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WestEddy/Cali? Only positivity left is in the minor league threads. If Bonemer or Braden fail ... well, grim will be an understatement. Haven't even seen much out of Ptac and Texsox either this spring...maybe golf season?

At 56 1/2, these deaths REALLY hit home.

Giolito too diminished by injuries to be a key factor IMO.

Jay and Alonso...and losing out to Tatis Jr. and a free spending owner. Harper the bigger need with Moncada and especially the pr/media credibility boost he gave Philly. Then finally losing Wheeler and eventually settling for Keuchel...last remaining free agent in that top tier and struggled already with ATL.

Rushing up Sale Crochet Vaughn Madrigal another side of this as well. TA was the one they were most patient with as a MS juco selection. Arguably biggest position player success story. Then you have Griffin Wetherholt Cags McGonigle flying up to the big leagues and making instant impacts as well. (Bazzana not so much.)

Public posturing to see if they can wrangle savings out of their top pick by creating the "fake out" impression they're seriously considering Emerson instead? Any 4D chess with the Sox just scares the hell out of me thinking they will only outsmart themselves and end up with two decent players while yet another team ends up with a superstar. Saw it happen once already with Kolek and Aiken. Ofc in the end Houston eventually won that one in the following draft.

Made sense for StL to take a step back from Goldy Arenado Edman Donovan Contreras failures. Walker off to an incredible start, Wetherholt has held his own and that minor league systes now has a ton of positive momentum. Brewers have always traded early like TB see Josh Hader Devin Williams this time Peralta.

15 point spread with SFG Toronto Philly and all alone with the worst record. Everyone expects Philly and Toronto to pick it up eventually. Just like nearly everyone questioned Vitello as an inexperienced manager pick by Posey.

Fine just woke up after climbing a mountain all day in China and got too excited there was finally some real intrigue at the top of the draft. Maybe it's the same prospect fatigue that pushed down Rodon to #3 when he was the consensus top pick out of NC State that year. Trea Turner also started to blossom in reports ... not unlike Gasparino emerging this year as a late first/early second round guy. Turner was already #10-15 when that season started, however. Maybe the Troy T. comps are also scaring off some...Bregman and Swanson (more speed) also great players but not quite Top Ten in the game superstars like Witthe Jr., Elly de la Cruz and potentially Griffin. Finally let's not forget McDaniel pushed Braden all the way down from Top 50-60 last year to 189 coming into 2026.

But can anyone trust Getz to make the right call? Picking Emerson buys him another year or two (as GM) taking a high school product to patiently wait out his full development arc. Whereas Roch would be almost universally expected to be on the 2027 Sox at some point...especially if Colson slides backwards. The pressure to "save the franchise" would be pretty intense, not unlike what Gordon Beckham faced back in the late 2000s.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48503248/2026-mlb-draft-rankings-update-mock-draft-top-prospects this pick then comes down to exactly what you think Emerson's potential is and if he's a quick mover. Some evaluators think Emerson has higher upside and if you think he'll also move quickly (Konnor Griffin debuted as a 19-year-old, Jackson Holliday at age 20, Kevin McGonigle at 21) then he could also look like a superior prospect in the minors within a year or so. If he's both things and he comes at some bonus savings vs. Cholowsky, you can logically justify picking Emerson. Some teams I've spoken with see this decision as close enough to really dig in and the White Sox might be one of those teams. We'll learn a lot more in the coming weeks; I heard a big White Sox scouting contingent, including GM Chris Getz, was in to see Emerson this week.

CONTRACT NOTES 2027 Salary Escalators: Rookie of the Year: $250k MVP: 1st - $1M 2nd-3rd: $500k 4th-10th: $250k Free Agency at contract end

Two blown saves in three weeks is hardly good. That would be around 15-16 for the full season.

WestEddy is now down to just Pereira and I guess Teel/Montgomery for Getz praise-worthy moves...

JR controls the Board. You'd have to execute a hostile takeover or have him declared mentally incompetent/incapacitated. Remember his sons were buying out minority shareholders at the same time the Ishbias were buying, too.

That's WITH the Murakami-Elko bump...

https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance So much for the Pirates' Renaissance. All four AL Central teams conveniently lined up in a row near the bottom.

That means we can expect another historic 1910-1919 run ?

Maybe not being in the first round projections was enough to scare him off. Iowa State athletics with some rough weeks in fb and now both bb programs.

Doubt this is the one but pretty funny

https://sports.yahoo.com/videos/luis-robert-jr-amazing-diving-025912439.html

Blue Jays lose, now 7-10 Lenyn Sosa 1/3 in debut Cease 6 2 0 3 6 after openers

Didn't have the heart to make any jokes. Not if family members suffered heart attacks or strokes. But yeah...

Ohtani 33+ inning scoreless streak ends at the hands of MJ Melendez second double in debut. At 98-100...not pinch hitting even after removal from game according to Roberts. Pham two k's from right behind him to end threats. Jumped from A ball rehab.