caulfield12

Investment in what, exactly?

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/mlb-mlbpa-agree-to-redirect-cbt-money-to-teams-losing-tv-revenue.html

NBA, WNBA Media Rights Should Still Be Sold Together: Adam Silver (sportico.com) New $2.2 Billion Media Deal Still Undervalues WNBA, Experts Say (forbes.com) Cheryl Miller rips 'lowball' WNBA media rights deal (awfulannouncing.com) Miller basically asking for a number FOUR times the $2.2-2.6 billion rights deal just recently signed. That would put them in the $8.8-10.4 billion valuation range. NBA package just signed was for $75 billion for the NBA.

WNBA merchandise sales are up 500% this season, the Sports Business Journal reported earlier this week, and its rookie stars are fueling a record pace. Clark (No. 1) and Reese (No. 2) have the league’s top-two selling jerseys this year, part of a 1,000% increase in player-specific merchandise sales, according to Fanatics. The WNBA recently agreed to a record-$2.2 billion television contract that the head of the WNBA players union said might have undervalued the league’s worth at the moment. ESPN will pay the WNBA $200 million annually for the next 11 years, as compared to about $30 million per year during the current deal. https://sports.yahoo.com/rookies-caitlin-clark-angel-reese-175154505.html

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40634341/wnba-secures-monumental-media-deal-disney-amazon-nbcu

Curse of former Padres. Well, on all but Juan Soto this year.

See Caulfield "extend Crochet and Kopech thread" from months ago... would have to put Kopech back in rotation yet again.

Maybe we can get Andrew Jones' son from AZ and run him all the way into oblivion.

Probably Flaherty third.

Stowers/Norby best offer...

Schiffren will have to start talking Olympics every Sox game...

Oliver Stone?

True story. Was at the JFK Assassination site the same afternoon that Trump was very nearly taken out. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/36-B-Calle-Roberto-Clemente-San-Juan-PR-00926/2127801084_zpid/ Considering a bid at $300,000. Built in 1968, beautiful views. Was at $500k before hurricane. Totally in love with Puerto Rico now with one significant exception...cost of going out to eat there is astronomical. Would have to cook almost all meals at home. Major plus is connection to US healthcare and retirement system as a territory. And they carry David Yurman jewelry for the wife haha.

Key word here..."develop."

When is the last time the Sox "fixed" a player defensively...?

See Jo Adell, although he's really at the end of his rope with LAA.

https://www.mlb.com/news/teams-likely-to-trade-prospects-ahead-of-trade-deadline-2024?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage Lists 7 teams with attached write-ups for each.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/wnba-star-game-audience-soars-205025569.html

Don't know how that happened. Either a new phone or jumping from China to Korea (saw Drew Anderson start in KBO for SSG Rangers) to Dallas to Puerto Rico to Dallas to Korea and leaving for China this AM with VPN or Chinese government patrolling my phone...

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?stats=bat&lg=all&type=8&season=2024&month=0&season1=2024&ind=0&pageitems=30&pos=all&qual=200&pagenum=9 Sheets Jimenez Vaughn T.Anderson Benintendi Maldy all among the worst players by fWAR. Bleak bleak bleak. Need to get rid of ALL those players and simply move on. Already started with TA and Maldy. We're almost to the point where Elko would be a more compelling watch. Not even one single player that should be guaranteed a spot next year. Who would it possibly be? Lee as the backup catcher? Julks? Nah. Sosa? Yuck.

Demand for Kopech seemingly 10X higher. Heck Vaughn might be behind Banks and Brebbia as well...even Wilson for truly desperate teams. Speaking of weak areas, the offensive falloffs for Korey Lee and Montgomery are grtting really worrisome. It means Quero almost has to produce. We have all this supposed MI depth in Baldwin, Sosa, Ramos, Ja. Gonzalez and Colson... yet all five could just as easily flop as EVEN two of them being on the 2026-27 Sox rosters.

A .674 opsing Andrew Vaughn at first base likely to be the best hitter remaining on next year's Sox team. Down from 0.5 to -0.4 in fWAR At first base, ranked #30/37. Michael Busch is a Top 5 guy already and Jake Burger is well ahead of Vaughn as well.

A hot couple of months never warranted that big of a jump for Gonzalez (or Ramos, for that matter). See the same fall back down to earth with Baldwin.

Still think it's suicide for the Tigers to trade Skubal if they want to remain competitive next season.