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I had 2027 and then changed it to 2028. Zero desire to see him ever play again.

Maybe not NY, but LA is a dream destination for so many around the world if you have the money to afford it. Just for the weather alone. Toronto also seems to be gaining steam by the year. "According to sources, Robert Suárez and his camp were waiting for a resolution with Edwin Díaz before signing. Now that Diaz has found his next home, expect Suárez’s market and the market for former Rays reliever Pete Fairbanks to move quickly." yahoosports.com

chill-OW-skee Roch is pronounced “Rock,” of course. The last name is Cholowsky — please say “chill-OW-skee” on the South Side of Chicago. He loves Derek Jeter, and in 66 games last season at UCLA, he hit .353 with 23 home runs and 74 runs batted in.

Actually closer to Georgism or Distribution...although, for example, enforcing a $100-125 million payroll floor hardly jolts or cajoles the bottom feeding organizations into more competitiveness. How do you measure if someone like Ricketts cares more about winning than the bottom line profit margin? Who decides if the Cubs having the 12th highest payroll is "reasonable enough"? Or that the White Sox should not be allowed to run the 29th highest payroll or that it's irrational to not once sign a contract over $75 million? Even if every team was forced to have the exact same payroll, large market teams on the coasts would still get the most talent because of abundant off the field marketing and promotional opportunities or more attractive standards/conditions of living.

Hunter Greene also rumored to LAD Do the Dodgers need a starting pitcher? No. But they have the one thing the Reds most need: outfielders with big upside. Note that those top four prospects are all outfielders. One of those is Sirota, a third-round pick in 2024 out of Northeastern by ... the Reds, who then traded him last offseason for Gavin Lux (poor Harold). Sirota had a big year, hitting .333/.452/.616 in 59 games between Single-A and High-A. That trade now looks like a huge mistake by Cincinnati -- so maybe those calls from Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman will go unanswered. None of those outfielders has played more than six games above High-A, so they're unlikely to help the Reds in 2026. Still, there's a possible match here, and the Dodgers know how to swing big. They could add Greene to their already superstar-laden rotation and then perhaps look to flip Tyler Glasnow to clear a spot for Greene and trim some salary. espn.com

Except LA has made the playoffs 13 consecutive seasons...won all those NL West titles except finishing 1 GB SFG. Braves had a similar streak. But only one WS title during all that time. Plus LA is completing dominating in getting most of the star players they want out of Japan and Korea. T.Imai will actually be one of the first Japanese pitchers to deliberately go elsewhere...to a team challenging LA for supremacy. Murakami doesn't have a spot in LA with Muncy Freeman and Ohtani blocking him. Same with Okamoto.

https://detroitsportsnation.com/tigers-massive-tarik-skubal-dodgers-trade-proposal/jeff/detroit-tigers/12/08/2025/481399/ Glasnow Sheehan Zh.Hope Two starting pitchers, one cost controlled, and a young starting OFer to pair with Riley Greene. Makes a ton of sense. Skubal Matsumoto Snell Ohtani the core of the rotation. Dodgers would still hold onto four young starters (Sasaki Wrobleski Casparius River Ryan) 4 outfielders: Josue DePaula Sirota Eduardo Quintero Kendall George D.Rushing and a boatload of infield prospects (including Hy.Kim and Alex Freeland) Already traded the Tigers their starting SS for Flaherty in 2024 deal, so quite familiar with DET roster/system atm. Andy Pages still in CF.

https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/blue-jays-reportedly-considering-stealing-43m-closer-from-division-rival-11184309 Spotrac projected $43-44 million and three years for Fairbanks... Good luck, White Sox.

Not sure Mead had the best overall odds of reaching base vis a vis his teammates. Most Sox fans were probably expecting 6-7 though. Was 7 even a possibility? They should have put 10-12 on the board from the very beginning but "revealed" them just for more dramatic effect I guess. Same with the following year's Sox pick one year from now...automatically in that 10-17/18 range.

Yuck. Pagan pushed them right to the precipice of financial catastrophe lol. Somehow Francona keeps getting it done with these small market budgets.

Can anyone make the case for Justin LeBron?

CF draft candidates rounds 2/3 1. Caden Sorrell Texas A&M, OF mate of LaViolette 2. Eric Booth Jr. Vandy recruit 3. Trevor Condon Etowah GA 4. Blake Bowen Oregon State recruit 5. Brady Harris Florida 6. Tre Broussard Univ.Houston 7. Jake Brown LSU, OF mate of Curiel

Pick two FIND the best CF prospect and pay him a bundle Dream guy to fall but pretty unlikely... "On the offensive side of the ball, Sawyer Strosnider is a name that intrigues me. The TCU outfielder is a draft eligible sophomore and has all the tools in the world. He is a tremendous athlete with a sturdy 6’2 200 pound frame. Despite that size, he projects to be a center fielder in pro ball. Strosnider has plus speed and power. There are some hit tool concerns, but they are not extreme. He did hit .350 in his freshman year at TCU last season. The one thing he will need to solve is left handed pitching. He only hit .204 against lefties his freshman year. Even if you have all the tools, being unplayable against left handed pitching limits the ceiling. Right now, MLB Pipeline has him ranked as the 10th best prospect. There is real 5 tool upside here. If he solves his issues against lefties, the Nats may not have a chance to take him due to his upside. However, if he falls to pick 11, he is a name to watch." from a Nationals fanboard

A 45 grade runner isn't a true five tool guy. Wasn't Madrigal supposedly at 50 coming out of Oregon State? His first step quickness/agility/instincts on defense make up for it...there seem to be zero questions about sticking at SS after dramatically cutting down on error totals in his sophomore season.

Sure....max out the potential trade returns for Vargas Sosa and maybe/probably even Meidroth over the next two seasons. Let Quero hit somewhere in the lineup at least 5 times per week. Dump Mead.

LHP Gregory Soto to Pirates 1 year $7.75 million $84 million projected OD payroll atm https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/mlb-pirates-aim-for-record-high-payroll-eyeing-top-market-reinforcements/ar-AA1R3Sbl Aiming for $100 million payroll in 2026

No. They can afford to wait until the trade deadline. SD is no longer a realistic threat. SF has a year or two to go in terms of being an NL West challenger, short of signing Tucker/Bregman/Alonso, etc. The Dodgers just brought in Rocco Baldelli, who goes way back to Friedman and his TB days, specifically to work on the outfield play of those four top guys in their system.

My tropical fish got the ick and were quickly goners. No such luck with Benintendi.

And better than Vargas/Mead/Sosa as well...

Crawford has to be a LFer if he's anything like his dad in terms of arm strength. Probably fringey for CF and plus in left.

That's exactly what Steven Matz got to replace him. He's a swingman now...but predominantly LHR for StL. White Sox would have to pay roughly $16-18 million to Fairbanks. Few teams will be willing to pay an aging Robert Suarez $23-25 million, so Fairbanks will have a plethora of suitors with E.Diaz now off the board.

2028 projected Sox lineup LF Baldwin*/Benintendi CF ??? Everson Pereira for now...but doubtful he's the long-term answer. RF Braden Montgomery 3B Colson Montgomery/Caleb Bonemer SS Roch Cholowsky 2B Billy Carlson*/Sam Antonacci 1B C.Bonemer/C.Montgomery C Teel/Quero Need to get lots of speed/athleticism into LF and CF, since Billy Carlson would constitute the only plus runner across all the position players, other than possibly Baldwin (if he can actually stick long term as a starter.)

"He’s not a runner, though he’s smart on the basepaths. That lack of pure speed won’t impact him as a defender; he uses what he has in short spaces very well. That, along with his plus instincts, allow him to get to most balls at shortstop, where he profiles as a plus defender with a plus arm. A leader who was a high school quarterback, he serves as the head of his infield in the same manner. His tools and makeup make him look like the kind of player who could be big league ready in a hurry." https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/2026/draft/

Scouting grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 60 | Run: 45 | Arm: 60 | Field: 60 | Overall: 65 Cholowsky, the son of former Minor Leaguer and long-time scout Dan Cholowsky, was a top 50 player as a two-sport athlete from the Hamilton High School program in Arizona that produced Cody Bellinger. His commitment to UCLA priced him out and he ended up the highest-ranked player not selected in the 2023 Draft. After a solid freshman year with the Bruins he vaulted himself to the top of 2026 Draft boards by posting a 1.190 OPS with 23 homers as a sophomore, and is considered by some to be the best all-around college shortstop prospect since Troy Tulowitzki. A 6-foot-2 right-handed hitter, Cholowsky has the chance to have four plus tools when all is said and done.