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“We're proactive about identifying teams that have locally born Japanese players on the roster, so that when we come over there, there is a real connection with the local fan base.” With this in mind, he adds that the league’s settled status in Japan made MLB’s selection of the Dodgers and the Cubs for the international series simple. “I think, a whole host of factors go into the ultimate final selection. You have to look at team interest, there's a lot of travel involved, so you’ve got to see what spring training schedules and player development cycles look like. “But, we landed on those two teams because they were super interested in being in the market and coming to Japan to bring their brand and their team to Japan, and they both have a great stable of local Japanese players that I think helps tell the story once you're on the ground.” … “In Japan, baseball is already the most popular sport. The NPB is the most popular league, followed by MLB right behind it, so it's not an awareness play. It's really around creating deeper engagement and creating new opportunities for fans to engage. “So what you're going to see [around the Tokyo Series] is still locally driven, for example we're going to be activating in Tokyo at the Sky Tree [monument], and that's really about reaching [a]broader [fanbase] and creating an experience for them to take pictures, be a part of the game, etc.” This desire for a wide array of touchpoints for the league in Japan extends to its broadcast makeup, which is similarly diverse. Distribution of MLB’s media rights in Japan is handled by major rights agency Dentsu in an eight-year partnership that will run through the 2028 campaign and could reportedly be worth more than $60 million per year. The league is broadcast by pan-Asian broadcaster SPOTV which holds MLB rights across the region, and recently the Prime Video service secured broadcast rights for the Tokyo Series and associated games. https://www.sportcal.com/features/big-in-japan-how-mlb-is-swinging-for-the-fences-in-the-asian-market/?cf-view

53-56 is the second most optimistic lol.

He's currently a fringeish Top 85-100 guy with Toronto. Was reading this in the minor league section as well but closed...seems they are QUITE aware of the limitations of both Baldwin and Meidroth.

Who is the Cy Young candidate worth two top 30ish and 40-60 prospects? Who else will finish in the top 15-20 for fWAR like Fedde did? If you could add the Big 3 in and count them, sure...but all will be closely monitored and still on innings and pitch count limits for at least parts of this season. May 2026 seems more likely unless Ishbia is taking over much earlier than we are aware about.

He was just hired in early November, 2023. Gonzalez had just been drafted the summer prior. At any rate...those are as skeptical/pragmatic comments as you'll ever see about a mid first round draft pick from his own farm director so quickly. I'm betting we never see such commentary on Braden Montgomery in the future, for example...unless it's questioning whether can play CF as opposed to his more ideal and natural RF positioning.

Assuming you mean Gonzalez and not the White Sox director of player development lol... As Paul Janish spent nearly 1000 games and 12 years in the minors.

Maybe if the Sox provided fans anything interesting to talk about for the past decade plus... There's more interesting debate here about the NBA or NFL recently. People used to be able to talk about politics in a fairly nuanced and objective way until 2015. Or about movies and tv shows. I have never in my entire life ventured a solitary opinion thought or concern about Britney Spears. Go ahead and search for one. As for Clark, I'm clearly the only Iowan proud of someone whose BB elevated the women's Final Four over the men's ratings (wasn't even that close) for the first time in the history of the sport. Reddit and various Iowa/Fever boards have thousands and thousands more posts about her than all the combined Sox boards still remaining active in cyber space. And as for Puig...he was exciting for baseball at least. He was part of numerous Dodgers teams that averaged 99 wins for the past 12 years. It's not like I spent 100's of posts on Jared Kelenic or Gavin Lux lol.

If I'm an MLB GM I'm disagreeing on Benintendi Vaughn and Meidroth and feeling sorry you're reduced to relying on Drury.

Just list one single insight about the Sox or baseball that someone has liked in the last year or two that you have added...? About the NFL or NBA maybe. Baseball related...? Don't think so. Go ahead...please put me on ignore, I would prefer that so much, really.

So basically you don't have anything to contribute as usual but snarky comments. Apparently being vigilant about information pertaining to the future owner is beneath you. Instead...your seeming goal is to draw out Cali in a debate about why the mods (minus Texsox) mostly seem to gain more enjoyment from belittling others. I don't think you've even been in a single spring training game thread. Why even bother if you don't like the team or players? I really feel legitimately sorry for those who have to deal with you in daily life...Or maybe you just take out your frustrations on strangers online and are a decent person otherwise, who knows?

Shane Smith to get the start WED against his former team...the Milwaukee Brewers. Will be opposed by Cy Civale...

Except those attempting to understand what kind of owner the brother will be lol... What other context is there to look at Justin? Extrapolating his investment style into a baseball front office strategy???

Seems Janish a little skeptical of the decision to draft a SS that might not even profile there in the big leagues...coming from someone who grew up playing on the infield himself.

https://www.mlb.com/news/chicago-white-sox-spring-training-prospect-report-2025 Everyone but Braden… “Jacob (Gonzalez) is in better shape this year,” Janish said. “He got beat up last year in his first full season. His DNA is more geared to contact than power, but he can learn when to take a shot at the plate. I was skeptical initially of whether he was a big league shortstop, but he knows what he can and can’t do and makes all the plays. He was the shortstop on the Double-A champions and he’s better than he gets credit for.”

https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/shohei-ohtani-popularity-everywhere-in-japan https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6211832/2025/03/18/japan-baseball-mlb-expansion-billions/?campaign=12937601&source=athletic_targeted_email&userId=310262

Bobby Bonilla another…

Thought you were reacting to the Suns’ quote…

Betts flying back to US after sickness and shedding 15 pounds. Freeman pulled from lineup with left rib cage injury. Yamamoto hitting 98+ tonight. 0-0 bottom 2nd. Swanson first hit of 2025.

You mean brother Matt?

https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/baseball/2025/03/17/jack-dreyer-iowa-hawkeyes-johnston-dragons-iowa-high-school-baseball-los-angeles-dodgers/82451161007/

Deepest contact point among hitters with 75+ mph bat speed in 2024 Measured vs. the front edge of home plate Shohei Ohtani: 3.7" behind the plate Matt Chapman: 1.9" behind the plate Jorge Soler: 1.3" behind the plate Ryan Mountcastle: 0.3" behind the plate Aaron Judge: 0.2" behind the plate Jo Adell: Even with the plate Juan Soto: 1.1" in front of the plate https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-contact-point-statcast-analysis

What is his budget/upper payroll max?

It's spring time. That means either Sox injuries OR Buxton Correa Royce Lewis (moderate hamstring injury) are out...

The Phoenix Suns are reeling right now, and are playing more like a team that is dreaming of Cancun than the play-in tournament. It has been a long season - and unfortunately for them - we're not quite at the finish like yet. The Suns finding themselves in 11th spot in the Western Conference, stuck between a rock and a hard place. The Dallas Mavericks above them continue to do just enough to hold onto the final play-in spot, despite having the worst six week stretch of any professional sports team ever. Kind of impressive that the Suns can't overtake that when you think about it. Failure to do so will see Phoenix hand over a valuable first-round pick to the Houston Rockets as well, a nightmare scenario.

Might as well just play Braden Montgomery in CF and find a LEGIT college SS with carrying tools.