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Shows how much I was paying attention to those Marlins games, lol...55 year old son, Todd’s brother. He coached until he was 67. Who were they talking about coaching until he was 82?

Yet Stottlemyre’s running out there at 82...and the Marlins, for as many youngsters as they have, are middle of the road in the MLB without an exceeding amount of highly-touted prospects.

I forgot Bruce Lee...that was awesome, too. I must have fallen asleep there somehow...never adjust completely to jet lag from China, 4 p.m. show is like the middle of the morning.

Jon Adkins...

If they want to claw back a year of control...and they don’t spend big in free agency, then there’s no pointing in pushing Kopech too hard next year in the majors. He’s only going to throw 130-150 innings anyway.

DiCaprio and Pitt were great together. Telling the Tate story without giving her much dialogue was an interesting decision. One or two too many shots lingering on the hippie girl’s butt as she was sweet talking Pitt on Ventura, Hollywood or Melrose. As much as researchers try to figure it out, nobody has cogently explained the hold of Manson on those kids. Finally, favorite scenes were with the precocious Trudi...and missed the Luke Perry cameo somehow. For a director known for violence (and certainly the gruesome true story underpinning the events), it wasn’t that type of movie, it was a love letter to that period of cinema and the way things used to be. Maybe a bit of self-reflection on the director’s part that the things you used to be able to get away with back then are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Crawl was actually the best alligator/crocodile movie of all time, although a low bar for sure. Art of Self Defense already gone after one week, was meaning to watch that...although Zombieland 2 is enough Eisenberg for me. The Lion King was strangely disappointing. Just too much cognitive dissonance laying that soundtrack over real life animals in nature...Seth Rogen for once made it more tolerable.

Very realistic if it’s approached like they did with Robertson, LaRoche and Cabrera. If they just wait until the last minute instead of picking those guys off one by one in an organized November/December blitz of signings, they’re going to be left sorting out the Jake Odorizzis, Jonathan Schoops and CJ Crons of the free agent barrel.

By Pythagorean, we should be 40-60 instead of 45-55. That would give us another #4 pick in the first round, instead of 7-10. When all is said and done, we might be the difference between the Twins and Indians. 2-5 against the Twins, outscored 53-21. 12 games remaining. 7-5 against the Indians (J.Ramirez is white hot suddenly), outscored them 50-40. 7 games remaining. By runs scored and runs allowed, the third worst team in baseball, -103, 3 ahead of the Mariners (-20 games below .500) and Marlins (-24). We can summarize the progress as a #3 starter in Giolito and #4 in Lopez vs. just a 2/3 last year in Lopez. If you want to call it even now with Rodon and Kopech out, up to you. Moncada, Robert, Madrigal and Vaughn and “unprecedented financial flexibility” remain the main indicators of hope.

Liriano

The A’s and Rays are much better at this anyway...

The best spin on all this is that focusing on pro scouting (trades/free agency) is going to quickly become more important than anything else. Unfortunately, there’s not much obvious to trade with a lack of surplus wealth, which means free agency. I think everyone would be pleased if we could manage to have more than one successful signing out of 5-7, right? We need to be at 40%, although 60% would be the mark of some of the best organizations in baseball, typically. There has to some statistical analysis of FA dollars spent per decade and resulting fWAR...I can’t imagine we would be anywhere but the bottom 3-5 teams. At least be middle of the pack, the young core can take care of the rest if they develop as expected. But we desperately need a REAL ace to lead the rotation...as it stands tonight, we’re tied for the 7th pick with Pittsburgh.

Ss2k5?

Ruiz tops out at 96-97, right?

Back to third worst run differential in the majors. -103, just passed the Marlins.

He’s been the best Sox hitter the last two weeks.

They had Jimenez or Jay’s arm at 70 mph. I would guess 1/4th or 1/3rd of SoxTalk posters threw at least upper 70’s or low 80’s in high school or university...

To manager of Cork & Barrel?

Going from a 2.22 ERA seven starts ago (June 19th) to mid 3’s is more than just a couple of bad starts.

Just be thankful Danny Santana and Aaron Hicks aren’t still around with their numbers this year. The Twins spending big in free agency never happens. They have to decide between Gibson and Odorizzi as it is. The last time I remember significant spending was bringing in Phil Hughes, Santana and Nicasio in one offseason, but they still spread it around. Let Lynn go after 2018 and he’s pitched well for the Rangers. Obviously, if they had Cole and Berrios, though, they’d be on a completely different level.

And have fired GM’s twice and managers at least twice over the last decade...despite the Twins getting a wild card berth in 2017.

There’s really no place for him or Derek Fisher on that roster...

Just finding Buehrle alone makes him better than the other two, especially that low in the draft. Richard and Sweeney have had decent MLB careers, particularly Richard from that spot. Honel was probably selected because of front office pressure due to his being a local kid. KW and Josh Fields, the whole football connection, etc. Fegan was just on the score, said he’d believe they would go outside the organization for this spot about the same time they approve and actually sign a $300+ million contract. They were also disputing whether it was a demotion or promotion. Mentioned disappointment with Collins’ development as a catcher and hitting LH pitching.

Nope, just that Mike Shirley, Garrett Guest and Nathan "Don't Call Me Fred" Durst are the three top candidates to fill it internally...

Rabbit reporting the other name under consideration internally (two huge points in his favor, he signed Buerhle and is the co-founder of ACE) Nathan Durst--National crosschecker https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-durst-2856a76 Also has spent time with the Detroit Tigers. https://www.southsidesox.com/2015/11/19/9758258/white-sox-have-built-a-baseball-factory-with-ace Article about the progress of the ACE program...good stuff. School University of Wisconsin-Madison Nathan Durst has been a crosschecker for the Chicago White Sox. He has scouted, among others: Kris Honel, Lucas Harrell, Casey Rogowski, Jay Marshall, Chris Getz, Clayton Richard, Ryan Sweeney, Mark Buehrle, Josh Fields, Adam Russell, Daniel Haigwood, Mike Spidale, Kent Gerst and Charlie Haeger. This is the best list we've seen so far (of the three names), although Richard and Getz are showing up on both this guy and Mike Shirley's. Talk about some blasts from the past.

Considering that EVERYONE thinks they're a doctor or know better than the professionals...he's one of the most patient posters in the history of the internet dealing with that. Because he doesn't talk down to anyone to treat people in a condescending fashion, he's earned a lot of respect. Of course, it's the internet...he's never going to be a "hot take" type of poster because he's so down to earth, logical and analytical/rational, but that's actually a good thing. NOW, BACK TO CHRIS GETZ IS NOT AN ACE...well, it's just amusing the one thing he's most known to Sox fans is for the "Getz is gay" message Gordon Beckham wrote in the dirt to mess with him. And for going to Michigan, so you have the Hahn connection there.