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And Pasquantino if he can stay healthy...

This is just depressing... Why would Ishbia put himself in this seemingly untenable position? He has nothing to gain helping to finance a new stadium if the Reinsdorfs will end up taking the credit ultimately. Why would buying the Twins outright not be the better play? Inside information on Correa's health lol? This just doesn't make any sense at all from a practical standpoint. If anything...the valuation will continue to shrink if the US enters recession territory. And CHSN looks like a total fiasco so far.

Defense isn't the problem now...but he can't survive at a corner with those numbers.

Jinxed Alexander already...4-0 DET. And Tanner Houck just gave up 12 runs in Tampa Bay for the Red Sox...yikes! At least Cam Misner fans will be happy.

After missing the NBA playoffs and play-in tournament with the largest payroll in league history, the Phoenix Suns have fired head coach Mike Budenholzer, the team announced Monday. "Competing at the highest level remains our goal, and we failed to meet expectations this season. Our fans deserve better. Change is needed," the team said in a statement. For the third consecutive offseason, Suns owner Mat Ishbia, CEO Josh Bartelstein and general manager James Jones are changing coaches. Phoenix finished 36-46. Budenholzer had issues connecting with the locker room this season, with team officials concluding that the roster failed to respond to the 2021 NBA championship coach, sources said. Budenholzer's inability to coexist with his players centered around the franchise's cornerstone, Devin Booker, and went down the roster, those sources said. The Suns will now hold a wide-ranging coaching search, sources said. source: espn.com Can you imagine JR eating $40 million and 4 years on a manager's contract? Preposterous. Ofc, constantly churning through new managers isn't exactly a brilliant strategy when it's almost always about the players in the NBA.

Well, he's the backup catcher. But he didn't have that many hits in a couple of MONTHS for the White Sox last year. As far as DFA's go, pretty much all of the players rostered from #16-25 fit into this kind of territory, the Connor Joe's (AAA) and Heyward's of the world that are strictly platoon players in their final years, same with Gurriel at 40/41 or whatever age he is now. This is pretty much the definition of the 2013-2016 White Sox model with "stars and scrubs." But the big difference is you have more "stars" in play, a very solid bullpen and certainly a bigger payroll, but nothing like what it was two years ago when SD was #2 or #3 starting out the season to the Mets/Dodgers.

Now the Brewers are competing with Jose Quintana...Tyler Alexander...and Priester (trade with Red Sox) in their rotation. Pretty incredible how resilient that organization is. Still waiting on Woodruff and Tobias Myers.

And it's noteworthy here that Torkelson has finally made needed adjustments and seems to be blossoming as a big league hitter...at least comparatively.

So there's basically going to be a war of attrition to "starve" the White Sox to death on payroll and stadium funding until they have no alternative but to capitulate to the Ishbias...

What's hard to fathom is how Sheets and Maldonado (sure it's early) can suddenly be meaningful contributors on what on paper at least is the best team in baseball for the moment. Environment/atmosphere? Self belief? Big home crowds? Weather? Put these guys around 4-5 All Stars and a very solid pitching staff and suddenly they start to perform again...maybe due to lack of pressure or not being under a microscope playing on the worst team in MLB history? Was it really all Grifol and Boston?

Except for Bogaerts...that could be the White Sox. Gurriel Lockridge E.Diaz and Oscar Gonzalez on the bench, all in the Sox price range. Wade has an 580 ops for his entire big league career. SheetsDH L 2 8 1 .316 .883 BogaertsSS R 0 5 4 .304 .778 Iglesias, J2B R 0 4 0 .292 .745 HeywardLF L 1 5 0 .206 .587 WadeCF L 0 0 0 .000 .000 Maldonado, MC R 1 2 0 .292 .709

Getz buys himself at least two more years on the job simply by not signing anyone for more than $5 million in FA after Fedde...looking back, it's almost amazing nearly $15 million was authorized by JR for a pitcher coming over from Korea, where they have an almost non existent scouting imprint.

You have to pick up that on the evaluation/scouting side first...for example, Burger's tenacity and will to not give up. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/general/jake-burger-s-all-or-nothing-approach-should-start-to-pay-off/ar-AA1CQnM6?ocid=BingNewsSerp At any rate, Elko couldn't be more the opposite physically...just am conditioned to expect similar big league results in terms of overall impact.

Nick Swisher and Melky Cabrera There's a lot of guys who were at the end of the line though, like Jay, Alonso and Encarnacion. This the same organization that is having a 2008 Ken Griffey Jr. Bobblehead, after all.

Except Nick Kurtz and maybe Caglianone

29. White Sox (previously: 29) Sure, the White Sox got to say hi to Crochet when he came with his new team, the Red Sox, on Sunday, but the real news from that trade, as far as Sox fans are concerned, was the debut over the weekend of Chase Meidroth, one of the four young players they received in the Crochet trade. He’s an on-base machine, and he showed why in his first game, reaching base four times, with three walks. On Sunday? He incredibly broke up Crochet's no-hit bid with a single in the eighth inning. mlb.com Rockies now 30th...Kris Bryant deal might be the worst in baseball, goes on for four more years

Well...it is if they want to have a strong defense and in still confidence in one of the younger staffs in the night leagues outside of Perez. Unless we also (already) believe that Cannon Martin Burke and Smith all won't be on the next Sox playoff team.

“I was aware of the no-hitter since the first batter,” Crochet said. “That’s just kind of who I am, I suppose. A blessing and a curse.” bostonglobe.com/sports Gets another opportunity against the Sox in Boston this weekend...

Best promotions for each team... White Sox: Sunday Bobblehead Series The White Sox have stepped up their giveaway game in ‘25, with the gameday handouts ranging from a 2005 Hawaiian shirt (July 11 vs. Cleveland) to a Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day green hockey jersey (Sept. 20 vs. Padres). They also have six great Sunday bobbleheads including Charles Comiskey (May 25 vs. Rangers), Ray Durham (June 8 vs. Royals), Luis Aparicio (June 29 vs. Giants) and Ken Griffey Jr. (Aug. 24 vs. Twins). But it’s tough to top the ‘05 World Series themed bobbleheads featuring the combination of four starters, in Mark Buehrle, Jose Contreras, Jon Garland and Freddy Garcia, who hurled back-to-back-to-back-to-back complete games in the ALCS (July 13 vs. the Guardians) and manager Ozzie Guillen making his unique call for closer Bobby Jenks in Game 1 of the World Series (Aug. 10 vs. Guardians). -- Scott Merkin

And Colson has gone from one of the "steals" of the year he was drafted to one of the biggest question marks across the entire minor leagues...

That's fine, but it's still not a long-term solution to trust Outman at this point, not after 2024 and what happened to Miguel Vargas since the trade... The only CF on the minor league map is Braden Montgomery, and he's ideally ticketed for RF because of his plus arm and range being just average or a tick below for center (that is, unless you trust "fixing" Greg Jones). Unless they're totally desperate to dump salary (sad, in and of itself), then they have to get de Paula back. Hope is more of a LF imo, although he can play CF as well.

114 / 13 career seasons averages out to about 8.8 homers per season, though...

There's absolutely no need to hurry a trade because that just means they'll have to play Michael Taylor everyday in CF...which will end up with him getting hurt, too. Then who you do play in CF? Greg Jones? Fletcher?

If only we were in a position to draft Nick Kurtz last year...man, that Oakland line-up is starting to look more and more potent by the day. Butler, Jacob Wilson, Soderstrom, Rooker, Langeliers, Bleday and even Miguel Andujar. OFC, we get to face the A's this week, beginning on TUES.

Pillar never had close to 30 homer power...