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Will probably put it out there that he's only signing with the Dodgers lol.

https://athlonsports.com/mlb/san-diego-padres/fans-in-disbelief-fernando-tatis-jr-towering-home-run Tatis has now played in all of one Spring Training game...they're not going to win the division, but they'll at least be competitive/entertaining.

More importantly, how long will Getz's employment last after Ishbia assumes control...?

According to Fox News...they give them out simply for things you might potentially accomplish.

Ask any Dodgers' fans if they're concerned in the least. Otoh the White Sox had the worst spring training record last year and now this year...pretty obvious there's at least SOME correlation there. How high it is...you'd have to analyst Spring Training vs. regular season records. There's also the same correlation with minor league winning percentages vs. actually producing legit Top 100 MiLB prospects.

On this Brewers Spotlight, we shine the light on Brewers relief pitcher prospect Shane Smith. He was the Brewer Fanatic 2023 Minor League Relief Pitcher of the Year. His story is interesting and one can't help but wish him health and success. After a solid high school career, he went to Wake Forest. Unfortunately, over three seasons there, he pitched a total of just 10 1/3 innings. He had a shoulder injury and redshirted his first season. He had taken over the role of closer for the Demon Deacons and was pitching well when Covid shut down the season. He began the following season as a starter but hurt his elbow and needed Tommy John surgery. https://brewerfanatic.com/videos/milwaukee-brewers-minor-leagues/brewers-spotlight-rhp-shane-smith-r134/ "Yeah, this is spot on imho. The only absolute locks, by my eyes, are RHP Logan Henderson and RHP Shane Smith. Too much high end stuff in both these young men's toolkits to leave exposed - no brainers." From Four page discussion on who to protect for MIL on Rule 5 draft

"Instead, after much deep thought and conversations with his parents and others, he decided to bet on himself. Using the Communications degree classes he had already taken (at Wake Forest), he went about contacting MLB organization after organization. It paid off. In early July, the Milwaukee Brewers gave him a chance. He continued to rehab that summer as well as into the 2022 summer. He was able to end that year with three innings over three games for one of the Brewers Arizona Complex League teams. That gave him confidence heading into the 2023 season that he could do it again. The Brewers worked on a plan with him.... He was able to end that season with two games for Double-A Biloxi where he tossed two scoreless innings. He never worked in back-to-back games all season, and if he worked two innings, he would get three days between outings." https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/brewers-minor-league/brewers-prospect-spotlight-rhp-shane-smith-r2776/

I mean...we are holding onto Jesse Scholtens for the time being, but it seems he's going to get more opportunities in various roles if he keeps throwing the ball like today. Granted, his first Spring Training outing wasn't all that memorable...but even M's announcers had Smith throwing BB's right out of the gate as their player of the game today.

TEMPE, Ariz. — Colson Montgomery would hardly view his back spasm blip as a refutation of his work, but his offseason was geared at keeping him healthy and keeping him at shortstop. “I was like 240 pounds in the offseason so I felt like I needed to lose it and I like being a little bit lighter,” said Montgomery, who lost around 10-15 pounds. “It was to be more athletic and to be what I am, because I want to be a shortstop, and I felt I had to lose some weight to be a shortstop.” https://soxmachine.com/2025/03/white-sox-notes-colson-montgomery-slimmed-down-to-stick-at-shortstop/

"Alternatively, perhaps there is an arrangement where Reinsdorf avoids capital gains taxes by keeping his shares until death, but concedes control to you, with a definitive amount to be paid (either in fixed price or by formula) upon his journey to That Great Tax Shelter in the Sky. That could only be done if Jerry desires it, but he could easily rewrite the corporate arrangement to make it so. You could then hold a smiling joint news conference, as you say nice things about him and he says nice thing about you, everybody cheers, and then he drops you off at your fortress in Winnetka on his way home to Highland Park. Perhaps you are saying nothing because it feels maudlin to discuss another man’s death, particularly a death which would make so many people happy. No doubt you see that as bad karma. If so, hundreds of thousands in the Chicago area are in a karma conundrum." https://www.southsidesox.com/2025/3/1/24375126/a-chicago-white-sox-fans-open-letter-to-phoenix-suns-owner-justin-ishbia

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/28/chicago-white-sox-jerry-reinsdorf-justin-ishbia-ownership/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjZgb2kneqLAxW-6ckDHbUbA-sQ0PADegQIBxAH&usg=AOvVaw1S9BjFTsMM0fLzPjsF8EnH Sullivan column on Ishbia

Vladimir Guerrero, Jr=Bradley Beal

Go bet your house they win the AL Central...and Getz is simultaneously named AL Executive of the Year. Dodgers' fans are apparently melting down over this rs/ra stat.

You just argued Getz starts guys who earn it. How exactly is that the case with Vargas? That he HAS to play simply because of the lack of options? Not the same thing.

Doesn't mean they have to start him every single game unless he begins earning it. I never said DFA him. Not sure he would even be claimed by another team. Maybe the Rockies or Marlins.

Vargas lol?

Grant Taylor comparatively 97 100 88 cutter 101 mph for K 93 sinker 100 89 cutter 100.3 ground out botched 99.1 87.8 cutter 88.2 cutter 98.3 fb 100.3 95.5 cutter 100.6 99.7 in play

Four seem FBs at 97-100 98.5 98.5 (98.5 99.4 99.6 to Cal Raleigh) Four sinkers 92-94, 90 Two CB 82 84.1 Cutter 91.5 pitches to Garver 98 98.4 97.9 98 Crawford 97.8 97.1 98.7

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-2024-rule-5-draft-scouting-reports/ As a starter last year, Smith’s fastball dipped backed into the 93-95 mph range, and even when Milwaukee returned the 24-year-old to the bullpen at the end of the year, it still hung there. Smith should at least have adequate big league reliever velocity, and perhaps more than that if his arm strength rebounds. He began re-incorporating sliders and cutters into his pitch mix in 2024 after he was mostly fastball/curveball in 2023. His curveball did not perform as well in 2024 as it did in 2023, and it’s plausible that his repertoire will be pared down if Smith ends up in Chicago’s bullpen right away. Milwaukee’s experimentation with Smith as a starter was a worthy endeavor but, realistically, he’s going to be a fairly standard middle reliever with two plus pitches.

Think it's McLain...like Denny the 1960s pitcher.

Mariners having to bring over extra pitchers from their minor league camp...

Ofc the ironic aspect is the Ms have the best young rotation in the majors. Don't even have any room for Hancock in the rotation. Don't have a clue who Nick McLain is... took advantage of a bad hop.

93-95 pretty pedestrian these days for even a middle reliever...that's why Smith being available through Rule 5 was at least intriguing.

Hey...we're now exactly even with the Dodgers for RS/RS. -16 Yay!!! WS bets still available for both teams. Oops. We are ahead by one now. -15. Sox ticket office hours are being extended today to 6 p.m. according to Boyer.

You mean Justin..? Referring to Tray...unless they BOTH have $100+ million structures in Winnetka. Does he take a helicopter to work?