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Even some Phillies' fans are wary about trading for Tatis, Jr., moreso on the payroll side. "The Phillies are operating at 10's of millions above their budget. Middleton doesn't mind losing money in an era where they win a WS, but he's not going to be willing to lose $100m per season. Keep in mind, every dollar the Phillies spend this year in free agency or trades is likely to be taxed at 110%. Ie, if they bring in Tatis......that's around $60m per season with the CBT tax. The Phillies have the 4th highest payroll in baseball. They are not cheap at all.....there's just a limit." https://sports.yahoo.com/article/phillies-predicted-blockbuster-trade-340-181305641.html Ofc this one seems to be more about getting rid of Castellanos and has zero chance of actually happening.

Detroit still.. unless they trade away Skubal for lower level guys and Max Clark/McGonigle both fail. The White Sox attempted to do this with Cabrera Robertson and LaRoche...to jump start things. But those were all Tier B guys. Tucker isn't even a sure thing to stay healthy as he ages out. Most Cubs' fans aren't even that interested unless the price came down to $325-350 million.

The Royals did it. But they already had Witt Jr. as the long-term centerpiece in place, along with Perez and Pasquantino. Ragans as well, from the Chapman trade. 106 losses to competitive...

There was a time and a place around 2017-18 where the sentence "White Sox scouts" wouldn't have been met with nearly universal mockery and derision across the industry. That was also before 75% of them were laid off or forced to take early retirement.

Foulke is the only one who had a decent career. Howry flamed out relatively early and Caruso became a role model and future inspiration for Getz's career.

Flexen, Carlos Carrasco...splurge on Jose Quintana OR Cody Ponce. LoL. "RHP Cody Ponce: Outside of the three NPB stars, no player coming from overseas is gaining steam quite like Ponce. Born in California, he played for the Pirates in 2020-21 and could now be poised for an MLB return as a much improved pitcher. Ponce spent three seasons in Japan where he had decent-not-great results before dominating the KBO last season with a 1.89 ERA and striking out 252 batters. Multiple scouts described Ponce’s stuff as “electric — when he’s right." theathletic.com

He has allowed the team valuation to fall from #8/9 after 2005 all the way down to 17th place. Not going to the poorhouse, but embarrassing for a market like Chicago starving for winning teams.

Bookended by whatever floundering the Broncos are doing on offense... GB is doomed without Kraft Golden Doubs No wonder 5-4 Chiefs still SB favorites, at least in LV.

Superstars >>> Role players

A 27 year old 1B/DH who has yet to make much of an impact in the big leagues... Surely the next Addison Barger in waiting. 40 on contact is a lot better than Elko and Wolkow, at least. But that would probably push Meadiocre out of the picture. Talent Ratings About Talent Ratings Speed Power Contact Xtra Rbis Runs Hitting Durability Team Success 39 85 40 71 90 61 84

"Each unit (four teams he coached for/with) was among the top American League teams in home runs. A big emphasis was the ability to generate power and drive in more runs. In 2025, the White Sox finished the second half of the season by scoring 4.85 runs per game. The Royals have notable power hitters in their lineup. Both Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez reached 30 homers and 100 RBIs. Bobby Witt Jr. just won a second AL Silver Slugger Award at shortstop, and Jac Caglianone is an emerging power threat. Caglianone could thrive under Thames’ tutelage. A lot was made about Caglianone’s ground-ball rate this season, and Thames could possibly unlock his ability to lift the baseball more. Thames has worked with both Luke Voit and Shohei Ohtani..." Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article312862009.html#storylink=cpy

"The Royals hired Marcus Thames to serve us a hitting coach under Alec Zumwalt, the senior director of hitting performance and hitting coach. This comes just three days after hiring Connor Dawson as a hitting coach." Apparently JR was unhappy that Thames was too friendly with Ohtani. Can't link the picture at top of article. https://fox4kc.com/sports/royals/royals-hire-another-hitting-coach-to-finalize-staff/

No. 9 Notre Dame (7-2, at-large) at No. 8 Oregon (8-1, at-large) We don’t think Notre Dame will be out of the playoff bracket the rest of the season unless they lose. The Irish easily took down Navy and a trip to Pitt in Week 12 will bring out ESPN’s “College GameDay.” After Pitt, Notre Dame plays Syracuse and Stanford. It’s hard to see how anyone ousts the Irish from the playoff with a 3-0 finish even if you want to quibble with their schedule. yahoo.com/sports

Insert here boilerplate WhiteSox2023 response about the Sox having the worst cumulatve record the last three years, so why wouldn't they also have the most DFA's?

Thanks for remembering my quote, Signed Ozzie G.

Wasn't it 3 1/2 gb the day the trade went down? They were kind of dead in the water as a team at that point.

Only Rockies/A's...maybe the Pirates or Marlins as well are worse alternatives. Twins wouldn't be much fun either, going from playoffs (beating Yankees) to a complete surrender much worse than the White Flag trade.

Except not spending has driven down revenues to the very bottom as well...only ahead of Oakland. No revenue sharing to rely upon as a supposed major market team. A disastrous last three seasons with RSN rights deals collapsing, cutting another $50 million roughly from revenue. Now it just feels like a death spiral...until at least 2029.

Maybe he can be reunited with firmer IU teammate 2B Micah Johnson...or catcher Josh Phegley. Retiring from baseball after the 2018 season, Johnson shifted his focus to creating artwork, a hobby he had only started 3 years before.[23] He opened an art studio in New Hampshire where he created physical artwork on canvas.[24] Johnson also ventured into the new and fast-growing medium of NFTs. He sold multiple pieces in early 2020, selling one NFT in April for six Ethereum or approximately $940. His works frequently depicted black children in an inspirational or encouraging light. On August 18, 2022, Josh Phegley was named the director of player development for Michigan.[26]

Ohtani doesn't seem like the type to hang on forever (like Ichiro did)...plus his body will probably start to break down in his mid to late 30s under all the stress of two way performance.

"When you combine the two player options, by leaving, Imanaga is turning down a guaranteed two years and $25.925 million in the belief that he can get a better deal in free agency. He’s probably right!"

Or they don't have the ability to make a one-time, lump sum payment without going to Ishbia.

Getz has zero ties to Benintendi. Any other organization would have just looked at him as a sunk cost and cut ties. Its only JR's stubborn nature that he wants to extract as much value from a contract until the point of no return is reached...but ask every Sox fan about Benintendi and they will just shrug and offer that nothing will happen until the 2027 trade deadline, if there even is a season. With Robert and Benintendi both gone, they will have the lowest payroll in the majors by then.