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If they dump Benintendi with Robert or Crochet...they will lose the franchise eventually. With not getting anything higher than the 10th pick next year, it's absolutely critical to maximize prospect returns and not cost savings. Basically opening the gates and broadcasting games is already netting $100-125 million already. Let's be honest here, they are already wasting at least $25-30 on complete veteran/cast off crap already. Crap playets almost nobody wants to see and certainly not entertaining. Another $5-10 million gets Benintendi off the books to another team or at least enough to encourage him to take the money (let's say a $35-40 million check) and retire. Otherwise, his life would essentially be a living hell stuck on 100+ loss teams for at least the next two years of his remaining contract.

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Sheets

Danks is still the last four year deal, yes? Before that, Buehrle...then Sale/Q extensions.

Smith?

The NBA uses size 7 balls, while the WNBA uses size 6 balls. Those measure a minimum of 28.5 inches in circumference, an inch smaller than the NBA basketballs. They also weigh less at 20 ounces (vs. 22 ounces). 3.4% and 11% difference, let's call it 7% and split the difference. Of course, how much more power and speed and strength does Steph Curry have to Clark, who weighs 155 pounds and is 6 feet?

Alsinois sounds like either a disease or a distant cousin of the state of Illinois...

Well, off to AAA with your negative vibes...have to feel for the guy, especially when he's actually hitting much better than expected but it's hard to find a consistent rhythm with the current arrangement of PT. Eventually it seems Maldonado has to wear down in the summer heat of Chicago.

Nobody is ignoring the reality...personally, like KW's philosophy of always giving them a 3 run homer or two even in a loss, baseball is much more fun when you have the first half 2006 offense than what we've been forced to watch the last two years. Concern is much more on the future position player side, especially if Robert isn't traded and Crochet gets a return less than the Cease trade w/ SD.

What is a "softer" version of panicky that's softer and less aggressive, lol? Have been arguing over that description for weeks and weeks now. Reactive vs. proactive?

And it's going to be in Phoenix, home of GOAT Taurasi and Britney Griner. Both LGBTQIA and outspoken about Clark and also Griner with her comments about the US after her marijuana related arrest in Moscow and ten month detention.

Yes attendance is up overall but Clark must be around 75-80% of it. Sky are drawing well with rookies Angel Reese and Cardoso. Same with LA Sparks with Cameron Brink and Rickea Jackson. In coming years, you have the likes of Paige Bueckers from UConn, Juju Watkins (USC), Hannah Hidalgo (ND), Fulwiley (South Carolina) and Flaujae Johnson (LSU). 2 time defending champs LV Aces are under .500 and could go sub with a loss to Phoenix tonight due to injuries...so there's really a hyper competitive league now between the Top 5-6 in the league. https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/06/11/wnba-attendance https://www.statista.com/statistics/1236749/wnba-team-attendance/ https://www.acrossthetimeline.com/wnba/attendance.html Compare these last two years. Only the Atlanta Dream are really drawing poorly this year. 8/12 teams are over 8,000+ averages and almost 5 over 10,000 per game...huge jumps across the league, Especially compared to low points in 2021 coming out of Covid. Expanding to SF Bay area (Valkries) and Toronto the next two seasons..

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/cote-lionel-messi-hero-savior-170740807.html Comparing reaction to Messi in Miami to Clark in WNBA, so much revolves around race (and left un spoken was sexual orientation). See the complete lack of support from teammate Nalyssa Smith ... who went to support her gf (on another team) on the night before a game today. Of course Carrington on CT just happened to repeatedly mock Clark in their game this past Mon, then continued it on social media. Carrington seemingly attended the Angel Reese eyelash academy...to add to the racial animus.

And Lynn to a lesser extent...

Or Soto getting $655 million when Profar is outproducing what Juan and did for SD last year for peanuts comparatively. Likely becomes All Star and goes back home to Arlington.

There's only a $3 million cost to cut Jimenez or a $6 million total for 2025-26? https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/24616/eloy-jimenez

Sox weren't that close when they won the WS though. Added Thome (not sure subsidy coming over from Philly considered) and the ultimately frustrating Javy Vasquez Show, among others.

Should have posted a image of Gonzalez homering instead...take that, Keith Law!

He's expected by prospect followers to be almost as impactful as Franco. Rare mistake by Guardians to trade him.

If you look back at that team, Carlos Guillen and Polanco were key as well. A number of home grown guys like Inge Granderson and Monroe just killed the Sox that year before Victor Martinez joined team later. Lots of pretty high fips and WHIPs in the rotation, Bonderman was better that year than I remembered and Verlander more inconsistent until the end of the year.

Junior Caminero.

Nastrini in quite limited action might be the biggest disappointment...but his stuff has apparently regressed a tick or two from most accounts.

We used to have great scouts...but the numbers are way down due to Covid and budget cuts the last two years...many of the most experienced and expensive vets are gone too. That's all going to trickle down and lead to lower efficiency. Up until 2007/08, they could ALWAYS find low budget but high leverage guys. Think of Marte Gordon Jenks Crain Foulke Howry Takatsu Hermanson Santos Cotts Politte Thornton, to name a few. Then they tried to buy Dotel and Linebrink and they also added a ton of experiments (all the lefties with big stuff/no control and Aardsma) at the end of that great 2003-2006 run. Really feel like other than Robertson and Hendriks...Hahn never picked guys who even earned their contracts. (Especially Kimbrel and Kelly.) And the best scouting finds/signings were on the starting pitcher side, inarguably Rodon Cueto and Clevinger. Basically, they started to rely too much on Hostetler and Haber's computer IMO. Yes lots of names lol.

Debut: June 5, 2021 Verdict: Staying within the Sox’s iconic black-and-white color scheme but adding a new twist to the look works great, as does putting Southside across the chest. The only problem is that now I have Tony LaRussa falling asleep in the dugout in these uniforms forever embedded into my brain. Grade: A https://sports.yahoo.com/ranking-all-mlb-city-connect-jerseys-from-the-dodgers-at-no-28-to-the-marlins-at-no-1-230450990.html Marlins #1 and Padres #3 with most vibrant color combos.

how many positional starters though, right now? Montgomery, likely. Not even sure the next guy in term of highest POTENTIAL...some lists say Ramos, but others might argue Zavala. Both are far from "pencil that name into the 2027-28 line-up" status. Gonzalez still looks as close to a plus utility guy without great speed or power than a frontline player. Quero would probably be #2 as he's a catcher. Wolkow based on power potential? Sosa, Colas, both seem far from being good enough, at least at the present moment.