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Os fans are about at the point in the timeline where Jerry forced TLR back into the dugout. They have to be losing their minds.

A highlight reel of our broadcast from my HS Regional Championship game from Friday night was featured on the Indiana Athletic Association's main page. I didn't expect that.

Wow they were even a couple of roster spots lighter than I thought, and I was on the far end of the low protection scale here.

If Tampa can't do it...

Quality rosterbating

Are we at the deadline? Is this it?

Sounds like BOS wants to free up 40 man space, which means not Lee, Teel, or Quero.

https://x.com/Britt_Ghiroli/status/1990911331038384543

Be interested to learn more about him. Looks like he missed 2024, and came back WAY better than he had been in the past. Dude struggled in his previous years at AAA, and then came back stronger, and was better in MLB than he ever was in AAA. Weird.

I think there is a difference between maybe a starter, and an established starter, and that's why he doesn't get moved. That's where the "selling low" idea comes in. It is shorthand for the difference.

I think "low" is accurate as guys who are still unproven and closer to the "prospect" bucket are valued lower than guys who are "proven" at the major league level. It's why a deal like the deal that brought Teel to the White Sox happen. Even though potential is high, it isn't realized yet, so those guys are valued at a fraction of what they would be if they were major league proven. If you sell him and he turns into a full time starter, you almost certainly sold "low" with how he would be valued as of today.

That's just depressing.

Looking at this from an acquiring team standpoint, are you willing to pay a starting catcher price for a guy who has his level of experience and success? If teams are not, I am not sure why Getz would be willing to deal him at a price of a part timer, or unproven player.

You also have to get someone to offer you a full time starter for him. I am guessing that is what they are waiting for.

No it is much better to give us this with every post.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6816195/2025/11/18/seattle-mariners-jorge-polanco-market-mlb-notes/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983&userId=6062851&source=dailyemail

4 years is right on the edge of where this team might actually be competitive again, so unless a deal is a steal, it seems weird to waste those first couple/few years at that high of a salary for a team having a cash crunch.

Yeah, this. There shouldn't be a soul surprised at this. Think 2027 or 2028, not now.

In full disclosure, O'Hearn is a place filler. He's a guy who you sign to do a job if you have nobody better to do it. Since the Sox don't seem interested in trying to their offday catchers at 1B, it's a move that plugs a hole and fills some ABs. You could definitely do worse, but I also can't see presenting this as some sort of a big victory either.

This is more of my line of thinking. I think the hype over a few of these guys is way overblown. While they have the tools to destroy the minors, the 2nd tier guys lack that extra something which major leaguers usually feature. The guys who seem to get picked in Rule 5 have more raw stuff with less refinement, versus tons of refinement without raw stuff.

I don't.

And then Jerry forced him to hire Tony instead of who he wanted, as well as not allowing Harper or Machado.

Which is exactly why Jerry wants a stadium in a location where he can draw more impulse fans, because the Sox are a very bandwagon fanbase. They take pride in it.

You were the one telling us previously that we should have all seen through Getz's previous lies.