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https://theathletic.com/4089120/2023/01/14/white-sox-san-mondry-cohen-arbitration-deals/ Rod Larson was an Asst. GM with the Nationals before coming over to the Sox in the offseason...

Shirley hasn't had quite enough time but at least he's a legit outsider and thus much more likely to be honest/objective.

https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2023/apr/19/oakland-as-agree-to-buy-land-for-stadium-in-las-ve/ 2027 would be their (proposed) first season in Vegas. Four long years to go. Now they have to deal with two more expansion teams. Rays and Marlins probably the two biggest headaches for baseball...seems for the moment KC Cincy and Pittsburgh are barely hanging in there. Cincy and KC are great baseball cities when their teams are winning/competitive, and do quite well in terms of local TV ratings in those smaller markets.

Dunn was KW. First Hahn deal was Jeff Keppinger.

They scouted Fulmer constantly and totally missed on his Vandy teammate Buehler...

Rick Hahn won't make it past June 1st before being "reassigned within the organization"...

The REAL QUESTION is does ownership finally impose some accountability and REMOVE a guy who is not real great at his job/. We have been watching this slow-motion train wreck that has gone on with all sorts of 'different 'plans go on for 8 years now. We have seen several trade where way too much was given up. We waited years to accumulate and start development of prospects only to have them all shipped out for WAY TOO little value. Giving up 4 blue chip prospects for 2 years of Soto was Cray Cray bad. GM malpractice thumb_up1reply share flag remove chipperstein 2 days ago reply In reply to Akat A playoff appearance with keep him around for another year The Soto trade was made by preller was a desperation attempt at a WS victory and some job security that would have with it It was a longshot and preller himself is starting to realize that his tenure here is winding down, with the reality that not making the playoffs this season will be the catalyst for his dismissal Ownership needs to reign Preller in and not allow him to make any more of those type trades,, trades that are designed for the short term aggrandizement of preller to try to stay around another year or two The ornerwship was bamboozed by this guy for far too long thumb_upreply share flag remove RayFriar 2 days ago reply In reply to Akat 8 years and 8 months. We’ve seen … Three, arguably four, organizational resets (aka “house cleanings”); wiping out a pretty good farm, rebuilding it, wiping it out again; two suspensions by MLB and a team fine for breaking international scouting rules; losing Luis Castillo because he was about to be suspended for keeping two sets of medical records … And that’s without even mentioning any of his questionable trades and signings, roster construction issues, or interference with managers and lineups. “GM malpractice” is putting it lightly.

https://www.gaslampball.com/2023/4/18/23687591/san-diego-fernando-tatis-jr-rejoining-padres Padres' fans already want to run Preller out of town on a rail after the team went 2-7 and 1.5 games behind LAD... 1/2 game out of first as Musgrove and Tatis finally return this weekend. James Wood is the best prospect in baseball and will one day eclipse Soto (wouldn't trade Wood for Sosa just one for one, lol). Mackenzie Gore will win the Cy Young some day and Robert Hassell will be a stud as well. Juan Soto only wants to walk and complain about the pitch clock. Not fun to follow prospects when he trades all of them away. Doesn't have a good enough pitching staff to win the WS. Hader is too shaky and his best days are behind him. Made the worst trade in. baseball history for "Sunshine" Clevinger. Was an idiot for letting Ty France and Hunter Renfroe go... "One specific thing about your comment that intrigued me was your statement about Preller misguiding ownership. I won't go as far as to call him a loser. Definitely a Rangerphile. But I've long called him things like used car salesman, snake oil salesman, jedi (as in user of the jedi mind trick), and Jafar. That guy from Aladdin, you're asking yourself? Yes, that guy from Aladdin that most importantly carries around a snake staff that hypnotizes people. Because there is really no logical explanation on how Preller has not been fired given how many times he has Amber Hearded the bed during his tenure. Look into the eyes of my snake staff Peter, pay no attention to my roster management. Petco Park tonight will feature a team I absolutely think has gotten it right as far as how to build a roster that can compete to win multiple championships. Unfortunately, that team is the visiting Atlanta Braves. The good news for Padres fans is that anybody can beat anybody else in a short series in October. But of course you have to get there first."

https://sports.yahoo.com/major-league-baseball-has-a-sticky-stuff-enforcement-problem-041733758.html

See Iowa "chip on their shoulders" vs. Illinois, a quite similar rivalry...

No Tatis yet lol...tomorrow.

We have AP IB and British A Levels external curriculum in our school... about 75-95 admitted to Illinois Purdue UCSB UC Davis UCI UCSD per year out of 475. Twenty for Oxford and Cambridge etc. I needed a break from non profit burnout... always enjoyed tutoring, had those typical liberal arts interests from family and loved the travel possibilities. Just bought an apartment here for around $375k in a 53 floor building... only two bedrooms one bath under 100 square meters... but perfect city location on subway near city center/shopping district. That's how distorted home prices are in even second tier Chinese cities. That relatively small apartment would cost 2-3x as much in Shanghai Beijing or Hong Kong/Shenzhen/Guangzhou.

Can he sue the ump if he loses 1/16th of his wages for a ten game suspension? That's a massive amount of coin now with some of these elite pitching contracts.

Minnie Minoso and Moose Skowron too?

Solid ideas in first paragraph...not sure if they will ever come to fruition but any plan is better than just allowing the organization to completely implode.

Much better with FA's. Much better with scrap heap career resurrections like Marte DeAza Thornton Jenks Santos. Fielded competitive teams consistently... and over a much longer time period. Hahn has zero successful achievements to compare. Every team with a Top 5 MiLB system has eventually made the playoffs at least once in the modern era. And 2020 team wouldn't have made it if played out over a longer season with more play outside the Central Division.

Pretty sure it was 5 or 6 total appearances... obviously 2015/16 the most successful with two NLCS and one WS. There was a break in there with Maddon getting forced out and Ross trying to keep the last players remaining competitive through 2020/21 before Rizzo Bryant Baez Contreras all moved on. That coincided with MIL and StL taking back control of Central.

Making the 87/93 Marlins the most successful, 87/91 Twins...Giants, Red Sox, Cardinals, Astros, etc. Of course it was the Yankees until the 2000s. Obviously Braves/Dodgers/Rays are difficult to argue against over the last decade... along with Astros (albeit cheating.)

Which is why they struggled so much against Minnesota in the 2000's and then the Tigers/Royals/Guardians and now the Twins again over the following 10-15 years, with the obvious exception of 2005 when everything came together perfectly.

Patrick Wisdom is a perfect example of a "Dodgers Value Guy" who bounced around all over the league and finally found a home. Swanson has such an inconsistent track record offensively (solid speed and defense obviously), but is playing out of his mind. Bellinger's case is well-documented...change of scenery. Suzuki has a world of potential on the offensive side if he can stay healthy. Hoerner SEEMS like a bargain with that $35 million extension. ETC. Then it always comes down to pitching...in this case, the Brewers are out to a huge advantage and the Cubs/Cards fighting to keep up with that most cost-efficient franchise, the most similar to the Rays in the NL.

They were fine through the end of 2012... At any rate: HAVE TO GO THIS YEAR: Bummer, Graveman, Lynn, Giolito, Clevinger (if right offer, unfortunately, his option is much better than Lynn's for next year and they have to provide a starting rotation in 2024, plus all the attached "baggage"), Kelly, Grandal, Reynaldo should be either extended or traded/then attempt to resign as FA to replace Liam eventually depending on cost Up for debate: Benintendi (zero benefit to have on roster except "veteran leadership/experience" during rebuild but they likely won't dump his deal yet), Jimenez (likely traded at 60-75 cents on the dollar after extended hot/healthy streak), Moncada (sunk cost), Kopech, Cease (both those guys won't sign team-friendly extensions going into another rebuild), TA7 (three potential windows to trade him, beginning with June/July 2023) Keep: Robert (maybe/probably, unless you can get enough value back in return), Burger, Sheets, Vaughn (probably), Colas, Montgomery, Hendriks (unless he can get back to full health/performance before the trade deadline this year)

+/- games over/under .500 RS/RA AL East +23, +111 RS AL Central -17, -99 RS AL West -11, -15 NL East +5, -12 NL Central +12, +75 NL West -14, -55 Fangraphs Current Odds of winning the World Series (2) AL East 24.6% (6) AL Central 6% (4) AL West 13.2% (1) NL East 28% (5) NL Central 8.7% (3) NL West 17.4%

Seems the Astros are finally making some personnel mistakes. They also had held onto Gurriel one year too long. Ill-advised signing of Brantley with his health record...especially in 30's now. Obviously Altuve getting hurt in the WBC didn't help matters all that much.

It would rival the Abraham Lincoln funeral train in the spring of 1865...

They just committed to sell off their best players like Bell, McCutcheon, Marte, Musgrove, Glasnow, etc. Pretty much everyone but Bryan Reynolds and now building around Hayes/Cruz. (And got stuck with the Gregory Polanco ill-advised long-term extension. Now in JPN.)