Everything posted by caulfield12
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Robert Thread: Sox talking to Reds, Mets
It's worth more to the White Sox NOT to get buried again in April ... playing Hill a lot in CF would do the trick, probably.
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
Greenberg is all over sports media/biz side AND yet terrible with sports analysis/insight on "big picture" team strategy.
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
“We haven’t had a guy of this caliber. Not to this popularity,” White Sox executive vice president, chief revenue/marketing officer Brooks Boyer told MLB.com. “Those guys were 20 years ago, well before how you distribute information, how instant information can go: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, whatever platform you want. You can get information and highlights to people across the world instantaneously. “It’s a great opportunity for us to be able to market internationally, to grow the White Sox brand internationally and to help him and some of his teammates with growing their individual brands. That’s something we look forward to on the business side." mlb.com merkin
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
Skip to 3:45 top 30 most popular mlb hats in japan Yankees Dodgers Padres White Sox Red Sox Tigers
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Chicago White Sox's Offseason FA Signings Trades Megathread
Rob Refsnyder to Mariners $6.25-6.5 million (incentives) big salary jump
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Can the this team be competitive in 2026?
Top 30 mlb hats in Japan Yankees Dodgers Padres White Sox Red Sox Tigers Mets Braves A's Giants Mariners (former team of Japan) Blue Jays Phillies Astros Nats Cubs Angels (was near top with Ohtani) Rangers Five West Coast teams in Top 11 (tv times much better aligned) No Cubs near top Old English dark classics NYY CHW DET
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Can the this team be competitive in 2026?
For the last 4-5 days, we have seen a mountain of statistical evidence presented by basically every expert and analyst about why Murakami MIGHT fail. In all likelihood, if the Rays Guardians Brewers announced this deal, everyone would probably be calling them geniuses. So hopefully, Getz and Rodriguez are right on this call. That said, the first $100+ million free agent in Sox history and next year's draft will be exponentially more important for the future of the franchise. This was almost more of a marketing gimmick...one Sox fans haven't seen since Albert Belle was signed. https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/whats-next-how-will-npb-star-munetaka-murakamis-power-translate-white-sox-mlb&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjqz9_WwtKRAxUhHjQIHRb5ABUQ0PADegQICBAD&usg=AOvVaw3Va1kqD_-u41gpGsudJkX6
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Can the this team be competitive in 2026?
Miller cost the #1/2 prospect in all of baseball, though. No way they can afford to trade away their #1 pick next summer.
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
The rest of the world still doesn't know the White Sox are coming...not until they are at least out of fifth place. That said, purely from a marketing perspective, this was the best possible allocation of $34 million by far. If they were really trying to compete, though...Imai would be getting $130-$200 million. Which is the same amount of $$$ they were willing to spend on Masahiro Tanaka over a decade ago.
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Chicago White Sox's Offseason FA Signings Trades Megathread
A's have a handshake agreement to increase payroll to at least $100 million for revenue sharing exception.
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Can the this team be competitive in 2026?
Too early to count on Berroa after TJS. Let's see how his stuff bounces back first. 2-3 years ago, Walker Buehler and Dustin May looked pretty darned great, too.
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2025-26 NFL Season Thread
Try fixing Raiders Dolphins Browns...especially the latter two. $99 million cap hit with Tua. Browns are determined to have D.Watson on roster next year. And only Moore/Mendoza at top of most draft boards.
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Chicago White Sox's Offseason FA Signings Trades Megathread
Mets going all 2023/24 White Sox, excising almost all of their veteran leader core in terms of position players except for Lindor and Soto...who supposedly detest or even hate each other. Maybe it's Magglio CLee and Valentin out in 2004 for the Sox and restructuring around Lindor/Soto with young pitching and all that freed up $$$.
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Can the this team be competitive in 2026?
Want to compete? Robert in 2023 form and the Murakami of that first half of his historic NPB career. It's going to take a lot more than a #2/3 veteran added to the rotrotation. Smith and Schultz...at least one of them, has to be pretty darned close to great or at least very good. Same with Braden. 3-5 fWAR level. Let's not forget that Chase Meidroth is projected to lead the team in a decent number of projection models.
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Can the this team be competitive in 2026?
Royals a couple of years ago. 106 losses to playoffs...but that required a boatload of FA signings and career years from Witt Jr. and Perez.
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
JR must have been confused between the Brooklyn Dodgers/Rickey signing Robinson/Clemente and the LAD signing Ohtani/Matsumoto/Sasaki. Well at least he knew who Shohei was because he "joked" derisively about never signing him and got scolded by Manfred.
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
Star power. Charisma. 25. Confidence. But not quite cockiness. Self assured. Big personality. WBC warrior. Perfect leader to go along with Teel, Colson, Braden and Roch Cholowsky. Finally this team is building an identity in Chicago after three years of dystopian wasteland. Let’s f’n go!!! If that doesn’t fire you up, watch Sisu 1 and Sisu 2: Road to Revenge
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
The Dodgers already have Golden from KPop Demon Hunters This should be the 2026 White Sox song…no more AC-DC, lol
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
Would be great if they could bring Tadahito over for part of Spring Training…. Gene Honda…”infamous 2005 World Series team” Oops. Getz could have done a better job articulating the team’s ultimate strategic vision in embracing Japan/Asia, but he has some time to reflect further and get to work on it.
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
https://youtu.be/NRxPxJV20ZI?si=OMwMS31xVI-xz7K4 Part 2
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
Nothing on CHSN website. Christmas short staffed?
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
Interesting no #5 jersey for Christmas sales but the professional tailored suit look. Looks like his weight is down.
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
I think it was more about the similar salary levels and the brighter spotlight of the NY media on the two teams, in comparison to Chicago, that actually fields a competitive NFL team these days but has largely forgotten the White Sox.
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
Cutting into that $1 million signing bonus already. He was making $4.5-5 million for Yakult and at least doubling that with endorsements.
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Munemania: Rated 100/10
https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/next-wave-of-white-sox-prospects-nearly-ready-for-majors?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage We get a puff piece on Sox prospects (no Braden early in the season confirmed) and nothing on MLB Network but a David Wells no hitter rebroadcast.