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Literally...he is The Franchise. That $182 million extension goes into Trevor Bauer territory instantaneously if the allegations are proven. Surely MLB and the Rays would try to invalidate the contract but what an ugly mess for fans who should be enjoying another pennant race...with the MLBPU having another black eye on their hands.

Unless you consider the 3B hole filled for $29 million to Moncada...including the $5 million 2025 buyout. It's either that or Bryan Ramos.

205 MARK DIDTLER Sun, August 13, 2023 at 4:26 PM PDT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball is looking into social media posts involving Rays shortstop Wander Franco, Tampa Bay said Sunday. Franco did not play in Sunday's 9-2 loss to Cleveland. “During today’s game, we were made aware of the social media posts that are circulating regarding Wander Franco," the Rays said in a statement. "We take the situation seriously and are in close contact with Major League Baseball as it conducts its due diligence.” Tampa Bay did not detail the nature of the social media posts. Osleivis Basabe started at shortstop on Sunday in the 22-year-old's major league debut. Basabe, who went 1 for 3 with a double, learned he was being brought up during his game Saturday night with Triple-A Durham. - Sunday’s promotion at Tropicana Field was the Wander Franco Snapback Hat for fans 14 and under. After the game, Rays manager Kevin Cash was asked whether there was any issue with Franco not playing other than a regular day off. Cash replied: “No.” “I’m aware of the speculation, and I’m not going to comment any further on that,” Cash said. “The day off was because (it was) a day off.”

Resting up for the post-season...

He's one of those guys like Manuel Torborg Renteria really good with young teams but I'm not sure he's the "final step" guy. Of course, the White Sox aren't anywhere close to being a WS contender any more.

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It's like they are deliberately trying to make themselves even more unpopular to see what they can actually get away with...how far they can push it, like a certain boast of being able to shoot someone in broad daylight at the corner of 5th & Broadway.

Mazara as well...

If any of that is actually true...probably the end of the Rays in Tampa.

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?p=18993421

So you trade Bummer and go to either Banks or (likely out for season Crochet) to get out lefties in high leverage? Grifol will automatically plug them into any situation where there's a LH hitter...in the future. So do they present better odds of getting an out? Peralta Davila Fisher Perez at Charlotte? Likely not. It's the same reason Shaw is on the active roster. Like it or not he's the best remaining option to get an out unless you're going to Santos for multiple innings every time out.

https://www.mlb.com/news/jake-burger-marlins-walk-off-yankees-with-ninth-inning-rally Burger featured on the first story of MLB.com

Lost to a offseason substitute teacher who was actually drafted by the Mets before the Braves resurrected his career.

Keuchel Lynn Hendriks Abreu (at least they didn't resign him) Benintendi Pollock When are they going to learn veterans in a post steroids era have a shelf life of roughly 33-34 years? Catchers, even less.

Let’s all change to pickleball and find a much better team to support, lol…

At the very least, Scholtens should have been given no more than two batters to prevent him from taking an individual loss on his record. When you decimate a bullpen like they have (along with the Hendriks injury), there are obviously consequences…and having that shaky feeling at the end of a game just erodes a team’s overall confidence. Look no further than CLE this year versus last year. And that’s WITH a very very good manager in Francona versus a Bottom 2-3 manager and a Bottom 2-3 GM. Ironically, Grifol is still talking about this team “learning how to win” games like these last two nights. That’s fine with a very young team like say the Orioles or Guardians or Reds. But the White Sox don’t or shouldn’t have that excuse any longer.

A big part of this is Minnesota losing 18 consecutive in the post season or maybe it’s just 18 in a row to the Yankees in the playoffs, but the number itself is embarrassingly bad. CLE is the only team to have advanced at all since the KC and Cleve WS teams from 2014-16. Detroit in 2011. Then there was 2004-2006 when the Central was arguably the best as well. Then of course there was that great Indians’ team selling out Jacobs from mid 90s through 2001/2002 or whatever it was.

All that was (award was) more everything cumulatively coming together from 2017-2019....seemingly at the time, the series of moves leading to an "early/unexpected" playoff appearance.

They did have that one draft where they focused on more high OBP seemingly refined collegiate hitters. Then promptly abandoned it. Collins and Jameson Fisher were two of the names that went along with Alex Call and Remillard in 2016. Madrigal and Steele Walker in 2018.

More compelling evidence for Rick Hahn, 2023 AL Executive of the Year. Baseball America puts the Sox system in the top ten and he's a virtual shoo-in.

Except for the random placement of Astros in the West. And of course in between Dallas and Houston you have one of the trendiest areas in the country.

Zero chance he's not a Dodger or Angel.

The Cubs are hardly the examplars of maximizing talent. They missed by a country mile on Mancini. Suzuki has been disappointing as well for long stretches. What will fans do if they miss the postseason and have nothing to show for Stroman and Bellinger?

But is Ricketts going to shell out for that?

Might want to avoid another wildfire...