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Not good news for JR and sons...

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/rockies-mickey-moniak-agree-to-major-league-deal.html To the Rockies...guess they preferred him over Colas lol.

11. Chicago Bulls: Khaman Maluach, C, Duke "The Nikola Vučević and Zach Collins era has to end soon when their contracts are off the books in 2026, right? A center is a need. Maluach is a towering rim protector with switchable mobility, erasing shots at the rim and shadowing quick guards on the perimeter. But beyond dunking lobs, he’s a work in progress on offense with a lack of seasoning as a screener, shooter and creator. Such a raw skill set should come as no surprise since the South Sudan native didn’t start playing basketball until he was 13. So taking Maluach would make a lot of sense for the Bulls since he can learn as a rookie before getting heavier minutes moving forward." yahoo.com sports Mock Draft

https://soxmachine.com/2025/03/white-sox-finalize-opening-day-roster Fegan story on OD roster....lots of solid details and behind the scenes stuff.

What is the word you would use to characterize Eder's depiction or characterization in the threads after he was originally acquired from the Marlins? High potential, high (I won't say unlimited) ceiling...what else? Not "great," but what word comes right below that on the adjectives/superlatives chart? There's no way to objectively prove something that's essentially an opinion/non-quantifiable. It's like normative vs. positive statements in Economics 101.

I at least spent two years working for a professional baseball team and have an MS in Sports Admin from one of the better graduate schools in the country in the 1990's for that major. I was Director of Stadium Operations and PR for the Augusta GreenJackets in 1994 and 1995 (South Atlantic League champions), and also worked for an NFL football player's charitable foundation after that. We introduced the most successful-selling hat in all of MiLB (168 teams) at that time, for example. We also had our games on ESPN during the baseball strike (had just built a new stadium as well), and I worked with Steve "Psycho" Lyons to put on one of those broadcasts. Our owner was Bill Scripps from Scripps-Howard News Syndicate out of San Diego/La Jolla/Scripps Cancer Institute. (Of course, back then, minor league team valuations were still in the single digit millions of dollars.) One of my best friends from that program is still Director of Pro Scouting for the Atlanta Hawks after starting out as a mere video intern with the Orlando Magic in 1992, to the Supersonics, to the Bucks (George Karl connections) and Atlanta (Karl coaching tree). What qualifications do you have, exactly?

No thanks. Nobody cares that much about our major league roster. I only want to watch Shane Smith and Booser pitch, to be honest. I guess Martin, as well. Zero interest in anyone on the OD roster other than Robert's trade value...well, I guess there's Baldwin, who the White Sox are already casting in the utility man role that disappeared the likes of Marcus Semien and Romy Gonzalez.

The only anomaly is Burger on the Rangers...who are one of the leading competitors for the AL Pennant IF deGrom stays healthy. Yes, a HUGE IMMENSE MASSIVE GARGANTUAN IF.

Well, here we go again. How many of his at-bats did you actually watch? Because if you're not giving Venable enough reasons to take him north, well, Will went way out of his way to provide glowing accolades about his defense at 2B and SS as recently as 2-3 days ago...above and beyond anything the eye test would indicate. But he hardly talked about how he looked at the plate, like, at all. So it's not the worst thing in the world he's not starting his service time and has to actually earn his recall, not unlike Colson Montgomery. I'm also not going to be overwhelmed by AA/AAA numbers in the Red Sox system when there are so many offensive stars over there on the position player side. It's all about trust. Venable doesn't know Meidroth...but he does know, for example, Jankowski, what he can and CAN'T do, very precisely. But he trusts him to play late inning defense and as a pinch runner (which is exactly the same skill set Greg Jones has but younger, although that's a digression for another day.)

Half of those teams make no sense...the Nationals already have a crowded outfield with James Wood and Dylan Crews. The Rockies outfield is REALLY crowded with like 8 guys pushing for playing time, that's one of the reasons that Jones came available in the first place (Greg and not Nolan). Marlins? Maybe, they're terrible and will soon trade Alcantara. Mariners are pretty well set in the outfield afaik. They just dumped Haniger.

https://www.google.com.hk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/26/are-chicago-bulls-good-now/&ved=2ahUKEwihspK_-6iMAxWI6ckDHazqB64QFnoECBQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1EysN5f9wIBzJ5JaMIi0nf Are the Bulls good now? In honor of Tray...

Minus the Univ of Michigan name drops...

Because we're STILL debating the word "great." Okay, slight internet hyperbole to provoke conversation...gee, that never happens online or specifically around here, right? So if I said that lots of posters said that Eder would be "very good," then there's no argument at all? Semantics. The reason I picked Meidroth is because he's exactly in the same #7-10 prospect range as Eder originally was after the trade. But hardly anyone would argue Chase is going to be "great." Or would they run out and buy his currently non-existent jerseys in the Sox souvenir shop? Serviceable is not quite the right word, so "above average" major league production, maybe??? Except Eder was at one point a consensus Top 100 MiLB prospect...something Meidroth has never been classified as. Whatever the word for Meidroth's CURRENT potential is, it's fair IMO to apply to a prospect at roughly the same level organizationally in a much weaker system two years ago, 45 FV.

Making up? So a team's #7-10 prospect would be described in what terms, then, pray tell? Pretty good/decent/fine/so-so? I suggest you re visit that thread if you're going to say I'm lying. Great doesn't mean he's going to win the freaking Cy Young award. (Matt Thornton was great for the Sox for stretches, or Damaso Marte...about the highest most could have ever hoped going by revisionist history.) Except most weren't assigning a high leverage reliever ceiling at that point in time.

Roughly half of the pitching injuries are to guys who barely break 90. Carela Thorpe and Gilbert can barely break glass. And Adams is hardly a flamethrower. More of a finesse guy.

Subtracting Gilbert leaves B.Wilson and Vasil as your swingmen/blowout coverage guys. Then Iriarte Nastrini and Dunn behind them with Owen White gone.

Fine he would be the equivalent of all the Chase Meidroth love this spring...choose your slightly less glowing adjective. Meanwhile, it's nearly two years later and not one young hitter who can put up a 775-825 ops yet at the big league level.

Put the thread back up from when he was acquired. There was a TON of hyperbole about his former prospect rankings and potential before injuries...if you were against trading Burger, you were basically declared an idiot.

He was actually the closer for stretches last season.

Gilbert was not impressive...except for the no no in his big league debut for AZ. Who did they trade for him again? Get Coffey Pallette Schoenle and Tanner McDougal ready to go because replacement needs will be abundant.

Go look at the defenders of how you always trade for that once golden left handed arm vs. an older/aging bat first corner prospect profile. They held onto that argument for quite some time...until ERA walks/control and radar gun readings relegated him to being a reliever, which quickly undercut upside/potential arguments. At least Burger is on a team many now favor to win the AL again, instead of the hapless Marlins. Especially after everything he's gone through with his kid's health.

Sure because I've only watched more movies and tv shows than anyone on this board combined...but kind of hard to be in on it when every US social media site gets blocked here in China and I didn't have the VPN on because it slows down SoxTalk so much.

Who the hell is Mike Jones? That seems even more generic than Greg Jones or Greg Allen.

Fuller Will Fix Him…Rays already gave up trying. And the second or third worst team in baseball…depending on how you rank Colorado and Miami.

Jones DeLoach Fletcher Maton Cal Mitchell…Knights’ fans must be totally excited about their outfield. No pitching either, but they get an infield and catching tandem at least.