Debate/discuss...

I left out Schultz, Hagen Smith and Grant Taylor...until it becomes more apparent they will be allowed to move up to Chicago this season.

Edited March 22, 20251 yr by caulfield12

None of the above.  More interested in the Dutch/Hagen/Braden tier of players in the Minors 

7 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

None of the above.  More interested in the Dutch/Hagen/Braden tier of players in the Minors 

And therein lies the impossible challenge of marketing this team...

10 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

And therein lies the impossible challenge of marketing this team...

Marketing a toxic waste dump has its challenges. 

Shane Smith after this spring training definitely scores a 10/10 on the intrigue scale. You don't generally get high level talent out of a rule 5 pick so it would be so outside of what anyone would have expected when he was drafted if he's routinely hitting 97-99 as a starter. 

28 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Marketing a toxic waste dump has its challenges. 

78/Related?

13 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

78/Related?

Nope, just the worst team in the history of Major League Baseball. 

Getz. Time to shine, kid.

Not necessarily 'excited' but interested to see if Vargas can improve from his poor showing at the end of last season. Not expecting amazing things but his showing at the end of last season was too bad to be true.

Easily Josh Allen. 

Ishbia and it isn't even close. 

7 minutes ago, Texsox said:

Ishbia and it isn't even close. 

Then you better start following North Shore Partners and the venture capital markets...

Robert. It’s gonna be a while before we see a player with that kind of talent in the lineup again, so I’ll enjoy it while he’s still around, warts and all.

11 minutes ago, Snopek said:

Robert. It’s gonna be a while before we see a player with that kind of talent in the lineup again, so I’ll enjoy it while he’s still around, warts and all.

Braden's the closest, but even he lacks that easy top line speed to the gaps that Robert possesses.

Definitely not the team trainer.

Should have added a category for Nick Maton lol.

10 hours ago, Texsox said:

Ishbia and it isn't even close. 

Yep... the only reason to tune in.

Maybe they need to replace Schiffren with Dan Bernstein...

I'm most excited to watch the end of the season to be able to read the excuses coming from the front office. 

It'll never get old watching Luis Robert glide around CF.

Jerry and Michael's other team, the Chicago Bulls, are one of the most exciting and one of the best teams in the NBA.  And that was unexpected  after trading their star player.  The Reinsdorfs need to extend some of the same kind of success to their baseball franchise.

1 hour ago, tray said:

Jerry and Michael's other team, the Chicago Bulls, are one of the most exciting and one of the best teams in the NBA.  And that was unexpected  after trading their star player.  The Reinsdorfs need to extend some of the same kind of success to their baseball franchise.

They beat the Lakers up...but they're in No Man's Land again.

31-40 and tenth from the bottom in the NBA, meaning zero shot at the true franchise differentiators at the top of the draft board.  Still, of the season ended today, because they're in the East they would be a hapless first round exit playoff team again.

In baseball terms, that would be a 71-91 record...but also not well positioned for a Top 3 draft pick there either.

 

It sound like you have not watched the Bulls much (since they traded Levine) and if that is the case, I would hope you can give them a watch.🙂

Can I switch my answer to the White Sox surgeon?  Seems he might have more of an affect on our future than the vast majority of this roster.

39 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Can I switch my answer to the White Sox surgeon?  Seems he might have more of an affect on our future than the vast majority of this roster.

No kidding. I haven't eead all of them all but are all of them having surgery with the Sox group?

Some say "surgery right be performed by....."

7 hours ago, tray said:

Jerry and Michael's other team, the Chicago Bulls, are one of the most exciting and one of the best teams in the NBA.  And that was unexpected  after trading their star player.  The Reinsdorfs need to extend some of the same kind of success to their baseball franchise.

May be exciting but not one of the best. I love Bill D especially with his number being raised to the rafters in Providence this season. . Having said that, the Bulls are ranked number 22 out of 30 NBA teams in wins. Luckily they are in the East and may get a shot of making the playoffs as the 9th or 10th team.  I think we will see Billy D back in the college ranks very soon