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Jimenez in RF should be automatic signal Hahn can't manage a roster. Same problem last year with Pollock there in April 2022.

This game started out quite similar to yesterday's debacle... except McClanahan can throw a no hitter anytime he takes the mound. Andrus leading off is quite similar to Leury in the same spot.

Only video feed at MLB.tv has to be Beckham...ofc.

Twins heading for just one game over .500 and rest of division under as well depending on results of Guardians' DH.

Crane said on Wednesday he had not asked permission from the Brewers to interview David Stearns, the former Astros assistant GM who stepped down as the Brewers’ president of baseball operations on Oct. 28 and moved into an advisory role. Shortly after, Crane said the search for a new GM would last into the new year, meaning the Astros navigated the offseason with assistant GMs Bill Firkus, Andrew Ball and Charles Cook leading the baseball operations department, Here's more on the Astros’ potential GM candidates and some names that have been linked to the club: Brad Ausmus Dana Brown Brown, 55, was named Atlanta’s VP of scouting prior to the 2019 season and helped procure much of the Braves' young talent, such as Michael Harris, the 2022 NL Rookie of the Year, and pitcher Spencer Strider, who finished second. Prior to Atlanta, Brown spent nine seasons as a special assistant to the GM for the Blue Jays and worked as the director of scouting for the Expos/Nationals for eight seasons from 2002-09, during which he drafted over 40 Major League players, including seven All-Stars. He began his scouting career with the Pirates in '94. He was a teammate of Craig Biggio at Seton Hall. Bobby Evans Evans, 53, was the GM of the Giants from the start of the 2015 season until Sept. 24, 2018. He was hired by San Francisco in '94 as a Minor League administrative assistant and worked his way up from there. He was promoted to director of Minor League operations in '98, to director of player personnel in '05 and to vice president of baseball operations in '09. Prior to the Giants, he worked in the Commissioner’s Office in New York for three years. James Harris Harris was promoted to the assistant GM of the Guardians last year after joining the organization in December 2016 as the director of player development. He spent most of '16 as a special assistant with the Pirates after three years as the chief of staff for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and nearly six years working at the University of Oregon. He was also a consultant for the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers from 2008-12. mlb.com https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-potential-general-manager-candidates

Good utilization of French word ennui most connected in this case to concepts of boredom/routine/apathy.

“Just keep going. That’s all,” said Grifol of his message to López. “He’s given us plenty of good innings in the eighth and ninth. Just keep going. Don’t get down on yourself. You have good stuff. You are good at what you do. Just keep going.” “That’s the toughest part about being a reliever is putting a game like that behind you and getting ready for the next game,” White Sox starter Michael Kopech said. “Ultimately, he’s a professional, and I know he’ll be able to do that. But it will probably feel like a long night for him.” López topped out at 99.1 mph on his four-seam fastball, according to Statcast, and his 99.1 mph average velocity was down 0.7 mph. Overall, López’s stuff felt good, but it was a case of bad location as he explained after the blown save. “Yes, bad location,” López said. “I couldn’t hit the spot today.” “He left two pitches up and they did what they are supposed to do with it,” Grifol said. “But give him the ball tomorrow again. He’s done it for us this year, and he’s gone multiple innings and plus-ones. So, I’m not losing confidence or any faith in López.” mlb.com

Big Game James Shields was arguably the Royals' biggest FA signing. Cueto trade at midseason. Zobrist. Edinson Volquez... but 85% homegrown or trades like Lorenzo Cain and Escobar from MIL.

Hello, Yasmany.

Where did they find money from the 2022 payroll in order to pay Benintendi? It was arguably Pollock and Abreu among the position players. It wasn't Leury Garcia. That particular money was "spent/sunk" anyway. If they had gotten stuck with Pollock for another year...arguably no Benintendi, unless they were going to stubbornlly play him in RF too.

That's the ONLY way they can get back to the playoffs. They would be doomed (at least under the Reinsdorf Regime) having to compete with the Cubs Brewers and Cardinals. From all indications, media rights deals will eventually after this Bally/Sinclair mess is sorted out properly will be spread out or allocated/distributed more evenly in the future to give the bottom 10-12 teams in terms of revenues/profitability more than a puncher's chance... but the White Sox will always start out at least $75 million ahead of those three small/mid market franchises in Detroit, Cleveland and Minny. They'll lose KC arguably the most weakly positioned to compete going forward...

Engel and Moncada not tagging against Minnesota/Buxton and getting caught trying to get back...the Josh Naylor disaster early in the season that really set the tone, kust too many to count. Pollock dropping balls in the outfield that almost landed on his head when he was foolishly inserted in RF. Let's not get started with walking Dodgers down two strikes to face Muncy or almost never getting a challenge for replay right.

AL East: Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays. AL Central: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins. AL South: Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers. AL West: Las Vegas Athletics, Los Angeles Angels, Portland Mavericks, Seattle Mariners That's assuming LV, Portland/Salt Lake City and Nashville as the three new entries. Have some weird ones like Colorado in the NL Central and the Rays in the AL South. AL East and NL West would still seemingly have the most firepower. https://sports.yahoo.com/column-another-domino-falls-road-195338414.html

Unless we kidnap Rays' front office...Brewers/Braves pitching development staffs

At LEAST during the rebuild we had a loaded minors to follow...heck, even Viciedo/Beckham at BIRM for 6 weeks was fun back in the day. This is just bleak.

Hard to love college sports like the past when your team totally changes from year to year. Ironic because Caitlin Clark will make millions through NIL staying at Iowa of all places for two more years rather than going to the WNBA. That's how bad things are that I have to follow the Padres lol... because USC and UCLA are dooming Iowa in Big Ten West and Oklahoma/TX to SEC is really dooming OU minus a major coaching/recruiting miracle. (That said having QB run of Heupel J.White Bradford Mayfield Murray and Hurts pretty special... won't happen in another lifetime.)

The trade deadline with anyone but Hahn making decisions will be the most interesting period of the next 9 months... because Ohtani and FA's aren't happening. If anything... Ohtani joins Suzuki on the Cubs if not LAD NYM NYY SD. That will REALLY suck if the Cubs end up rebuilding in less than three seasons and making the postseason. But at least more pressure on Sox to respond... maybe?

4 homers in less than a month versus one all of last year...something like that.

Since he wasn't considered good enough for the Cuban National team... well maybe against the Royals? 92-94 mph a bit underwhelming for that particular role.

Maybe from Preller... if he hadn't already dealt them all for Soto and Hader lol. We could use a bonafide young stud catching prospect for once. Z.Collins lol.

He had the right instinct to use Rodon out of the pen in 2020 (maybe not in that exact situation with runner on)... who would be one of the best pitchers in baseball the following season. Ofc if they had signed Wheeler instead of Keuchel everything turns out differently... then the Crochet injury on top of everything else.

Good Cueto and Andrus... Abreu>Benintendi and Hendriks out.

Nobody in the AL Central even deserves to go to the postseason. Clear as day.

fought... past tense, then classic Sox offense stops scoring and rests on it's laurels

Twins look like the White Sox on defense this inning lol...yet another potential bullpen loss the way things are going.