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  1. Relegated to a corner OF next spring? By which, Larnach or Wallner? Because those are your starting corner OFs right now. They are not going to hand the job to Rodriguez on 30 plate appearances at St. Paul. And it seems quite unlikely they spend any money on a starting CF. Playing at DH? The experiment of last year and the desire for roster flexibility makes that unlikely. See previous paragraph when it comes to filling CF. In another uniform? He's got a no-trade contract. In 2026 or 2027 or later, maybe. But as of now, if he is healthy at the end of spring training, it's about a 99.98 percent change he's the opening day CF.
  2. Extra day for our bullpen, but extra day for theirs as well. I’ll take Pablo and a depleted bullpen over Crawford and a depleted bullpen.
  3. Kepler’s $10 million is needed to cover most of Pablo’s $13.5 million raise.
  4. This makes them 4-7 in extra innings and 22-19 in one-run games. They have 37 comeback wins and this was their 32nd blown lead.
  5. Consider becoming a caretaker. It’s worth the five bucks per month to avoid the ads.
  6. Can he sustain his hitting for a long while? No, but neither was he likely to sustain the struggles of the first half. We shouldn’t be surprised that a guy with an 88 career OPS+ has an OPS+ this year of, let’s see, 90.
  7. But separately from the question of whether he comes back, each time I look at his career stats, I’m reminded that he’s going to end up with some pretty decent numbers. Nowhere close to HOF worthy, but he’s got 323 homers, 392 doubles, 1076 RBIs and 1270 walks. He’s the active leader in walks by more than 150 and is ahead of third place by more than 200. With any luck at all, he’ll blow past 400 doubles, 1100 RBIs and 1300 walks, and he still has a shot at 350 homers.
  8. With one additional tidbit. If Irvin had come out for the next inning, the end-of-inning rule goes away and he would have had to pitch to two batters to get to the minimum three.
  9. Correa has a no-trade clause, which typically requires an agreement on an extension for the player, and that’s not going to happen anywhere. I can’t see a situation where they trade Lopez. So finding a partner for Vazquez, Castro or Jeffers or some combination thereof would be the next options. I agree — I don’t see how it can realistically happen.
  10. I could go either way. We’re seeing that defense at 1B does matter (particularly when the only other above-average infielder is Correa), so I’m not enamored with a season of Miranda and Julien there. People are suggesting they spend any money on a starter, but given the budget realities we’re expecting, it’s hard to see them spending enough to get a stud. I don’t see him as a priority, but I’d rather than spend $4-6 million on Santana than $4-6 million on a “depth” starting pitcher. Given the unpredictability of relievers and the few innings they pitch, I think I’d even rather spend $4-6 million on him than on a relief pitcher.
  11. Why would he cost $8-10 million? He’s only getting $5.25 million this year and he’s only been a little better this year than he was last year. I’ll be surprised if he gets more than $6 million given that he’s also a year older.
  12. I didn’t hear the context, but could he have been talking about the cumulative 4.1 shutout innings with a double, two singles (one a dribbler and one who got picked off) and a walk?
  13. I don't know how Rocco and Allie share responsibilities, but at their age, I wouldn't be surprised she takes care of getting them to bed. (And in a Google to find Mrs. Rocco's name, I discovered that Nico and Enzo's one-year birthday is actually today!)
  14. EDIT: Rays-Red Sox goes final at 8-3.
  15. Rays 8, Red Sox 3 in the 9th. Tigers 1, Royals 1 after 6. Yankees-Mariners not yet begun. White Sox haven't started yet in the Drive for 125.
  16. Sands doing his Juan Berenguer imitation to move to 9-1. EDIT: He's out-Berenguered Berenguer. Beurenguer was only 8-1.
  17. I gather that he hit his own pitcher or something? But seriously, thanks. I do remember the game early last season where the Twins won when a White Sox player doinked a Twin running down the first base line in extra innings. The Twins won that game, so I consider any game with an opposing player-instigated doink a sure win for the Twins.
  18. I joined late because of a Zoom meeting and scrolled through the earlier pages. What happened with Naylor earlier in the game? Did he doink someone on a throw?
  19. Speaking of a dollar, I saw that tickets to White Sox games are available for $1 on Stub Hub. Plus fees, of course. I'm waiting until they are at a negative number and I can get paid to buy them. Wouldn't go, but I'd buy 'em.
  20. Concur, particularly with the bolded statement. I think it's also naive to think that any of us on TD has access to the medical information to be able to speak authoritatively on this subject.
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