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Another $1.8 million down the drain. The fact that we're $5 million ahead of Minnesota in payroll with one of the worst teams in history while the AL Central is well positioned for 2 post season spots tells you all that you need to know this year.

Not to mention it's his MLB debut...some are superstitious, especially pitchers, in those situations. Tendency to leave those guys alone pretty much, until they are lifted.

5. Garrett Crochet, White Sox (18.6%) It now seems so long ago when we chuckled that the White Sox made Crochet one of the least-experienced Opening Day starters in history, because he has a shining bright spot in an otherwise forgettable Chicago season. (Especially so if you look past a late-April stumble; in his last nine starts, Crochet has allowed only 12 earned runs.) This is all in part due to a newly introduced cutter that’s become the primary complement to his four-seam, but also because the move from relief to rotation came without the usual drop in velocity that we’ve come to expect. When you’re striking out 34% of hitters, that’s a good way to avoid squared-up contact. Even accounting for that, however, Crochet is one of the hardest arms in the game to square up. mlb.com

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/basketball/wnba/fever/2024/06/11/usa-basketball-explains-why-it-didnt-pick-caitlin-clark-for-olympics-team-popularity/74058895007/ If they're not taking into consideration growing the game (domestic as well as internationally) for the final spot on the roster, and the commercial sponsors of the Games that could have been converted into WNBA partners...just not sure what to say. As soon as Iowa made the Final Four, it was over. She would have had to be leading the WNBA in scoring/assists...not even sure that would have done it. So Diana Taurasi fans can tune in for her record sixth gold medal at age 42 when her best days are well behind her...but they're going to lose 75% of their potential audience in the process. Anyone connected to UConn, head Coach Cheryl Reeve, even South Carolina...none of those entities are willing to give her respect other than her personal hero Maya Moore. (Probably will select Bueckers of UConn for the next Olympic team instead, lol. Not that she might not necessarily deserve it if she's injury free still.)

No Pillar's overachievement will be as sustainable as Yermin's.

That's just not going to happen. Although Hahn should obviously be more under the microscope than Getz.

Pillar? Compare him to entire Sox fWAR as an overall team.

One more loss for being back on track for 40-120...40/41 and 120-122

This is just categorically untrue, unless you're ONLY counting 2024. But then you can't use the term "always" if that's the case.

Luis Robert, ladies and gentlemen, the sport's greatest "utility player." .196/755

Right now, he would arguably be a favorite for Comeback Player of the Year if they consider him. For the NL, it's definitely Jurickson Profar, at least at this early point of the season.

Are there ANY positives about DeLoach so far this season??? Just curious for those who have been watching Charlotte or Sox games on t.v.

Probably Liriano/Escobar. By the way, Fedde has already been worth roughly $10 to the White Sox so far, and arguably the best move, along with starting Crochet (so far, knock on wood). 1.6 fWAR coming into tonight's game, and that will be going up even more in all likelihood.

His wrist has finally healed...or the pitching by and large sucks, lol.

Where else have they been ranked in the Top 5 besides Bleacher Report? Just curious.

Bassitt Montas Dunning Three more pretty obvious names on the starting pitching side. Guess you can include Carson Fulmer, too, haha...almost nobody knew he was still in the big leagues with the suddenly obscure Angels.

Well, sure...he's probably better than Tim Hill, but let's first see how he does in high pressure roles or as a starter. If the Braves were satisfied with him, they wouldn't have traded for Aaron Bummer and taken on that salary package in the first place. As Shuster would have been much cheaper to employ.

Ummm...no. That's the last way any scout across the entire sport would describe him.

Beckham? Gordon, Tim or David? As an announcer?

Carlos Rodon down to a 2.93 ERA and will likely get another W with the Yankees at KC leading 4-1 late.

I'm sure they decided even before the WNBA season even started...that she was going to take too much attention away from the established veterans on the team whose spotlight "was stolen" by CC...rather than looking at all the positives she was bringing in terms of ratings, attendance, jersey sales, charter flights, etc. Didn't want to answer questions game after game about why she wasn't playing very much, but there will be even more questions now. Jealousy about her $28 million Nike shoe deal, and Wilson/Gatorade. UConn/SC block of players and coaches against Clark would be another. A lot of the coverage has been pitting straight vs. LGBTQIA, white vs. black, established stars vs. up and coming future of the game (the precedent has been set with "rookie/college" players such as Laettner, Taurasi, Candace Parker, Breanna Stewart, Lobo, etc. A precedent had already been set for including the college stars over a number of Olympic teams. 70-3 Olympics record with pros is going to likely result in no game being less than 20-30 blowouts and little coverage...but HUGE questions if they stumble at all about why they didn't include CC. https://athlonsports.com/wnba/wnba-coach-voices-frustration-over-caitlin-clark-coverage Minnesota Lynx/Olympic women's coach said she wouldn't pick Clark "because she hasn't gone to war with her" and she has been quite outspoken about her getting so much more media attention than her own team with a much better record and Napheesia Collier (Olympian) as the star of the team. "ALSO in action tonight - @minnesotalynx vs @chicagosky 7pm CST. Though fans won't be able to watch, #Lynx fans can go to the Lynx app to follow along via play by play. Or if you are in market, come to the game...as we start the season off right #12teams #theWismorethanoneplayer," the Team USA coach wrote. See the tweet at the end of that article. Plus, you have Taurasi at 42...they're giving her the chance to get six gold medals (Clark is shooting better from 3 despite facing the most ferocious defense/face guarding of any player in the entire league by like 25-30%, blanket covering her for 92 or 94' feet or whatever, just up and down the court, suffocating D)...the Aces' have four Olympians and only 5-4 record right now (two time defending champions) but their Point Gawd has been out with an injury since the WNBA finals in 2023 and then you have the Britney Griner case (marijuana/issues with the US government, debate with Kim Mulkey over her sexuality). Arguably those are 3 players she could have been chosen over, particular the first two and then Clark is shooting better (despite the oppressive defense arrayed against her) than Jewel Lloyd of Seattle too, but Seattle is a MUCH stronger team than the Indiana Fever (now 3-10 overall and in 11th place, ahead of only the Washington Mystics).

Not exactly, see details in my post here just now. If you look at the total fWAR return on the 5 Braves' players for Bummer and then Stassi, it's going to definitely end up as a negative net fWAR for XYZ amount of money, whatever the total for Lopez, Soroka, Shuster, and Shewmake is. All up to Gowens (whatever his name is) in the minors to make something out of this deal, positively.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2023/12/11/stassi-costs-white-sox-740-000-minimum-in-2024-with-braves-sending-chicago-6-26-million/71883394007/ The way I'm reading this is $740,000 this year and it LOOKS like they're on the hook for the $500,000 buyut. $1,240,000 wasted that could have easily gone to improving the front office/analytics/modern technology. 24:$7M, 25:$7.5M club option ($500,000 buyout) placed on restricted list 9/2/23 (Angels will not pay salary for last 30 days of season, saving $1,129,032) acquired by Atlanta in trade from LA Angels 12/8/23 acquired by Chicago White Sox in trade from Atlanta 12/9/23 (Braves pay White Sox $6.26M as part of the deal, with White Sox responsible for $740,000 of Stassi’s 2024 salary)

Reminds me of when they picked up Matthew Lecroy at the end of his career, and he was basically shot at that point.

Shocking...who didn't see this coming at his age and with how much downtime he's had in the last few years? Just more money thrown down the drain, unless they had taken out insurance on his deal (roughly 60% payout)...