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Probably not 3B due to arm strength…but we’ve got Rojas!

Soroka starting tonight for the Cubs against the Reds. Playoff implications for both teams. We will find out what he's actually made of at this point in his career.

Padres decided that Leo de Vries wasn't going to be able to stick at SS and would have to eventually move to 3B 1B DH. That simple. Cronenworth C.J.Abrams Tatis Merrill Machado Bogaerts X.Edwards...their five year history at that spot. We shall just have to wait and see how his frame fills out. Just like detractors of Preller are waiting for Miller's elbow to blow up. Risk/reward. https://sports.yahoo.com/article/mlb-rumors-why-padres-athletics-155930462.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjYs_r-p_KOAxWNm2oFHReVE-QQFnoECAkQAg&usg=AOvVaw2S68HXO1T8Pv3RqRcWdcXq Ofc the other factor to consider was they traded him to an American League team...

And Kopech was the most hyped of all…in many ways, at least in terms of being the centerpiece of the rebuild with Moncada.

Comparing kids that start at age 18 vs. 22-23 in professional baseball is really apples and oranges. "Tibbs entered his junior season in 2024 as a top prospect for the 2024 Major League Baseball draft.[5]" The Dodgers can easily afford to invest in talent and only need to be right 20-30% of the time. The point is you have to have a constant influx of talent with high ceilings...and then be able to develop that talent. And with the Red Sox holding onto Duran, that left a severely crowded OF picture with Yoshida Raffaela Anthony and Abreu. It's understandable but will probably come back to haunt Boston/Breslow. Ofc the Dodgers now have dePaula Z.White and Tibbs...and will still probably replace Conforto in LF this upcoming offseason.

The problem here is that the really top tier relievers cost so much in $$$ or trade capital because all the contenders need them to win in the post season and current supply (for the rest of MLB) is even less with Clase likely out of baseball. At least they should be able to finish ahead of the Twins, who still need to dump Ryan and Lopez and the Guardians will probably deal Kwan to LAD like they did offloading Naylor's higher salary this past offseason.

Realistically, they were competitive in 2008 2010 2012. Ventura's second season they started to bottom out. Then they had that "false flag start" of 23-10 in 2016 that provided them enough hope to make the ill-fated James Shields trade with SD after he'd won a WS ring with the Royals.

Has a team consistently in the Bottom 5 in attendance and 100+ loss teams with a 35+ year old stadium ever jumped all the way to Top 5 or even 10 in attendance in the Reinsdorf Era without a new stadium??? The biggest increases are Colorado moving into Coors Field and the Blue Jays after opening Skydome…

Highest bullpen spending after Kimbrel acquisition in 2021…

White Sox currently have the lowest save conversion percentage in baseball... 57.9% save conversion rate for ten "worst" teams with most blown saves still 11% higher than Sox % rate.

Angels 25 51% Red Sox 22 58% Rays 20 55% Rangers 20 58% Rockies 19 51% Mariners 19 58% Marlins 18 60% Diamondbacks 18 62% Mets 18 65% Pirates 17 59% Athletics 17 60% Phillies 17 62% Blue Jays 17 65% White Sox 16 47%

Fedducia btw Lots of scouts are raving about Tibbs potentially being a star. Rich get richer.

Nightengale going after the Sox/Getz "Sure, the White Sox didn’t get the offer wanted for center fielder Luis Robert Jr., who’s having another injury-prone, underperforming season. But guess what? No team shopping their position players got what they wanted either. The White Sox not only didn’t move Robert, but now are planning to throw bad money after bad money and pick up his $20 million option. If no one wanted Robert bad enough at his $15 million salary, why would they want him at $20 million? And what happens at next year’s trade deadline if they still can’t unload him? Would they throw another $20 million his way and pick up his 2027 option? Please, make it make sense." https://sports.yahoo.com/article/mlb-trade-deadline-awards-twins-100815925.html

Tray?

Does she also watch Korean dramas lol?

team era 16 Chi Cubs 3.94 3.46 0.00 3.64 4.23 3.78 17 NY Yankees 4.05 5.72 11.88 3.62 4.51 3.72 18 Chi Sox 4.07 4.00 3.00 4.01 4.13 4.68 19 St. Louis 4.15 2.77 1.13 3.82 4.50 4.04 20 LA Dodgers 4.19 2.08 0.00 4.54 3.80 3.95 21 Atlanta 4.23 4.67 3.38

Meanwhile Brandon Woodruff looking like a TOR pitcher again. Very patient to sign him to that spec deal with injuries derailing 2024.

Going after Montgomery with a ton of off speed stuff recently...

Sosa 746/Benintendi 747 Would rather have the latter than Bogaerts lol. But not as much as Greg. MLB Nightmare Brewers vs. Blue Jays or Tigers in the World Series

1. Rudy Law • 1983 77 2. Juan Pierre • 2010 68 3. Scott Podsednik • 2005 59 4. Luis Aparicio • 1959 56 Wally Moses • 1943 56 6. Luis Aparicio • 1961 53 Eddie Collins • 1917 53 8. Frank Isbell • 1901 52 Gary Redus • 1987 52 10. Luis Aparicio • 1960 51 Don Buford • 1966 51 Tim Raines • 1991 51 13. John Cangelosi • 1986 50 14. Rollie Zeider • 1910 49 15. Eddie Collins • 1923 48 Rollie Zeider • 1912 48 17. Patsy Dougherty • 1908 47 18. Eddie Collins • 1915 46 Sam Mertes • 1901 46 Sam Mertes • 1902 46 21. Jimmy Callahan • 1911 45 Tim Raines • 1992

Robert on pace for around 45 stolen bases..

If Robert puts up an 800 ops the remainder of the season he'll end up right at a 704 ops...

Batters - CWS AB R H RBI BB K AVG OPS TauchmanRF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .837 Sosa, L2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 .744 BenintendiDH 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 .752 Robert Jr.CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215 .652 Montgomery, CSS 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 .848 TeelC 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 .772 JulksLF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Baldwin3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218 .615 Rojas, J1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .507

Rojas again??? Sigh. Don't have much confidence that Sosa would be any better than Baldwin in the outfield, and more likely appreciably worse.

Now we get a sense for White Sox/Bristol/Appy League weather conditions for years and years...from the Speedway Classic. Cool idea but weather conditions are now getting dangerous.