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For some odd reason, the entire article was available here in China through VPN, even though the NY Times is officially banned.

See 2023 KC Royals with 106 losses.

Reese always takes pretty typical wild swings with her arms down in the paint...so it looks worse. Slowed down by a factor of 3-5X, it does look a lot more violent than it really was on replay. She popped right back up (this time her teammates "had her back" this time), and in her comments in post-game, Clark didn't call it a "non basketball play" like two weeks ago with Chennedy Carter. And of course Thomas with the CT Sun actually got kicked out a game for her foul against Reese, but it got about 5-10% of the attention Clark is getting with the white/black angles.

Where is the thread at SoxTalk? Link? Guess I was either busy or apathetic last October...or watching the post-season instead.

If there's already a thread, it's not very easy to locate by just typing Dave Wilder into search...and now you guys are back to arguing about the reasons for the lack of productivity again from the Dominican Republic, pretty sure it was Rafael Santana who was originally tasked with cleaning that mess up. But it hardly gets mentioned what has actually happened down there in the last 15 years. Jerry Krause was working as a scout in Brazil near the end of his life, they were "sorta" productive with Andre Rienzo and Anderson Gomes, but that first wave apparently dried up or they moved on after Krause's death. https://www.southsidesox.com/minors/2013/2/11/3975216/the-tawdry-tangled-history-of-the-white-sox-latin-american-operations Louis Silverio has also been with the White Sox for some time, first as a player from 2014-2018, then as a Director of the team’s Dominican Republic Academy from 2018-2022. He is taking this new Manager role with looks to be an expansion beyond just responsibilities in the Dominican Republic...(this Silverio is not related to the one from the Wilder/original skimming scandal). But we have hardly heard a THING about that time period at the White Sox Dominican training academy. It's almost like a black hole...that sucks everything into its vortex but almost nothing productive comes out of.

Removing Kopech won't make much of a difference, but if you add DeJong, Pham, Flexen, Wilson, Banks, Clevinger, Crochet, Robert, Jimenez, and Moncada all together, you'd have to expect closer to a 15-25% winning percentage. Obviously, Robert and Crochet might not be matches right now (value wise), and Moncada and Jimenez could be stuck with the team and vice versa, but yikes. Honestly don't even have any idea what the remaining rotation would look like. I guess Thorpe, Nastrini, Cannon, probably Clevinger...then whoever they decide to go with from the Barons' remaining list of guys, other than Schultz. Which means Berroa, Inciarte, Bush, Eder, Adams, etc.

the entire organization is even MORE hopeless than any could have imagined. It's almost unbelievable, but what does he really have to gain here because he was clearly never going to get another job in MLB (maybe abroad, Korea/Japan) no matter what??? White or black, that avenue was cut off as he was made an example out of. His reputation was already described, and if that wasn't enough, there was the channeling of monies to Club Burn (gay bar) in the Phoenix area. Even in the sports world of today (look at all the arguments over the WNBA in recent weeks and months), that was just a massive "double hit" that was never going to be overcome at the ownership level (Dusty Baker was seemingly the only figure in baseball at all who reached out to him.) It has now been 16 years since the Dominican buscones/skimming scandal, and almost nothing has changed with the Sox being able to scout/evaluate Dominicans. Ironically, the two best were accidental (Tatis Sr. directing his son towards the Sox first) and Eloy Jimenez coming over in the Quintana trade. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4853621/2023/09/12/white-sox-exec-bonus-skimming/

Highly unlikely they trade him anyway with the injuries to Darvish/Musgrove and still right smack dab in the middle of the WC race.

And now Thorpe as the centerpiece of the Cease deal when the likes of Snelling, Lesko and Mazur were also theoretically available. Surely, Preller blocked the first two, but it was realistically Thorpe vs. Mazur (Univ of Iowa).

A lot like the Scott Carroll situation, just trying to qualify for his pension after playing QB for Purdue.

https://x.com/HaterReport_/status/1802392370169750002?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet This has got to be an act, this whole Angel Reese as league villain thing. Getting to be like pro wrestling now.

Because every anti-Clark fanatic out there and more will say "I told you so" if she doesn't light up the Big 3 Baller league and somehow disappoints. She has already dealt with enough pressure and sky-high expectations the last 2-3 months, she needs a full offseason to work on her strength, defensive agility/quickness, going to the left off the dribble, getting her shot off faster while maintaining accuracy, her body and mind need to rest and recuperate, simply put.

Not until he does it for 2-3 consecutive months in the big leagues. He's certainly not a 2B, but he might not even be athletic enough or have the arm for 3B, either. The problem is if Montgomery moves to third as projected, you have to 1) acquire more infielders, or 2) Mongomery, Gonzalez and Ramos/Sosa all have to be 2-3 fWAR regulars at the big league level. Might as well throw Baldwin into the mix too, although he still has a lot to prove after a white hot start to the AA season.

Isn’t that called Mandalorian…? Gotta love that Pedro Pascal.

Kind of like like two major party candidates for the highest office in the land the first Tuesday in November. Kennedy Jr. makes three you could say the same about lol. His very own family doesn’t know what he is talking about.

Still not 100% certain on Thorpe…let’s give him until the end of 2024 starting in the big leagues first. https://www.milb.com/player/grant-taylor-691799 If this guy and Schultz hit their ceilings…they would really have something. IF IF IF. Of course, he’s hurt now. https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-white-sox/grading-the-white-sox-top-prospects-this-season-no-13-grant-taylor/

Also a pretty high former first round draft pick for Washington. Who dominated last year in the KBO/Korea. Worth roughly the same as Nick Martinez coming out of Korea then pitching pretty well in SD as a starter/swingman. Basically has doubled his value now…see below. “The Cincinnati Reds have reached an agreement with right-hander Nick Martinez in MLB free agency, per Jeff Passan of ESPN. “Right-hander Nick Martinez and the Cincinnati Reds ar in agreement on a two-year,$26 million contract that includes an opt-out after the first year, sources tell ESPN.”

Smith said he understood where Carrington was coming from, but also doesn't hold Clark "accountable for that." "But what Caitlin Clark has to understand is it’s not really you personally. It’s you the figure, it’s you, the prop, per se, that is being utilized to address a bigger point," Smith said. "The fact that she is a young White lady, and the world has gravitated to her the way that they have in a way they have done for no one else in the 28-year history of the WNBA… it's just further evidence of the times that we're living in, but most importantly, the times that we've been living in and the progress that reportedly has been made, although it has existed in some degree, doesn't negate the fact that we can't gloss over the reality of what we're exposed to every single day… There’s still a lot of work to be done, because things haven’t changed as much as we’d like to believe, period." https://www.foxnews.com/sports/stephen-a-smith-goes-trump-invoked-monologue-caitlin-clark-times-were-living-in Greg, he/Smith wasn't criticizing Clark here. Read carefully. It's because she isn't more forcefully choosing a side, because she doesn't want to be politicized.

If he gets seriously hurt again this season....you only have him for 1/2 season at best.

Automatic DFA or at least benching. Pirates legitimately in WC race.

The problem is if Getz does NOT move either Robert or Crochet at the TDL, there's nothing to promote for the rest of the season. Just the new high first round draft pick. And teams can always come up their own creative offers for Crochet extensions like huge incentives (easily reached with 20-25ish starts) and/or deferred dollars into the future like the Dodgers did with Ohtani.

See Garcia, Freddy...huge offer at the time never is made without extension with Sox already baked in.

Top 3 or 5 all-time in NCAA assists without extra Covid year. Higher average 3 pointer made in distance over S.Curry and Trae Young at 28 feet. She would get some cred it the black community if she joined Ice Cube’s 3 vs. 3 baller league for ten games and $5-10 million, but that would only annoy the other 95% of WNBA that has to play overseas to subsidize their salaries with $1 million dollar deals like Griner in Russia or Taurasi. I mean, Clark’s even getting criticized because her best friend Kate Martin is quickly becoming very good friends with A’ja Wilson, the best player in the league. Versus the perception Clark’s black teammates don’t have her back, which isn’t the case with Temi f**benle and Aliyah Boston. Like Martin is a traitor to Caitlin.

From flyover territory. Look at voting trend last decade. White boyfriend. Catholic/family are churchgoers, but seem to be more old school or traditional/conservative in their beliefs as daughter also attended private Catholic DM Dowling. ND was her first school choice, along with UConn.

Conversely…after being derailed for half a decade, Chris Sale is one of the top pitchers in baseball again. Crochet just looks like he has found his footing as a starter…and Ragans is holding up as a 95+ starter despite even two previous TJ surgeries. Some upper tier revenue team will certainly be willing to invest $100+ million if Juan Soto is going to get $655 million without even being a good outfielder. Another lefty, Imanaga was one of the biggest FA bargains of the off season and nearly everyone thought $75 million was a huge overpay for a high strikeout guy without dominating velocity. AJ Preller will make a calculated gamble like this…as he can’t afford to add another massive contract over $150-200 million. And maybe it would blow up and cost him his job.