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If Bieber proves he's healthy and at least at 92-93, it's going to be a much bigger number than anyone thinks...especially if he does well in the post season. A lot of teams will hesitate on Michael King and Dylan Cease at the top of that FA pitching class. Cease is too similar to Snell and had a lot of innings/bitches since his TJS. King has been hurt but has the 5th or 6th best starting pitcher's ERA over the last two seasons...at just right under 3.00.

They must have a deal to trade him to a contender for the final 17 games or whatever. SD...with Adam out, Philly, NYY, Mets, Seattle, he will get traded based on the "wow factor" behind that single pitch last night that had so much movement bearing in on RH batters. Otherwise is jus takes about zero sense. Would much rather have him than Wilson's misleading numbers. White Sox have 40 lose from ahead games already this year. That's second in all of baseball to the .500ish DBacks (43).

Haha...not willingly after allHouston winning years in Houston. Plus they may be without Garcia now into next season. There's also something to be said for starting your White Sox "All-Star" Shane Smith on OD versus anyone else reasonably within sight.

Rattler... Hurts... Mayfield... Kyler Murray... K.Williams... Mateer? Jackson Howard at Auburn? Michael Hawkins Jr. And then there's Sam Bradford as well. How much of that success is/was the OU system vs. Lincoln Riley vs. sheer raw physical talent/recruiting? 5/32 starting QB's tied to just one school is pretty unusual. Or was it more Riley? If so, what happened? Or just the incredible amount of talent surrounding QB at the skill positions for much of that time?

Denver MSA just feels so much bigger than Pittsburgh...but that doesn't translate in the same way to Steelers vs. Broncos crowds. Of course only talking 10 or whatever home games vs. 81 there. You'd think if the White Sox had Skenes instead of the Pirates...would they at least be 24th or 25th in attendance the last couple of seasons instead of 27th? Or if you switched stadiums with Pitt and GRF?

Who is the #3 milb Sox pitching prospect right now? McDougal or Oppor? And who comes next after those two…? Probably no consensus, 3-5 names will arise.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/is-the-end-coming-for-tua-tagovailoa-with-the-dolphins-it-depends-on-more-than-a-salary-cap-hit-194045000.html Fernando Mendoza...Indiana/Cal Arch Manning...likely 2027 LaNorris Sellers...S.Carolina Garrett Nussmaier...LSU John Mateer...OU/WSU Dante Moore...Oregon Carson Beck...Miami ASU QB Sam Leavitt...already lost big game to MissState but that had a totally fluky ending Drew Allar...PSU Cade Klubnik...Clemson Only two guys that might be THAT guy at the next level IMO are Sellers and Mateer...for now Mateer closer to end of second round but rising fast Michigan kid has a big-time arm but not much of an instinctive runner

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/nfl-quarterbacks-disrespectful-behavior-during-135220487.html&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiO2LXwmc6PAxX4KEQIHZQTDk8Q0PADegQIAhAD&usg=AOvVaw2OBsHJWChInRBTorP0rd87

"but there are many prospectively 'better' SPs in the organization that could start next year" MANY have better arms than Shane Smith? Other than the two lefties, Taylor (who hasn't exactly dominated in relief), McDougal and Oppor, who could we possibly be talking about as OD 2026 starter???

The only two are Schultz and Smith...unless they put Taylor back in the rotation. Unless they dominate the AFL...even then the Sox won't be willing to give up that extra year of control anyway. Which leaves either McDougal or Oppor. I'll gladly take those odds...barring a shock FA signing of over $10 million guaranteed.

Might as well argue Shane Murphy. Adams had rather pedestrian stuff even before the TJS. And he's unlikely to pitch until May/June anyway.

2.67 era across six starts in August. Got the win against Tigers last time out…one of the two best AL teams which you overlooked in describing it as “pretty bad.” Wins are kind of a good thing when you’re scratching and clawing to avoid the Rockies’ streak of three consecutive 100 loss seasons. Crochet was a first rounder, the only question was his durability as a starter off all those injuries.

Bump…will go into 2026 season as Opening Day starter

https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance Still up 145 fans per game over 2024…9 home games left to go

Unnecessary sarcasm. Reported. It's 253 am here and I'm a bit blurry-eyed posting on phone. I expect you to follow up in the same way the next time another poster does this, but Cali said that people enjoy bullying Greg and I for some strange reason. Kind of like moderators complaining that WestEddy and I won't ignore each other while they endlessly debate with him lol.

If he admits that Austin Slater wasn't actually a "home run" acquisition but instead classic WE hyperbole...sure. Btw, he's the one researching past posts to try to burn me today for some reason.

Delete Mead please. Not helping that 27th def. rating at fgraphs.

Gonzalez next instead of Bryse Wilson? Prioritizing a win here, what?

And JR's kids added another 10-15% instead of that all going to the Ishbias.

Getz isn't GM apparently, either. Because Clevinger being on the roster again is something no fully rational GM would do. It's either JR TLR or the minority shareholders running the team...or JR is that afraid of tampering charges dating back to the Covid season with Clevinger and Z.Plesac partying in Chicago. But go ahead, try to spin something about his veteran leadership and how he deserves this shot again after keeping his nose clean at Charlotte all season long. Apparently they cared more about how Benetti ate a hot dog than the impact on female Sox fans of bringing in Clevinger around all their rookies...heck, the majority of Sox fans outside a few crackpots are disgusted by this move.

It's the two sons of a long time minority owner (who died at a pretty old age fairly recently.) Better to think of them as spoiled heirs.

No sports section (even in Chicago) is going to care as much about 50 Sox victories as the Rockies passing the infamous 41-121 mark.

Even that idiot/scumbag Preller didn't want him back after trading a boat load of talent to get him. Preller definitely learned his lesson, though. Once bitten, twice shy.

"Moncada, Jiménez and Vaughn have the talent for strong years." Gee...really controversial. Note it was an attempt to be positive without actually putting numbers to it, although Vaughn would put up 18-20 homers and 70-75 rbi's without fail. Those are good numbers for the worst team in baseball history, lol. Just not enough for Keith Osik. Nobody questioned the talent level of those three or the first two guys wouldn't have gotten extensions so quickly. Vaughn's case is well-documented...almost as well documented as Luke Keaschall being rejected as a trade target due to not wanting to help the Twins win the division (apparently okay to help the Royals, though.)

You realize what Luis Robert did in 2023, right? Did you miss his performance that season? Because my comments were prior to 2024. Nobody at SoxTalk was predicting a complete collapse at that point. Moncada had over an 800 ops for the Angels within the last week and Vaughn led the Brewers to the NL Central title...other than Jimenez falling off completely last year, but you were the one shining that it wasn't fair to judge Chris Getz when all those guys got hurt, right????? You didn't use the injury excuse about 1000 times last year?