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He must be befuddled too. Ozzie was always about each bullpen guy knowing their specific/designated role.

No name bullpen bound to come back down to earth.

This past winter, the White Sox fired longtime strength and conditioning coach Allen Thomas. The year before, they had fired head athletic trainer Brian Ball, who had been a longtime assistant for Schneider before assuming the lead role for 2019 and 2020. May 11, 2022 Ball was the one who went against Hahn et al for sexual harassment/duscrimination/workplace conditions.

And his father was basically fired by the White Sox...chances of a reunion with JR calling the shots are somewhere between slim and none. Spare Parts: Former trainer files lawsuit against White S...As the White Sox have drifted further away from Herm Schneider’s glory days and toward/past the league median of days lost to the injured list, they’ve made shake-ups to their training staff. This pasAnd filed a lawsuit against the team. Not to mention they skipped drafting Alek as well.

Antonacci definitely can drive the ball to the gaps at least...but maybe he prefers to lead off? Also hit in that spot for Italy WBC.

JJ Wetherholt would fit nicely into that three spot...

A couple of weeks? A couple of months seems more likely. Pereira/Kelenic/Hays/Peters will get some run until they have no other choice. Jacob Gonzalez suddenly in the of isn't very realistic.

Meidroth driving in runs from the 5 spot? He's done it in recent games, but Braden will be there eventually.

Cholowsky won't be moved to third base. Colson would be the one to go. All the scouting reports in the world would affirm this much. Roch goes from a plus plus SS to a bit of a ? at third base. Expecting a position change and that he'll be in the majors basically one year later (mid summer 2027) is a big ask based on his Cape Cod numbers with wooden bats. Maybe if he's as good as Thomas and Ventura...

Wonder if the Sox will consider moving Davis Martin if he's still a Top 3-5 pitcher in all of mlb? Alcantara of the Marlins would be another option...already familiar wuth Cubs' system through the Cabrera trade.

Is Getz going to promise Japanese corporations he will still be with the White Sox on October 1st, 2027? Even if he does so, the big investments won't come until he has a definite long-term home. He might personally make in the $7-10 million endorsements range like Soto Judge Harper internationally and Yamamoto mostly back in Japan.

latimes.com/sports The Ohtani jerseys are flying off the shelves, even the virtual shelves, for as much as $346.99 per jersey. The Dodgers are making a killing on this, right? No. The revenue from licensed merchandise — jerseys, T-shirts, caps and so on — is split equally among the 30 major league teams, so the Angels get the same cut as the Dodgers from the sale of Ohtani jerseys. (The exception: The Dodgers get a greater share of revenue for sales at Dodger Stadium and at Dodgers Clubhouse stores in Southern California and Las Vegas.) Everyone wants to watch Ohtani, especially in Japan. The Dodgers will cash in on selling television rights to broadcasters in Japan, right? Again, no. Major League Baseball controls international broadcast rights and splits the revenue equally among the 30 teams.

J.Gonzalez turning 24 soon. 1236 .239 27 170 40 .682

Since Troy Tulowitzki at Cal State Long Beach. Drafted 7th in 2005.

But that was largely due to signability issues. Burrell was arguably a better basketball player. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/every-no-1-mlb-draft-prospect-from-the-last-25-years/ Probably the closest comp for an NCAA prospect is Adley Rutschman 2019. Or Torkelson as best ncaa hitter at ASU and 1-1 pick to Detroit. Obviously not a SS. Dylan Crews/OF...but not consensus #1

SP1 SP 18 Shota Imanaga L 32.7 Purchased (NPB) Jan'24 n/a 2.000 JAN 2024 CHC 4 31 ✖ SP2 SP 32 Ben Brown R 26.7 Trade (PHI) Aug'22 1 1.169 2017 PHI 33 983 ✖ SP3 SP 30 Edward Cabrera R 28.1 Trade (MIA) Jan'26 0 3.147 JUL 2015 MIA 49 78 ✖ SP4 SP 50 Jameson Taillon R 34.5 Free Agent (NYY) Dec'22 n/a 9.110 2010 PIT 1 2 80 84 ✖ SP5 SP 53 Colin Rea R 35.9 Free Agent (MIL) Jan'25 n/a 6.057 2011 SDP 12 383 105 119 Still hanging in there without Boyd Horton Steele

Scott Van Pelt on ESPN just posed the question, "Does every AL team but the Yankees and Rays just suck???" https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings/_/group/overall 11 (ELEVEN!!!) AL teams bunched up together within 3 1/2 games. (3 1/2 games also the White Flag spread). Then the Astros and Angels.

JD Drew?

So much apathy in the fanbase it would hardly register. Look at the Shark and Tatis moves a decade later. Barely register. That was also an incredibly competitive team in 1993/94 and still had a lot of the components from those teams. White Flag was a total shock. Now everyone is inured to that. Sox let Buehrle Thomas Ventura Fernandez Durham McDowell go, etc. Pushed out Ordonez Lee Valentin. Traded Sosa AND Baines. Pushed out Fisk. The only thing that will change the franchise trajectory at this point is new ownership and a new Top 3-5 downtown stadium.

Boyer hasn't officially converted on anything as of yet. Just vague talks with the Japanese tourism bureau about trips to Chicago for shopping and to see the Cubs/Sox...both teams. The odds facing the White Sox at the time of White Flag to win the division were in the 25-33% range vs. just 1.4%. The prize wasn't even all that great....Foulke Howry M.Caruso and the injury prone Barcelo. Two relievers and the equivalent of Jacob Gonzalez/Meidroth/Antonacci. It was really a salary dump of three veteran pitchers.

current odds to win AL Central (fg) Tigers 42% Guardians 25.7% Royals 19.6% Twins 11.4% White Sox 1.4%

Not even close. That was a veteran team that was foundering in the face of the Indians' dynasty. But listening to WestEddy too much has convinced you the team as currently constituted is a playoff competitive one. This is the exact same way they ended up holding onto Luis Robert past the point of no return in terms of his trade value. This is still a 70-75 win team with three starters and Schultz has never gone more than 84 innings in a season. You can't possibly be suggesting they trade prospects in order to try to compete THIS year? That's exactly how they ended up dealing Tatis/Johnson for Shields and $$$$ in 2016. If it was a stock you bought for $50 and now is at $90-100 per share, would you cash out now for profit or risk riding it down to basically nothing like TA Giolito Jimenez Hendriks Grandal Robert Keuchel Lynn R.Lopez Kopech etc.????

it was Gore Abrams Wood Hassell Santana etc. vs. a Michael King they didn't even know could start Thorpe Higashioka R.Vasquez etc. two pennant races vs. just one is a massive difference to a GM rental player vs. one it's much likelier you retain through an extension....by proving his worth to the org. via the prospect trade/iinitial investment of resources

Fine. What are they doing, then? Lip reported no talks of an extension yet on either side. Stalemate. You can't definitively say he can't/won't be traded before the deadline next year. They're going to copy the Angels with their failed plan for retaining Ohtani and end up getting nothing back in return?

And they have four top prospect outfielders to trade/choose from...just a matter of if they can wait two more years to add that youthful energy to their everyday lineup? Sasaki and X outfielder would be the trade...or Sheehan instead of Roki.