of royal reverence than isn't being paid to the right politicians. I know it isn't what they wanted, but the expectation seems to be that everyone had to sit and wait for these people to decide to allow them to do something, and then be happy with it, but that isn't way the private sector works. The Sox didn't get what they wanted, so they moved on to plan B. I have yet to hear where the City or State came back to them with a different plan, so here we are.

That's honestly probably not a bad thought, even though you were fully mocking the minority experience with the post, which is honestly really horrible.

All of the way down to the lack of pitching and the inability to turn out their own pitching to a large extent. We will see if they mimic their fear of being aggressive in acquring pitching.

I'm not going to lie, the parallels to the Orioles recent stretch up and down does scare me.

I would argue this was much more than a 7 game stretch when it comes to guys like Colson and Mune. That is severely underplaying the disaster that was their second half. Nothing about the playoffs was misrepresentative of what we saw a lot of in the rest of this season.

Yet his month in Chicago was bad enough to get a full write up and mention in a season ending article.

Of course Pham was a selfish asshole. That's who he has always been. Duh.

Looks like 19th I believe, without any consideration to anyone who would lose picks due to signs, overspending, etc.

Pretending nothing changed in the last few years isn't intellectual honest. There was no "stadium deal" here until the established land swap can get agreed to. The original plan changed when the state and city said and Ishbia was brought in.

This is 100% for sure. They could potentially negotiate some sort of land swap or other work around, but the state will not win in attempt to stop Amtrak from taking this property.

I will also point out the wailing about the Sox not being up front about their stadium plans as if they were hiding something is kind of dishonest. Their original plans were for the 78. The State and City said no. After that their plans switched. Why is that some kind of gotcha moment? Of course their plans changed, were they just supposed to be sitting around sad? Did they expect them to come crawling back on 35th, and that is the problem? There is also the fact that when they started all of this, the guy who is going to now be paying for the new stadium wasn't in the picture. He was still chasing the Twins at that time. How were they supposed to tell everyone their plans to build a privately funded stadium on the site when it wasn't their plan, and the guy financing it wasn't in the picture? Who gets away with writing this crap? It reads like an unedited press release from an Alderman.

Greatest broadway show ever, FWIW.

The TLR years were the worst. There is nothing more draining than going into a year with expectations and the team falling apart. At least in 2024 we knew it wasn't going to be good.

This always cracks me up TBH. Like what are they supposed to say? "Coach, what I am doing wrong?" "Have you tried not swinging and missing?"

Hopefully the phrase "Ol Yeller" is used.

Yeah, this is the game right here. The locals want their payoff.