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Witt Jr. off to a very slow start. Until now.

Reportedly swings RH, but perhaps Getz project ing the need for a switch hitting approach.

Hey, the A's are a talented young team on the rise!

Alek Manoah In golf, it was David Duval that just lost it.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-city-connect-2-0-jerseys-revealed Hard to go wrong with Hank Aaron powder blue or those KC fountains jerseys. Pitt looks like a metal band shirt. Padres got too conservative after the last hyper-colorful one.

Then you have that controversial $2.4 billion pe injection from California as well....10% media rights share. Seems USC Michigan UCLA Oregon are all fighting for bigger pieces of the pie but the lower tier schools like an Iowa or Nebraska would still receive $110 million injections. You can see the hands of Saban Meyer and Texas Tech mega booster all over the Trump proposal trying to swing balance back to the SEC/Big 12. Read somewhere that Iowa this season had an $8-10 million war chest for men's bb after being in the $1.5 million range under Fran McCaffrey. With Pryce Sandfort they could even have had a shot at title but probably still come up short. The Athletic currently has 11 of Top 25 women's bb teams for 2026-27 from BIG. Not just barely making tourney, but Top 1-6/7 seeds. USC has last three players of the year in Watkins J.Davidson S.Hall on roster. UCLA will reload.

Especially with Detroit on the precipice of 4-9 and a four game sweep at the hands of the Twins. Anyone in the division but the Sox could win or at least get the wild card. Twins have already had an MLB leading 36 at bats with the bases loaded somehow this season. 3-1 Twins/8th inning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellerbe_Becket You'd have to think they would be involved somehow... OR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNTB original architects for Kauffman

333/895 of course!!! ESPNLuis Robert Jr. - New York Mets Center Fielder - ESPNView the profile of New York Mets Center Fielder Luis Robert Jr. on ESPN. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.

Acton making his big league debut today for Minnesota and scuffling a bit. Congrats on a win in his debut!!! 4-0 sweep of Detroit, P.Meadows sight be out for at least a couple of weeks with a concussion that could have killed Riley Greene, too. Acton attended Lemont High School in Lemont, Illinois.[1] He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 35th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and played college baseball for the Illinois Fighting Illini. He finished his career at Illinois with a school record 25 career saves.[2]

https://zonecoverage.com/2026/mn-twins-news/hawkins-and-sizemore-are-the-twins-done-did-it-guys/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjw-eKIwOGTAxWfr1YBHUbDFmoQFnoECAcQAg&usg=AOvVaw1cxtpXpDvCz88WlOJT4iD8 “I think Hawk(ins) and Grady were the two guys that I targeted right off the bat,” Shelton said in a Zoom Call last November. “I mean, Hawk was a little bit easier because of the fact that he was within the organization. That was a very quick conversation and obviously offered him the job. With Grady, it took a little bit longer, but he is someone that I targeted.

Why/how has Emerson fallen?

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/white-sox-to-honor-superfan-pope-leo-xiv-with-pope-hat-giveaway-144357500.html At least one sellout this year...

7-6 Twins 4-9 Tigers

4-22/3-18 streak against KC isn't much better. 28-49 since 2021 Last head to head winning record 2020.

https://www.mlb.com/player/tristan-gray-656484 Tristan Gray was going to finally retire if he didn't win a big league job this spring....White Sox didn't give him much of a chance. https://seattleontap.com/blogs/sports-on-tap-seattle-blog/from-retirement-talk-to-grand-slam-the-tristan-gray-story-nobody-saw-coming%3Fsrsltid%3DAfmBOop189-VxbBDhocLzM8m-mqKdqRWjHvTvsNg01Q-FyWN56SM3iwr&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiavdb5uuGTAxXiLLkGHRiPBycQFnoECAQQAg&usg=AOvVaw1mRYJGp5VCi9cJjtjAU3jw Less than two weeks ago, Tristan Gray was having a very different kind of conversation with his wife Madelyn. At 30 years old with just 122 Major League plate appearances under his belt after nine years of professional baseball, retirement wasn't just a thought experiment anymore. It was becoming a real contingency plan. Then everything changed in 24 hours. The next day, Gray got the call: he'd made the Twins' Opening Day roster. By Friday, he wasn't just in the lineup. He was hitting a grand slam in the home opener against the Rays, capping a seven-run seventh inning and sending Minnesota to a 10-4 win at home.

Tatis and Semien staying with the Sox, along with Chris Bassitt... Then you have Lopez Gio Sale Q Crochet Rodon Cease.

White Sox would simply argue not a priority...they slrrsdy have two big league catchers better than combinations on all but 4/5 other teams.

CHW 1030 Miami 1027 LET’S extend from 2011-2026...

MLB Wins 2011-2025 LAD 1390 NYY 1320 StL 1258 CLE 1249* TB 1246* ATL 1245 MIL 1239* BOS 1225 HOU 1208 SFG 1186 TOR 1181 CUBS 1179 PHA 1168 SEA 1167 NYM 1165 WSH 1164 TEX 1152 OAK 1135* AZ 1132 LAA 1126 SD 1119* DET 1118* BAL 1116* CIN 1102* PIT 1100* MIN 1097* KCR 1080* Getz Team 1 CHW 1030 Getz Team 2 MIA 1026* COL 1000

https://sportshandle.com/mlb-cost-per-win/ The money has been there from 2011-2023. Pretty much dead middle of the pack at spending per win. 2024-25 make the numbers look a bit better....but even those tecord low twin totals are offset by lower payrolls. Mostly big market playoff teams on top...Rockies also stand out for wasting a lot of money. Small market/highly efficient teams proliferate at the bottom.

https://www.si.com/mlb/guardians/onsi/news/how-the-cleveland-guardians-can-replicate-the-success-of-the-1980-s-and-1990-s-01km1p0swmhg&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiwv9H72uCTAxVLPUQIHf86EGIQFnoECAYQAg&usg=AOvVaw3oI5TClz09w3CcmAJRya3G "If anything, this year, the group of young, talented players that make up the minor league system has a chance to set the organization up for future success. Whether it's starting arms that have a chance to anchor the back of the rotation or prospective bats that are looking to be game-changing, Cleveland's young core will be what makes or breaks the upcoming season. "After targeting hit-over-power types in the Draft and on the international market for several years, Cleveland has assembled perhaps its best collection of power prospects since Albert Belle, Brian Giles, Manny Ramirez, Richie Sexson and Jim Thome were percolating through the system in the late 1980s and early 1990s," wrote MLB Draft and prospect writer Jim Callis. Comparing Cleveland's current makeup to the generation that helped put The Land on the map says a lot about how Callis views the organization today."

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&type=36&month=0&ind=0&startdate=&enddate=&sortcol=1&sortdir=default&pageitems=30&season1=2026&season=2026&qual=5&pagenum=8 112 Leasure 110 Newcomb 106 Taylor Hicks 102 C Murphy 100 Kay 98 Burke 97 S.Smith 89 Fedde Martin

Former Hawkeye basketball star Chris Street's hometown...passed away in 1993 in a tragic snowplow collision.

Same with the 1962 Mets and their loss record.