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But he even broke a major league record with his performance...

And chose over a team already laden with $450/500 million debt that he believed was being over valued by the Pohlads...and with no opportunity to build a new stadium. Also, not his adopted hometown.

All those early extensions are going to be grandfathered in. Cholowsky should get the first $100+ million Sox contract.

Ishbia related https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/can-the-suns-big-3-round-into-shape-for-the-postseason-082240078.html

We shall see how this one ages.... "The average exit velocity he allows has jumped by more than three miles per hour, and his hard-hit rate has jumped by nearly ten percent. His average fastball velocity has wilted by 2.5 mph, which is directly related to the five-percent drop in whiff rate. And, because of his recurring shoulder issues, his arm angle has declined by about five degrees since 2023, which factors into the next part of our discussion. Now on the fringes of the roster, the former closer is likely only safe by virtue of being owed $25 million over the next two years; no team will pay him that much for his recent production, and the Red Sox are unlikely to waive him while soaking up such a large dead cap hit. As such, expect Hicks to be on the Opening Day roster in 2026, barring a bad-contract for bad-contract swap at some point this winter." https://talksox.com/forums/topic/90434-is-jordan-hicks-too-broken-for-the-red-sox-to-fix/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwi3jcaN3t2TAxUGmGoFHfIBEZcQFnoECAMQAg&usg=AOvVaw1kYsCoJNLTf_63rHK2YPKM

Vitello won't last long at this rate.

Cade Horton out for 1 1/2 years TJS

Cade Horton out for 1 1/2 years TJS

Look at the top teams on that list. Almost all playoff teams. Minnesota has always been better with scouting/development. Pirates the most promising "bandwagon" team. Colorado the only one in top half that could be described as foundering. Braves near bottom is interesting. But their intl guys like Acuna... Another great chart would be career fWAR of intl players ranked by cumulative fWAR by original team of signing. SHOW ANYTHING.

They've given up the most runs in mlb so far though. I know...distribution.

His SFG BOS era's last year should have indicated that well enough to send up a bright red warning flag. Getz tried to outsmart everyone but probably got conned in the process.

Ofc, if Quero had been traded, Lee or Romo would be your starting catcher as of today.

Jeremy Haber lol. Look no further than who really runs the Bulls. Everyone else just a scapegoat for the real culprit.

Argued all off season that Quero's value and his slower bat speed/lack of power as well as glaring defensive deficiencies were not making him a slam dunk add for a contender to automatically just annoint for a starting role.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/ohtansh01.shtml Ohtani had a very good first season at 23 but his age 24-25 stats average out to around a 105 wrc and maybe a 770-780 ops. That's a bit lower than most are hoping for from Mune, yes???

Weather conditions. Sitting all day long. 98/100 velo from Helsley.

TRYING to homer at 98-100 with that swing plane almost impossible...

Eight Sox hitters in current box score with under a 700 ops. Murakami now sitting on the Mendoza Line exactly.

Would be ten consecutive losses at home to the Orioles. Thankfully not many witnesses.

https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/pitching/runs-allowed Leading the entire major leagues with 69 runs surrendered.

Balt 12 runners lob Sox 5

Smith first big league pitcher in history to not get through 4 ip while throwing 99 pitches striking out 8 and giving up no runs first 11 hitters didn't put a ball in play for Balt record was/is still 12 consecutive hitters to start a game 13th team k for Sox pitching

Will be fortunate to get through 4. Outside of Vargas this lineup has little chance to beat up Rogers...O's best pitcher. 58 pitches vs 10

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48370191/mlb-2026-international-draft-cba-talks-labor-dominican-republic-fraud-abuse-steroids-broken-deals Yankees' recent series of broken agreements and Sox lining up guys for 2028/29 Signing Classes just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

Los Angeles TimesDodgers collaborate with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami...The overwhelming popularity of artist Takashi Murakami's MLB Tokyo Series merchandise has fueled another round of colorful and joyful Dodgers gear. Why couldn't the White Sox do something similar with Mune Murakami's merchandise??? Artist literally has the same exact last name. "The Murakami gear was part of a record-breaking special event for Fanatics, in which the company reportedly took in $40 million across related merchandise and trading cards." Since then Murakami has integrated his art on Louis Vuitton handbags, a Kanye West album cover and the Kid Cudi collaboration “Kids See Ghosts.” He also had a solo exhibition in 2022 at The Broad titled Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow that included sculpture, painting, wallpaper and immersive installations. https://www.ebay.com/b/Louis-Vuitton-Murakami-Exterior-Bags-Handbags-for-Women/169291/bn_7116793397 For example, there's also the most famous Japanese living writer as well... 1Q84 (いちきゅうはちよん, Ichi-Kyū-Hachi-Yon; stylized in the Japanese cover as "ichi-kew-hachi-yon") is a novel written by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, first published in three volumes in Japan in 2009–2010.[1] It covers a fictionalized year of 1984 in parallel with a "real" one. The novel is a story of how a woman named Aomame begins to notice strange changes occurring in the world. She is quickly caught up in a plot involving Sakigake, a religious cult, and her childhood love, Tengo, and embarks on a journey to discover what is "real".