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Well you can argue if a certain Memphis point guard didn’t fall apart physically they might have had a shot. Along with Jay Williams and then Lonzo Ball. Of course, lots of terrible draft picks just like the Sox and a complete inability to draw in a superstar in his prime years. That sounds familiar, too.

They might have jinxed themselves with not allowing announcers to mention anything construed as negative though. Talk about being sensitive to criticism and their franchise history the past two decades...some of it related to not making a big move this deadline as well. Benetti wouldn't last one pay period over there and he's oft criticized as Mr. Company Schill.

Lots of strikeout pitchers throw high in the zone and give up a ton of flyouts and homers like Cease Lynn Kopech. Giolito usually gets killed on location/command but lacks the pure stuff fastball velo wise to blow people away...but still gets lots of Ks mixing FB and change. Bullpen has great stuff but no idea where it's going half the time...but had highest average FB in baseball until two weeks ago. Just making contact half the battle when pitchers throw that hard. And then there's the home stadium in the summer with a number of cheapies going out.

Deliverance 2...or one of those guys who park their pontoon boats in the wrong place and refuse to give up their spot until fisticuffs break out out and Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane shows up to adjudicate. But not cool enough to be Bo or Luke. Maybe he works with Cooter in the garage on transmission overhauls.

It's one of the numerous things preventing the Sox from totally revamping their operations. Mix in half the AL/NL East or West and there would be no prayer to compete and fans would just throw in the towel out of frustration. Same with the NL Central...but to a much lesser extent.

Then there was the spin how great a deal Pollock was based on his platoon numbers with the Dodgers…well, we experienced a similar dropoff from a similar 3ish fWAR guy in Benintendi this year. If we had scouts in Korea or even paid for satellite subscription…we could have gotten better and cheaper production out of Tauchman without spending more than the Yankees were willing to fork over for their “own” player (4 year bid) in Benintendi. And Tauchman is even a far better defender…so it pretty much figures with Hahn involved our highest contract historically is a LF with Bottom 7 power in all of MLB and Bottom 8 fielding/OAA.

Statistically, he was one of the top 2-3 pitchers in baseball last year for SF.

Can’t find either of the two signing bonuses… “Martinez, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound native of Caracas, Venezuela, originally was signed by the Dodgers as an international free agent on January 15, 2021. FanGraphs previously had him ranked 31st in the Dodgers farm system in their early January prospect report.”

The White Sox led MLB with an $1,410,000 international bonus pool as of June 11, while the Dodgers had just $6,500 available. Players who sign for $10,000 or less don’t count against the pool. https://dodgerblue.com/dodgers-prospects-aldrin-batista-maximo-martinez-traded-to-white-sox/2023/08/05/ Had to be at least $1 million then…some are speculating it was $1.25 million though Yeah, that’ll work. With the quality of Jang’s secondaries, I would conservatively put him at a grade of 40+, just a bit ahead of 2023 3rd round pick Brady Smith, whom FanGraphs has as a 40 but mentioned stopping just short of slapping a 40+ tag on him as well. Only 10 pitchers aged 19 or younger received such a nod in the 2023 draft class, and I feel comfortable slotting him somewhere in the latter half of that group. A pair of factors that may lure Jang into signing are those of recency and industry; this past January, the Pittsburgh Pirates added one of the top prospects out of South Korea to their crew, fellow hurler Shim Jun-seok, giving him a signing bonus of $750K. In an IFA world where bonus amounts are often agreed to several years in advance, it is difficult enough to carve out a significant dollar figure on short notice. So, for Jang to potentially land even more than his fellow countryman received, while being able to get his career started sooner rather than later, may combine to be all the enticement necessary. https://dodgersdigest.com/2023/08/05/dodgers-swap-prospects-maximo-martinez-aldrin-batista-for-ifa-money-maybe-for-jang-hyun-seok-musings-on-valuations/

The Los Angeles Dodgers may have bolstered their future pitching staff. Korea Baseball Organization insider Dan Kurtz noted that the agency for international pitching prospect Hyun-Suk Jang announced the Dodgers signed their client to a $900,000 contract. Jang will hold a press conference on Aug. 14. Eric Stephen of SB Nation explained such a deal was possible because Los Angeles acquired additional international bonus slot space in a trade with the Chicago White Sox. That trade was necessary to add the 19-year-old pitcher because the National League West club had already used most of its $4.1 million international bonus pool. Jang could have been the No. 1 pick in the KBO draft, but he elected to chase a major league dream instead. "It was a tough decision for me because I dreamed of pitching both in the KBO and MLB," Jang said in a statement, which was relayed by Stephen. "But ultimately, I wanted to challenge myself in the best league in the world and decided to take a crack at MLB." Noah Camras of Dodgers Nation noted Jang features a 97 mph fastball and a collection of pitches that includes a curveball, changeup, slider and sweeper. It will surely take some time for the teenager to reach the major league level, especially for a team that is an annual contender with plenty of formidable players like the Dodgers. But he has a bright future, and Los Angeles surely hopes he is on the mound at Dodger Stadium in the coming years…. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10085581-dodgers-sign-top-international-prospect-hyun-suk-jang-to-900k-contract Jang signed for a reported $900,000, per both Naver Sports (quoting Jang's agency) and San Kang of SPOTV in South Korea. Jang Hyeon-seok signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers for $900,000. Daniel Kim (not to be confused with the actor from “Lost”) first reported the Dodgers were close to signing Jang, on Monday.

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced today that the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will open the 2024 regular season with two games in Seoul, South Korea on March 20 and 21. The two-game set will be a home-and home series and the contests will represent the first ever regular season games in South Korea. “We can’t wait to play meaningful Major League games for the very first time in front of the outstanding baseball fans of South Korea next season,” said Dodger President and CEO Stan Kasten. “The Dodgers have a long and proud history of helping to grow the game abroad, highlighted by our trips to Mexico, China and Australia. It’s very exciting to add Korea to the list. I know our players are thrilled to put their talents on display in a country so rich with baseball tradition and talent, including former Dodgers Chan Ho Park, Hee-Seop Choi and Hyun-Jin Ryu.” https://thinkbluepc.com/2023/07/12/dodgers-scheduled-to-open-2024-season-in-south-korea/ Korean Connection

Yahoo Sports If you don’t believe it, just check under the hood of the pitchers who have recently been traded. Flaherty, the 27-year-old approaching free agency, displayed a velocity spike in his first Orioles start. And Lynn, the 36-year-old right-hander the Dodgers dealt for in the midst of his worst season, has more or less completely scrambled the pitch mix he had been using with the Chicago White Sox. Lance Lynn has drastically shifted his pitch-use strategy since being traded to from the Chicago White Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers last monhth. (MLB.com)More Since donning blue, he has emphasized his four-seam fastball, mostly abandoned a cutter and leaned more on his slider. https://sports.yahoo.com/adjustment-season-in-mlb-why-the-biggest-trade-deadline-acquisitions-might-be-transformations-in-progress-211658849.html

https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/story/2023-08-08/lucas-giolito-angels-snap-seven-game-losing-steak-giants-mlb-recap Too late…the Mariners have blown past them it seems.

Have some kind of embarrassing hair transplant gone awry…

Probably because 50% of Korean kids dream of playing for the Dodgers…

To Brooks Boyerbboyer@chisox.com jreinsdorf@chisox.comjreinsdorf@chisox.com rhahn@chisox.comrhahn@chisox.com kwilliams@chisox.comkwilliams@chisox.com No longer a Sox fan, too disgusted One of best friends growing up together as Sox fans...sent that brief e-mail

Probably a better story if he wasn't 3/29 but definitely a ton of resilience to hang in there...and not quit. He had that really premature extension so hopefully he kept/invested some of that money.

You have to think he's under pressure from Hahn not to lose over 100 games because that would be embarrassing to Hahn again...and the fact that publicly rooting for losses to get a #1 pick doesn't really align with selling your fans you're going to have a competitive team in 2024.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/baseball/news-who-hyun-suk-jang-dodgers-reportedly-set-sign-premier-pitching-prospect-south-korea Of course the kid was likely to be the #1 pick in the KBO draft...not Roki Sasaki, but certainly worth a lot more than $1 million and he clearly wants to face the best competition in the world as quickly as possible at age 19 and right out of HS (Korea goes through 19, not 18). Not shockingly, Dodgers/Padres set to play over there next year with Ha Seong Kim a national hero with his play this year returning home and of course the Dodgers #1 brand name for ages over there thanks to Chan Ho Park. Looks like he is signing for around $900,000 according to a number of sources. https://www.truebluela.com/2023/8/8/23823149/dodgers-hyun-seok-jang-south-korea-international-bonus-pool The Dodgers spent nearly all of their allotted $4.144 million international bonus pool, but got the necessary bonus pool space to sign Jang in a Friday trade with the White Sox.

Sox need Joe Cronin.

Hurt his knee...might be seeing less and less of him, but that makes it harder to find a job for next year...

Feel almost no energy in stadium. Just a sense of lethargy/malaise.

So much for that...offense is so boring actually more interesting to watch Cubs' game lol.

This game is like watching paint dry...

How can you hate someone whose dad ran for president in Haiti in 2006 and played mostly soccer in his youth...probably survived an earthquake and rioting as well. How can Moncada's injuries only affect him on defense...? Crazy.