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First Canario...now Robertson.

Need another QB whisperer to work with Ward. Not nearly enough skill position talent there with Ridley C.Okonkwo and Pollard surrounding him.

Tomlin leaving the Steelers would be the wild one. Most are focusing on Cignetti and Matt Rhule, a PSU alum and rebuilder of programs.

Jays in all kinds of trouble now. Polanco >>> Josh Rojas

Murakami might have fallen from $300 to the $225-250 million range, having been injured for most of 2025.

How shocking is it going to be? We were already 29th. All they have to do is go lower than the Marlins... Alcantara E.Cabrera and Bender around $23 million. Nick Fortes, Braxton Garrett and Jesús Sánchez only others between $1.5-2 million. The White Sox obviously have Robert and Benintendi...that's around $35 million or whatever.

"However, it seems that Vaughn isn’t ready to give up on his big league dreams just yet. He has come surging back in September, comfortably leading all bats in the lineup with a 196 wRC+ for the month. He’s making a very strong case to be not just a part of the postseason roster but one of the core offensive pillars. Unpacking his offensive contributions over this span is even more interesting. His aforementioned slump saw him lose a lot of his pop at the plate, at least on paper. He slugged just .375 over that span, partly due to bad luck and partly due to opposing pitchers becoming wise to his antics. Now, he has become less reliant on the long ball and is more than willing to simply put the ball in play as long as it becomes a hit of some sort. He still hasn’t hit a home run since August 15th, but has instead slashed .444/.475/.583 with five doubles so far this month." brewerfanatic.com “I blacked out.I felt like I was on the clouds just trying to make sure I hit every base,” said Vaughn, who called it the biggest swing of his life. Andrew Vaughn becomes third Cal Golden Bear with multiple postseason homers... Marcus Semien: Has four home runs in postseason play, including two in the Rangers’ 2023 World Series win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Semien has 122 at-bats in 26 postseason games. https://www.si.com/college/cal/other-sports/ex-cal-star-andrew-vaughn-delivers-again-for-the-brewers-01k7ck6gq83d

Any opinions on "One Battle After Another" or "Orwell 2+2=5"???

Without 5/6 defensive backs. Another starter Joseph was at 75% at best. The Chiefs will look different with Rashee Rice next week.

Just like he thrives as a supporting player on the field, his presence also helped strenghten the theme of this Andy McCullough article about the Brewers' shorter-than-average roster: The White Sox have fielded their share of height-challenged players even before the Brewers made it cool, although their exploits tended to validate Randy Newman's lyrics with lesser outcomes ranging from "Dominic Fletcher hitting one homer in 72 games" to "Vaughn's White Sox career" to "Andrew Benintendi's White Sox career to date." (Don’t forget Chase Meidroth, Nishida and Bergolla…) Now that the White Sox are actively emulating Milwaukee in hopes of maximizing their talent, I wouldn't expect that to change. For instance, it's not hard to read about Caleb Durbin ... https://soxmachine.com/2025/10/spare-parts-andrew-vaughn-milwaukee-brewers-stretch-further-into-october

Of course, lost in all this in the fact that Golden Spikes winners and Top 5-10 first round draft picks are never selected to be "complementary" or "glue pieces," but that's exactly what Vaughn, Gordon Beckham and Nick Madrigal all turned out to be, essentially. The other irony here is that in the "Average Joes/Andrews" lineup of the Brewers...he's still quite an important piece after Chourio/Yelich/Contreras.

https://www.southsidesox.com/chicago-white-sox-commentary-and-analysis/117379/andrew-vaughn-was-never-going-to-be-king-in-chicago "Even Erick Fedde saw a change in Vaughn from their time as teammates in Chicago and now in Milwaukee with his role being changed. This is what Fedde told Kyle Williams of the Chicago Sun-Times: I mean, if the White Sox could fix Miguel Vargas’ swing, maybe they could have fixed Vaughn’s swing issues like the Brewers did. Instead, as (reporter) Williams pointed out, Vaughn likely needed to go to a team that did not need him to be an impact bat, just a supporting one. Being unable to handle the spotlight was why Andrew Vaughn was never going to be the king in Chicago. Instead, he is thriving just being a piece in a lineup playing for a National League pennant, and disappointing Chicago in the process."

https://sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-mariners/drayer-former-reliever-danny-farquhar-landed-back-seattle-mariners-coach/1771835

Go M's...Polanco a key contributor throughout these playoffs.

Wilson isn't important enough to cost anyone's job...

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/breaking-news/article/james-franklin-getting-ousted-from-penn-state-shows-theres-no-buyout-too-big-in-college-footballs-modern-era-195850896.html

https://medium.com/@jenn.livingston97/dave-stewart-fired-as-gm-of-the-diamond-backs-c50ceb1d6388 Took AZ just two years to fire TLR...after "cleaning house" and making some controversial moves that backfired. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2281764-yasmani-tomas-signing-a-bold-first-move-for-d-backs-larissa-stewart-duncan-era Blew more money on bad Cuban contracts than even Marco Paddy. Here's another wasted deal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoan_López Also, Shelby Miller for Ender Inciarte/Dansby Swanson didn't work out very well either.

That would be much better if Mead was a competent outfielder, since they already have Vargas Sosa and two catchers that can hit.

There's not much evidence he and Dave Stewart did a good job in AZ a decade+ ago. Summarily fired. Same with the Angels for TLR...

They need to consistently be #8-12 year in and year out. They will get a big bump from #1-3 pick hopefully...but still almost nothing from international to supplement the US draft. Nobody from Asia, either. Look at the sheer number of NOBEL stars that affected AL/NLDS outcomes.

Milwaukee Brewers (5 votes) In how many games: seven games (3 votes), six games (2) MVP if Brewers win: Jackson Chourio (4), Andrew Vaughn (1) https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46556337/mlb-playoffs-2025-alcs-nlcs-expert-predictions-dodgers-brewers-mariners-blue-jays ESPN experts pick Jays (8 to 7 votes) and Dodgers (10 to 5) to advance

That's the most totally meaningless stat ever calculated lol. 75-80% of those players will never even see the majors. You could have 27-33 former MLB vets filling up AA and AAA and accomplish absolutely nothing from a prospect standpoint...building a young foundation. I'm talking about the rating for the MiLB system at Law, Baseball America, BP, Fangraphs...the consensus during the off season across the industry was somewhere between #4-6.

How much is Luke Fickell's buyout if the Badgers start over? "This past offseason, the Wisconsin Badgers actually extended Luke Fickell, but his buyout remained at the same figure of $25 million. Firing Luke Fickell would result in the second-biggest buyout ever paid in College Football, behind only Texas A&M firing Jimbo Fisher. If there's a silver lining for Wisconsin it's the fact that rather than owing a massive sum upfront, they'll pay the buyout in monthly installments making it much easier to manage. Fickell's contract was structured so that the Badgers would only have to pay him 80% of his contract value, which does help if they need to move on..." Kirby Smart $118 million, Kalen de Boer around $90 million buyouts...Norvell at FSU really big as well, Dabo at $60 million. Jimbo Fisher's buyout from Texas A&M is set at approximately $76 million, making it the largest coaching buyout in college sports history. Buyout Breakdown Total Amount: Texas A&M is obligated to pay Jimbo Fisher around $76 million as part of his buyout agreement, which is nearly triple the previous record for a public school coaching buyout.

Is that the biggest buyout in NCAA coaching history...BB and FB?

Apropros for a totally forgettable player....