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That's not necessarily a good thing.

Maybe the top power, but Adam Haseley was placed above him (and picked above him). Same for Pavin Smith. And Keston Hiura. McKay was a two-way player, but same deal. Like, Burger was very much not the #1 bat in that draft and got mocked well below where the Sox took him. There's no need to rewrite history because he had a great 2023 and the Sox traded him.

Boy that's a lot of old minor leaguers for Cease.

If they won the wild card series, we'd get a Leury/TLR statue in front of the 2005 statue.

If it was a grand slam, there'd already be a Leury Statue on the concourse.

I live and die by the word of Orlando

If Getz' first big move as a GM is a trade with the Cubs, it has to be an immediate fleece or else Jerry might never let him live it down. Especially if it's Cease.

I basically like highlighting every single thing they failed to develop. Alec Hansen went nuclear in both senses of the word.

To save costs, Jerry has declared that the entire 26-man roster will now consist of 2-way players.

While we all know that Giolito, Lopez, Dunning, Cease, Kopech led the way, guys like Clarkin, Fulmer, Hansen supposedly had future starter potential (although Fulmer got the reliever tag fairly quickly). Rodon also just, existed. This isn't an argument for not getting more arms (especially avoiding left-handed arms, which they badly needed), but they definitely had more than 5.

Also, the Cardinals vs. Bears tank game is going to be hilarious if they both enter with their current win totals or tied.

Dunking on things = clicks

We somehow end up with Aaron Bummer as a headliner.

I'm still imagining the nightmare scenario of outside the top 7 this year AND next year as penance for Reinsdorf's sins against baseball

The thing is, Lopez and Dejong feel a lot like Elvis, Harrison, Rollins, Lawrie, Eaton (round 2), Pollock, etc. And I have no faith in Mr. "Vets Don't Need Accountability" to actually play any young players over guys hovering at the Mendoza line.

Chris Getz: Man of Action

I cannot state this enough: Pedro hates rookies.

Sounds like a David Eckstein type winner

Don't mention the Cubs in a White Sox article: difficulty impossible

It feels like Hahn asking for Holliday/Lawler both reinforces this + indicates he wasn't serious about shipping Cease.

The fun thing is, if Cease had repeated 2022, we'd be talking about a godfather package His down year — that still had a 3.7 WAR, 33 starts, 214 strikeouts, and 3.7 FIP — is gonna get a random considering he still has two year's control and pedigree.

But that means 2/3rds were?

Y'all think I'm joking when I say that Opening Day is gonna be Touki Time. But, again, Christopher R. Getz was hired because we're in Not A Rebuild ™

Lance Lynn after giving up his 3rd homer in an inning: "How could the Cardinals' gold glove defense do this to me?"

I know Bowden means organizational top-10, but it reads like he means MLB-wide, which is hysterical. Here's his whole column, where he swats down a Yankees' fans Robert proposal.