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Talking about Philly NY Toronto Boston Atlanta... What does the industry think will happen? MLB Pipeline is currently in the process of polling front offices for all 30 teams in the annual MLB Pipeline Executive Survey. As part of the questionnaire, executives were asked who they thought was the favorite to sign Sasaki. It should be noted that many of the responses came before the Wolfe media session, but two teams received nearly all of the votes: Dodgers: 11 Padres: 7 The Giants and Rangers each received one vote. Cubs Yankees Mets Mariners have to be included as well. mlb.com

He's purposely avoiding the most vitriolic fanbases and media markets...Boston seems unlikelier now too, plus there's the disparity in flight times from Japan compared to the West Coast teams.

18 again...already done. Zach Efron and Matthew Perry.

You're completely discounting the impact he had on Sox PR as well as the fractured clubhouse...would you dare hire him to coach your kid, for example? Probably not. And his health was always going to be murky at best, which was the final nail in the coffin for his lack of "tradability."

Feels like projecting Rodon as a Sox pitcher...was 2021 or his contracts from 2022-24 worth the bad long stretch it took to get there?

"The slimmed-down package does include federal funds to rebuild Baltimore’s collapsed Key Bridge, but dropped a separate land transfer that could have paved the way for a new Washington Commanders football stadium." https://www.yahoo.com/news/government-shutdown-risk-trumps-demands-162543907.html

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42892243/los-angeles-chargers-coach-jim-harbaugh-san-diego-toreros-first-job-2004 Solid story about Harbaugh's first three years back in college football over 20 years ago, with the University of San Diego Toreros

https://sports.yahoo.com/cubs-publicly-reuniting-with-slugger-sammy-sosa-at-fan-convention-after-he-released-apology-statement-204636247.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zcG9ydHMueWFob28uY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFrmvlQb7gUaEhVvjBPFSeJEJV2lGkGexEWKs-eZGNc1m3mgA3I3T0ylP9imNL50mPfWJrVRNwzQtbhKpqV9OX9pycy7jyKq9vaYz8UUNnlcn_cYGetpvxZsYoTkvQzCYVfdehW8pv5jCp8i2DFYjZHQ9lz_lixduiS8t1VYdUq6 In response to that apology letter, team owner Tom Ricketts released a statement thanking Sosa for his apology and inviting him to the 2025 Cubs Convention, which takes place in January, for the first time.

If there was no Benetti doing highest level (Fox #2 team for CFB) work in TWO other sports, while basketball might actually be his strongest...50% of the Schiffren stuff would quiet down. Not to mention constantly being too much of a cheerleader and overly optimistic/rose-colored glasses...the juxtaposition with DJ/Kasper as the second half of the season approached an all-time horrific finish was just too jarring. Perhaps the most pathetic thing last year was Schiffren losing some of his professionalism and getting too close to some of the veteran guys on the team like Sizemore, Pham and Sheets. I remember the complaints about his constant presence around the clubhouse, on the team plane trying to "hang out with the guys and be part of the cool/in group," Pham really laid into him about that as he departed for KC and told his side of things. Benetti was never ever in a million years the cool guy in the room...thus there was never any attempt for him to pretend to be something he wasn't/never was.

I wanted DESPERATELY to believe in Norge Vera, he made all the Top 10 lists for a couple of years, but just never put it together. Then there was that odd Yosimar Cousin Cuban FA signing. Was not in the least bit surprised by Cespedes, Yogurt Sanchez and all of the LA position players disappearing into the ether. Tatis' brother was a spectacular disaster and still pretty skeptical about Juan Uribe, Jr.,(https://www.milb.com/player/juan-uribe-808322, he's already out of the organization, it seems) basically anyone related to a famous MLB father or former White Sox player/front office official. Also seems the shine is already off that big Venezuelan 3B they signed for $2.5 million or whatever in the last couple of cycles.

Grifol was honestly the worst manager to promote the organization too...can't imagine one person in North America with his Sox jersey unless they were family members. Comparatively, Joe Maddon used to outsell every member of the Sox around 2014-2016 except Jose Abreu.

Cease would have been one of the best hitters on last year's team...

Who would ever have thought that being the worst team in baseball history would be the most effective way to drive national media interest in the Sox? Great job by JR Boyer and Getz.

https://sports.yahoo.com/jets-owner-woody-johnson-reportedly-nixed-jerry-jeudy-trade-due-to-madden-rating-allows-teen-sons-to-influence-decisions-144949206.html

Cost savings award to Getz/JR...odds of him recording a 1+ fWAR? Smarter move than Lopez Maldonado or Clevinger for sure.

We might as well compare him to the value of Victor Robles right now... But some GM will eventually bet on the dynamic 2020/2023 versions returning, away from the negative influence of the Sox organization. That is if they can afford to take on a "value added" salary.

Hopefully more Crochet/Sale/Rodon than Jim Parque.

Shades of Matt Davidson?

More expensive than Fedde...White Sox will never compete under JR with their fear of long-term starting pitching contracts. Along with Witt Jr., it's the main reason the Royals became competitive again. But it seems they're now tapping out around the $120 million payroll level.

How many games did the bullpen blow leads?

We've all seen this before. Randa Fields Viciedo Vaughn Sheets Palka...

Hopefully he has a better career with the Sox than Steven Wilson at least...if anything, he should be good enough to log some "swingman" garbage innings, he did that to a -0.2 result last year (over 100 IP) with the Brewers and has an overall 0.2 fWAR for his career, which is better than 70-75% of the 2024 pitching staff.

I bet Getz was more concerned that the money would be spent on signing Sasaki...which we never realistically had a shot at, anyway, but it would look pretty bad if we facilitated him signing elsewhere unless another team was convinced that parting with a product and upping their bid by $740,000 was really going to be worth it in the end.

So we've got Meidroth, Vargas, Baldwin, Sosa, Jacob Gonzalez and now this guy who all profile best at 2B...although some can obviously play 3rd base as well. First one to put up an OPS of 725-750 in the majors wins. Brayan Ramos is looking like he's going to get crowded out of the picture quickly unless he can successfully convert to 1B/DH.

If the proposed stadium isn't opening until 2029, could the Rays just play at Steinbrenner Field until then? Highly unlikely. The Rays are treating Steinbrenner as a stopover, not unlike how the Athletics are using another minor league stadium, Sutter Health Park, to set up shop before their planned move to Las Vegas in 2028. It's not just the weather concerns -- the combination of extreme heat and rain in the summer that, accordingly, have the Rays on the road for 35 of 48 games between July 4 and the end of August. Deposing a minor league affiliate of an organization in the same division is simply something that's not likely to be agreed upon for an extended period of time. Where would the Rays play, then? Good question. Would MLB give them permission to moonlight in a potential expansion city? Could they find somewhere to play in Pinellas County for three more years? Is Omaha, which the Wall Street Journal reported could host the Rays, really a possibility? It's all unknown. Just as important as the next few years is what comes after that. The goal is for the Rays to know where they're going to be in 2028 and 2029 as early as 2026. Though as the A's showed this year, those sorts of timelines tend to be more fluid than the "deadlines" suggest. https://global.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/43039285/mlb-2024-tampa-bay-rays-st-petersburg-new-stadium-future-tropicana-field-faq