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Based on the spring so far... only Colas and veterans for this roster except pen possibly. Young bench/utility guys all struggling, Marisnick vs. Hamilton. Sheets outside chance as lefty with pop for final spot. Brayan Ramos looks the best of young infielders so far.

PROBABLY being the key word in your sentence.

Contract extension totally off the table. Jerry saves even more for the grave.

Shades of Giolito's Patriots Day Massacre. Royals came out ready to make a point with Pedro.

Bring back Arnie Munoz Jon Adkins Jim Parque and Felix Diaz. Ten year rebuild with Pirates/Reds/A's payrolls. Profits galore even at 8-12000 per game.

It will be the just focusing on XYZ pitch... getting work in, etc,

Debacle. The coach the Royals rejected for managing their own team.

Grifol will manage this one to win. Line up looks pretty terrible without Eloy Moncada Robert TA7.

Team Colombia beat the A's 3-2, lol.

https://www.mlb.com/news/jung-hoo-lee-next-korean-superstar-mlb https://www.mlb.com/news/world-baseball-classic-pool-b-preview

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35804308/world-baseball-classic-2023-mlb-impact-explained

The state of Illinois and Chicago from a financial and tax perspective certainly is relevant and will become increasingly more so in the coming years following demographic trends of blue staters leaving for states like AZ TX and FL, to name just three. Ask Melody Hobson if she thinks it is something to be considered...who is going to finance a new stadium for the White Sox privately, for example, in the future??? Reinsdorf owning basically the biggest share of NBCSports Chicago isn't the Top 3-5 broadcasting deal in all of sports anymore... essentially, the AL Central Division opponents in the long/er term will get bigger slices of the pie, the equivalent of revenue sharing. This year, the impact of those missed Bally/Sinclair payments/defaults might be more impactful as everyone adjusts financially, but the Sox are basically treading water and falling backwards on payroll from 7th to 12th due to spending increases by other teams as well as inflationary pressure in mega deals.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cuba-vs-netherlands/2023/03/07/719542/final/box

https://www.mlb.com/news/world-baseball-classic-2023-predictions-from-experts?partnerId=zh-20230307-845501-mlb-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20230307-845501-mlb-1-A&bt_ee=lbEl1TxrlCRxgzu2uad7ph2SLbnzbW5Pw5WZSD%2FXHjdCYe%2FGdjNiDV%2F6HYqksN4K&bt_ts=1678199040481

copy and paste 18 seconds, tops

Mitchell caught it?

https://www.mlb.com/news/best-player-on-each-2023-world-baseball-classic-team

14 hours until first pitch… https://latin-american.news/yariel-rodriguez-cubas-first-starter-in-the-world-classic/ Cuba vs. Netherlands in Taichung, Taiwan.

NL West would be suicide…compared to AL West. Would be a gauntlet with rebuilt Cubs, Cardinals and Brewers. Notice Harold provided Kelenic with a glide path to the postseason. Just like Royals, Twins and Rangers compared to Cubs, Cards, Brewers, Astros (one of the other suggestions).

Engel 2022 terrible, though? Haven't heard Cespedes' name mentioned for that, with LOTS of valid reasons behind that particular omission.

Mexico City. Tokyo. Vancouver. Havana. Seoul. Taichung/Taiwan. Hokkaido.

I hoped he received a $225 million extension the day he hit that walkoff in the FoD game into that cornfield. Favorite player other than Tatis Jr., peak Puig in 2013-15 and Roberto Clemente. OBP and concentration issues in the field will always fuel the fire for detractors...and not hitting 20-25 homers but instead focusing on batting average. He could legitimately put up 25/25 seasons the next 2-3 years...and do it quite easily.

Illinois is bleeding population as well cable subscribers. If they don't make the playoffs in the next two years and there's no new stadium and/or Chicagoland relocation...it's going take coin flip luck they get an ownership group that can ever challenge the Cubs like the Angels got in Moreno and Mets got in Cohen in those markets with multiple teams. It will look a lot more like the A's situation...minus the almost complete desperation/exasperation. IMO Milwaukee, Minnesota, Cleveland, St. Louis and the Cubs all have better ownership groups...certainly front office teams.

He seems to be getting a pass for his injuries/time off the field and all those self-created personal issues as well. By about half the fanbase, that is.

The question is how to fix those divides in the clubhouse that we all know about right now. An outsider like Andrus? Cueto obviously couldn't change things by himself...