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DeLoach Julks Colas Fletcher their best LF options at the moment. Probably move Slater Tauchman Taylor over though. Or Gallo. We talked about Baldwin Vargas Ramos playing LF as well. Vaughn back to lf, Elko to 1B lol.

Hamate

Schiffren "jinxed" him into matching his commentary about Tim having a great spring.

And Baldwin promptly picked off.

At least Baldwin in the game...and Robert actually walked.

It's the White Sox. Nothing is a nothingburger.

Watching the tv feed without audio is going to only entice the most hardcore Sox fans with this lineup...

I at least made it to early 30s. Not sure if not stretching enough/yoga or not drinking enough fluids could be contributing factors. There’s not being able to stand up after sitting too long issues vs. debilitating pain that FEELS like it must be a herniated disk requiring surgery. Usually 2-3 days, 3-5 at worst to stabilize. I remember the first really serious back pains came from too much racquetball and also repeated violent swinging motions in baseball, golf, tennis, softball over a lifetime…just accumulation of wear and tear and then not stretching well enough or at all. Ofc…there were rumors of Montgomery back issues all last year. His massive//growing size and defensive position on the field (SS) were two of the numerous reasons that Keith Law dinged him.

Great…more Amaya to look forward to. Hopefully they just go with Baldwin instead. (Likely out for at least 2-3 days for Colson.)

Taylor, MLF R 0 0 0 .000 .000 Robert Jr.CF R 0 0 0 .333 .929 BenintendiDH L 0 0 0 .000 .000 SlaterRF R 0 0 0 .000 .000 Rojas, J2B L 0 0 0 .250 .900 Drury1B R 0 0 0 .125 .375 Montgomery, CSS L 1 2 0 .143 .714 Sosa, L3B R 0 1 0 .500 1.250 NarváezC L 0 0 0 .000 .500 Lineups subject to change How did DVS get Palette’s name wrong? On paper, this one looks like another sure loss…although there’s slight hope without Jose Ramirez and Naylor traded lol.

I guess a sub topic would be front office personnel to replace Getz lol.

Two errors or less per game would be nice to see...

Staying healthy enough to be a "qualified" batter would be though.

Right. And they got desperate to take any first tier pitcher when Wheeler evaporated. Keuchel was the very last guy left remaining at that level...at the time.

Vaughn/Robert and...hoping for Colson, but let's go with Teel instead. Benintendi another logical candidate if he wants to get traded away to an actual contender. Quero could do a reasonable Omar Narvaez impression...

They had another play where the ball got away on a relay throw from the outfield allowing a runner to advance to second. Was that when Smith was in? And then he failed to hold the runner at second...but managed to strand him with K's anyway.

Last time they won the offseason wate the consecutive Cabrera Robertson LaRoche signings. Didn't go so well. Or was it Grandal Keuchel and Lynn? Were Hendriks/Kimbrel (ddl) that offseason or the next? Don't want to think about it too much lol.

That's certainly the headline-gathering way to get more disenchanted Sox fans back on board and also a wake up call to Ricketts that he can no longer take the White Sox being irrelevant for granted. LAD would definitely be more interested in Tucker or Murakami... They probably want to hold 1B and DH for Freeman/Ohtani.

I'll play. Tucker pried away from the Cubs...shot across their bow and also because he's a true multi-dimensional player with Guerrero Jr. having so much value coming from the hit tool. Buehler (bounce back to Cy Young for) OR King (less overall mileage on his arm, comparatively). Wouldn't trust Cease to stay healthy for another five years. Professional hitter like a Schwarber or Arraez. 3 big additions. Then I monitor Luis Robert (could even reverse directions and extend), NPB players and transform Grant Taylor into a dynamic multi-inning closer.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/top-10-mlb-free-agents-for-2025-26-offseason-vladimir-guerrero-jr-leads-list-plus-contract-predictions/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjjzfDR0uOLAxU6IUQIHZiGFoUQFnoECAEQAg&usg=AOvVaw1WtW4UPsgXYrjNsqH304Jr You can use these salary predictions... Guerrero Jr., Tucker, Cease, Gallen, Framber Valdez, Walker Buehler, Michael King, Bo Bichette, JT Realmuto, Kyle Schwarber, Luis Arraez...

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/with-dan-snyder-gone-and-the-commanders-thriving-jets-woody-johnson-is-the-nfls-ownership-wart-022807379.html Reinsdorf at least isn't to Woody Johnson/Daniel Snyder levels of bad territory...quite yet. But that's not saying much. One does have to wonder if there have been private complaints to Manfred about the team's lack of competitiveness...lack of a new stadium plan and lack of a discernible media/broadcast strategy. It's not NY...but it is the third largest media market in the US still.

https://www.mlb.com/news/2025-2026-mlb-free-agent-class-preview Some always complain the tone is too negative around here. So let's come up with our positive/theoretical spending plans...keep the total commitments between $500-$750 million just to have a somewhat realistic framework. Can extend young players (Schultz, Smith, Colson) but more likely to invest that money in MLB and/or NPB free agents like Murakami at 3B or pitching help...especially the bullpen.

https://soxmachine.com/2025/02/new-network-new-tone-for-john-schriffen-in-second-year/ New Network, New Tone for Schiffren in his second year (and first with a new network) One of the comments at the end of the article was on point here... Listening to his segment with Bruce Levine and Ryan McGuffey on “Inside the Clubhouse,” I have the feeling it’s not going to be the quickest of fixes. I heard that interview and have to agree with this JM. This tough-guy, I am from New York, need to prove people wrong nonsense really bothers me. Who the hell cares? You went to Dartmouth. What is that the toughest of the Ivy League Schools(?). He comes off to me as thin-skinned, petty and not very good at his job and that interview on the Score only reinforced that to me. His disingenuous attempts to explain his performance and actions last year as caused by his being overly competitive and wanting to prove people wrong, makes no sense. You are a professional MLB play by play announcer. (Like GM's, it's just one of 30 such jobs in the world.) No need to prove anyone wrong. Just do better. I guess one of the other things that he did that annoyed a lot of players and front office people (probably because he felt isolated from Stone and Brooks Boyer)...was hanging around the players too much, getting too close to be objective with some of them (like Pham), trying too hard to be the "cool kid" and showing off that he wasn't Benetti but maybe pitching himself as the polar opposite in numerous ways.

The odds-makers were at 54.5 predicted wins before Spring Training...but if they were to put an updated line at Vegas, it might be down to 51-52 and just wait until Luis Robert, Jr., is traded. 49-50 at that point. Any record in the 40's with losses in the 110's would feel in many ways "worse" than the 2024 record. Because they need do show REAL, demonstrable progress, and at the very least, Vargas/Sosa/Teel/Quero/C.Montgomery will all start seeing major league action this year, even if they hold Smith and Schultz back for May 2026.

Even if he's now the owner of even 20-25% of shares...along with his sons...that's the most, $500 additional billion that the Ishbia's would have to come up with. THEORETICALLY. Capital gains would be $75-100 million, once again, based on what little we do know here.