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"We had a lot of fun with the idea of a bounty, but we couldn’t be happier for this young baseball fan and his family,” Pirates chairman Bob Nutting said in a statement. “Reading his story on how he pulled the card on Christmas morning, what a magical moment. That family bond is what baseball is all about. I would love to host him and his family and follow through with a meet-and-greet with Paul and his teammates, either here in Pittsburgh or when we travel to L.A.” https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-skenes-rookie-debut-patch-card-auctioned-for-charity

That's why they are three decades back to their last title...and Jerry Jones' acting skills aren't improving if Landman Ep.9 is any indication.

Any word on attendance the first night? Obviously it was a much smaller (more intimate) venue than past hotel or convention center years.

"Is Drew Thorpe eligible for this list? I saw him on the list of 204 that received votes. He had 44 innings pitched last year, which is less than the 50 inning rule for ROY if I’m not mistaken. Wondering where he would land. I think he was top 50 before making his MLB debut. He was on the MLB active roster for about 50 days though, not sure if BA goes by the 45 day rule?" BA.com Drew Thorpe fell into the others receiving votes category for the BA Top 100...quite the descent from last year.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-clubs-with-most-preseason-top-100-prospects-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage White Sox one of 7 featured teams "Since MLB Pipeline started ranking Top 50/100 prospects in 2004, the Rays (92), Dodgers (84), Pirates (73) and Padres (72) have had the most ranked preseason, with a four-way tie for fifth between the Cubs, Twins, Rangers and Braves (70). The Cubs have rocketed up the list with a league-best 20 selections over the past three years. The teams with the fewest ranked prospects remain the same as last year: the Angels (40), Giants (44), Athletics (45), Astros (46) and Nationals (46)."

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2025/01/24/unbelievable-mark-buehrle-says-of-statue-to-be-unveiled-this-summer Well at least they made it through Friday night without any headline-grabbing fan confrontations like in Pittsburgh...so there's that.

Gaslampball.com is so excited about Marinara Sauce they haven't even filed an accompanying story as of yet. Union Tribune sports at least dutifully reported some of his interesting splits.

Im not going to pay $2000 for the latest iPhone and better formatting than my $650 Huawei will provide…

For some reason thought he was closer to arbitration...at any rate, repeating is the tough part when his career results through 2023 would hardly have predicted a break out. This year pitcher will be a lot more careful with him. And your boy Luke was all the way up to #45 at Baseball America fwiw.

Kind of? Logically it would be Teel Montgomery or Quero depending on MLB playing time.

Not taking Wetherholt or Caglianone will also get second guessed if Smith gets hurt...the irony being that Wetherholt only was available at that spot due to concerns over lingering hanstring issues.

The biggest would have been getting Kristian Campbell last year from Boston before he completely blew up. But Crochet had yet to prove he could make it through an entire season. Then on paper you would also have a 3 fWAR RFer in McCarthy...although not much remaining control.

Scholtens is this decade's Scott Carroll...battling every day to qualify for his big league pension benefits.

Cash Considerations Imagining statue coming soon...might have to move Crede or Uribe out of the way. Let's not hire the D-Wade artist on the cheap please. Fortunately JR commissioned a bunch of work to be done simultaneously in order to get a 15% discount...

Seems like some type of board violation...albeit a rather tame/non-vitriolic one.

Prospect Points...reverse ordered, so top prospects overweighted but teams also rewarded for multiple guys notice four Central teams comprise Top 9...Padres and Jays wiped out by Sasaki decision while Dodgers just get stronger 1. White Sox=364 2. Detroit Tigers=337 3. LA Dodgers=317 4. Boston Red Sox=307 5. Seattle Mariners=263 6. Chicago Cubs=253 7. Cleveland Guardians=263 8. Phillies=212 9. Minnesota Twins=202 10. Texas Rangers=192 11. TB Rays=185 12. Pirates=183 13. Reds=177 14. Orioles=175 15. Cardinals=158 16. Padres=151 17. Nationals=150 18. Royals=149 19. Rockies=148 20. Brewers=144 21. A's=133 22. Mets=98 23. Marlins=96 24. AZ=90 25. Yankees=80 26. SFG=77 27. Angels=56 28. Braves=50 29. Astros=42 30. Blue Jays=27

Well now Rivera is involved in an off the field scandal involving his NY church and abuse of an underage girl...covering it up to protect Assemblies of God ministries.

https://www.mlb.com/news/top-100-prospects-list-mlb-pipeline-preseason-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage Here it is...

Same exact place on Pipeline/#39. Huge difference of opinion on Quero...#66 at MLB Pipeline.

You clearly aren't a huge prospects fan...and try to post a live list on a mobile phone while it's still being announced on MLB Network. The whole thing will be up at mlb.com in 22 minutes anyway.

Played with Trea Turner actually...yet didn't go that far in NCAA postseason

27. A.Miller 26. Ch. Burns 25. Dollander 24. Eldridge 23. JJ Wetherholt (available to Sox) 22. Caglianone (chose Smith in front of him) still wants to pitch 21. Dominguez 20. Colt Emerson 19. Matt Shaw Cubs 18. deVrieze SD 17. Sebastian Walcott 16. Noah Schultz CHW 15. Bubba Chandler Pitt 14. Mayo 13. Basallo 12. M.Mayer 11. Lawlar 10. Bazzana CLE 9. Carson Williams SS TBR 8. Andrew Painter RHP Phillies 7. Kristian Campbell Boston 4th round from GaTech, rose from outside Top 30 list for Boston in one year...best prospect already? 6. Max Clark Detroit CFer 5. Jackson Jobe Detroit RHP 4. Dylan Crews Nats 3. Walker Jenkins CF Twins 2. Roman Anthony CF Boston 1. Roki Sasaki LAD RHP

75. Z.Hope 71. J.Ferris 66. E.Quero 61. Keaschall 55. B.Montgomery 40. Josue de Paula 39.Colson Montgomery 37. Em.Rodriguez 36. Chase Delauter 34. Hagen Smith 33. Salas SD 32. Teel CHW 31. Jacob Wilson Oak 30. Rushing LAD 29. Condon UGA 28. McGonigle Detroit SS 2B Comp Balance pick

"The young collector who pulled the Paul Skenes 1-of-1 Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card has decided to sell the card at auction -- and it will help out a good cause. The Skenes card will be sold at the Fanatics Collect March Premier auction. All of Fanatics Collect's proceeds from the Skenes card will be donated directly to Los Angeles fire relief funds." https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-skenes-rookie-debut-patch-card-auctioned-for-charity

NC State?