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https://sports.yahoo.com/los-angeles-angels-2024-offseason-preview-as-the-rebuild-continues-what-should-the-angels-do-about-mike-trout-023547882.html Even the Angels already have three young and now proven position players to build around...Sox will be at zero with Robert trade.

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/how-mariners-andres-munoz-and-clevelands-emmanuel-clase-became-baseball-brothers/ Well, at least half Central-related, with Clase. One of the reasons that Preller might get fired (if he misses out on the Wild Card) is these two relievers are better than Suarez (certainly in recent days), but Clase is pretty much unarguably the best closer in baseball today.

Have a feeling the White Sox losing three in a row to San Diego (or knocking them out of the WC race, conversely) is going to be a huge story with how hot the Mets are right now (went from being no-hit to a late innings 6 run rally in the 8th/9th) and how close those four WC teams are likely to be in another week... There's pretty much no avoiding it. The rest of their games aren't going to have any bearing on the post season from here on out. There's just going to be NO AVOIDING the national media crush over this issue, or issuing some kind of public statement.

That's rich, the only thing to save the team is a new stadium, which at best would inject life into the franchise for 2-3 years unless they dramatically have improved their on-field product. Pretty similar between the 4-5 year boost in season ticket sales from winning a World Series AND the comparative boost from opening a new stadium.

Well, even if Robert and Crochet managed to outperform (assuming they're not traded prior to the season), it's still going to require the front office to execute great trades. Evidence of the ability to do that so far is scant, at best. You're looking at Cannon, Martin, maybe Thorpe, cheap veteran ala Flexen...mystery name as your rotation. And the bullpen? Where are they going to get/see improvements defensively? Robert was/is their sole Gold Glove-caliber player...Lopez will HOPEFULLY be gone, those are your two "plus" guys defensively, along with MAYBE Fletcher if he can repeat his unprecedented defensive metrics in RF (and NOT CF to replace Robert).

Now we've adopted another recent president's maxim that any and all publicity is somehow good/positive...also trying hard to imagine JR as JK burying all the mistress mob and Vegas stories. Nobody will cover for Reinsdorf any longer.

Looking forward to chopping another 300-400,000 off in attendance. Seriously they're going to have to start embracing the historical ineptitude and promoting it as a feature and NOT a bug.

The core of Robert and Crochet that's about to be traded for a "new and better" foundation of Vargas Fletcher and...

Of the bottom 6 in terms of decreases, 3 are legit playoff possibilities. Braves and Astros fans have been spoiled for so long...pretty challenging not to get complacent with success. Mets threatening to be the craziest "accidentally competing" story of the entire season, along with all the teams in the White Sox' division, almost.

Especially when Ramos, Baldwin, Jacob Gonzalez and Montgomery are supposed to be the future...but are either hurt or very much NOT ready quite yet. Can pretty much cross Sosa off the list at this point, right?

What are they at now, 16 or 17 shutouts total on the season? Pace really slowed from the first couple of months...

Or at least can't stay healthy enough to put up 25 because of missed time. He did it at least once, right? Or very close. But still a net negative fWAR I'm pretty sure, or very close to 0.0 if not neg.

But he'd already established himself that year in the big leagues and was considered basically impossible for them to trade...post-season success, too. 2016 Baseball America MLB Boston Red Sox 15 2016 Baseball America Team Boston Red Sox 3 2016 MLB Pipeline MLB Boston Red Sox 25 2016 MLB Pipeline Team Boston Red Sox 3 2017 Baseball America Team Boston Red Sox 1 2017 Baseball America MLB Boston Red Sox 1 2017 MLB Pipeline Team Boston Red Sox 1 2017 MLB Pipeline MLB Boston Red Sox 1 8 record(s) It was far from a consensus on Benintendi. But sure, 2017. One thing that is 100% sure is that Devers OR Moncada were the only trade possibilities for the Sox, not AB.

7-9 for the record...6-10 would be great, because it would mean a number in the 30's. 39-123 just looks much worse than 40-122.

Who was the best prospect in baseball...not unlike Holliday this year, who has struggled mightily. Montgomery isn't ready yet.

7-10 for 40-122 Get to play spoiler (or doormat) against SDP before they face both AZ and LAD down the stretch.

2/22 Sounds about right. 10 k's. Missed all the perfect game drama coming in late.

See Baldwin this year...3+ hot AA months and boom, you're a starting middle infielder in the majors despite a "marginal" prospect profile coming into the year.

Reconvert. He pitched in Japan, albeit sparingly.

Being petty like that with Moncada isn't going to help re-establish the Cuban Connection...but it's nearly dead and buried already when Robert is jettisoned.

Then you really wipe out Robert's surplus value when he's 100% and playing GG caliber defense in CF. That corner version of Robert is just a fairly decent player with 2023 numbers...maybe a 2.5-3 fWAR but far from a star. His contract would be fair then...relatively....but hardly a bargain or value. Not to mention at least half or more of his injuries have happened on the base paths.

Then the obvious question becomes whether he can come close to sustaining his defensive metrics in CF. For example, because of his arm strength/outfield assists in 2016, Adam Eaton put up a huge fWAR, but he was nothing special in CF. His bat plays more in CF, but likely his defense is only so special on a corner. So they're still left with a conundrum.

If we set our sights THAT low, we're never going to get out of the basement. Because Fletcher's defensive metrics might not hold up like they have in 2024 over a more expanded sample size. Then you're basically screwed if it proves to be unsustainable. At best, you're talking something like a 1.5-2 fWARish player...but much more likely a fourth or fifth outfielder on a decent team.

Oregon barely survived Boise State, too.

We have Jacob Gonzalez instead.