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Based on his 2024 contract, no way. They will probably try to cut it down 20% but that's 50/50 at best. Depends also on Thorpe's health.

JR/Boyer endorse this post.

Holliday .169/.513

Lynn as well…and, once upon a time, the Cuban Connection convinced Robert to sign with the Sox over StL.

Except odds are he's not even on the team coming into ST.

Sox don't even have me.

Being the best hitter on the team after the Sox almost destroying his career early on is something. We will find out when he plays for a real team what kind of hitter he actually is.

By that definition....the only teams worth discussing are Milwaukee, Orioles and the Cleveland Guardians, maybe the Royals this season to an extent. TB as well, obviously not in 2024. Because there's no point in comparing anyone to LA, and the industry standard after all this time has to be the Houston Astros. It's still pretty remarkable for a Bottom 3 market in all of baseball to be where they are at...and even KC is more or less just 2000+ fans per game higher than the Sox in attendance. They just can't compare with the Chiefs dynasty in that city. If you went back to the mid 2010's...only the three teams I have already mentioned and the Padres have moved from low mid tier to Top 8-12 in the majors. Houston was already a major market. And Preller would have been fired for missing the WC. They don't have a reliable closer at this point in the season, and that will come back to haunt them eventually.

https://www.mlb.com/player/ian-hamilton-641656 Hamilton Kahnle and Fulmer with longer careers than expected.

Three playoff series wins and having the third best rotation entering this post season isn't bad at all...a good number of people are more confident in SD than the Dodgers. Last time I checked the White Sox did a terrible job allocating that type of payroll. Nearly every move Preller made like Cease Profar Solano Estrada for much less than Getz spent has worked out. The Soto trade saved the rotation with Danish and Musgrove out. And they still managed to hold onto top two prospects.

https://www.mlb.com/news/fernando-tatis-jr-hits-a-walk-off-in-padres-win-over-white-sox Tatis with two walkoffs the last month after none in his career somehow prior to Sept. Went through terrible finish in 2021, missed 2022 when they almost got to the WS, disappointing 2023 and now this season. 3/5 post seasons and one of the five best fanbases established despite cutting payroll dramatically. Meanwhile, Toronto and Chicago rebuilds almost completely fizzled.

Even the quintessential winning orgs like LA and ATL...like mixing acids and bases, nearly every player bottoms out somehow.

Desastre White Sox his next classic reggaeton hit with Robert as backup singer in a bright red Hawaiian shirt and sharp fedora.

Don't think he has any interest in that type of time and travel commitment. And pretty much a no win situation taking arrows for Getz and JR. Plus he doesn't need the money. He saw what happened to Ventura and surely has talked it over with Konerko Thomas maybe even Ozzie.

Still underachieving.

He also universally well liked by nearly everyone connected to the sport of baseball or state of Illinois. ONE thing to agree with Harold on this entire season now.

Detroit is going to need each and every one of those games...

Chalk that one up to inexperience and/or an over aggressive send by 3B coach.

Or having five players on the roster whose best position is DH.

Now we get another season of Sheets and Sosa. Moral victories... Yay?

Attendance 45,790 Sox not so far ahead of TB and Miami.

Against their worst reliever no less. Or Kuhl. One of those two.

Anderson should be nowhere near a big league roster.

Of course it had to be Tatis. Fantasy playoffs w Musgrove and Suarez...facing Ohtani of all weeks lol.

Was it even close at home?