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Except Leury playing so many games was definitely not exactly a good thing. Nor was lacking quality depth or patience behind him. See Lenyn Sosa, for example. Andrus really bailed them out.

Pathetic no radio or tv on the weekend. Just giving up to NCAAB. Heck Ohio State UCONN bigger numbers than Reds lol.

Let Vaughn play everyday. Burger has slightly less value if he has to go through waivers because he's really not a 3B. If Vaughn's not 100% then you can see Sheets...but still prefer him playing everyday because he's such an inconsistent hitter when not receiving regular playing time. He's really streaky even compared to the average MLB hitter.

They will never cut Leury until at least July and most likely next season. Leury takes the back up outfield spot over Hamilton Marisnick and Haseley. Romy needs everyday reps at Charlotte for now until he improves his splits.

He's rangy...certainly not fast or quick. Maybe you can argue slightly above average outcome speed when he gets going...but not fast accelerating. A bit reminiscent of Avi Garcia. Always has had a pretty poor arm and throwing mechanics. Reach means nothing without solid instinctual breaks on the ball and correct routes/reads.

Childish noise? I don’t think any owner in baseball would willingly pay $23-25 million for 2017 2018 2020 2022 levels of production. It’s the same paying Benintendi for 2022 and completely ignoring his three previous seasons. 759 ops and 108 wrc simply not enough for career MLB totals. Compare to Buxton’s level of production even when he misses so many games. 4.3 fWAR or whatever for 3 1/2 seasons (2017-2022, removing super ball 2019 and 202) just isn't good enough when he’s soaking up 1/8th the payroll. If he does perform to 3.1 fWAR projections…at least he’s not actively hurting their playoff hopes. He is sort of close to earning his salary…but nothing close to Jose Ramirez, who earns comparable money.

At least 3. 3.5-4.5 would be much better.

Since when did the Sox care about porous OF defense...?

Well considering he will miss at least half the season and there's only one closer in Clase on the entire list... "The White Sox … looked, back in 2020-21, like they were building a young core capable of competing for years to come. A .500, second-place finish in 2022 wasn’t exactly a disaster, but first-time manager Pedro Grifol enters a situation that’s suddenly full of questions. Can the offense thrive without José Abreu? Will Eloy Jiménez ever stay healthy? Did they really give five years to Andrew Benintendi? Is Oscar Colas ready to handle right field every day? Which version of Yoán Moncada will they get? (All of which pale, of course, in comparison to supporting Liam Hendriks as he battles lymphoma.) But beyond all that, there’s a question about the window here. Lucas Giolito and Yasmani Grandal are entering the final years of their contracts. Tim Anderson, Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly and Hendriks have club options for 2024. The farm system isn’t a strength. If not now, when? The core is young enough that it’s not exactly 2023-or-never, but this might be the last ride for this particular group." https://www.mlb.com/news/ranking-2023-team-tiers?partnerId=zh-20230324-861173-mlb-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20230324-861173-mlb-1-A&bt_ee=nnxPEg0y%2B%2Bbjp4cMhG1asGFTJKvZsYAsQRUjNfiUi%2B5ErALKeH7EVQQyInOlEUv8&bt_ts=1679665412943

Japan's 3-2 victory over the USA drew 5.2 million viewers across the FS1 cable network, Fox Deportes, and Fox Sports' streaming platforms, according to MLB. That made it the most-watched WBC game telecast ever on American TV. It was up 69% from the last WBC Final in 2017. FS1 alone averaged 4.5 million viewers.

https://theathletic.com/4338148/2023/03/23/world-baseball-classic-next-steps/

It's a lot like how the Guardians, Brewers, Twins and Cardinals run their operations...albeit not nearly as efficiently. Of course the Rays are in a completely different universe in terms of battling budgetary constraints.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/SB-Blogs/Newsletter-Media/2023/03/13.aspx "But much of that continuity hinges on MLB’s ability to work out a deal to have distributors carry those games. Sources say that MLB execs have had a steady stream of meetings with distributors, including Comcast, Charter and DirecTV. With two-and-a-half weeks to go before Opening Day, sources say the two sides remain far apart in those negotiations to have distributors carry games outside of a traditional RSN. Of course, my sources caution that two weeks is considered an eternity in these types of disputes. Expect these negotiations to get more intense, especially if Diamond Sports tries to get out of some of its more onerous contracts, potentially sending more teams’ rights to MLB. ..... I talked to several sports execs who have gone through a bankruptcy process. They all used the same words to describe it: complicated, unpredictable, long and potentially messy. “You have no control anymore,” one exec said. All bankruptcies are different with their own unique circumstances, with judges and trustees trying to decide on the best way forward. Observers expect Diamond Sports to analyze rights deals that it wants to keep, deals that it wants to shed and deals that it may be able to restructure. Diamond already is late with a rights fee payment to one team -- the D'backs -- though it still is within a grace period where it could make a payment without incurring a penalty. Sources say it also is looking into its deal with the Padres, which is considered extremely favorable to the team. Its next rights fee payment to the Padres is due before Opening Day, sources said. Diamond also is looking closely at its deals with the Reds and Guardians, sources said."

Here's where things were more than a decade ago...when the average value was just $472,000,000 per team. More than a 4x increase for the White Sox despite being terrible from 2013-2019. Years of historically low payrolls building up to the "unprecedented financial flexibility" rebuild finishing touches period, lol.

The chilli cheese fries concoction in a green Sox baseball helmet was decent...

This is dumb. Gordon was never a former #1 prospect in all of MiLB, although he was once famously compared to Derek Jeter (by himself). He also never came close again to his first 4 1/2 months of production in his rookie year. Moncada had a number of years of 3-4 fWAR, most famously 2019, his best season. Beckham peaked in his rookie season and went steadily downhill from that point in time. Beckham was All-American, Golden Spikes, etc., but nothing close to Moncada in terms of projected impact. More like Vaughn at 1B as a comp with his collegiate career, maybe a notch or two behind Andrew. One career of Beckham probably doesn't equate to Moncada's 2023 and 2024 salaries.

Quality of non Stone and Benetti spring training coverage. #30 with a bullet.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2023/03/23/baseballs-most-valuable-teams-2023-price-tags-are-up-12-despite-regional-tv-woes/?utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter&utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter&utm_medium=social&sh=2caabb126501 Mired in mediocrity, lol. Pretty sure franchise high was somewhere around 7th or 8th in 2006. Padres nipping at their heels despite loss of RSN at $1.750 and 17th. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194606/mlb-franchise-value-of-the-chicago-white-sox-since-2006/

Rodon at #35 really jumps out.

Guardians have six. KC has Witt. Twins have Correa, Buxton, their new Miami pitcher, Duran one of the top closers probably just missed. Only took Clase from CLE for closer with Diaz out.

Obviously Moncada, Lynn, Grandal, Kopech, and Hendriks not being there are some key names to watch...as well as those relatively low placements for Luis/Lucas/Eloy. No Benintendi, either. Here's hoping Vaughn and Colas can put their names on the map this season.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35917450/mlb-rank-2023-baseball-top-100-players

Nope...

Shares of all the hand-wringing over Micker Adolfo a year ago...

Erick Gonzalez having camp of a lifetime but no spot and not a prospect… Still think Haseley has a 50/50 shot at last roster spot.