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https://www.amazon.com/Class-Baseball-Everywhere-Lucas-Mann/dp/0307949753 Growing up in the Quad Cities, that always seemed like the most boring/average park except for the Ferris Wheel they added beyond LF for kids and the bridge/Mississippi River backdrop. Flooded way too many times though.

Then he’ll probably become a semi-pro in the over 40’s division…. Similar wrist snap in throwing a 98 mph pitch as flinging a frisbee long distance.

No matter how you slice it...Quero might be worth more to other organizations than the White Sox. He's just not a DH for 60-70% of the at-bats at that position. Sosa is better suited for that DH spot, all things considered. O'Hearn will likely play for a contender at this point in his career if the money's the same. Strong side platoon. Sox certainly won't pay a premium. Nor should they. First half 2025 was probably his peak performance. MLB.com has him to the Nats...whose lineup is much closer to contending at least of Crews can figure things out. Nationals: Ryan O'Hearn, 1B/OF/DH Washington has graduated a number of position players through its system over the past two years, but first base remains a need. O’Hearn made his first All-Star team in 2025, hitting 17 home runs with an .803 OPS in 144 games with the Orioles and Padres. The 32-year-old can also play right field, providing versatility to whichever team signs him.

White Sox: Adolis García, OF García became a free agent after the Rangers non-tendered him, and although he hasn’t looked like the two-time All-Star who averaged 32 homers, 99 RBIs and a .777 OPS between 2021 and ‘23, García still averaged 22 home runs and 80 RBIs during the past two seasons, albeit with a .675 OPS. García could look to sign a one-year deal in an effort to re-establish his value. https://www.mlb.com/news/free-agent-match-for-every-team-2025-26

Boo birds (and worse) out with enthusiasm. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/lane-kiffin-suffers-damaging-accusation-174627431.html

He's not going to retire at 36-37 and move to a Buddhist temple. The last guy I can remember doing something like that was a fifth starter that went to the Royals from Seattle and left the very last year of his contract on the table because he didn't want to go through another rehab. That was something like $10-12 million though, not $30 million.

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https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/lane-kiffins-disastrous-exit-from-ole-miss-spells-a-much-deeper-problem-in-college-football-204605037.html

Means you're not really trying... Except the Sox still have two of them and not trying (except to offload them somehow).

20.6/5 years=4.12 How many teams can you name that can get that out of their 3rd starter after LAD TOR Seattle? Statistics say he averages out to a 2 across all of MLB…a 1 on some teams like the Sox, a 3 on the deepest, most well-funded organizations.

They're (Nats) not going to trade Wood for Quero....that's just pure fantasy. He's expected to be the centerpiece of their offense. Probably they trade Gore and attempt to add to their offense. IMO they'd be lucky to get Abrams back, but that doesn't fit the Sox timeline.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25303245-top-draft-needs-every-nfl-team-2026-entering-seasons-home-stretch Caleb Downs would be the dream pick...or Arvell Reese. Both long gone. Dillon Thieneman from Oregon is intriguing. But three suggestions for OL line help later in the draft. Edge rusher would be the other need. Bears somewhere between 26th-29th in draft...likely go 3-2/2-3 to finish.

They're spending. Unfortunately it's all on Robert and Benintendi. And the current goal seems to be to dump Robert as quickly as possible for a "reasonable" return without sending money they don't have out as a subsidy. Dubious plan.

Carrot Top, Dice Clay and Kathy Griffin might be better...

Tatis Robert and Abreu represent the biggest fWAR combination from intl players originating with one organization 2013-2023. Not to mention Moncada and Jimenez were both top international signees with BOS and CHC. That said Paddy was pretty bad after the Robert deal, as Norge Vera was the biggest move and they were severely limited in spending compared to other organizations LAD SDP TEX et. They were also crippledny the lack of a coherent Dominican strategy/infrastructure dating back to Dave Wilder (2007).

Getz WAS THE HEAD of the developmental staff that was such a miserable failure that it somehow got them to 121 losses. He should have been fired, not promoted. Now the excuse will be he wasn’t provided any resources or any of his own hand-picked guys to work with. Burger succeeded, but mostly after being abandoned by the team after multiple Achilles’ injuries…his wife and Gavin Sheets bought Traject on their own. Madrigal and Steele Walker both flopped, Nick as much on talent/injury side as clubhouse fit (born again Christianity, which was also an issue with LaRoche and son). Andrew Vaughn never developed…until he joined a better organization, same with Sheets’ 2025 numbers. Crochet was a huge success, and might be his best trade as well. How much of it was Crochet’s own determination to start, that will be left up to the history books to determine. 2018/2019 drafts were disappointing overall. The case of Colson Montgomery has been much debated…although as of this moment Getz can claim it as his second biggest win after Crochet. Ofc projections for 2026 are all over the place on him, classic high ceiling/low floor outcome. In the end, those doing the drafting will be blamed I’m sure. Or Hahn’s misallocation of resources. Or KW’s benignly negligent supervision when he had already seemingly moved on to the next stage of life while still collecting a large salary. The fact once again still remains that many of the players Getz failed to develop led directly to the abysmal results from 2023-25…and one of the five worst three year stretches for a team in MLB history. The second/third waves of talent never arriving is what essentially ended the 2016-2019 rebuilding effort before it really could take off. Most importantly, he has a pretty abysmal record of unearthing sleeper prospects in later rounds...heck we have a long run of 95% failures in the second round or on supplemental picks. Compare to CLE or Milwaukee on this critical area for small and market teams.

What evidence exists on the minor league/player development side that would have merited a promotion to GM? There was already a decent amount of history with the organization. The two guys directly ahead of him still don't have jobs in baseball, with Jeremy Haber habing been much closer to GM on the executive hierarchy ladder than Getz. Yet no team was willing to give Haber even an Asst GM position...a lateral move at best.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/pope-leo-stunned-reporter-gives-214414301.html

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/pirates-proposed-trade-sending-paul-174818081.html Bleacher Report writer Joel Reuter suggested a trade that would send Skenes to the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers for a package of players including RHP Emmet Sheehan, OF Andy Pages, C Dalton Rushing, OF Josue De Paula and IF Alex Freeland.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mlb-free-agency-closer-ryan-helsley-orioles-reportedly-agree-to-2-year-28m-deal-203414572.html Helsley to O's two years /$28 million

Rule V, baby!!!

Didn't have the budget/resources to succeed. Longer Rule 5 draft thread than one for signing an actual player in FA. Mandate was to cut payroll...well, there is the curious case of Luis Robert to counter that. If I'm Getz, would rather have that money to spend on other players rather than doubling down on risk. He could have kept Cease in a somewhat similar situation...waiting for his value to reinflate. But we might never know who made the ultimate decision there to trade him.

Detroit will answer that question depending on what they decide to do with Skubal and who they sign going into a pivotal year for that franchise. Max Clark and McGonigle are banging on the door, too.

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/texas-big-win-over-texas-am-sec-college-football-playoff-field-longhorns-media-blitz-062917703.html

We can argue about SD (quickly returning to mid market, up for sale reportedly) and SFG if they can land some more big fish like an Imai, for example...AZ (Burnes deal, Bumgarner prior to that) and Seattle are both in a sort of crossover region between mid markets and big spenders. For now: SD and AZ (mids, debt issues), SFG and Seattle in that top tier or just right behind it.