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Rumors circulating on the Dark Web a Ukrainian troll farm was hired to hide behind VPNs and bombard SoxTalk with likes and trophies.... Mic drop only works for those 2,000 and higher...after missing most of last year, it’s a daunting challenge to get back in the “race.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2020/12/30/chinas-planned-bitcoin-killer-sparks-major-concerns/#109ea0e8685c https://www.inkstonenews.com/tech/china-building-its-own-digital-currency-speculating-banned-it-wont-be-bitcoin/article/3043239

Makes picking up the option next year for Leury as well as Rodon far from sure things...

We haven’t had anyone DL’ed for dealing conflict stones to KG yet...

He did much better than expected for his age last year...? But he had a regular ST after opting out with divorce the prior year?

No need. My life has been an ongoing search for the next Roberto Clemente, from a scouting perspective, haha. Of course, nobody will ever be able to measure up to his off the field/humanitarian contributions. In my lifetime, Sosa (first 2-3 years), Eric Davis, Mike Cameron (as a Sox fan), Puig, Tatis and Robert are on a short list of the closest. Luis Robert has way more pop in his bat, much taller and not capable of taking those outside sliders to the opposite field just yet. In terms of actual hitting approach, Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., could be the closest today, but absolutely nothing else in common. His father lacked the foot speed but similar outfield arms and ability to drive any pitch within 10-12 inches of the strike zone in all four directions, but especially diving out over the plate and stepping in the bucker and still tripling . Ichiro Suzuki was amazing.

Shoulder injury (seems he can’t catch a break) the likely reason Ian Hamilton’s velo was 93-95 mph his last time out.

https://www.mlb.com/news/trade-deadline-chips-every-mlb-team-2020 Spencer Turnbull, Matthew Boyd, Forrest Whitley, Robbie Ray, Kevin Gausman all could be on the move. James McCann the White Sox name considered most intriguing/valuable this season. Another potential RF solution... Padres: Wil Myers, OF Under club control through: 2023 Depending whether San Diego ultimately winds up as a buyer or a seller, Myers could be part of any trade. He’s off to a hot start (.965 OPS, 5 home runs through Thursday's games) and makes a ton of money (he’s owed $40 million from 2021-22, plus a $20 million club option for '23 with a $1 million buyout). So if the Padres have a chance to move him, they would likely jump at it whether it brings back prospects or useful big league players. Our old friend Joc Pederson also on the market, potentially.

https://www.mlb.com/news/cardinals-return-protocols-plans-for-dylan-carlson https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/reds/2020/08/15/cincinnati-reds-pittsburgh-pirates-games-postponed-saturday-sunday-after-postponed-covid-19-test/5589673002/

Sneakier would have been deliberately not including him...thus forcing objective posters to at least consider him in the top 3-5 spots at the very least.

But then what about the Astros and Red Sox over 2017-18, not to mention the previous Ortiz/Manny Ramirez Red Sox? Perhaps more memorable because such a surreal year from beginning to end?

That makes zero sense. He will deliberately be under-voted, just on principle.

Second Basemen Scooter Gennett (30) Addison Russell (26) Devon Travis (29) Ben Zobrist (39) Brian Dozier?

That would placate LaRussa, at least...

That coincides with the beginning of the global pandemic. More competition, Ron’s wilting in the sun like Dutch tulips...

73%, no trailing AL team over 30% for 8th position...

That might get you a foot in the door at Manpower...

And I’m handing out trophies like the Blue Light Special at K-Mart...

President Trump called for additional stimulus checks to be sent to Americans amid stalled talks with Democrats over a new bill to address various issues related to the coronavirus pandemic. Both Republicans and Democrats agree that another round of stimulus checks should be included in any legislation, which is stalled after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ceded the GOP-side of negotiations to the White House and Trump attempted to bypass negotiations with unilateral action on a looming eviction crisis, student loans, extra weekly unemployment benefits, and payroll taxes. The president tweeted that he had directed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin “to get ready to send direct payments ($3,400 for family of four) to all Americans.” The tweet added that Democrats are holding up the stimulus payments, though there are several actual disagreements unrelated to stimulus checks. https://www.yahoo.com/money/coronavirus-stimulus-checks-trump-tweet-172756371.html Seems like a plan to blow up the debt to $30 trillion which will be withdrawn November 4th...then Trump will spend the next four years complaining about the debts he created for the American people

They already had Senzel, Moustakas and Davidson out 2-3 weeks ago...

Six minute, well-intentioned but badly conceived/poorly-rationalized/non-apologetic explanation on Insta.

Yeah, trust me...I followed him closely because he was my standout fantasy league performer all season long, right up there with Bellinger. This is solely about how BADLY he's looked in a 15-20 game sample size, so, yeah, you're right....not being fair. I just thought nobody's going to pick him because his numbers this year, but you can certainly make the same argument for Bellinger, for example. Harper, same reason, also on fantasy team and he was closer to a 2-3 than 10 war player as per usual, so there's a definite recency bias because this is all we've had to go on for the last 6 months and so it's fresh in our memories after missing baseball for so long. Valid points. Same with Rendon, although I like to see how his numbers hold up in the AL West first. If I went by PURE potential, you can squint and put Shohei Ohtani in the conversation still, but if the pitching's out of the equation, he becomes more pedestrial as a choice.

Name that TUNE!!!

D-Wade in the house...

They'll be down as long as their remaining back end pieces don't completely implode, the longer the better for Francona and Antonetti. Clevinger hadn't been feeling comfortable all season long. If his numbers mirrored last year, a much more difficult decision.