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He's actually from Kannapolis, where we have another affiliate. NASCAR promo with Seager's number on a die cast Sox car giveaway should seal the deal, along with trading for middle brother Justin. Friends & Family II.

$64-70/4 seems pretty realistic.

The Japanese Mookie Betts https://sports.yahoo.com/japanese-mookie-betts-seiya-suzuki-050100173.html Get the Iguchi/Takatsu Pipeline started again....bring back the gong, or something more politically correct.

This just puts them in a slightly better position to lose to the White Sox in the 2023-24 ALDS. Seager grew up as a Charlotte Knights fan, anyway.

We are going to strike early and hard, like when we won the offseason with dominoes LaRoche, Robertson and Cabrera falling one after another. Poop will be eliminated by a new scientific process that Elon Musk has yet to conceptualize. On the Metaverse, the White Sox will win every single World Series, to the point where every Millennial will be sporting a Sox cap and rappers will suddenly think the Sox are too bourgeoisie and no longer represent the South Side blue collar, Miller Lite-swilling working class.

There are no holes on this roster, only opportunities for players like Jimenez and Vaughn to fulfill their potential. Since Iglesias and Jansen will get multi-year deals carrying more risk, and nobody trusts Melancon to repeat, we will not only unload all of Kimbrel’s contract but fill one of our five remaining holes in the process. There are many teams like the Blue Jays, Angels, Phillies and Rays who will be able to absorb that $16 million for one season, and/or flip him for additional value if their teams are not competitive at the end of July. And my Shiba Inu already has me as a paper billionaire. I only need to find 2-3 more partners to buy the White Sox and set the minimum yearly payroll at $250 million. Yay, this is fun.

Fine, I’m going to switch over to believing we are actually going to spend $190-200 million. Anyone that suggests “settling” options, I will argue we are not dreaming big enough. That we should be aiming at Seager and Correa, and Conforto is just a rebound/value acquisition for a second tier franchise at roughly $90 million. And that KW is a coward for leaving the Sox when he once promised the White Sox would rule the City of Chicago again. I can’t remember who did that for a month or two, I guess it was the argument we could have Machado AND Harper. Pretty sure that was CWS, wasn’t it? So we can have Seager and Scherzer…because it’s not my money. That’s a lot more fun than Tony Kemp and Jorge Soler…and worrying about dumping Kimbrel for 50-75 cents on the dollar, etc. Dream big or go home. Just win baby, to quote Greg775 and Al Davis. Worry about the financial implications after we win the World Series and start talking about adding onto the stadium again, or building a state of the art facility that is the envy of baseball, or at least better than what Brewers fans get to enjoy in their protected small market. Heck, forget about the Tigers and Indians, putting up notice that the Cubs should be afraid…they have absolutely NOTHING to offer their overcharged fans, and their two remaining attractions in Hendricks and Contreras will likely not last the season in Chicago. Hopefully Balta will also see the light and come out of the darkness. Same with South Side whatever the rest of his name, Thad Bosley, etc. Let’s all jump on the bandwagon of positivity, starting with no longer questioning Tony LaRussa.

It’s easy enough for Sox cynics to claim it’s stubbornness…or trying to get back to even when you lost a huge bet instead of walking away and booking that loss. Maybe it’s the stock market psychology of being stung 5x more by a loss than profits taken. I would have made the exact opposite moves on Rodon and Kimbrel, but we will just have to wait and see how it plays out. As a big believer in what Madrigal was supposed to bring to the team…it’s hard to believe they could have been so far off in their evaluations in him in the clubhouse, as a leader versus a divider, overconfidence or rubbing some in the wrong way (see Adam Eaton), whispers about his overt religious faith annoying some. Obviously, he was a huge success at the college level. It just seems like a massive fail to go from three Top 5 picks contributing to the foundation to possibly none in less than six months if Vaughn is also dealt. However you spin it, that’s a disappointment (no matter how you spin it) without at the very least making it to the ALCS. And maybe it’s related to watching the Padres deal a boatload of young players because Preller got impatient to catch the Dodgers…instead of waiting for that group of France, Mejia, Patino, Urias, Naylor, Renfroe, Quantrill, Gore and Reyes to naturally crest. They got older and more expensive, but not better.

Nobody would take that deal…after the last two months and playoffs. Too much downside, when combined with his erratic Cubs and Red Sox history. Whatever you would value K.Jansen at for one season, Kimbrel would be $3-5 million behind.

You don’t compound the Kimbrel mistake by adding nearly the exact same amount in Segura that Kimbrel was going to require had you actually wanted him on your roster for 2022, which is quite obviously NOT the case. The point of the Madrigals and Vaughns of the world was offsetting the bigger veteran contracts. Now we’re just compounding the problems by creating more holes in the future (2023/24 and beyond) line-ups with veteran placeholders like Segura or Kemp. Meanwhile, we’ve lost $15 million more in payroll flexibility…which almost would have paid for Conforto in the first place. Which is fine at $190-200 million, but not so much at $170-175 million. Despite this article, I think the number of SoxTalk posters willing to bet their house on a $190+ million Opening Day payroll are few and far between. (It would look even more idiotic if they don’t find the right trade partner and they then carry Kimbrel into the season after LaRussa already acknowledged during the playoffs it wasn’t a good fit.)

Raisel Iglesias over second half Craig Kimbrel. Kimbrel was worth 0.0 fWAR to the White Sox, all of that value accrued to his time with the Cubs. And their respective ages are somewhat germane, as Iglesias will end up signing a 3-4 year deal with someone.

Todd, Adam…why not all three?

One guy over there has Scherzer for 3/$100, Eddie Rosario for $10.5 million and Kimbrel for Kolten Wong’s brother Keon, which will only annoy Fathom even more since the White Sox will never properly address 2B to his liking.

Vaughn OR Jimenez. Read it again. Not both. And there’s good odds neither puts up fWAR numbers to even halve what Buxton can put up in the next 5-7. Unless you feel that Crochet is the next Sale, it’s not that big a deal. That is, unless you’re afraid Jimenez is the next David Ortiz or Manny Ramirez, but that would only be in the DH role that Cruz formerly occupied, not LF. And there’s no comparison defensively since we would have two of the Top 5 defenders in baseball, not to mention Hamilton and/or Engel in reserve for RF backup. The comparison is that every trade is always sold as not just being for THAT season…Hahn is always spinning it in that most favorable of ways. No team will trade for Buxton without at least a 75% chance at retaining him, with the Rays being perhaps the only possible exception, and even they know value…but they’re going all in on extending Wander Franco right now. You can argue you’re paying a premium to trade with a divisional rival, but we still haven’t seen what those Dodgers’ prospects will do in Boston and Washington (Turner/Scherzer deal.)

Obviously, you don’t make the trade unless you have an extension agreed to with Buxton, exactly like we did with F.Garcia in the deal with the Mariners. It’s the exact same reason Hahn hyped Kimbrel and Cesar Hernandez as contracts for 2021 AND ‘22. Whether the Twins would give them that negotiating window, no idea. Probably it’s too risky for both sides, but the principle here is the same as the Betts to LAD trade. Hahn would and SHOULD be fired for making that trade without being able to successfully extend Buxton…especially if he suddenly turned in an MVP season and we ultimately lost him with only a QO comp pick in return to show for it. That extension is somewhere between the $75-85 million the Twins low-balled him with and the money that Berrios just received from the Blue Jays. There’s nowhere else you can get an MVP talent player at such a low price…you’re paying $25-40 million per SEASON on the FA market for it.

On the possibility of Burnes being traded…seems majority of Brewers’ fans were against it, some wanted Hader finally dealt, others preferred Houser. Pretty clear that many could see the outlines of that dominant rotation forming, with the idea of dealing surplus only to get a true haul back on the offensive side of things. Stearns is one of the best GM’s out there, full stop. They didn’t get a good enough offer “Their ask was really high and it didn’t match up. Only a few teams can or will actually trade for him. A bunch of teams don’t even try to compete (like the Pirates) and rival execs according to Passan called it too much. Eventually the value (control years) will go down where it will match up and hopefully he can be dominant for our favorite team until that happens.” https://www.brewcrewball.com/2020/11/18/21573332/milwaukee-brewers-are-calling-other-teams-as-they-look-to-add-hitters-per-report Also found this little gem from Jesse Rogers. Is it possible (for the Cubs) to compete this year and retool for the future at the same time? Rogers: Absolutely. The best way to do that would be to trade closer Craig Kimbrel. That's one guy out of 26 who impacts games every few days. It would be a loss, but righty Ryan Tepera was just named reliever of the month in May; perhaps he could step up for a two-month run as closer. Either way, Kimbrel could bring back a few good prospects while the Cubs continue on their winning ways. Competing doesn't necessarily mean winning it all. The Cubs could definitely do both -- even if they trade more than just Kimbrel. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31565787/the-cubs-actually-good-they-do-trade-deadline

https://instituteforpr.org/unpaid-internships-and-inequality-in-public-relations/ Why Unpaid Internships Create Inequity https://prospect.org/education/unpaid-internships-reinforce-racial-wealth-gap/ We could do this with Congressional internships or Supreme Court clerk positions as well.

That’s also how he ended up (eventually) getting run off everywhere he’s gone…he is unlikely to get another shot if he messes this one up.

Some year, Buxton is going to win an MVP and everyone will wonder why the White Sox didn’t make a run at him when you could get an extension for less than the price of Jose Berrios, a 2.5 spot in the rotation starter. So far, nobody has a very solid idea for OF other than about 25+ Ketel Marte trades that underpay Arizona, Reynolds trades that underpay Pitt, giving Conforto $100 million or Starling Marte $75 million at his relatively advanced age. Knowing the Sox, we finally end up with Frazier and he looks nothing like that first half 2021 version again. And it’s not like Jimenez is currently perceived around baseball as one of the safest bets out there…unless he DH’s, which the White Sox seem adamantly opposed to doing.

So there’s pretty much no way for teenagers to buy condoms without being further embarrassed to death? Heaven forbid, for Gen X it was scandalous buying a Playboy Magazine with the black wrapping paper to keep anyone from opening it.

They’re really claiming Avi can play CF, or Leury, lol?

https://www.startribune.com/twins-byron-buxton-trade-credibility-issue/600118187/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=twins We should just trade Eloy OR Vaughn and Crochet and 2 minor leaguers for Buxton, sign him to an extension and solve the diversity issue in one fell swoop. Now that would be ballsy, since the risk level would be extremely elevated. But those two guys in the same outfield together would be amazing.

OJ Simpson. The end. And when Anna Kournikova turned 40. USA gymnastics/Nasser case. OSU wrestling. PSU football scandal. Len Bias death. Ben Wilson. Jose Fernandez, Yordano Ventura, Oscar Taveras. Actually, Puckett and Clemente… Tyson biting Holyfield. 1972 Olympics. Russia over US in BB.

The odds are still better than 50/50 Giolito will be their most reliable starter at the end of 2023. He’s in that select group of pitchers (less than one per team) who gave more than 170 innings coming off 2020. And his numbers look a helluva lot better if you take out the Patriots Day start and the one TLR stubbornly refused to pull him and a bunch of his runners were surrendered by a reliever.

I’ll take which SoxTalk mod is most likely to make snarky comments for $500, Alex. It was 2021. See that number embedded in the link? Dick Allen’s point was that the layoff/short season in 2020 impacted this season, which is quite obvious to pretty much anyone…starting with games pitchers missed on the IL. 2019, 51 threw 170+, including Reynaldo Lopez, our own innings eater. 2018, 50 threw 170+. 2017, 45. 2016, 64 over 170 With even more focus on bullpen usage than ever before, the true number with two back to back 162 game seasons should equalize in the 38-42 range. Still only 1 1/2 pitchers per team putting up those IP, at most.