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He won't rest until Hagen Smith is the highest paid player.

Just an example: This was before he had his team intentionally throw at a guy, resulting in a brawl where he got suspended 10 games. For more context: He swapped his starter for an opener to throw at a guy. He also got ejected from the same game twice.

No, but he's a fucking crazy person.

Phil Nevin is a wild candidate. I'll give them grace and assume it's due diligence.

If they don't trade Sale, they probably don't trade Quintana or Eaton. The scope gets wider than just Moncada.

Also, good moment to point out that one of Getz's first moves was DFA'ing Honeywell, who turned in a good year for the Dodgers (though he way overperformed his advanced metrics) and is pitching in the postseason for them.

15 players from the MLB top 100 have played for the Sox.

Sale was traded after the 2016 season and it was pretty consistently Benintendi #1 and Moncada #2 (with an occasional swap) BA: Beni #1, Yoan #2, Devers #18, Kopech #32 Fangraphs: Yoan #1, Beni #2, Kopech #21, Devers #22 MLB: Beni #1, Yoan #2, Kopech #16, Devers #17 BP: Beni #3, Yoan #5, Devers #13, Kopech #36 Baseball Cube: Beni #1, Yoan #2, Devers #18, Kopech #32 Keith Law's are paywalled to this day, but this kind of illustrates the point. Here's Dombrowski explaining what went down. The Sox traded for premium talent. They are just a shitty, shitty organization.

Since I'm out of market and not affected: Reinsdorf is tanking for the #1 pick in the broadcast producer draft.

I'm going to keep hammering this drum because we've Dombrowski has come out and said what it was. Hahn could get Moncada or Benintendi (the #2 and the #1 prospects) Then Kopech got added to the deal. Devers was asked about as the third piece, but it was too high of an ask, so it was Basabe and Diaz. So you're really between Devers and Kopech. Unless you really wanted Benintendi, I guess?

Ok, so if I get this right: Cuban born infielders that the Red Sox sign and trade to the White Sox* can record bops. The difference? Desastre Personal is a despondent love song (lyric wise). OMG is an aspirational. OMG is fueling the f*** out of the Mets. *Sox had Iglesias but traded him for Avi in the Peavy trade.

Tea party TD celebration is elite.

Dodgers paid a steep price for Kopech and Edman, but sometimes you have to give up a talent of Miguel Vargas' level.

Twitter is where all the rational sports homies hang out. Drew Thorpe would have won the series.

Dude in my friend group is very much "I follow the popular sports star," type guy. Like, BIG Cleveland fan during Lebron's second stint (now an LA fan) and suddenly a huge Dodgers fan (this is the first year he has ever cared about baseball). We've got lifelong Mets fans in our chat and he goes "anyone going to Flushing to see Ohtani???" He's loaded and can afford it, but he's definitely pushing it with people.

Yeah, it's really, really hard to top Semien/Bassitt or Tatis.

Yes, obviously you have star money given to Lindor and Diaz. But Stearns inherited a s%*# ton of retained payroll going to Verlander, Scherzer, Narvaez and McCann.

Chris Getz, who is not a nerd and is a baseball man = Breaks the all-time loss record when not trying to tank (despite what he said at the end of the year). David Stearns, a Harvard grad who worked in several successful front offices = Reaches NLCS in a "we're not trying" year

How could a team with Tommy Pham and six hits lose???

This is a fair point.

This was part of the original announcement.

Everyone knows hits > runs

The Jacksonville Jaguars say their flight to London will be delayed because of Hurricane Milton Really feel like they could have planned around this better.

While the NBA doesn't expressly forbid teams from winning the lottery, the Pistons have been horrid and kept getting the #5 pick in a league where superstar picks matter much more than MLB. And it's also a league where you can't spend infinite money (many teams have to hire guys dedicated to navigating the cap) and doesn't have nearly as robust of a farm system.