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Over just one start after an extended layoff....

You're going to draft Bowers after the Kmet extension? Are they planning to run the Iowa offense + DJ Moore/Mooney with a renewed focus on jailbreak screens? It would be a lot less expensive in terms of draft capital to take Luke Lachey or All (both coming off injuries) later in the draft.

Self-banned...hopefully found the job he was looking for.

Which is/was likelier...Benintendi reverting to 2020-2022 form with the Sox or suggesting Outman ending up with a sub 2 fWAR in Chicago? It's relatively easy to predict declines. Much harder to find those players like an Adolis Garcia or Randy Arozarena that have the potential to break out and have monster performances relative to previous expectations. I mean, even Jack Parkman was at least 75-80% right on Giolito. But almost nobody recollects those 85 misses out of 100 on player evaluation.

Questioning Getz, aka the greatest pure developer of talent according to JR since the days of Branch Rickey...the same guy who let Roberto Clemente go?

You're forgetting the Engel and Moncada base running gaffe against Minnesota...tagging up.

In fact one of the offers was an exact match of Rodon…Braves and Dodgers all within $10-15 million of Phillies’ offer, so those two now become logical/obvious Cease trade targets. “The Braves, off back-to-back 100-win seasons and divisional-round ousters by the Phillies, made a six-year, $162 million offer to Nola out of the chute, a source said Sunday. It was a sensible starting point. Atlanta’s bid equaled the Yankees’ deal with free-agent lefty Carlos Rodón last winter. It was also neither the Braves’ final offer nor the only one that Nola received. The deep-pocketed — and pitching-starving — Dodgers put a finger on the scale at $165 million, according to a source. Phillies officials suspected more teams were involved, with at least one other club offering more.” Who was that other club? Philadelphia Enquirer/sports/Scott Lauber

Pretty much exactly where Burger would be (#3 RoY) had his rookie season not been miss timed in 2022 to lose rookie status eligibility…

https://sports.yahoo.com/silly-season-upon-us-usc-183314137.html

Prediction: Ex-Sox products will record an fWAR at least 5x higher than the 2024 White Sox production level…

They're not going to add a catcher over Quero/Lee unless it's Salas...

If they want to follow the Baltimore/Cincy low budget model...

Can't imagine the Angels and pretty much the entire AL Central (DET might be the only team adding payroll) would be involved in much...unless LAA shocked the world by trading let's say Trout to the Phillies or Yankees. Milwaukee definitely is looking at something close to a full rebuild, but then you've got the rest of the division outside of Chicago and St. Louis financially-challenged, and even the Cardinals are going to have to be careful with their spending coming off such a disappointing season and with Goldschmidt/Arenado both on the books.

Giolito is rated #8-12 on most lists, Lopez in the 19-23 range...pretty hard to believe, but that's how scant the pitching market is. Flaherty SEEMS to be racking up about the same amount of interest as Giolito, and there are obvious reasons for comparisons. Wouldn't mind seeing him back with Katz, but can't imagine that JR will sign off on even that if it comes in around the Clevinger range of $$$ and years. Really think some are underselling Cease and what he's truly worth with two affordable years left AND his very reliable durability to take the ball for 30+ starts.

Raiders playing exact opposite of the Bears under a new coaching staff.

Predictable...

Without Cooper DeJean, Iowa would be run off the field by MU/OSU and it has already happened against PSU. (Well, who knows with MI at this point the way that team has been hit by controversy and shaky offense.) They only have had a competitive championship game with MSU...who consequently got boatraced by Bama. Basically on second QB and #3/4 TE for half the season...and a slew of running backs have been in and out.

Twins kept all their guys that were being speculated upon like Polanco and Kepler...

https://sports.yahoo.com/plaschke-room-hot-seat-lincoln-024318051.html If Riley/Williams are going to the Bears, they desperately will need an outsider to raise the level of the defense somehow… After all the drama the last two years and transfers taken with him…OU fans have to be feeling better about Venables. Would have been right there without the Andrel Anthony season-ending injury.

Or Peavy…

Getz would be putting his job on the line right away...and some of those kids like Grayson and Kjerstad would have to contribute right away, especially if Robert and Cease are in 2023 and 22 (Cease) form respectively.

Except odds are that none of those players were going to be on the active roster for ATL. AA got something he believed was more useful in a proven LHR that they believe has a friend x with coaching and solid infield defense...if it's not Grissom, they will have to find another veteran backup utility infielder. Depends what they decide to do with Arcia as well at SS...at any rate, Shuster and Soroka weren't in the 2024 rotation plans. Seems they might consider Rosario as well as a middle INF patch.

https://theathletic.com/5072267/2023/11/17/aaron-bummer-cal-quantrill-trade-analysis/?source=freeweeklyemail&campaign=602288 Five Guys deal.

Imagine the reception around Chicago if the Sox had traded Konerko near the end of his career to let's say the Tigers for the equivalent of late-career highly overpriced Brandon Inge...