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$29 million (including buyout) still one of the most expensive Sox individually contracted seasons in recent memory...

Like those Cubs call-in shows where they constantly theorized how can you lose a trade where you get 4-6 players for random star player, let's say Rafael Palmeiro... Except the Braves didn't want to roster/pay for any of them during the 2024 season. Maybe it marginally improved the White Sox, but certainly not long-term...and the Braves created enough payroll space now to add Kelenic and Gonzalez with all of that incoming season ticket revenue still coming in for the next 3 additional seasons after a World Series win.

He had two months of really strong baseball and the rest was Benintendi-esque, plus a boatload of K's.

The White Sox need an entire team other than Robert...assuming Cease is gone at some point this year and/or not extended.

The most pathetic part of this offseason is how Benintendi/Moncada are blocking any big FA moves by the Sox....and Eloy to a lesser extent. Financial flexibility dissipated into thin air when they drove the franchise into the ground. Even those mid to late 80's White Sox teams had hope in the way of draft picks and a new stadium coming...at least there was SOMETHING to be excited about.

Surely it's your Cubs...if they want to take over Chicago for good, as if there was any doubt about that at this point (barring completely new ownership).

Braves in the business now of taking on salary dumps from other teams...after doing some dumping of their own on the White Sox. One team's trash is another team's treasure. White their version of Andrew Vaughn, albeit less accomplished at the big league level. Seattle fans must be perplexed between this move, moving Suarez, basically admitting they're not interested in Ohtani/Yamamoto...fanbase is going to be quite unhappy.

They really didn't even need a committee. Once they decided they couldn't take either Alabama or Texas without taking the other...any discussion was basically over, as it became inevitable both FSU and UGA would be locked out by the weekend's results. Well, not even results with FSU...but "perception" of their 3rd string QB.

https://global.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39033710/cfp-anger-index-unpacking-outrage-florida-state-snub-2023 1. FSU It's a joke. 2. Washington not #1 over MICH 3. UGA 4. Oklahoma not in the New Year's Six 5. Liberty over SMU

If they strip away Benintendi and Moncada, they're getting closer and closer....that won't happen until at least the trade deadline. Of they simply get stuck with AB until he retires, ala the Royals with Alex Gordon. Hopefully he starts out well enough to garner some interest and they can dump him at 50 cents on the dollar at some point. Although they might not be able to afford to cut a $30 million check in 2024. JR has a thing about extricating every possible ounce of value out of players and coaches/managers, with very very FEW exceptions.

RH is Rick Hahn, or Right-Handed, or both? Unfortunately, they lost mediocre as the standard this past April.

This feels like the script being utilised by ticket agents with disbelieving season renewals....and Pedro Grifol already has one full year under his belt, all the negative influences but two are gone, etc.

Mookie Betts signed an extension with LA. The one way to increase his value from SD’s perspective is find a team that’s willing to break the bank and give Soto an extension before the season starts. Maybe the Giants…if they fail on Ohtani and Yamamoto. Blue Jays and Cubs desperately need postseason breakthroughs. Yankees are always a possibility…but unwilling to give up 2-3 top pitching prospects so far.

What pitcher has the most trade value on the market? It’s Dylan Cease of the Chicago White Sox. Cease, who finished second in the AL Cy Young race two years ago, still has two years of control before he’s a free agent and earned just $5.7 million last season. He’s scheduled to earn $8.8 million in salary arbitration this year, according to MLB trade rumors. There’s a reason why the Dodgers, Atlanta, St. Louis and Baltimore are all clamoring for him. The White Sox are telling teams they are in no rush to move him until the free-agent picture comes into focus. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nightengales-notebook-10-questions-heading-120356311.html

We’ve seen this song and dance before. The White Sox aren’t going to write a check of roughly $25-35 million to get rid of Benintendi. Like the Moncada deal, they’ll wait until the last year or so of the deal before cutting bait with an amount so daunting for them. The Leury’s of the world are one thing…but this is serious bank to JR. If Benintendi desperatelywants off the team, he’s going to need to put up 1.5-2.0 fWAR in the first half.

Has an undefeated P5 team ever been denied since they changed to four teams?

If Alabama wouldn't have lost at home to Texas...sure.

There's just no way FSU without Travis is a Top 4 team. But taking Alabama or Texas over an undefeated ACC team would still be unprecedented. It's going to have Texas and SEC (14 of last 17 winners) fans in general throwing a fit. 8 team playoff allows those two plus OSU and Oregon.

111 the highest yardage total from halftime of Michigan/Iowa FSU/Louisville. Snooze. A lot of college football fans are going to be angry next week...

What a mess now with the Texas vs. Alabama debate... Florida State losing would make things much easier...unless you're a Crimson Tide or Longhorns fan. UGA was just not the same without Bowers and McConkey at 100%. Milroe has really come a long way this season as a passer rather than run-first option.

By this argument, replacing 2B should be easy. Just move one of those 3B/SS types if it's not a "pure" 2B, right? But all Sox fans know it has been anything but. The reverse of TA. Benintendi averaged 1 fWAR per season from 2019-2021...which would have been worth just a $7/8 million contract...but his 2023 2.8 fWAR on the back of the NYY lineup earned him $75 million???

How many SS’s other than Bichette are out there? What’s his acquisition cost? Jean Segura, for example, got $17 million guaranteed at his advanced age…although he clearly became more of a 3b as opposed to pure SS.

All depends on what CLE is asking for. Seems like the Guardians are really trying to cut payroll more dramatically. Team in flux now. Big name but very questionable health and upside.

https://apnews.com/article/miami-marlins-gabe-kapler-0b4053a7a46478dd23c59b1fe18c1482 Kapler to Marlins as Asst GM

That's fine...but then you potentially have let's say Gilbert Bieber and Glasnow to consider, too.