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Not without significant FA spending on the pitching front...but not going to count out a system with that much depth. Cowser will win RoY. Still have Westburg Mayo Basallo Hjerstad...but the key obviously is Rutschman and Holiday playing as projected. Gunnar Henderson is already one of the Top 5-7 players in baseball.

Without FA and a high #1 draft pick, it's almost impossible. The only way is trading Crochet and trusting Getz. https://www.milb.com/player/jac-caglianone-695506#:~:text=Draft: 2024, Kansas City Royals, Round: .690 ops in Quad Cities...at least two if not three years away from the majors.

Thinking of the WNBA lol. Brewers trying to make it a series. Down 3-2 bit escaped bases loaded situation.

Ultimately it's going to be perceived as a failure...especially both Rutschman and #1 prospect Holiday. Then they have to replace the leadership of Mullins Santander and Burnes. Lots of uncertainty around Grayson Rodriguez moving forward as well.

Joe Musgrove wearing #44 for Jake Peavy lol. Cease would be starting G3 in his home state of GA or in LA on Sat Gm1.

Royals last three playoff appearances ended in WS, 1985 2014 2015. That takes the White Sox all the way back to 1917-1919 lol. And I wouldn't discount the Tigers at all continuing their run against a Guardians' team where the main point is simply containing Jose Ramirez.

https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/one-year-from-now-predicting-the-2025-twins-lineup-r16519/ Even if Brooks Lee was considered the industry equivalent of Montgomery, the Twins also have a better farm system and Walker Jenkins is projected as a future superstar. https://puckettspond.com/posts/minnesota-twins-pitching-rotation-future-success Not to mention they're likely going to replace Baldelli and Jhoan Duran is due for a rebound season with far better health.

Brewers looking like NL version of Baltimore....Mets simply a buzzsaw right now.

1/13 with runners on base Former Sox farm hand Sam Long gets it done two consecutive days on the road. Baltimore 5000 fans less than capacity...pretty embarrassing not to sell out except for Yankees' games.

At least they spent on Correa Buxton and have Royce Lewis. Ofc Hinch and Quatraro will finish 1-2 MoY whereas the Sox somehow picked perhaps the worst manager in MLB history. Just unreal. Grifol famously rejected by his own organization for an outsider from TB.

Witt is unreal. .388 average with risp who does that? Fastest player, best infield arm or close...the very definition of a franchise player.

Hinch/Benetti lol...plus best bullpen management in ages. Brieske was absolutely fearless. 27th round pick 802 overall. Tarik Skubal and Jackson Jobe are going to be quite the combo, and to think they seriously considered trading him.

Rutschman just has been terrible the entire second half. Cedric Mullins would be a good replacement for Robert but he'll have better offers than the Sox as a former 30/30 guy.

Best record in baseball since August 11th when they were at 0.2% playoff odds. 36-13 since. Two losses to the White Sox haha.

Pretty crazy it is going to be Cle/Detroit and possibly KC/NYY left.

MJ Melendez with a pretty unreal catch for him...and pressure really mounting on Baltimore offense.

Poor Mattress Mack lol Motown Magic Cleveland vs. Toronto 2016 last ALCS without Astros.

Plus he refused to ever pitch more than one inning last year for SD.

47 straight playoff wins for Houston when they had been leading in the 8th...

$95 million for a fading Hader was always going to be a massive mistake...and now they can't afford to keep Bregman Tucker Altuve and Alvarez together.

Maybe the the Twins if they move on from Santana and aren't sure about Luke K or Kiriloff at 1B.

Profar was signed for just $1 million and will be a downballot NL MVP candidate. Or someone one like Donovan Solano that has the flexibility to play every infield position for $1 million as well.

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/most-mlb-team-playoff-wins-since-2020 Teams still without a win… Orioles, Blue Jays, Pirates, Rockies, Cubs (2016 WS), Reds, Nationals (2019 WS), Angels By division… AL West=52 wins NL East=44 wins NL West=41 wins AL East=25 wins AL Central=11 wins NL Central=2 wins

https://www.mlb.com/news/fernando-tatis-jr-meets-mikey-de-jesus-martinez

They cerainly cared about clearing the team of "bad influences" though. In a vacuum, something has to emerge to fill it. And they still care a lot about marketing aka selling tickets to a rapidly shrinking fanbase.