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It has been a constant theme of all the AL Central announcing teams, both radio and tv side. A steady drumbeat in the second half. It’s almost like they talk to each other, players around the cage, guys doing national coverage, etc.

Chris Getz’s name hardly comes up. He went to Michigan and played for the Sox. Protected. Same with Hostetler. He must know what he’s doing, he worked for the Braves.

Not to mention one was an MLB season record 14 innings long.

Or even Zavala bailing them out at catcher…

Never going to happen in a million years. Him or Turner, for that matter.

If the Guardians can get away with Miller/Naylor at first…or add Abreu for free, why would they give up their best pitcher for that? Don’t see it. Vaughn becoming an All-Star for CLE, sure.

Barry/Berry, I think it was...

Not sure, any "sabes nerds" out there with a full explanation, lol? Greg's words, not mine, I think they're just groovy.

Rongey or Dave WIlls would be MUCH more fun right now. McKnight should have a starring role on Leave It To Beaver with his peppy enthusiasm and lack of any questioning at all.

Twins and Tigers have MUCH more legitimate arguments on the injury front than the White Sox...

I have been to Koh Samed (near Rayong, eastern seaboard) but never Samui. Right now, everyone says Samui has been one of the most devastated touristic areas of all due to it's relatively isolated nature and extra flights to get there after arriving. Heard that Phuket and Chiang Mai/Chiang Rai are getting better by the week. Didn't have to pay for visa or deal with all that hassle...not being able to find ATM's with money, incompatible with my bank cards (for some reason can only take out 10000 baht per day), making change for 1000 bills constantly, overcharging for prvt transportation, etc. Even with the price gouging to make up for the last 2-3 years of lost revenues, it's still quite affordable, especially the amazing seafood.

I'm in BKK/Bangkok. Fly out tonight (in theory) back into mainland China for 7 day quarantine, followed by three days "stay at home" when I can finally fly home from Zhengzhou China (I have to pay for room for seven days but have completely random allocation from 1 to 5 star). My family all is supposed to not see me and stay in different places while I wait out those three days, lol. One of the craziest travel experiences ever. Spending $1000 on Covid tests, 6-7 rebookings, cancelled or suspended flight due to a valve problem (United), sleeping 2-3 hours per night all week. figuring out every possible way into China (Taiwan and Macau turned out to be a bad plan my wife and I changed at last minute since nowhere to even stay since priority for residents/foreign work visa holders)...still nervous something could go wrong with the paperwork in the end. So much bureaucracy. Only people masking in the world are Asia/Asian and mostly Chinese students abroad. Only people making money are QT hotels and testing companies. As for Thailand, my Chinese friends made me go to NANA Plaza to a Japanese bar, lol. I was in Bangsean/Chonburi seeing my former co-worker and teaching a class of university students (French majors) even though I have been away from my own classes back in China for 22 days now. Met two women from Angola, a Laotian, Eastern European wanna-be backpacking English teachers and experienced monsoon rains in 24 hours. If it wasn't so damned expensive right now, would also like to travel for 6-9 months and enjoy that feeling of freedom instead of going back into the uncertain prison-like atmosphere of China with never-ending lockdowns and testing. Thailand has amazing food...just starting to fully reopen again but won't be back to "normal" (meaning 2019 levels) by their predictions until 2024/25. Think I've spent $7000-8000 total on flights/cancellations/rebookings/health fees for Covid, that doesn't even count food and entertainment. Coming back from China it was $3000+ plus for "one way" ticket booked at the last minute after I got a call from my cousin in Iowa that my mom was near death. Then just last night my wife's grandmother died at age 96.

Hate to see the opposite of "relative success" for any fanbase...

Pretty sad we're getting run over by the Orioles' front office, but they went through a complete revamp and finally started to throttle back on owner interference. "According to Orioles' GM Mike Elias, the team is about to enter into a “decade-long window” of winning.Aug 8, 2565 BE" Blame that weird signature for the date on THAILAND internet, lol. They've gone insane here with their military junta and attempting to control the Internet much like China does. At any rate, the AL East is suddenly better across the board than the entire Central. Red Sox now at the very bottom. Rangers are spending. White Sox had a wide open window of opportunity this last season and completely whiffed on it. Angels might have to do something completely outside of the box and trade either Trout or Ohtani. Only teams not a threat to the White Sox right now are arguably the A's (not going by regular season 2022), Angels, Tigers and Royals...but they're all coming for the Sox, and SOON.

That makes Hahn look even dumber.

Maybe spend that money more wisely. See Guardians/Rays/Mariners.

Seems like Hawk Harrelson memories/recollections will always be centered around 1967 and 1968, fwiw. Then the 69 Mets and Cubs.

Well, at least they have Julio Rodriguez. He's pretty pretty good.

See Ron Washington working with Marcus Semien, or improvements out of Omar Narvaez. Heck, improvements with Dayan Viciedo in Japan, lol.

See Gordon, Alex and Kuntz/Rusty. See Royals' outfield defense from 2013-2016/17.

Over/under tonight on how much time is spent promoting food/concession items and NOT talking about the real problems or talking about other teams like Detroit, KC and Minnesota? 11-12 minutes?

Okay, acquisition. By the way, thanks for fighting so hard to protect the Guardians name this year!!! It was seemingly an omen of things to come for the Clevelanders.

Maybe someone should ask if he has any concern with Katz going forward as Giolito AND Flaherty (teammates with Fried at Harvard Westlake) have both basically hit brick walls in their respective careers???

"You try to do things that make sense," said Williams, speaking in general terms regarding Rowand. "I can't give you a dollar if I only have 50 cents."

It's very simple. They have 3 shots at the post-season now, 2022-23-24. If they don't like where they are with Machado, Tatis and Soto in 2024, they start a rebuilding phase in that third season. Three pretty decent assets to hold onto there to kick things off. Not to mention they hold Hader in his walk year next season, which can be perceived as a good or bad things, depending on one's perspective and his $15-17 million price tag in Arb 3/4. Essentially the same place where the White Sox are, two post-seasons out of three, but with one series victory already (against StL). Dodgers a bit more of a challenge, and SF last year, than the dreaded AL Central. They do have to replace Clevinger and Manaea, as well as Josh Bell and Drury, who has been huge for them down the stretch. Dumped Hosmer deal off the books (sort of), and Myers' onerous deal will be gone at the end of this year. That leaves Musgrove, Darvish, Blake Snell, Nick Martinez, Morejon or Baez (maybe moving out of the pen), David Weathers' kid, etc. Rotation is definitely a WEAKER spot, which is why they felt the compelling need to sign Musgrove to an extension before the offseason (plus the no hitter and the fact that he's from SD, hometown kid). SNELL has absolutely carried the team as the best second half starter, along with Darvish's solid steadying presence. Line-up is very stable, although they do need to get a lot more out of Trent Grisham and not sure that Azocar's an everyday player going forward. They do get back a certain SS back a month into next season, with Profar/Cronenworth/Kim proved their worth this season, building invaluable depth. Jorge Alfaro and Nola have been solid/above-average at catcher. Luis Campusano, one of the their top remaining prospects, is getting invaluable experience at catcher now as well. 2022 San Diego Padres Depth Chart | RosterResource | FanGraphs Baseball This is the current FA pitching list for this offseason 1. Jacob deGrom (would be an absolute shocker if he left the Mets) 2. ***Carlos Rodon (from $3 million make good deal to the top FA starter on the market, with deGrom unlikely to leave NY) 3. Verlander (retire or stay in Houston) 4. Kershaw (see Verlander) 5. ***Chris Bassitt (another great Hahn Special, so the two biggest FA's are former Sox farmhands as it stands right now) 6. Luis Severino (would be a shocker if NYY didn't exercise his option) 7. ***Adam Wainright (potential reunion with TLR where he gets tremendously overpaid off 2022 season, Molina moving on in life) 8. ***Nathan Eovaldi (classic high risk, high reward guy...pretty stable the last 2-3 years) 9. Charlie Morton (he's really going to choose the White Sox at age 39 looking like a 2nd/3rd place team?) 10. ***Noah Syndergaard/Thor (mostly likely option for Sox, since fits the "big name" requirement but well past his prime now stuff-wise) MLB Free Agents 2022-23: Ranking the Top 10 Starting Pitchers – NBC Boston