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Garcia's revenge...

Being the worst team in baseball is more damaging than the value of gaining pick 11 vs. 15-17.

Luis Robert wasn't a finished product, but he would have been tough to mess up for nearly any organization.

Series back on in the NL...

No fucking way I'm ever going to cheer for the Astros...

Rangers cursed in the postseason. Shouldn't have allowed Dak Prescott to throw out the first pitch.

Gary Pettis, one of the few coaches ever pushed out by the White Sox, but seems to be doing fine just now with Houston.

How would signing Abreu to that particular contract and either trading Vaughn for scraps or playing him out of position have improved the 2023-25 Sox? It was never about Benintendi versus Abreu. At any rate...Adolis Garcia just turned this series upside down again.

Is TexSox cheering for the Rangers or Astros? He's been teasing an allegiance change for a couple of years now...

If the Sox got him he would be back to hitting in the 160s.

Looks like Abreu won it. Dunning wilted.

Turns out that starting both Scherzer and Heaney were pretty critical mistakes because they could have put the series away...and now they're going to be in a dogfight from here on out. Rangers' offense has been so unpredictable in the second half of the season...just never know what you're going to get, but obviously the potential to explode at any time.

Wasn't it stated that they would be FA signings? Bieber's best days are behind him and Glasnow is so injury prone that both feel like classic "buy higher then recede" and hamstring the payroll Sox moves...not far off from the impact of Keuchel and Lynn in the Sox collapse.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/kim-ng-first-female-general-180733038.html Looks like likeliest eventuality for Ng is a return to the Commissioner's Office...unless more jobs were to suddenly come open.

Any relationship with the famous fireballing lhp Aroldis Chapman?

It's all but a done deal, and Trevor May isn't holding back his feelings. https://sports.yahoo.com/trevor-may-retires-from-as-with-message-for-dork-owner-john-fisher-sell-the-team-dude-044452684.html

Baseball is STILL a good 'ol boys club, after all. The Marlins (including their owner) still don't quite 100% believe a female is capable of leading the organization...or can only get the team from Point A to Point B, for example. For the finishing touches, it requires a man's experiences in the industry. That's the prevailing wisdom.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38671694/kim-ng-marlins-general-manager-declining-2024-option https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article280572769.html

And then Getz's promise to Grifol to keep him around for another year...at the very least, to start the season.

Way to undercut Getz, lol...clown show. Any other organization, he would be somewhere between 4th and 6th in the pecking order, at best.

It would definitely be worse with Haber from all reports about his pretty outlandish "stats geek" style and personal low EQ approach. Hostetler...probably worse. Hard to say. We still don't know the ultimate fate of either one of those guys. Would honestly take Paddy running the whole show if you gave him a real budget to run things how he sees fit, which would never happen in a million years. We'd rather spend millions on the Leury's and Emilio Bonifacio's of the world. Or Friends & Family Plan.

Well, except Francona Leyland Dombrowski, etc.

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Caleb Williams has started to look shaky the last couple of games. Turning the ball over...he's gotten away with it for 2 1/2 seasons now at the collegiate level, but a lot of those risky throws start to turn into interceptions when you're suddenly facing the type of speed you're typically encountering at the next level. That, and judging when to run or not becomes a slippery slope. It's going to be interesting to see what happens next year in the NFL. One thing's also for sure, Penix Jr. won't work out in the NFL because he's such a stationary, drop back passer. Maybe Nix. Or Jalen Milroe, who has a LOT of Josh Fields to his game but with even more arm strength. Am going to have to start watching a lot more UNC games to see where Maye is at.

Has Carter used up his rookie eligibility? It's still 130 at-bats, right? Man, that kid is having quite the post-season. Seager Lite.