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Baldwin would be gone to get regular AAA Charlotte at-bats...the Taylor question is trickier since they don't really need five outfielders. You'd theoretically have to choose between Amaya/Drury...and Drury can't play SS and Baldwin once again needs to play regularly (best utility profile). Vargas could also back up all four IF positions but you don't want him at SS more than 12-15 games per year. Ramos can also back up every single infield position, too. They could instead go with Gallo at 1B/DH to provide more pop with no Robert.

2007 Indians win it all and it's really hard to justify... https://www.forbes.com/sites/larryfleisher/2025/02/11/cc-sabathia-entering-the-hall-of-fame-as-a-new-york-yankee-is-hardly-surprising/#:~:text=Sabathia won 106 games in eight and a,a seven-game ALCS to the Boston Red Sox. "Sabathia won 106 games in eight and a half seasons with Cleveland, which reached the postseason in his rookie season in 2001 and in 2007 when they beat the Yankees before losing three elimination games in a seven-game ALCS to the Boston Red Sox. It was the latter postseason year where he won his only CY Young by beating out Josh Beckett by a 119-86 margin."

That's a Miami Hurricanes baseball team cap, right?

The organization announced plans to reduce season-ticket prices for the 2025 campaign by an average of 10%. It’s too early to know the full impact of that decision, but Boyer said, “The fan reaction was certainly a tip of the cap. We have all the data. We know what the people are selling their tickets for on the secondary market. That decision was an easy one when you realize what our fans have been through.” https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/09/16/franchises/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjA-rr4nsWLAxWzw8kDHXwGE-0QFnoECAAQAg&usg=AOvVaw0ctqATZ0z_tdsdVrYOSnbZ Some pretty uncharacteristically blunt statements from Boyer...

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/13/more-art-of-the-possible-from-a-j-prellers-padres-who-restock-25-rotation-at-bargain-prices/

Big question is whether you really need both Amaya and Drury. Drury definitely can't play SS. Gallo just might sneak onto the roster depending on Spring results... Ramos Meidroth Fletcher Colas DeLoach to AAA sounds about right.

“I’m expecting a lot from Davis,” said pitching coach Ethan Katz. “Especially now being removed from Tommy John...(now) having a normal offseason.” Martin left his last start of 2022 with bicep soreness after an ERA-wrecking season finale outing, and was still very much in the throes of rehabbing from Tommy John surgery this time last season. So training without restrictions at the PitchingWRX facility in his native Oklahoma over the offseason was a lot more normal, and a lot more active... Solid write up on Davis Martin's positives, lots of detail and quotes...rotating DH looks the most likely for now...Gallo brought in more for 1B/DH at-bats. https://soxmachine.com/2025/02/davis-martin-readying-for-a-starring-role-in-white-sox-rotation/

Corona (Ca) High needs to broadcast their games haha I received a couple of texts from trusted folks covering college baseball and MLB Draft this morning. Josh Nelson SoxMachine 1) If Billy Carlson falls to #10, either something is wrong with him or this draft class is a lot better than expected (A LOT of love for Carlson) 2) I should add OK State OF Nolan Schubart to the Watch Board. To finally answer your question, I would rank my Watch Board as likeliest White Sox picks: 1) Brendan Summerhill, OF 2) Luke Stevenson, C 3) Cameron Appenzeller,

"According to a source, Ragans received a $250,000 signing bonus and will make $1 million this season. His salary jumps up to $4.5 million in ‘26 – what would have been his first arb-eligible season – and then $7.5 million in ‘27. If Ragans – who finished fourth in American League Cy Young voting in 2024 – wins the Cy Young this year or next, his ‘27 salary rises to $8 million." Royals' Cole Ragans locks in/guarantees most of his arb years, protects against possibility of third TJS surgery. mlbtraderumors.com https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article300373334.html#storylink=mainstage_lead

Jake Eder is 46 there.

https://www.truebluela.com/2025/1/25/24352120/dodgers-non-roster-invitees-2025-spring-training Dodgers' ST non roster invites could give entire Sox 40 man roster a heckuva battle. BP very high (#8/9 overall) on dePaula and Hope.

Not very many people have seriously projected Iriarte into the rotation...so I guess that's the hottest take. Karinchak's stuff has degraded greatly from 4-5 years ago. CLE definitely knows their bullpens.

Quite simply...if you grew up in the 70s and 80s and early 90s...it was Indiana UCLA Kentucky Duke UNC and Kansas that were the blue bloods. Now you have UConn, Gonzaga, the SEC strength across the league, especially at the top. Florida was in there for awhile. Butler, etc. Arizona. I can't blame Caitlin Clark and the Fever for this one...if anything...there's even more interest in the state overall for BB. The best answer might be Purdue's ascendancy...and Illinois to a lesser extent, Michigan and MSU to the north. Definitely not ND, either. They need another early "ascending" Brad Stevens-like coach in their 30s and 40s that's not associated with "old school" Indiana, Alfords or Woodson or Isaiah Thomas...for example, Tom Crean could definitely recruit well, but coaching was suspect. TJ in Ames an obvious choice, although they have stumbled a BIT recently.

Great baseball name...

No way Fletcher makes it. Meidroth feels unlikely unless he really outplays everyone.

Except he wasn't even a great defender last year, either. At least by some of the metrics.

Sosa making the team and not then playing everyday with his roster situation makes zero sense...but it's the White Sox. Th reading the needle between development and avoiding historical losses again...they might be more concerned with win totals than positioning for the #1 pick, which is beyond idiotic.

Try being an Iowa fan and just wanting to get back to the Sweet 16 once since the late 90s. I know Indiana Knight 70s and 80s Natty's...movie Hoosiers used to be all-time Top 3-5 program and the spiritual home of basketball in the US etc. We did somehow luck upon the Murray Brothers and Luka Garza but the future is all NIL for the women's program right now. What interest there was remaining inmen's, Captain Clark s iPhone off half of it. Can't even think of even one promising coach to replace the over paid Fran McCaffrey.

To add to the excitement lol...since everytime one looks up at 2025 it's simply maddening to draft tenth.

If anyone is to blame for what some view as a Dodgers “spending problem,” it’s the other 29 MLB teams. There were more than enough free agents to go around in this winter’s cycle. Just about any team could have signed one or two of Snell, Conforto, Hernández, Yates, Kim or Scott, and a few teams doing so could’ve prevented L.A. from reaching such a stratospheric level of spending. Simply put, other teams signing free agents means those free agents can’t join the Dodgers and help them get even better. ..... Could the other teams in baseball have done more to prevent them from getting stronger? Absolutely. Should they have beaten the Dodgers last year when they had the chance? Probably. https://sports.yahoo.com/the-dodgers-are-going-to-be-even-better-this-year--and-the-other-29-mlb-teams-have-only-themselves-to-blame-171842188.html

"Baseball has a problem, but the problem isn’t about salary caps or even floors like many will point to. No, after MLB earned record revenues of $12 billion last year, it shouldn’t seem like free-agent contracts are being suppressed outside of the top 1% of players. Yet those increased earnings don’t seem to be translating to the players helping create them. Which brings us back to the CBA and the tenuous dynamic between MLB owners and the players’ association. This issue and the factors that contribute to it will likely become part of the next CBA negotiations." https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-free-agency-2024-25-top-50-players-available-this-winter-starting-with-juan-soto-and-roki-sasaki-035649579.html

"Best" hitters remaining on the market: JD Martinez and Justin Turner (40)...and then there were ten, eleven if you count Andrew Vaughn. We can probably add Brendan Rodgers ex Rockies SS to get a "Dirty Dozen." Preferred him to Rojas...tbh. "Mark Canha, Yuli Gurriel, Miguel Sanó, Anthony Rizzo, Rowdy Tellez and others are also on the market with limited earning power. On the trade market, Spencer Torkelson doesn’t have an amazing path to playing time in Detroit and is still in his pre-arbitration years. LaMonte Wade Jr. is only making $5MM this year and could perhaps be pried away from the Giants. Starling Marte is going to make $19.5MM this year but the Mets are reportedly willing to pay down his salary in order to facilitate a deal." mlbtraderumors.com

"In one non-injury related camp note, Boone said this week that the Yankees will get Ben Rice catching reps during the spring (relayed by Hoch). A bat-first player, Rice played almost exclusively first base during his 50-game rookie season. He started 31 games behind the dish in the minors last season. Rice has nearly 1000 career minor league innings as a catcher, though most scouting reports question whether he can stick." mlbtraderumors.com couple Big Ben Rice fans here

The A's are closing in on the Sox. Severino at $67 million and Rooker at $60 million this offseason. The Sox eventually will be the only franchise left after Pitt/Reynolds passed that mark.

Jerry btw.