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No team control beyond this season so no reason not to trade them no matter how minimal the return: Clevinger, Pham, Soroka, Hill, DeJong, Grossman, Leone Team control beyond this season but would unload for reasonable price: Maldonado, Lopez, Jimenez Would love to unload but nobody would take: Benintendi Everybody else either has a chance of still being here when (hopefully) this is a good team in 2026 and/or will have more trade value after the season, so I'd want a good return.

https://theathletic.com/5471933/2024/05/04/blackhawks-bulls-white-sox-partnering-with-media-group-for-new-broadcast-home/ Wondering if this means that the new channel will be an actual over-the-air channel (perhaps taking over channel 26 or channel 50) or if the new channel will be a cable channel looking to simulcast some/most games on an existing over-the-air channel.

Guys currently on the 40-man (excluding 60-day IL) least awful lineup you can throw out there: Grossman 9/7 Moncada 5 Robert 8 Sheets 3/Jimenez DH Jimenez DH/Vaughn 3 Benintendi 7/Pham 9 DeJong 6 Lee/Maldonado 2 Lopez/Mendick 4 SP: Crochet, Fedde, Soroka, Clevinger, Keller Swing: Flexen CL: Wilson SU: Kopech, Brebbia MR: Leasure, Banks Situational Lefty: Shuster If you absolutely have to: Leone DFA: Hill DFA once Montgomery is ready: Lopez

It was a lot more than buying a couple burgers. It was impermissible contact during COVID and several other things. This doesn't even include the penalties for sign stealing which will (hopefully) vacate their championship.

Lando!

Fortunately for Caleb, the Bears have the lowest threshhold for a QB to not be a bust. If you can be better than Jay Cutler, you've done it. I'm probably the only one who would have taken Fashanu 9th insted of Odunze. Could have gotten Roman Wilson in the 3rd instead of Amegadjie and I think that's an overall stronger team. I worry that the left side of the O-line is going to be too weak to fully utilize all the weapons the offense has at the skill positions. May have to line Kmet up on the left side and have him help out. I like that the Bears got Taylor because punter is important, but I wonder if they could have traded down and still gotten him.

This is the lineup I'd be sending out there vs RHP: Fletcher 8, Lee 2, Sheets DH, Vaughn 3, Colas 9, Sosa 5, Benintendi 7, Shewmake 6, Lopez 4 vs LHP: Lee DH, Sosa 5, Fletcher 8, Vaughn 3, PIllar 9, Benintendi 7, Dejong 6, Shewmake 4, Maldonado 2

If they're ready to make Lee the starting catcher then DFA Maldonado. If not, then let Lee start every day at Charlotte.

Is the "super two" arb eligibility still a thing? If so, there's no way they call him up before that cutoff date.

Thanks. I don't know why I had Stassi down as signed through 26.

Previous 45 innings = 5 runs This inning = 5 runs

I saw the score alerts on my phone. Thought either the app or my phone was broken. What the hell is this?

I don't know what, if anything, the city of Oakland could have done to capture some of the corporate $$$ that moved to San Jose/Santa Clara, but that's what killed Oakland as a major sports city.

Not gonna judge Getz on this year's on-the-field product. JR was never going to give Getz the money to put a competitive team on the field in 2024. I'm judging Getz on what talent he's brought back in trades and how much money he has committed (wasted) beyond 2024. On the trades: some were better than others, but on the whole a decent return for the talent/salary he unloaded. On the future salary, the only money he obligated beyond 2024 is: $1.5M buyout to Brebbia, $250k buyout to Maldonado, $7.5M to Fedde for 2025, $14.25M to Stassi for 25-26+buyout $500K for 2025 buyout. If his strategy is to avoid future salary commitments until there is an owner that will approve a budget that can field a winning team, then I'm on board with that, no matter how bad this team is.

If they're not willing to call him up, then yes they need to go ahead and trade/DFA him and free up the roster spot.

Vaughn is still making a relatively low salary. Should have kept Burger rather than Eloy.

If there's already a done deal that won't be finalized until JR dies (for tax reasons), then let the new people take over now.

Colas is now 25 and has had almost 800 MiLB plate appearances. Time to find out whether or not he can be a major league outfielder. Stick him out in CF every day, with the occasional day off vs LHP, and keep sending him out there the rest of the season no matter how bad he does. Giving more playing time to PIllar or Grossman does nothing for this team's future.

I would think either Grossman or PIllar gets DFA once Robert is back.

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You can have at most 13 pitchers, though I doubt anybody has fewer than 13.

They brought up an OF when the DH went down, so it sort of evens out.

https://x.com/whitesox/status/1776705405298573359

With the women gaining so much in TV viewership and ticket sales, I wonder if there will be any discussion about merging the two Final Fours into a single event.

Looking forward to the onscreen graphics when the Orioles play the A's next year.