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No, Romy is not the 2B.

Teams can begin applying franchise and transition tags tomorrow, so it seems like a good time to transition to a new thread.

Transaction: Andrus signed, Hendriks (likely) to IL Out: Hendriks, Sheets, Rodriguez In: Banks, Andrus, Sosa SP - Cease, Kopech, Lynn, Giolito, Clevinger RP - Banks, Graveman, Bummer, Lopez, Kelly, Diekman, Lambert, Ruiz C - Grandal, Zavala IF - Moncada, Anderson, Sosa, Vaughn, Gonzalez, Andrus OF - Jimenez, Robert, Colas, Benintendi, Garcia At this point it looks like the last spot is Sosa vs Hamilton

For quite a while now, MLB/NBA/NHL revenue modes have included getting RSNs distributed to people who didn't want them by getting them bundled in cable/satellite packages. With so many options via streaming, more and more people who don't want them are finding ways to get the channels they do want without having to pay for the RSNs. We may end up with having the RSNs offered individually, but I don't think they can get the price they'd need to keep their same revenue level.

I'm far from a socialist who believes the government should control everything, but railroads are one thing I really don't understand allowing to be privately owned and controlled.

If they hold him out of Spring Training, and then the investigation clears him (unlikely, but not impossible), then they have a guy they have to keep on the roster who hasn't has ST. I don't expect him to be with the team on Opening Day if he hasn't been cleared by then.

I was just looking at the Bears' opponents next year and man, there's a real shot at the playoffs if they do this offseason right. Games against Cleveland, Vegas, Denver, Arizona, Washington, Atlanta, Carolina and New Orleans.

I know we're not supposed to get political, but this is personal. I'm a senior in college right now (though not MSU). I'm about ready to head to a classroom, probably not unlike the one where two MSU students were killed last night (a third was killed at the student union, five more in critical condition). It took a long time to get myself out of the house, into the car, and to classes today. I really didn't want to come here today. How do we end this insanity? I'm not against more gun restrictions but at the same time there are lots of countries where there are many guns that don't have this, at least nowhere near this frequency.

Are the Sox actually going to try to sell starting this season with nobody on the roster who's ever been a full time, major league 2B?

Cubs didn't move Contreras or Happ at the deadline because teams just aren't paying a premium at the deadline anymore. The only guys I can see being sold in-season are Grandal and Lopez. The QO is worth more than what the Sox can get for Giolito, and Anderson will bring a lot more in an off-season trade than in-season.

I believe that neither the Chiefs nor the Bears win a Super Bowl in the last six years if the Bears had drafted Mahomes. Bears would have been better than what they were for sure but they didn't have the head coach and surrounding talent to win a championship that the Chiefs had.

At this point I'd be willing to try Manuel Neuer at catcher.

The 2021 team got a combined 11.8 fWAR from Abreu, Engel, Madrigal, Rodon, Crochet and Keuchel. The 2023 team has in their place Vaughn, Benintendi, Davis Martin, Diekman, Graveman and who knows who plays 2B. I don't see that group combining for 11.8 fWAR, plus it's highly unlikely that Grandal comes anywhere near the 3.6 fWAR he produced in 2021.

They wouldn't. There's zero chance the Jaguars come to play in Soldier Field when there's a much, much better stadium 20 miles away.

Grifol will be a huge improvement, but even the perfect manager making perfect decisions isn't going to win 90 games with this roster.

I don't think baseball can work as well in the suburbs as football. There are only 8-9 home games and they're almost all on weekends. Baseball has 81 home games on all days of the week. Moving any direction from the city really hurts your attendance from one part of the metro area.

This would include a Super Bowl, Final Four, and a CFP Championship, three events that Chicago is never getting without it.

I can't imagine a second Chicago team choosing to play at Soldier Field instead of the new stadium in Arlington.

"A small market team in a big market"

I guess what I really want to know is did the Sox leave $$$ on the table that could have gone to player payroll in order to take care of Brooks Boyer's brother-in-law?

Wait, so we're saying that the Sox received less income for naming rights in order to help Brooks Boyer's brother? That's fucked up. If that's true, this team is not worth fan support.

This day in NFL history: The only quarterbacks to win a game on February 4 are Peyton Manning and Nick Foles. The only quarterbacks to lose a game on February 4 are Rex Grossman and Tom Brady.

I did high school online, so there was no such thing as weather days.