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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.

Can just imagine Hahn thinking Cease Kopech Clevinger Toussaint Scholtens/Martin...we're right there in the Central for 2024.

Toussaint has that Giolito 95% percentile extension to home plate and also holding hitters to .104 on his curveball. Crazy the same age as Burger. Feels like he has been around forever.

Tell them good luck going 32-17 the rest of the way....Stanton's washed and Volpe is no Jeter.

Did Grifol forget Andrus isn't in CLE anymore? Should just drop Anderson appeal. Just put Benintendi back in the 1 hole. He now has the 7th lowest slugging percentage in baseball.

Stanton one of many that started off their career on a HoF track. Injuries.

Sounds like a CNN anchor...

DNP Coach's Decision...

https://www.fangraphs.com/teams/white-sox We have four players with above an 8.6% walk percentage....the MLB average. "Jackson Frazier" non existent/goodbye Sheets goodbye Grandal goodbye Benintendi right at 8.6% So starting off 2024 with not one single player on the team that does even better than average at taking walks.

Or Sheets finally goes on a hot streak at the end...same with Seby. At least Perez theoretically deserves more playing time to prove he's not the one... But you get the feeling we'll hear how Romy Sosa Remillard Ramos Popeye...one of them has to get the job done, right? Eventually? And then we'll still be talking about the 2B problem another season. Or RF with Colas.

De La Cruz leading the majors in strikeout percentage (37%) for roughly the last 40 games...toughest part of the season for a rookie.

Because Hahn has to prove/validate the value of one of his draft picks…

Not exactly a wholehearted endorsement. Has been distancing himself from Hahn (somewhat) recently… “I would say I absolutely get that. That’s the nature of pro sports,” Hahn said. “The fact of the matter is, I probably wasn’t as smart as everyone thought I was when I was winning Executive of the Year a couple years ago, and the odds are I’m probably not as stupid as people think I am now. https://www.mlb.com/news/rick-hahn-on-white-sox-priorities-for-2023-season

https://www.mlb.com/news/players-with-top-power-speed-combos-in-2023-season Probably would be listed even higher if he was busting it on the basepaths like last night. Suwinski a player that a number of teams previously gave up on... Finally, Elly de la Cruz and possibly O'Neil Cruz will be on this list next year.

Hence, why they eat Maharajah Macs in Indian McDonald's...

And can we please get rid of Sheets once and for all now...?