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Ron now gets ZERO emoji's for always being so obsessed with them...reverse psychology. It's like if you talk or complain about not having a g/f, then you definitely won't get one and might be called an INCEL. So always yourself, be confident, know that you will never please all of the people all of the time no matter what efforts you undertake...then you will have more (emojis/girls/$$$) than you know what to do with, lol. Or maybe you TOO can implement a strategy or policy of saying things that are so ridiculous/outlandish/hot-takeish (let's call it the My Pillow Guy or Mike Lindell Special) that you manage to pile up 100's of emoji's and chase down Fathom, Southsider2k5 and CWS...before you draw the ire of nearly everyone on the board and are declared persona non grata pretty much.

I could probably add a quotation from Fahrenheit 451 but will refrain...

Why in God's name would LaRussa, a HoFer baseball person and second all-time in managerial wins (almost) listen to Rick Hahn? It's like the scouts in MONEYBALL (Grady Fuson) listening to Jonah Hill/DePodesta at that awkward/uncomfortable table in the conference room.

Kelly's struggles are UNLIKELY to be correlated to offseason work...there's a million other factors that could possibly be in play, and speculating over the internet is completely worthless and at best idle speculation unless we're provided something a bit more concrete to roll with.

https://www.mlb.com/news/fernando-tatis-jr-hits-grand-slam-vs-mariners OPS up to 1.111, average now over .300.

That was probably me, lol... I was just taking the Devil's Advocate position they couldn't possibly spend $173 million...this was, of course, months and months before the 14 year extension, the longest contract in MLB history (well, technically Bobby Bonilla, haha), was announced. That the Wil Myers and Hosmer contracts would serve as a drag, along with Machado's...and this was also before they added Clevinger, Darvish (another big salary), Musgrove and Snell from the Rays. https://www.eastvillagetimes.com/the-san-diego-padres-with-money-to-spend/ 2009 – $42.79 (29th) 2010 – $ 37.79 (29th) 2011 – $45.86 (28th) 2012 – $55.24 (30th) 2013 – $67.14 (26th) 2014 – $90.09 (21st) 2015 – $100.67 (22nd) 2016 – $112.89 (17th) 2017 – $71.62 (28th) 2018 – $96.13 (25th) Finally, the new ownership group led by Ron Fowler and the O’Malley heirs ramped up payroll from 2013 and beyond, minus the 2016 season, which saw the beginning of a veteran-based “retooling” program (Shields/Kemp/Upton, etc.) and that also saw the team invest an amazing $80+ million in international signings and another $16+ million during that year’s first-year-player draft-eligible players’ draft. So even when seeing the team’s major league payroll drop during the 2017 season, the team spent almost $100 million on amateur talent, which created the foundation for what is currently the top-rated farm system and envy of all of baseball. This hot lava really was brought on by the tremendous investment that this ownership group gave the green light to. On top of all this, the team has now given out the three largest contracts in team history in three successive seasons. 2016- James Shields Free Agent- 4-years/$75 million 2017- Wil Myers Extension- 6-years/$83 million including a $20 million team option for 2023 2018- Eric Hosmer Free Agent- 8-years/$133 million 2019 Manny Machado Free Agent 8 years/$240 million 2020 Fernando Tatis, Jr. (internal) 14 years/$340 million (some deferred) (Note: FIVE, count 'em FIVE, contracts bigger than the biggest in White Sox history for Yasmani Grandal...and a CJ Abrams extension would be #6.) ... Now let’s talk about the sheer amount of money and revenue in the game of baseball, and specifically, the amount for the San Diego Padres. Forbes has recently valued the Padres organization at approximately $1.3 billion, which is quite a jump from the $800 million total the Fowler-led group acquired the team for only six short seasons ago, with estimated revenues of $266 million and an operating income at approximately $26 million yearly. The twenty year Fox Sports San Diego (now Bally Sports) deal signed in 2012 also brings in on average $50 million yearly to Padre coffers. Contributing to, and adding to the windfall major league teams are bringing in, are the recent sale of BamTech to Disney, where each team received proceeds approaching another $50 million. The league also extended National TV rights for another seven seasons starting in 2021 thru the 2028 season for $5.1 billion. Those national TV rights are spread throughout the league among ownership groups and certainly give teams more money than ever before. So going into this off season, with the top farm system in baseball and money to spend, this ownership group has one thing in mind, and that is putting their money where their mouth is and putting a winning product out on the field.

Absolutely nobody, not even his own doctors and Sox team doctors...could make that kind of determination on May 23rd. Also no reason to have any certainty that Engel's suddenly going to set the world on fire coming off a major injury to his top tool (speed/defense/baserunning) and put up higher than a 675 OPS. Especially when those numbers in 2020 were padded by the Detroit and KCR pitching staffs.

Burger/Burgatron ended up with two doubles and a single... .259/.962 Lindgren and McRae imploded, giving up 5 runs combined in the late innings to blow the lead for the Knights. Rutherford 3/5, he and Sheets have some pretty decent numbers overall, but, it's Charlotte and they're unlikely to throw an unproven player into the big league mix without first exhausting the trade market.

JR didn't kick in the money for the professionally-designed jewelry piece (Machado's $240 million came in quite handy), though. The Sox one was more like a toy in comparison. “Manhattan-based Rafaello & Co. has designed pieces for celebrities such as Jamie Foxx, the Kardashians, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Drake and Jay-Z. The company, popularly known as the “jeweler to the stars,” recently received an order from Padres third baseman Manny Machado. On Saturday, a chain depicting the Padres’ “SD” logo in brown and gold made its Petco Park debut, with Machado placing it on catcher Austin Nola before the postgame interview following the 6-4 victory over the Mariners...”

We just don't know nearly enough to make any firm evaluations of Andrew Vaughn at this point...work in progress.

Goldschmidt was an 8th round pick out of Texas State...I think you mean MLB-level production expected out of that position in line with him, not his status as a "top prospect."

Other than PHing Vaughn today against Chapman...

Hahn, to be more accurate. Most of us saw this coming a mile away. Whether it LaRussa’s move or not, Hahn is the one who signed off on it.

See Game 1 vs. Twins...it will go down like the game against the Rangers in 2016 in Sox lore...or Jose Paniagua in 2003, Thornton vs. Thome, Jamie Burke vs. Torii Hunter, etc.

Wouldn’t have even been a save for Hendriks...but certainly did him no favors with bases already loaded against Judge.

Padres +13/+76 Dodgers +11/+72 Red Sox +10/+47 Rays +10/+44 Giants +9/+47 Yankees +9/+24 Oakland +9/-10 White Sox +7/+64 Cardinals +7/+12 Astros +5/+59 NL West and AL East rule the roost for now...

White Sox undefeated in hypothetical future innings that never happened. Hooray for that omniscience?

Above average hitting and framing catcher...but that doesn’t usually wear well in one’s 30’s. We paid a king’s ransom for past performance, and he only plays 65-70% of the time. Would rather pay a star caliber everyday player $20+ million and go with the likes of a Narvaez, McCann or Collins...invest the savings elsewhere.

Aaron Judge still has never had an actual walk off hit his entire career.

“Spinning” Swag chain custom-made by Machado’s engagement ring jewelers. Also work for the Kardashians and Beyonce, lol. That team is so loose now and having a lot of fun, the antithesis of the White Sox. Worn by Austin Nola and Tatis twice now. Spinning special effect is optional. https://theathletic.com/2608293/2021/05/23/fernando-tatis-jr-s-incredible-return-his-ceiling-and-tommy-phams-production-padres-mailbag/?source=freedailyemail

The only good thing to come out of this game was Vaughn getting a shot of confidence taking out Chapman.

Ruiz pitching with pen rested was worse...and really quite fortunate with Marshall only giving up one.

Too amped up...missing everything high. Have to let relievers start innings clean.

Thanks Hahn and LaRussa. Idiots.

Collins quite sloppy there...