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Yeah. Assuming Moncada gets hurt yet again this year or misses most of next year while we're on the hook for $29 million...it won't be all that much fun to watch Romy Sosa Remillard or Popeye Rodriguez play 3B.

Then we have a SS problem. If you're going to build a team correctly, you need to shore up catcher and middle infield first. If they were actually considering Sal Perez...it means they're trying to compete and rebuild at the same time. Seems to me we have already watched that show on a loop from 2007-2019.

I don't recall Gavin ever being Top Ten in homers for all of MLB at any point in his career.

They're pretty much eliminating anyone for fans to cheer for in 2024 other than Robert... How many season tickets are buying or not buying over the likes of Cease and Bummer? Maybe Anderson for some...but they're practically begging for Burger to continue proving them wrong.

They're not going to be competing next year without any power or positional player health...so just get it over with and trade Cease to the Orioles and call it a retool on the fly if you want.

Who is going to play third base in the future?

Any relation to Willie McGee?

Morel has more detractors than Burger over there...I can't remember what happened with Wisdom.

That's why he is probably the most unpopular player with a 900+ ops I can remember. That and walks/OBP aren't sexy to most non-analytics oriented fans.

Unless the standings ate correlated to writing for the law review.

Viciedo another rookie who couldn't follow it up. If you go back to guys like Crede and Rowand...it took them both 2-3 years to break into the lineup on an everyday basis. Back then, the team was strong enough to make young players earn their time. (Borchard and Brian Anderson, for example...would have had hundreds if not 1000+ at bats with the 2017-19 teams.) A lot of it's simply timing...and, in this case, Moncada's health.

0-10 6-18 Record in extras and one run games Over +60 in run differential but last night the perfect example....started extras with bases loaded and no outs, somehow didn't score, had a key Machado error to allow Rockies to load the bases in the bottom and then a sac fly

Manaea was short on his stuff last year...not much upside there except to take innings and protect High A/AA starters like a Vince Velasquez sort of did last year.

Bettendorf and LeClaire/Pleasant Valley are like Naperville and Bolingbrook.

Was thinking Aurora/Cicero...

I knew there was a Quad Cities insult coming…maybe narrow it down to Davenport Rock Island or Moline. If you try to do an Illinois insult city, it’s either Rockford or Peoria.

Crazy they’re still bringing up John Danks $65 million extension as a reason to never extend/sign another pitcher again…even one around their team already like Giolito or Cease for the past 5-6 years. Pooh poohed the idea of KW running around behind the scenes secretly pulling all the strings from behind the curtains.

Fegan at lunchtime wearing his late mom’s Snoopy bathrobe=25% boost in Twitch ratings/comments

Let’s say they lose tonight in Colorado to go back to three games under .500. It’s going to be fascinating to see if Preller is ready to trade Snell (as good pitching the last 6 weeks as Bellinger hitting), Soto, Hader and even Seth Lugo in less than 24 hours. Nobody realistically believes they’re going to sign Juan Soto to a massive extension…but there’s something of an Ohtani thing going on where trading him after dealing so many minor league Top 100 guys (and Gore) just over a year ago isn’t going to be well received at all unless he can “win the trade” in the eyes of the fanbase and get their MiLB system back to Top 5ish. And they’re just 1 1/2 behind the Cubs…AZ and Miami falling back, etc. Also, Darvish isn’t having the type of year where selling him makes any sense.

More fun when they can knock the Cubs back from their dream world of being in first place by Thursday…

They're highly unlikely to trade 1 1/2 years of Soto for 2 1/2 of Cease. That would be one sure way to create a fan rebellion after what they gave up to acquire him last year. The White Sox would least need Soto from August and October, 2024. And they're not the kind of fans who show up JUST to see Juan Soto on their team....Bryce Harper, sure, even with Soto being the more consistent producer.

The morning show guys at 670 were saying Ohtani on the White Sox would be one of the few ways to get them back proudly wearing all their Sox gear again. Not even Cubs' homers are optimistic about getting him...even with Suzuki already on the roster.

Now that the Heyman quotes about everyone on the roster (even Robert) being up for discussion are out there...

Not even sure that would be enough when he desperately wants to play playoff baseball. Closest to a guarantee is the Dodgers or Astros.

Burdi another one that was fast tracked to fill an immediate need at the big league level… Just because Sale, a once HoF track pitcher weathered the storm doesn’t mean its a reliable formula. Or Buehrle starting out as a reliever too once he arrived in Chicago.