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Baby steps in the right direction. I'm liking the idea of him in the #2 spot.

We usually visit at Thanksgiving but decided to switch it up this year.

that this arguably is the best we can do.

Literally last off season people were arguing for higher paychecks for players. At 5 mil a year he's at what the minimum salary should be unless you want owners to make insane profits.

As y'all know I'm an idiot. I'll be heading north to the frozen tundra of northern Illinois. But first we'll hole up in Hermann, Mo with a few bottles of Stone Hill Wine, then Saint Charles before making the rest of the way to my parents. New Years on the beach back in warmer south Texas.

@he gone. So maybe because it's early in the morning but I'm trying to follow this. He's not ready this season (2023) because for him to be ready in 2023 he also would have been ready in 2022. So if they say he's ready this season (2023) he won't be, but he will be ready in 2024 because they said he was ready in 2023. You're not ready until you've been ready for two seasons. So doesn't that mean if they brought him out on 2022 and said he was ready he would have also had been ready in 2021?

So am I. But as you pointed out his travel schedule seemed pretty full in the weeks after "leaving the team". I want to think the team convinced him to leave / fired him.

You really believe his doctor's shut him down?

While I'm still not a NIL fan, (I believe the colleges should be paying), it did help one of our local stars to hang around for his seventh season. (Not a typo) Finger: UTSA, Frank Harris prove NIL isn’t just for the big boys https://www.expressnews.com/sports/columnists/mike_finger/article/Finger-UTSA-Frank-Harris-prove-NIL-isn-t-just-17645527.php

Now those are some big league ball players.

In looking for things the Sox do well. They consistently underwhelm fans this time of year. Doesn't matter if they come off a WS season or the second most disappointing season in over 125 years of baseball in Chicago. Completely lukewarm.

I think you have to look at the total dollars, subtract a couple years, and see what the real average per year is. I'm other words do you want to spend, for example, $280,000,000 and spread it over 8 or 11 years?

I think it's more of an indictment of our recent attempts at filling right field. I'm really hoping this isn't our manager wanting a guy.

He'd be more valuable to our chances of winning a division if he resigned with the Tigers. But I'm fine with adding MLB experienced depth to our system.

But wouldn't teams that prioritize winning over finances be willing to over pay?

I've used it in pancakes. Cookies are an interesting twist.

BTW do we know if TA handles his own social media or has someone doing it for him? Those could be an auto bot just liking anything he's mentioned in.

Recipes?

The second highest bidder always sets the market.

Don't challenge them, they always prove they are more stupid than we thought.

If those balls are good for baseball why not use them all the time? I'm not 100% convinced this is accurate.

Top Rule 5 picks of the past decade https://www.mlb.com/news/best-rule-5-draft-picks-past-10-years?partnerID=web_article-share

My first reaction was yawn. But is there really anything with rule 5 that would have been exciting?

True.

I don't think I was replying to you. Lol the thread was moving fast.