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That is fair and likely accurate.
Could be. But I think Murphy is an ‘interim’ manager without the actual title. Kinda like Renteria was for the Sox. You don’t hire a 65 year old who has never been a manager before if you want to be a contender. And if they trade Burnes and Adames, it’s way worse than a soft rebuild.No Burnes, Woodruff, and Adames = 90+ losses.
The Athletic has an article by Jim Bowden outlining 5 organizations that have enough young talent to perhaps trade for Burnes as a 1-year rental, and incentive to do so: Baltimore, LA Dodgers, Texas, Arizona and San Francisco.https://theathletic.com/5065288/2023/11/15/corbin-burnes-trade-scenarios-brewers/?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=8203695
Time will tell, but at first blush the White Sox got a ton of potential upside for an expensive reliever who's underperformed the past few seasons.
Yep - that's a fun deal. Atlanta stood to nontender some of the pieces coming back, but they are low risk pieces that the Sox can turn around and sell later this year if they rebound. Bummer is a much better pitcher than his 2023 stats suggest, but those $7MM+ option years aren't so low salary that they'll really be kicking themselves that much if/when he rebounds.
A's moving to Vegas. This franchise moved from Philly to Kansas City to Oakland and now Vegas.https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mlb-owners-approve-as-move-las-vegas-oakland
Oakland issues aside, kind of fascinating the shift in professional sports and Vegas. Not in small part, in my opinion, due to the changing landscape and acceptance of legal sports betting in the US.I went to Vegas often throughout the late 2000s and 2010s. When I started going there annually for a work conference, it became basically 3 trips everyone 24 months or so on average, this was in 2015. At that time, there were no pro teams there. In the span of the last 8 years, there are now 3 of the 4 pro leagues, and I wouldn't be shocked to see the NBA there before too long.
In game sports betting is why the Clarissa Thompson thing is such a big issue.
I'd argue its why the Joe Burrow situation is such a big deal.Charissa Thompson/sideline reporters aren't announcing anything that is affecting the game or that bettors aren't seeing on Twitter or elsewhere already well before.
Woody is a free agent.