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The WestEddy vs. The World (and Scott Pilgrim) isn't working for you? Well...sometimes TaylorStSox comes in as well to play Devil's Advocate, along with Cali in his new role as Southsider2k5 foil.

What about "WestEddy finally admits we're not breaking 60 wins day???" I know that's going to be pushed as tremendous progress regardless, even 55 wins...and compared to the 2023 KC Royals before their breakthrough last season, ad nauseam.

5D Chess in order to throw you off. Oblique. The normal head on Balta Blitzkrieg tactics doesn't seem to be particularly effective so going with Trump Style of being totally un predictable and errratic. Except one core truism: Make (LA) Dodgers Great Again. MLADGA.

Worked well with Sosa...what next, Charlie Lau?

'When you say “try to break even every year,” it connotes that you are affirmatively trying to manage money in a way that emphasizes the reduced spending part since that is entirely within the team’s control (as opposed to winning more games to generate more revenues …); and (2) teams and team-related assets have appreciated like crazy in major pro sports for decades now, so even if the team doesn’t turn an annual “profit,” it is absolutely generating significant additional wealth every year.' Well, somehow the White Sox are the exception here to this rule.

"They think somehow we have all these dollars that the Dodgers have or the Mets have or the Yankees have and we just keep it. Which isn't true at all. What happens is we try to break even every year, and that's about it."— 670 The Score (@670TheScore) January 18, 2025 Tom Ricketts takes issue with the narrative surrounding the Cubs: "If we trade Cody Bellinger for a starting pitcher, that's a trade. If we trade Cody Bellinger to get the resources to sign a pitcher, that's a salary dump. It doesn't make any sense."— 670 The Score (@670TheScore) January 18, 2025 By replacing him with Colin Rea? really? Fans will love the financial Brewers-like astuteness of that move? https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2025/01/18/cubs-owner-and-chairman-tom-ricketts-talks-about-cubs-spending/

Jinxed into major league success...my avatar "promotion" will push him over the top.

Well, those first three could actually coach/teach defense...like the Brian Simmons of their day. Could at least get Sox/Bulls Camp jobs. Or Smith could coach QBs. Palka otoh made Viciedo Sheets Vaughn look like skilled corner OF defenders...

Cardinals are embarrassing now, too.

Tony Dungy of ST.

After Sasaki’s $6.5 million bonus, the Dodger have either $896,200 or $1,146,200 remaining for their other signings. As of Saturday night, the Dodgers have not yet announced any signings (not even Sasaki, officially), but here are the other players reportedly added to LA’s 2025 international class. Known bonuses So far the only Dodgers signing bonuses reported outside of Sasaki are for Panamanian left-hander Adrian Torres, who gets $365,000 (plus a $100k scholarship), and Venezuelan shortstop Luis Tovar, who gets $300,000. Both bonuses were reported by Francys Romero. https://www.truebluela.com/2025/1/18/24346458/dodgers-international-signing-period-2025

SoxMachine from 2022 disagrees lol. A day before Marco Paddy was named International Scout of the Year at the Winter Meetings, Baseball America indirectly showed why Paddy deserved such recognition. BA released its 2023 preseason list of the top 10 White Sox prospects on Wednesday, and international signings make up more than half of it. Here are those 10 White Sox prospects, with Paddy’s signings in bold: Colson Montgomery Oscar Colás (bust) Bryan Ramos (fading) Noah Schultz Sean Burke Cristian Mena (traded) Peyton Pallette Norge Vera (gone) José Rodríguez Lenyn Sosa (last chance) This is a huge jump over previous years, when the White Sox were lucky to have two hand-signed, homegrown international prospects in their top 10. 2013: 2 2014: 0 2015: 1 2016: 0 2017: 0 2018: 1 2019: 2 2020: 1 2021: 2 2022: 2 2023: 6 https://soxmachine.com/2022/12/marco-paddys-work-is-finally-reflected-on-white-sox-top-prospect-lists/ Completely forgot about this dude. On April 4, 2024, Jose Popeye Rodríguez was designated for assignment by Chicago.[11 On April 5, 2024, Rodríguez was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for cash consideration (yay for JR!!!).[12] In 38 games for the Double–A Reading Fightin Phils, he batted .265/.329/.422 with four home runs, 18 RBI, and 12 stolen bases. On June 4, Rodríguez was suspended for one year by MLB for violating the league's sports betting policy. source Wikipedia

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/whats-next-for-dodgers-after-roki-sasaki-signing-focus-shifts-to-bringing-back-mainstays-possible-trades/ Resign Enrique Hernandez Resign Clayton Kershaw Trade May or Gonsolin for bullpen/bench pieces RHP Shohei Ohtani (did not pitch in 2024 after elbow surgery) LHP Blake Snell RHP Tyler Glasnow RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto RHP Roki Sasaki RHP Tony Gonsolin (missed 2024 with Tommy John surgery) RHP Dustin May (missed 2024 with elbow and esophageal surgery) RHP Gavin Stone (will miss 2025 with shoulder surgery) RHP Landon Knack RHP Bobby Miller LHP Justin Wrobleski RHP Ben Casparius RHP Emmet Sheehan (will miss most of 2025 with Tommy John surgery) RHP Kyle Hurt (will miss most of 2025 with Tommy John surgery) RHP River Ryan (will miss 2025 with Tommy John surgery) LHP/HoFer Clayton Kershaw

O'Leary and McCourt Make Their Move Frank McCourt, the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has teamed up with Kevin O'Leary to buy TikTok from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. Dubbed The People's Bid for TikTok, their proposal aims to acquire TikTok's U.S. assets, rebuild the app with American-designed technology and ensure user privacy. Taking over the world... https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/11/488640fbb937-ohtanis-historic-50-50-ball-goes-on-display-at-landmark-taipei-tower.html

Even if Daniels beat Mahomes in the Super Bowl and Kendrick Lamar called him up on the stage to perform during halftime? lol...and cancelled Taylor Swifties out?

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2025-01-17/roki-sasaki-dodgers-great-day-for-baseball-mlb "James did indeed anchor a super team in Miami. In his four years with the Heat, the team made the NBA Finals every year and won two NBA championships. That’s the goal, but that’s not our point here. Professional teams are in the entertainment business. Success in the entertainment business is simple: Give the people what they want." Noted that Heat with James led the league in road attendance for four consecutive years he was there... Balta counter??? https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2025-01-18/dodgers-roki-sasaki-contract-bonus-starting-rotation "The Japanese trio of Ohtani, Yamamoto and Sasaki, along with Snell and Glasnow, could make the Dodgers' rotation one of the greatest in baseball history." Arraez and Michael King in Mets/Pads megatrade engineered specifically to taunt Yankees' fans lol??? http://www.google.com.hk/url?q=https://risingapple.com/ny-mets-rumors-padres-trade-luis-arraez-bring-up-michael-king&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj5gMi0tIGLAxWZLUQIHfddNTQQ0PADegQIChAL&usg=AOvVaw3P8nTFiCPA7eGLk8gdiQwo

"Deng already has a big fastball for his age, reaching 95 mph. At 6-foot-7, 185 pounds, Deng has an extremely lanky, long-limbed frame with tons of space to fill out and continue to add velocity once he gets stronger. He has enormous physical upside and attacks hitters with a fastball/splitter combination. Has been compared to Garrett Crochet, Randy Johnson and Chris Sale." Should be noted the Pirates are the other team to sign an African prospect (Ugandan infielder) and purchased contracts of two Indian players profiled in Jon Hammer movie Million Dollar Arm a decade ago. Forward thinkers. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/dodgers-land-joseph-deng-first-player-ever-signed-from-south-sudan/

Good sign Fajardo was well-scouted by other organizations...$600k for Profar, $1.8 million probably wasted on Eduardo Cabrera, $400k on Yhoiker. In fact, I just changed avatar to a Yhoiker pic in order to guarantee his MLB ascension, mostly due to his cool photo.

Finally a brother (of a famous MLB player) who worked out.. now we can sign Jurickson for a "bargain basement" 5/$50 million deal since it's doubtful Preller will be addeal now...NOT! We already have Benintendi's bad deal firmly ensconced in that spot.

Yes, we outsourced our scouting. Like the Patino deal, essentially. But the Reds took the most advantage, along with CLE.

5D chess...next they're going to trade for Jays' Arjun Nimmala and take over baseball marketing to 1.4 billion Indians.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2025-01-18/dodgers-roki-sasaki-mlb-investigation MLB finds no evidence of pre-existing handshake deal with Sasaki before posting.

Hahn mentioned his 2019 AL Executive of the Year about every other press conference...and that was a real scouting industry award that Paddy won, albeit it felt more like a Lifetime Achievement Golden Globe.

The Dodgers originally spent just $10,000 on Batista...then leveraged it into a multi-million dollar arm in Jang.