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Literally and figuratively...

Haseley after his starring game is back down in 500s for OPS. Still better than Sosa or Romy.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/quick-thinking-zack-greinke-helped-110000523.html

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/damian-lillard-relationship-bulls-zach-190006033.html Have to love the line... I heard it from an "insider" but it was outside so take it with a grain of salt

Even Houston wasn't really Houston at the beginning of the season...Altuve just came back.

Okay. Well, that's the thing about baseball. It's a what have you done for me lately sport. Look at Robert and Burger right now. Or Joe Kelly. Recency bias. It's definitely crushing Tim Anderson right now, or Jose Abreu. A year ago, Giolito and Jose Berrios were at the very bottom of MLB... where Kopech was until yesterday (now 70/73 out of qualified.) Another example, 2-3 years ago, the Brewers wouldn't have traded Keston Hiura for anyone. "PHOENIX -- Keston Hiura remains in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. After the Brewers couldn't find a trade fit for the infielder and former top prospect over the weekend, he cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Nashville on Tuesday." Still surprised Hahn thought Sosa Andrus Romy would be better at second. Well, perhaps surprised isn't quite the right word.

Pippen was some great scouting too. Of course no Rodman without the presence of MJ and Scottie. (And now Larsa Pippen dating Jordan's son haha. Drama.)

All that said, Ahmed Rosario is the best SS in this year's FA class. Yuck. He was very good in 2022, but that entire offense in CLE is putting too much pressure on themselves with all the pitching issues (back of pen now too)... and Rosario will have to deal with trade rumors should they struggle to get back to .500 the next 6-8 weeks.

Even the Braves were not willing to give that contract to their own player. Just too inconsistent offensively. Great defender, though. 9 times out of 10 the players the ATL farm system keeps churning out is what allows them to compete year in and year out for decades.

When he was drafted, a lot of scouts were actually claiming his T-bar hitting style with arms/elbow/loading mechanism would limit him to big-time NCAA success and major struggles in the pros.

That division will be a dogfight all season long. The Brewers have such a terrible offense right now.

Nobody who went to Harvard Law School in the Class of 1996 liked the guy back then either.

Nobody said trade Moncada because he juggled lol. What was actually said was that play late yesterday was not a good reason to make Jake Burger a permanent DH or 1B. Point Two...holding onto Moncada next year when a team would be committing to a minimum of $29 million seems a bit dubious. You better be getting a superstar performance for $24 and $25 million per season for a franchise DEEPLY committed to never going over the $200 million payroll mark.

Uribe was one of the three best infielders in recent Sox history. So smooth in the unique way he always caught the ball like a vacuum cleaner, solid range and a plus plus arm. That unique physique of his lol...you could instantaneously identify him hitting fielding or running like Popeye. Mark Buehrle loved him as a teammate so much he was willing to take a salary cut to allocate that money to keep Uribe around another year. And he was one of the rare teammates universally adored across white, Latin and black teammate cliques.

They want him traded because he's the #21 starter (and climbing today) and all the potentially better FA's other than Ohtani are pitching much worse. That and they don't want to see Giolito walk for no return. So now arguably one of the five most valuable DDL trade targets... and they desperately need to get more pitching for the future/general young and cheap/cost-controlled.

Still need a STARTER at 2B.

KC and the Guardians without two Sox killers are one thing...winning out on the road and beating the Angels will prove a much tougher challenge. Would feel much more confident if the division lead was just five games by Minny (blown final game of that series)... but it's more the divisional weakness of a -9 to 11 games under .500 that provides hope, or maybe false hope. We will see. Sweeping a series here seems critical.

7 games back is going to mean they're not going to trade the likes of Giolito and Kelly. Can pretty much forget the WC...so upcoming at CLE, at DET, LAA and DET at home will determine the course of the season. Won't have the good fortune of missing Naylor and Ramirez next week. 23,984

Not sure why they didn't IL Grandal when he's going to end up missing at least 5/6 games and Zavala is basically useless this season. Saving money on flights?

Eddie Gaedel has a nice OBP.

The argument there was always something like Jose Valentin vs. Royce Clayton. Jose got to everything and also had a Top 3-5 infield arm in the majors. Clayton rarely made errors but limited range when with the Sox.

https://www.mlb.com/news/best-offseason-acquisitions-2023 Masataka Yoshida (Red Sox) How acquired: Signed from NPB's Orix Buffaloes via posting system (5 years, $90 million) “Yoshida was an elite contact hitter and on-base machine in Japan; now he's an elite contact hitter and on-base machine in MLB. The lefty-swinging outfielder is one of nine qualified hitters with more walks than strikeouts this season. Yoshida is a top 25 hitter by batting average (.299) and on-base percentage (.378), and a top 40 hitter by slugging percentage (.493) and OPS (.871). What a great signing. Maybe he'll even be a dark-horse MVP candidate.” The likes of Gallo, Eeovaldi (vs. Clevinger), Rooker and Arraez listed. Two ex Twins and one incoming. KC the last team to roster Rooker prior to Oakland.

Great, we can wait for Benintendi's deal to die out in 2027... then really fix this thing.

Not spelling it out White Sox will be the jinx for this one...

A ball he juggled doesn't exactly prove anything, because the White Sox still need a 3B in 2025. Maybe Burger maybe Montgomery maybe Ramos or someone else...but that play matters more to teams looking to acquire him than anything related to the Sox.