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SP1 SP 18 Shota Imanaga L 32.7 Purchased (NPB) Jan'24 n/a 2.000 JAN 2024 CHC 4 31 ✖ SP2 SP 32 Ben Brown R 26.7 Trade (PHI) Aug'22 1 1.169 2017 PHI 33 983 ✖ SP3 SP 30 Edward Cabrera R 28.1 Trade (MIA) Jan'26 0 3.147 JUL 2015 MIA 49 78 ✖ SP4 SP 50 Jameson Taillon R 34.5 Free Agent (NYY) Dec'22 n/a 9.110 2010 PIT 1 2 80 84 ✖ SP5 SP 53 Colin Rea R 35.9 Free Agent (MIL) Jan'25 n/a 6.057 2011 SDP 12 383 105 119 Still hanging in there without Boyd Horton Steele

Scott Van Pelt on ESPN just posed the question, "Does every AL team but the Yankees and Rays just suck???" https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings/_/group/overall 11 (ELEVEN!!!) AL teams bunched up together within 3 1/2 games. (3 1/2 games also the White Flag spread). Then the Astros and Angels.

JD Drew?

So much apathy in the fanbase it would hardly register. Look at the Shark and Tatis moves a decade later. Barely register. That was also an incredibly competitive team in 1993/94 and still had a lot of the components from those teams. White Flag was a total shock. Now everyone is inured to that. Sox let Buehrle Thomas Ventura Fernandez Durham McDowell go, etc. Pushed out Ordonez Lee Valentin. Traded Sosa AND Baines. Pushed out Fisk. The only thing that will change the franchise trajectory at this point is new ownership and a new Top 3-5 downtown stadium.

Boyer hasn't officially converted on anything as of yet. Just vague talks with the Japanese tourism bureau about trips to Chicago for shopping and to see the Cubs/Sox...both teams. The odds facing the White Sox at the time of White Flag to win the division were in the 25-33% range vs. just 1.4%. The prize wasn't even all that great....Foulke Howry M.Caruso and the injury prone Barcelo. Two relievers and the equivalent of Jacob Gonzalez/Meidroth/Antonacci. It was really a salary dump of three veteran pitchers.

current odds to win AL Central (fg) Tigers 42% Guardians 25.7% Royals 19.6% Twins 11.4% White Sox 1.4%

Not even close. That was a veteran team that was foundering in the face of the Indians' dynasty. But listening to WestEddy too much has convinced you the team as currently constituted is a playoff competitive one. This is the exact same way they ended up holding onto Luis Robert past the point of no return in terms of his trade value. This is still a 70-75 win team with three starters and Schultz has never gone more than 84 innings in a season. You can't possibly be suggesting they trade prospects in order to try to compete THIS year? That's exactly how they ended up dealing Tatis/Johnson for Shields and $$$$ in 2016. If it was a stock you bought for $50 and now is at $90-100 per share, would you cash out now for profit or risk riding it down to basically nothing like TA Giolito Jimenez Hendriks Grandal Robert Keuchel Lynn R.Lopez Kopech etc.????

it was Gore Abrams Wood Hassell Santana etc. vs. a Michael King they didn't even know could start Thorpe Higashioka R.Vasquez etc. two pennant races vs. just one is a massive difference to a GM rental player vs. one it's much likelier you retain through an extension....by proving his worth to the org. via the prospect trade/iinitial investment of resources

Fine. What are they doing, then? Lip reported no talks of an extension yet on either side. Stalemate. You can't definitively say he can't/won't be traded before the deadline next year. They're going to copy the Angels with their failed plan for retaining Ohtani and end up getting nothing back in return?

And they have four top prospect outfielders to trade/choose from...just a matter of if they can wait two more years to add that youthful energy to their everyday lineup? Sasaki and X outfielder would be the trade...or Sheehan instead of Roki.

His dad was a great athlete but that mlb failure hangs over him. Would have been a better UGA running back. Does anyone take McGonigle/Wetherholt (the players they are now, as of today) over Roch ? Over Emerson? Definitely would be 50/50 on McGonigle…Wetherholt less value at 2B.

Sure click bait. Everyone knows the Sox are last in revenues. But all those major market teams are now considering how sustainable his current pace is and whether trading 2-3 prospects now and getting a friendlier extension and two extra pennant races is worth it....??? Cubs will likely lose Suzuki...could pair with Imanaga Giants need to make a huge splash with Devers struggling...could rival Dodgers with Korean CF Lee and Mune. But not a great farm system. Padres are always a threat. Seattle needs something to kick start that team. NYY acquire modern day Japanese Ruth to go with Judge Stanton Rice...Murderers' Row V2. Mets have Cohen money/resources. Rangers desperately need more offense. Rays Pirates Reds Brewers could all use another big bat. Red Sox offense scuffling like crazy. etc etc etc

Plus you get 12-14 years of control... And unless you believe the Sox are going to rush Hagen Braden Bonemer and Cholowsky/Emerson to the majors in the next 14-15 months...the White Sox won't be competing for anything realistically in 2028. Pretty much every projection model still forecasts the Sox in the 71-73 win total range for 2026. Which requires you to believe the Tigers will struggle to stay at .500 and that Cleveland will be no more than 3-5 games over .500 for the remainder of the season. What would the Rays Brewers Guardians do in a similar situation with a player? RoY comp pick applies or not? McGonigle Mune DeLauter right now…

Baseball America is the most legit publication out there. They know their stuff...definitely on prospects. This actually feels like a pretty realistic proposal Except for JR parting with much $$$. Makes a lot of sense for both teams, theoretically. White Sox need another OF...at least one. DBacks cash poor. It all depends on how likely it is they can extend Mune...??? Holding him until next trade deadline drops his value by at least 50%. Are we 100% sure a QO applies here??? Keep in mind, I already bought in and purchased a Mune jersey...not looking forward to this happening. But better AZ than the Cubs or Dodgers or Yankees.

The D-backs subsequently took Waldschnidt with the 31st overall pick (the PPI selection they got for Corbin Carroll’s Rookie of the Year award), and Waldschmidt kept right on trucking offensively in his first full season with a .289/.419/.473 line, 18 homers and 29 steals in 134 games, spread evenly across High-A and Double-A. You won’t catch Waldschmidt doing a lot of pre-pitch movement in his crouched stance -- all he uses is a slight lift of his front left ankle to load up and then yank his swing. He doesn’t expand the zone often either, leading to walk rates above 15 percent at both of his 2025 stops. The uphill nature of his swing makes him susceptible to sliders down and away and heat up and in, but it also helps him drive the ball in the air to make the most of his above-average raw power. With the ACL injury behind him, Waldschmidt can be more of a free runner in the pros, and he showed he was willing to push the issue a bit on the basepaths. Originally thought to be stuck in left field, he showed more aptitude for center at Double-A (where he was out of Druw Jones’ defensive shadow) with improved jumps and reads, and he could hold the position down if needed, knowing his power-speed combo would work well in a corner too. Standing 6-foot-4, Hagaman generates elite extension down the mound and repeatedly exceeded the seven-foot mark in the AFL. That would help his 93-95 mph fastball play up as is, but he also gets really good induced vertical break on the heater, ranging from 16-20 inches. The D-backs believe there might be another tick or two of velo to be found the further he gets from elbow surgery and rehab too. Hagaman increased the use of his 82-85 mph curveball after the trade, and it flashed strong depth and sweep. There’s a tighter, slightly harder gyro slider too, and his 86-89 mph changeup flashes average with good drop compared to the four-seamer. Hagaman walked only 6.1 percent of his Minor League batters faced in his first pro season, though that climbed to 13.5 percent in the desert. He relied on a lot of low-level batters chasing his stuff outside the zone to get there, and it’s a safe bet that’ll happen less against more disciplined hitters. Hagaman still needs to take on longer workloads, both in games and over the course of a season, and how everything holds up will determine his future place in an MLB rotation.

www.baseballamerica.com › stories › ml... 11 hours ago · 1. White Sox trade Munetaka Murakami and cash considerations to the Diamondbacks for Ryan Waldschmidt & David Hagaman. What? How can you trade... sorry not a subscriber so the article gets cut off, but the gist of the trade is there https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/dbacks #1 prospect outfielder and #8 pitcher Cash considerations FROM the Sox/JR? your what hurts, Wimpy?

Except CLE typically has playoff teams... the Sox might potentially have one. But imagine if he joined the Cubs with S.Suzuki likely going FA after this year...?

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/al-and-nl-rookie-of-year-watch-munetaka-murakamis-power-didnt-take-long-to-arrive-while-mets-nolan-mclean-looks-like-an-ace-220135308.html glowing writeup of Mune loved the last sentence of the blurb "Above all, Murakami has been a blast to watch, a fun-loving masher who seems to be enjoying his new teammates stateside and giving White Sox fans something to cheer about after several miserable seasons."

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mlb-viewership-up-44-percent-across-national-games-in-2026-the-leagues-best-showing-in-nearly-a-decade-170824713.html mlb viewership up 44% across various platforms

https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/40181524 Curtis Mead 752 ops Tristan Gray 721 ops

oldsoxMembers8 hr comment_4783549Author stats "I'm surprised Ramierez isn't there. Naylor, too." how is that the Mariners, Josh Naylor? somehow Jose Ramirez and Bo Naylor make a lot more sense here, logically unless I should assume Ramirez is really Julio Rodriguez instead.... ???????? the problem was my post wasn't copied into his response....so it was just stand alone, and looking at it hours after posting it seattle was also playing simultaneously... Erasmo RamírezNicaraguan baseball pitcher Erasmo José Ramírez Olivera is a Nicaraguan professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball for the Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, Detroit... Wikipedia

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Adductor killed a Robert season...Eloy with his pectoral muscle tear. Oblique strains/tears.

Everyone's already projecting 3B 2B other corner outfield for Bonemer. But they said the same things about Montgomery's defense. In fact, in the chat, it was mentioned once again moving him would alleviate back concerns compared to the wear and tear of SS. That said...having to live up to comparisons with K.Griffin, de la Cruz, Witt Jr., Tatis when he debuted, he's just not consistently going to be that electric type of highlight reel player (Cholowsky). Whether it's Swanson or Troy Tulo instead...a 4ish SS is still a big win. McGonigle or Wetherholt would be just fine as well...with more value than JJ or Bazzana as a true SS though.

Notre Dame fans would tell you otherwise...not sure of the Pope's position, though.