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Tuesday announcement. Looking like Beltre, Helton, and Mauer …maybe Wagner …maybe Sheffield, but probably not.

Every time I see this thread bumped, I think of Michael Scott finding out Toby is back.

Ok, I’ve deleted him from my brain over the last four years. No then.

Flexen is probably etc at this point

Chuck and Guff have a new podcast about Yasiel Puig for right field. Ozzie Sr is managing him. Ozzie Jr sounds like his agent. A non roster invite? Sure, why not.

He’s getting traded in the next 10 weeks. We’ll have a right fielder, and Fedde is starting March 28.

RIP Tom Wilkinson, 75 Been in a ton of good movies.

Carlos Perez DFA

RIP Tommy Smothers

Andre Braugher, 61 RIP

I wish the fans could literally go on strike and demand a salary floor and cap in 2027 or the game dies.

I’ll play… Benintendi, Robert, Jimenez Moncada, Vaughn, Sheets DeJong, Stassi, Lopez :ducks:

Yeah that’s an overstatement. I get it, he’s an incredible talent that deserves to be the highest paid player ever, but this is news today, and forgotten tomorrow. I’m only happy now because the offseason moves can really get going.

Oh I don’t disagree it’s wishful thinking to be good in 2-3 years. Wouldn’t surprise me a bit if JR has seen his last over .500 team as chairman.

Yes. The path they’re clearly on is- clean the stink out of the clubhouse, and prioritize defense. Then, when a prospect is truly ready, bring him in. It’s actually not a bad plan with what has happened. It’s too bad Grifol made it through to this point, but we can’t have everything we want with JR running things. Hopefully it’s a .500 or close team in 2025, and a true decent team in 2026, that can contend. We can hope.

RIP Joe Hicks, 90 December 2 https://www.hillandwood.com/obituaries/William-Joseph-Hicks?obId=30058749 B-R has birth year 1933. Obituary 1932.

The Getz impersonation should always include a long “aaand”.

Spelling counts, Bob. Not great.

They’re probably smarter than that…or should be. They know the Os aren’t moving him, and have other prospects that are attractive. Just need to know when to pull the trigger when it’s realistic.

There needs to more alcohol involved at the winter meetings.

It sucks because of being 5 or 6, but hopefully we take a very good player at 5, who is there every year. Cool reaction from Antonetti. Must be nice.

It’s Morosi Season where he throws a lot of stuff at the wall and see what sticks. Robert isn’t getting traded.

Lou Skizas played outfield for the Sox in April, 1959. Passed away recently at 91. RIP https://legacy.suntimes.com/us/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/name/lou-skizas-obituary?id=53687282 https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/lou-skizas/ 5 surviving members of the 1959 team- Joe Hicks, 90 Luis Aparicio, 89 Ken McBride, 88 JC Martin, 87 Claude Raymond, 87

Yep. Or before. Seems like this year’s Winter Meetings are a day shorter. Used to be- get there Sunday night, three full days, then the Rule 5 on Thursday morning and leave. This year, the Rule 5 is Wednesday. The way they communicate now, the trade/signing aspect of the Meetings is a little overrated, especially if it’s only two full days now. The Eloy and Cease moves could really happen anytime in the next couple weeks.

I don’t recall a writer or somebody with a platform coming up with a trade proposal, and then it actually happens. Maybe the teams involved, but rarely the players.