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Colavito, too...

You realize he has been one of the most loyal season ticket holders and game attendees around until recently???...this is not the "dunking on" you think it is, when a lot of die hards in their 40s 50s and 60 and their children have given up entirely on this franchise. It's just sad it has come to this, actually.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/01/24/padres-trade-for-reliever-from-white-sox/

"Getz said, lauding the effort of selling the White Sox as a happy landing spot for veterans seeking bounce-back years. “Because Will (Venable) demonstrates it, others do in the organization: We’re very honest, honest about where we currently are and where we want to go. We might find something we feel we can improve.” None of this honesty was present last year. Guess that was Grifol's fault now, or Dayton Moore on overselling his positive attributes to the Sox...

Watch as he emerges as the closer in SD after they dump Suarez on the market....

Lots of talk about an Ms starter for Mayo...Woo the most prominently mentioned.

Robert is too easy... The more interesting question is who...if anyone...should be ranked 2nd?

Would have been an interesting dilemma with Iguchi and Takatsu involved...Japanese culture is so much about face and respect. But RedSox have had guys like Dice K Yoshida + relievers...Mets with Senga. No interview. Yankees Hideki Matsui Chien Ming Wang and Tanaka. Really seemed heavily influenced by what former Blue Jay Kikuchi said about Toronto...but no really big FA has committed to Toronto as of yet.

As he speaks from WeF at a 5 star Swiss chalet/resort....

$105 million is what the A’s have to reach…

https://forum.orioleshangout.com/topic/56213-david-rubenstein-talks-baseball-at-the-world-economic-forum/ Already way ahead of us on this discussion…consensus is floor without cap does nothing, and wouldn’t be approved any more than a cap without a floor. “Big 12” teams don’t want more revenue sharing for obvious reasons…dilution of franchise value. NFL Parity discussion…Chiefs Pats vs. Astros Dodgers. Small market teams almost have no chance to win it all…Marlins one of few counterexamples. NFL success so driven by just one position now, QB. Biggest issue is bottom half teams simply feeder teams for “Big 12”…see White Sox the last 2-3 seasons, but specifically the Crochet deal. Teams with top farm systems just won’t give up Top 30ish and below of the Top 100 players anymore via trade. Chiefs are small market team, or Packers, but equivalent of Dodgers or Yankees as NFL franchises…could never happen in MLB due to disparity caused by local broadcasting rights deals.

Sure, but JR would absolutely love a cap/ceiling, just not a floor.

Right…team/organizational mentality, whatever you want to call it.

He wasn't close last year...in the 30s. Steamer projected a number of Sox hitters near 2 fwiw. Easy to be skeptical on guys like Sosa Baldwin and Meidroth though.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/baltimore-orioles-owner-wants-a-salary-cap-in-mlb-says-the-business-community-is-hopeful-under-trump-180642112.html Battle lines being drawn for two years from now. Orioles in the middle, but sympathize more with medium and small markets. That leaves just both NY teams, LAA, LAD, SFG, Boston Red Sox, Phillies, Rangers, Astros, Cubs, Braves, Blue Jays as the obvious twelve big market teams. Eighteen teams on the "other side of the tracks." Seattle Minnesota SD St.Louis Colorado AZ all have closer natural ties to the bottom, but AZ has signed both Bumgarner and now Corbin Burnes. Nationals probably fit here as well based on past history/spending through 2019. Colorado has strong and faithful fanbase despite inept directionless ownership. That leaves another 11 on the bottom rung... Milwaukee, TB, Marlins, Pirates, Reds, LV A's, White Sox, Orioles, Guardians, Tigers, Royals. 4/5ths of the AL Central and 3/5ths of the NL...so essentially the majority of imbalance spread across Midwest/Rust Belt.

There's no in-crowd lol. It's basically WestEddy Tray and then Cali in the middle playing Devil's Advocate. Not much of a crowd, really. Some mods have shifted from criticizing fanbase, but that's no longer a tenable position in reality...as interest in the team continues to nosedive.

2025 only...was tempted to go Montgomery, but not sure how many games he gets at SS this season. Same with Teel/Quero. Will be interesting to see how different the MLB Pipeline take on Quero is tonight on MLBNetwork...he finished 100-115ish at BA.

If Robert wants out of Chicago...he's going to have to play his way off the roster during the first half of the season.

I will go with Robert, the catcher's spot and Josh Rojas if he gets enough time defensively at SS 3B 2B. Didn't have room to fit Meidroth or Ramos...no Fletcher or Colas either. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?stats=bat&lg=all&type=8&season=2024&month=0&season1=2024&ind=0&pos=cf&qual=350&pagenum=2&pageitems=30 Notice Robert tied with Kelenic and bottom 5-6 in the majors for CF last year. Hard to imagine him having a worse year defensively...

https://www.mlb.com/news/teams-in-need-of-big-move Mets Blue Jays Padres all need to make "big" moves... Robertson to Cubs?

Even if they asked for all the tea in China, it was dumb not to pay off ALL of Fedde's remaining contract for the #45 FV prospect. But there's NO WAY that was the Twins' ask (and the Pohlads/Falvey know JR's financial/spending history, it is the same as their own except for Correa and Lopez)...as he wasn't nearly to that level of hyped MiLB prospect in July and there was the injury issue as well.

You asserted that I had said that one hitter alone was worth a potentially 8 fWAR swing...unfortunately, only one guy in the entire AL Central fits that description. Definitely not on the White Sox.

WestEddy...wouldn't your energies be better spent cold calling season ticket holders and encouraging/motivating them to attend SoxFest?

Getz is just THAT good, right? Oh that's right, he was complaining this off season that other GMs weren't being as forthcoming as he was in trade negotiations...

My coworker's in Ho Chi Minh City. I will be at Xishuangbanna, done with Terracotta Warriors/Xi'an...it's near the Golden Triangle of Myanmar Thailand Laos and Cambodian borders meeting, but still technically in China.