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https://www.yahoo.com/sports/don-t-know-talking-mlb-170000961.html Wander Franco married…has two kids with yet another woman

Julio Rodriguez and Luis Robert going to be battling it out in CF for many years to come…

And yet he's the second most dangerous hitter with Eloy out. At least statistically.

Well the Tigers are seemingly fixing Torkelson...

Whereas Burger has feasted on big game pitchers recently. But didn't Vaughn get to Aroldis Chapman twice?

Aka the CO license plate unis

Remillard Sheets Thompson must be one of the worst benches in recent Sox history...

Colas not exactly busting it down the line…

No way JR would authorize it…Alex Rios was the last of those types of risks.

That’s even more depressing and oppressive.

Giveth and taketh away. Going to be a long game.

Elvis HoF 2028

https://www.mlb.com/video/chris-bassitt-in-play-run-s-to-elly-de-la-cruz Amusing to watch look of disbelief on faces of two Jays’ fans in a season of red

Tough loss with the defense and Robertson collapsing after holding a lead for so long. That last WC spot will come down to the wire with four teams fighting and now the DBacks suddenly surging with their own young/exciting/talented team. (Noticed Stone Garrett is playing well recently as well.)

2016 sucked too with the 23-10 start and then collapsing and then the Shields trade quickly going awry...but they finally chose a direction most of the fanbase agreed with in light of the KC and then Cubs successes.

Twins Brewers Royals Cards famous for these hot stove league appearances as well. Of course a lot of those smaller Midwest towns have been hollowed out of relevance. Look at the team radio networks from the 1950s through 70s compared to 2023.

Not these last two years without a winning product on the field. You can argue about SELLING those tickets in 2022 after two straight (disappointing) playoff appearances. But actual butts in the seats is a different matter altogether.

The real potential threat of losing a team after decades of small market success and moxie tends to have that effect on the psyche of a fanbase. Remember when they threatened to contract the Twins in the early 2000s?

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/burger-uses-ofallon-summer-league-to-get-on-track-after-achilles-injuries/article_025711e8-e983-5fc0-b106-96f5fa906ef6.html

Toronto?

Poplar Creek?

If the White Sox are that dumb they should be relegated to the American Association.

Or swinging at pitches outside of the strike zone...

https://sports.yahoo.com/angels-reportedly-promoting-2023-first-rounder-1b-nolan-schanuel-after-6-weeks-in-minors-143956588.html

How in God's name do you sell any season tickets if Pedro Grifol is back? Who would want to watch this same diminishing product three years in a row...with almost no logical/reasonable/realistic hope for improvement?