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"you want the Sox to obtain/develop their pitching prospects to be considered best in the game" They have all three gone backwards in progression if that was the goal. Ofc have to get to at least average starting pitching and average hitting to even have a puncher's chance. Nobody is talking some so-called elite staff right now. Walking before you crawl. But that still leaves speed, defense, execution/fundamentals/hitting with RISP, bullpen, Venable where they have to make up the difference. Somehow. The Twins selling off Buxton Lopez Ryan gets them to fourth place. Probably.

When they could get YGomez S.Smith and Vasil basically for $1 million?

Because they're paying him like a starter to be a middle reliever/situation and pitcher. Check out that contract. Big bucks for the Sox.

TBA vs. Schlittler G4

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-postseason-tv-ratings-soar-as-wild-card-series-averages-record-4-6-million-viewers/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjE--2ox5OQAxXZYvUHHSQ3AYkQ0PADegQIBxAD&usg=AOvVaw0oOkh_PO_px-rIl1NsR-hV Post-season ratings up to 4.6 million viewers "The four series in the opening round of MLB’s postseason set viewership records and saw huge spikes in interest among younger viewers. In total, the 11 Wild Card Series games -- all of which aired on ESPN networks -- averaged 4.625 million viewers. That’s a 64 percent increase from last year’s Wild Card Series and the highest average for the WCS round since the current format was officially added in 2022." mlb.com

Reminiscent of the days when nearly every postseason game went 3 1/2 to 4 hours...

Chisholm just loves playing in NY.

Varland's brother briefly with the White Sox...

Blue Jays determined to let Yankees back into this one... Series back on. Thanks Barger.

Blue Jays determined to let Yankees back into this one...

Jared Kelenic getting lots of air time for originating the whole Big Dumper nickname...😄

That would certainly be more FUN than another Private Equity celebration. Blue Jays didn't execute rundown well. Trail runner shouldn't ever reach third there.

Maybe the Yanks aren't dead yet...

MLB desperately needs Dodgers in the WS at this point with Mets and Yankees out. Dodgers/Mariners perhaps most ideal.

Well, being in the middle of a family vacation and with a 13 hour time difference hard to follow every single game lol.

Two blowouts now...

They're planning to start him and not just pitch him out of the pen? Isn't Uribe now functioning as closer?

Bellinger not looking like a GGer on that play...would possibly have been a DP at second had he caught it.

Lots of shaky defense...second time Naylor has struggled over at first.

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/college-football-playoff-predictions-who-takes-penn-state-and-texas-spots-in-the-field-153935402.html SEC looking at 5 of the Top 12 teams for CPF...list could be losing Indiana and Oklahoma after this week

Just don't see a double bobble like that on the infield very often... 2-1 Jays

Without Woodruff and with Misiorowski struggling...Brewers would look to be in trouble against depth of LAD. Not to mention Trevor Megill in pen missing.

Ex Sox pitching on both screens. Kahnle and Rodon. Vaughn>>>Judge (lol) Which means Judge will break out of postseason xbh slumber... Aaron Judge has a .223 batting average with 53 hits, 16 home runs, 36 RBIs and 39 runs scored in 63 games in the postseason in his career Andrew Vaughn is hitting .364 with 4 hits, a home run, 4 RBIs and 4 runs scored in 4 games in the postseason in his career

Probably because too many Brewers' fans are starting a counter-protest with their own set of "King of the 1.3 fWAR" t-shirts demonstrating how the sum of small parts equals a much greater whole for that organization.

It's those guys like Schultz Smith and Taylor expected to impact the major league roster, quite obviously. That make Top 10/100 lists with frequency. Thorpe was the only one with that petigree. In fact, you could argue that at least half if the injuries were to non "stuff" guys who are struggling to impact major league roster in this era of starters with FBs in the 96-100 range. We can argue Oppor and McDougal and guys like that...but if you don't consistently hit at least 40-50% with your very best pitching projects, you're in trouble. The Sox succeeded in 2005 not because of their previous #1 system but also due to Contreras and Garcia...only Buehrle (non hyped) and Garland made it. Same with that recent class of 2016-2020...you had Rodon Giolito Cease Crochet (after 3-4 years) but also lacking results from Kopech and Lopez and not nearly the quality depth required behind that first wave of pitching to sustain losses of guys like Rodon as they hit FA. Plus the first round focus on hitters...Madrigal Vaughn Burger.