Quin

That's an absolutely filthy lineup.

Rick Hahn really wanted fans to feel some semblance of joy after the Crochet kick to the nuts.

sad feels

I mean, if the Sox do that and don't give up Vaughn, it's fucking go time.

Rick Hahn finally getting revenge for not getting to hire Hinch. I like to imagine he was prepared to roll with internal options for right field, heard TLR's comments and just went "oh, fuck off."

Big feeling Sheets is on a trade block now.

Yo, what?

Extreme optimist lens: Maybe this means they're confident in Crochet's injury outlook???

Boy did I say this like, 1 minute too early.

I feel like these cuts (specifically Burger and Haseley) basically guarantee Adolfo breaking camp.

For the White Sox, hell yeah. I'm saying, baseball history kinda sucks if you remove prime Babe Ruth cause Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans him from the sport.

While I know it's 99% likely it's Tommy John, I'm gonna hold out hope that it's an Andrew Vaughn situation where we all thought he was dead and then they were like "nah, false alarm y'all he's good. Just gonna let him get stretched out. Didn't do his callisthenics today, y'know, short spring training and all."

They also supposedly offered the Red Sox $60K + Shoeless Joe for Babe Ruth before the Red Sox sold him to the Yankees for straight cash. Based on all of Ruth's vices, I think it's best for baseball history that he didn't end up anywhere near the Black Sox.

I know Herm wasn't like, a magical guardian that prevented all injuries, but I miss Herm.

In honor of Jake, we're eating Goober Burgers.

wait no

Yup

It's been a popular refrain on the board this winter, despite the Pirates existing.

Liam, man of the people ?

The Athletic used a scoring system to rank all 30 MLB teams since 1998. Here's a link to the post. The Sox come in at 16, tied with the Rangers, Rays, and Nationals. So if you want a look at the true dredges of desolation that other fanbases (Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Seattle in particular) have endured alongside us, take a look.

Jack, this is a stupid fucking question and you know it.

I was explaining this to my dad last night. It wasn't Rodon for what the Giants gave him. It was Rodon at $18M/1 year or getting a 2nd rounder. I'd take that over what we have right now.

So Gavin can either be the next Thome (#4) or Dunn (#11). For what it's worth, I'm just joking around. That's a pretty remarkable stat.

Love Sheets. Would also trade him for Manaea in a heartbeat, because Giolito, Lynn, Cease, Manaea, Kopech/Keuchel is a sweet rotation.

You can also massively fuck up a team in the offseason. Example: This year's Lakers