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“It was a good baseball trade,” White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. “They needed him over there and the pitcher we got back adds depth to an area that we feel is a strength of ours. You can never have too many good arms. This kid’s got a good arm and he’ll help us at some point.”

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/orioles-signed-craig-kimbrel-replace-042821026.html

There's no way Lynn was coming back...even if they overpaid him, which was also never going to happen. Odds are that Clevinger will struggle like theajority of players that get started a month or more late into the season. Crochet can only give you 80-100 innings this year...most were guessing 80ish before the season. That might give you a 70-75 win team and an even lower draft pick in the first round. No appreciable attendance difference, probably.

Not being the WORST but instead the 29th worst team in baseball somehow seems even worse, lol. The Rockies are a competitive balance team, enjoy the benefits of higher 1st round draft picks and have surprisingly resilient attendance in Colorado, despite all the losing AND poor spending (exchanging Kris Bryant for Arenado, essentially.) The only hope with this organization is that JR is so embarrassed (like last season with KW/Hahn) that he basically has no choice but to intervene...

Well, there's naturally a certain amount of drama when you come back "home" to beat the organization that originally traded you to your rivals, that's just human nature. Then throw a 1 hitter with 10+ K's (most of Cease's games aren't even followed on the West Coast.)

Lee as well...getting increasing playing time. And at least somewhat holding off opponents' running games. https://www.milb.com/player/junior-caminero-691406 Rays desperately need this bat in their line-up

Also going to be Top 5 in fWAR when the updates come out tmrw morning... Except they're RIGHT there in the Wild Card race and just traded for Arraez, so it's far from a sure thing they would trade Cease when starting pitching is arguably THEIR biggest need as well.

The Cubs still have miles to go before any World Series...but are certainly much closer and more fun to watch/follow.

Way too early to call that trade anything resembling a success when the biggest need on the major league roster now and in the future is power/offense.

Better than the Honeybunch. Or perhaps not, depending on who you're married to.

Hasn't found a job yet...a lot thought she would end up in NYC with the Commissioner's office.

A bit like the Trayce Thompson game for LAD early last year.

At one point this year, RH hitters were 1/59 against Cease this year. Has a twin brother named Alec/k. Owns two tournament-caliber frisbee golf courses in FL and GA. Dabbles in acrylic painting. Took up bee-keeping (no relationship to Jason Statham) with his father during Covid in rural Georgia.

https://www.mlb.com/news/michael-soroka-pitches-5-innings-in-white-sox-loss-to-rays#:~:text=Joey Johnston-,ST.,get you up to speed.

"The switch-hitting Grossman has better stats against left-handed pitching. He hit over .300 against lefties last season, posting a .952 OPS in 137 plate appearances. That OPS ranked sixth in the American League against left-handed pitchers (minimum 100 plate appearances vs. lefties)." More likely they dump Jankowski because Carter is way too young and talented to be a platoon guy...granted, the strong side of one. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/rangers-reunite-with-robbie-grossman-in-trade-with-white-sox/ar-BB1m2GJc

Didn't he have like a 300ish OPS at Charlotte of all places?

At least he spent the majority of his development time with the DBacks...

Promote Sergio Santos.

Vivek Ranadivé, owner of the (Sacramento) Kings and River Cats, expressed optimism about Sacramento’s potential to secure a permanent MLB team. “I’ve been in touch with the commissioner ... they will be creating a new team,” Ranadivé told reporters during a press interview last month. “They want it to be on the West Coast. They’d love for it to be in California.” By showcasing that Sacramento has the market and can “make the team successful,” he said there’s a chance to get the new franchise. “There’s no guarantee,” he added. “You know, we have to show what we can do, and I have complete confidence that if we set our mind to something, this is an incredible city.” https://www.yahoo.com/news/mlb-stay-sacramento-oakland-called-123000921.html

White Sox -92 Rockies -82 Marlins -77 Blue Jays (another "lost" dynasty) -46

Jiménez, 27, has struggled to stay on the field his entire career with the White Sox. He's played over 100 games in just two seasons of his six-year career. His career high for games played in a season is 122, a mark he set his rookie season. He's a phenomenal talent and is inarguably the team's best bat when he's on the field. But his injury history is detrimental. And because of his injuries, the White Sox are hesitant to play him in the outfield on defense, making him a one-trick pony. Jiménez's contract is an appealing part of his trade value. He has two more years under club control after this season. Though, he's slated to make $16.5 million per season from those two seasons, a rather high number for his current abilities. Who writes this stuff? https://www.yahoo.com/sports/rumor-white-sox-expected-trade-004323758.html

Thorpe about to fall under a 1.00 ERA. Unreal. He'll be up at AAA soon unless they want him to stay all the way through the Southern League All-Star game...enjoy some accolades/success before moving up to the bandbox. And with Sox pitchers, might be better just to send them directly from BIRM because Charlotte might as well be Colorado.

There's zero reason (or than current injury, but that's a recent development) not to just let Colas play and see what happens... Ortega will garner no trade return and his playing time should be going to ANYONE who could be a legit part of the future.

Hopefully we can dump Maldonado on the Cardinals as a Contreras replacement...but Getz will probably trade Lee instead.

Pretty sad when even a routine play turns into something that needs to be congratulated or encouraged, lol. It is what it is, though.