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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/white-sox-trade-rumors-luis-robert-reds-edwin-arroyo-giants.html Full article is really quite interesting, especially the thinking White Sox would as of today kick in $5-6 million to Cincy...might have been posted earlier. Really big concerns now about Arroyo bathing up short...

SELL THE TEAM!

2005 lol...$75 million Actually 2004 and $65 million...then we dumped Magglio Caballo Valentin.

Angels haven't gotten much coverage the last 2-3 years...especially with Trout out and Ohtani crossing Orange County. Plus West Coast game start times.

Well...this type of trade (where we ate let's say $15-20+ million for prospect return) has pretty much never happened under Reinsdorf, not even once. So there's that...

It's like the other side of the Cease coin. They rolled the dice on that to mitigate downside risk and Preller likely ends up with an even better return for one year as there's also a QO for the acquiring team that Boras/Cease will automatically reject if healthy. There are only ten or so 25/25 guys in the entire sport. They don't exactly grow on trees. Get him with the Reds Guardians Dodgers Red Sox and he will take off again career-wise.

Okay....we have different definitions of "just missed." That's 101-115 territory. Btw, is Gonzalez lower rated now than every single player from that draft class picked before him?

Let's say he is on a 2.5-3.0 fWAR pace...that's certainly worth the price tag at a premium position with future offensive upside, assuming the right coaching staff he will actually listen to and respect. Just roll the dice at this point...he certainly realizes playing well (and hustling) is the best way to escape his situation and land with a contender.

That can't be right when there are only 15 total. Burke was the write up we already saw from McDaniel. It's definitely not Wolkow Ramos or Colas. Taylor? Not with his spotty injury history so far.

Uh-oh. Seems like so much of this is about diametrically-opposed viewpoints on Colson Montgomery's potential...and Quero to a lesser extent.

Hasn't Arroyo slipped to the #80-100 range on most prospect lists? https://www.redreporter.com/2025/1/15/24344389/edwin-arroyo-cincinnati-reds-top-prospects Getting a previously-injured guy always runs a higher risk but of course you're buying at a lower price... No way Reinsdorf will eat enough money here to get this done...

Okay, Will Smith...decent impression.

https://www.si.com/mlb/athletics/news/a-s-announce-season-tickets-have-sold-out-in-sacramento-01jha1q15y0g A's sold out of season tickets already in Sacramento...would be atoughly 1.35 million in attendance (81 x 14,014) if sold out the entire inventory of seats. Would be right at White Sox 2024, 1999 and 1989 attendance marks. So the Sox will "battle" for 27th/28th in attendance this year with the Marlins and Rays likely...

Some Rays season ticket members “have been upset” that comparable seats to what they had at Tropicana Field are “going to cost them more -- in some cases more than double” -- at the team’s 2025 interior 11,000+ seat home at Steinbrenner Field, according to Marc Topkin of the TAMPA BAY TIMES. Some of the upset fans have “just said no” (the team allowed memberships to be paused for the season), cut back on the number of season tickets or have “given up seats close to the field for less-expensive options.” https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/01/22/tampa-bay-rays-ticket-price-hike

Also have to consider the QO side of this with Boras/Rays...he's now the most expensive player on their roster, with Lowe second.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/where-can-the-guardians-find-a-center-fielder.html Looks like they're not going to be satisfied with Lane Thomas as everyday starter.

Does MLB have more or less parity than NFL NBA etc.??? "Over at Baseball Prospectus, Rob Mains used the Gini coefficient, a tool normally used to measure income inequality, to judge the spread in team wins last season. A higher Gini coefficient means a more unequal spread between the top and bottom, a bigger stratification between the haves and the have-nots. He found that when it came to inequality measured this way and set against all of baseball history, last year’s American League ranked in the 68th percentile and the National League in the 44th percentile. Seems well within the norms we’ve seen historically." https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6092838/2025/01/29/major-league-baseball-nfl-nba-parity-analysis/ "If the two-win Carolina Panthers of 2023-24 had played 162 games with the same winning percentage, they would have had 20 fewer wins than the team with the most losses in baseball history, the 2024 Chicago White Sox (121)."

Keith Law at The Athletic wrote about 15 prospects just outside of his top-100 list, including a pair of Dodgers — shortstop Kellon Lindsey and left-handed pitcher Jackson Ferris. Lindsey was the Dodgers’ first-round draft pick in 2024 and has yet to make his major league debut. “If he shows he can pick up spin better in 2025 than he did before the draft, he’s going to be in the top 50 at midseason, because it’s tools all day and a good swing to produce quality contact,” Law wrote. "Surprised to see BA had Lindsey above Wrobleski. Shows what kind of ceiling Lindsey has. I haven't read a single scouting report that doesn't reference Trea Turner. Get consistent with the bat-to-ball and the rest of the tools will carry." truebluela.com Law has the Dodgers ranked third system, right up there with Mariners and Red Sox now. Overrated: Landon Knack A solid AAAA pitcher, no doubt. He reminds me of a Trevor Oaks type. But some on here have said he's in the mix to be our 5th starter. I do see him making the occasional spot start for us this year and providing emergency depth/innings, but that's about it. I have Bobby Miller, Wrobleski and Casparius all ahead of him on the SP depth chart.

RHP Alex Faedo of Tigers dfa'Ed to make room for Tommy Kahnle. Dramatically different numbers, 0.6 bWAR and -0.5 fWAR. https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/01/29/detroit-tigers-free-agency-grade-tommy-kahnle-signing-reliever-bullpen/78024255007/ B grade for move notes concerning injury history BUT "Here's another important note: He has a hilarious personality, drinks Red Bull on game days and shows emotion on the mound — all of which make him a perfect fit among the players in the Tigers' clubhouse."

https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/american-league/kansas-city-royals/ Royals back up over $125 million...highest since 2017/Alex Gordon deal.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/reds-to-acquire-taylor-rogers.html Reds add $6 million more in salary with veteran LHP Taylor Rogers...SFG covers the other half.

https://sports.yahoo.com/fact-or-fiction-something-is-seriously-wrong-with-the-nba-165552428.html Thought this was an extremely well researched and written article...as the NBA and MLB are exactly perfectly matched in average team revenues...but the distribution is completely skewed for the Top 12-15 MLB teams vs. the bottom half of the league. "This is, for the most part, a separate conversation (widespread ASG complaints). The league implemented another new All-Star Game format because players stopped trying in the exhibition. They have been too busy complaining about it. But the end result is the same: The game's participants are undermining the product they are selling. If we keep telling everyone there is something wrong with the NBA, they will believe it, even if it is untrue.

That's a given? Down 15% at the very least...another 20-25% wouldn't be completely shocking. The biggest question is whether A's in Sacramento and Rays in a 12,500 seat Tampa High A/Yankees' Spring Training facility outdraw the Sox this year. Marlins and possibly Pirates competing for bottom, too.

https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-splitters-sasaki-yamamoto-ohtani Dodgers' secret sauce is the splitter-forkball...but that has traditionally led to a plethora of elbow injuries.

"The deal, worth a guaranteed $22 million over two years, includes a $13 million option for a third year (2027) -- or a $2 million buyout if the Royals decline the option, according to MLB.com's Mark Feinsand." https://www.mlb.com/news/carlos-estevez-royals-contract