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I would rather spend the season seeing what you have in some of the young bucks rather than doing this lightning in a bottle nonsense again.

Amazing that the concept of having good players on your team gives you a better chance to win than not having good players is controversial or difficult to grasp. Does spending big guarantee you postseason success? Of course fucking not. No one ever said it does. Stop being deliberately obtuse. Injuries happen. Cold streaks happen. It's baseball. But if you are arguing against the idea that spending money on good players is worth it because there's a possibility that you might not win the World Series, then have fun with your stars aligning, team of destiny bullshit.

“Thought to have had more potential” is a nice way of saying they can’t scout, develop or coach well, so they have to hope for the 99th percentile outcome because they have no backup plan.

I would say a team that doesn't like its fans is sort of a problem.

Yes, I think the Padres, Phillies and Rangers strategy of signing very good players is one I'd like the Sox to follow. And, to your point, I also think the Sox should beef up their Luck Department with additional personnel.

How are people still thinking it made sense roster-wise to bring back Abreu?

I just looked at the FA catchers and SPs and chose the first two uninspiring options I saw.

Kyle Gibson and Tucker Barnhart ?

Sociopathic for sure, and honestly kind of sad. It's always strange to me when that type of thing is praised or seen as a positive trait in someone.

But they had a coupon for one Gavin Sheets

Well, anything deemed controversial being labeled as politics ruins everything. Identity? Identity is good.

I know all fan bases are generally pretty insufferable by nature, but Braves fans have gone next level this postseason with the bye sob stories and reaction to the Arcia stuff. Hope Philly smokes them again tonight.

Twins have regressed from “actual playoff team” to “AL Central winner” today.

Maybe so in terms of rest, but the advantage of getting to skip the first round of the playoffs should more than make up for whatever "rust" narratives are being thrown out there.

To be clear, I have zero interest in defending the Astros, but isn’t this more of a f*** mlb post?

The more the Sox piss me off, the less energy I have to hate the twins in that rivalry way. Dare I say I’m even enjoying their playoff run? Correa is a postseason cheat code and Pablo López is a stud and seems like an excellent dude. It’s kinda fun to watch ?‍♂️

You clicked into this thread just to say this

But that IS the problem. He was a golden spikes winner and considered a very polished hitter who can quickly advance to the big leagues. He was a high pick for a reason, and with that comes lofty expectations that he’s yet to meet.

I could see Dbacks-Dodgers being uneventful (sorry Dbacks), but pretty stoked for the other series.

This is the paint by numbers White Sox offseason.

What do you mean by this?

The biggest story around the Sox is how they suck and how it sucks being a fan of them. How are you surprised that that's being talked about so much? It's virtually impossible to "talk about baseball" without it being centered around how much they suck.

I’ll be so annoyed if they don’t reach 100 losses. They don’t deserve to dodge that mark of futility.

I'm on team Stay in Chicago, but...there are also kids in Tinley...? Maybe I'm missing your point.

In a disastrous season where he was the only bright spot, he earned the right to go for some personal milestones. Obviously sucks that he got hurt, but hindsight aside, you gotta let the kid play out the season.