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Engel and Moncada not tagging against Minnesota/Buxton and getting caught trying to get back...the Josh Naylor disaster early in the season that really set the tone, kust too many to count. Pollock dropping balls in the outfield that almost landed on his head when he was foolishly inserted in RF. Let's not get started with walking Dodgers down two strikes to face Muncy or almost never getting a challenge for replay right.

AL East: Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays. AL Central: Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins. AL South: Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers. AL West: Las Vegas Athletics, Los Angeles Angels, Portland Mavericks, Seattle Mariners That's assuming LV, Portland/Salt Lake City and Nashville as the three new entries. Have some weird ones like Colorado in the NL Central and the Rays in the AL South. AL East and NL West would still seemingly have the most firepower. https://sports.yahoo.com/column-another-domino-falls-road-195338414.html

Unless we kidnap Rays' front office...Brewers/Braves pitching development staffs

At LEAST during the rebuild we had a loaded minors to follow...heck, even Viciedo/Beckham at BIRM for 6 weeks was fun back in the day. This is just bleak.

Hard to love college sports like the past when your team totally changes from year to year. Ironic because Caitlin Clark will make millions through NIL staying at Iowa of all places for two more years rather than going to the WNBA. That's how bad things are that I have to follow the Padres lol... because USC and UCLA are dooming Iowa in Big Ten West and Oklahoma/TX to SEC is really dooming OU minus a major coaching/recruiting miracle. (That said having QB run of Heupel J.White Bradford Mayfield Murray and Hurts pretty special... won't happen in another lifetime.)

The trade deadline with anyone but Hahn making decisions will be the most interesting period of the next 9 months... because Ohtani and FA's aren't happening. If anything... Ohtani joins Suzuki on the Cubs if not LAD NYM NYY SD. That will REALLY suck if the Cubs end up rebuilding in less than three seasons and making the postseason. But at least more pressure on Sox to respond... maybe?

4 homers in less than a month versus one all of last year...something like that.

Since he wasn't considered good enough for the Cuban National team... well maybe against the Royals? 92-94 mph a bit underwhelming for that particular role.

Maybe from Preller... if he hadn't already dealt them all for Soto and Hader lol. We could use a bonafide young stud catching prospect for once. Z.Collins lol.

He had the right instinct to use Rodon out of the pen in 2020 (maybe not in that exact situation with runner on)... who would be one of the best pitchers in baseball the following season. Ofc if they had signed Wheeler instead of Keuchel everything turns out differently... then the Crochet injury on top of everything else.

Good Cueto and Andrus... Abreu>Benintendi and Hendriks out.

Nobody in the AL Central even deserves to go to the postseason. Clear as day.

fought... past tense, then classic Sox offense stops scoring and rests on it's laurels

Twins look like the White Sox on defense this inning lol...yet another potential bullpen loss the way things are going.

Polanco and Kepler back too... (Somehow doubt Robert maintains his own current pace for 40ish.)

But Benintendi Jimenez Moncada Hendriks will be four big reasons they don't add anything next offseason in FA... (Heck Urias Nola Snell the three best available pitchers and they haven't been all that impressive either.)

We have been saying that since Durham and Iguchi lol...

if they trade away half their roster...

What about Diaz and yet another failed outfielder from BOS on that Sale trade? Might as well get Kopech back to high nineties and market him as a closer while they're at it.

Banks/Scholtens wouldn't sell any seats in Birmingham or Charlotte. And Lambert would be history. Would have to be Middleton or Martin... neither idea all that appealing.

And Crochet makes an unprecedented early comeback as well (so they can finally/simultaneously dump Diekman)...

Well, except Grandal last year... more an accumulation of injuries. Need to trade him before he gets hurt again too.

Might be better to trade him at peak value before another injury...

LoL. Okay... that sounds like an. inspirational goal, let's just not get swept every series.

Dig deep down to come back in this series? The season is pretty much ov-ah.