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I don't understand how Kenny Williams has survived so long... They did manage to win it all in 2005, but boy it has largely been rough ever since. But yeah, that's all on Jerry

Took it upon myself to watch the entire Top of the 7th of the White Sox game... The pitching stood out, obviously, but the bad defense and just letting Tampa runners run at will stood out as well. On paper, they are more talented than the Tigers and Royals... but clearly the dysfunction in that org, top to bottom, is overriding whatever advantage they have on the field at the moment

This play seems like a good metaphor for their entire organization

OMG, Tyler Nevin pulls a Zach Short!

He's a #5 starter, basically. And being asked to do #3 work in this rotation

Off Dylan Bundy...

I hate to agree with CMO, but Boyd got BABIPed that inning

Szymborski in shambles! Muahahaha

Some of this the fact that Dean Kremer kinda sucks... yet this team has often made crappy starters look like CY, so we'll take it

He's wrong, the five runs didn't require a doubleheader

Eat it, Szymborski!

Dan Szymborski's ****ty tweet appears to have inspired the boys today lol

Second year in a row that someone has done this regarding Kreidler lol

Between Eddie going against Dean Kremer and Rutschman getting the day off, this feels like the one to get. Which means they'll probably lose lol

Another piece of evidence that the idea of DeSantis was always more powerful than actual candidate DeSantis.

Hmmm

Continues to be one of the few bright spots this season... clear area of improvement

They probably won't do it mid-series, but Monday is May 1, which has been the day that Cody S has circled regarding evaluating Schoop. At least in the idea that the team isn't going to be as reactionary as the fan base and give him time to see if he can do anything. I do suspect the experiment is coming to an end... I'm guessing whenever they do it, Malloy gets selected and Nevin gets optioned down for Kreidler.

It seems like every time the Bally people put a camera on him, he's yukking it up with a different player. And that's good, on the whole. My main concern are the results... and if things continue to trend the way they are trending, it seems unsustainable. Even if there aren't a ton of options internally.

I believe he was added to Pipeline's list when Wentz graduated... I suspect when org reranks happen he'll slot in somewhere in most lists.

People hate beating the horse dead on the Miguel thing mostly because of its inevitability, but one area where he hurts that isn't talked about enough is the Harris/Hinch emphasis on matchups/versatility. We can debate the effectiveness of the strategy all we want, but last night was a good example of the limits of it, with Baez out and an injury to Carpenter, having to carry Miguel takes a situation where options are stressed and makes it even worse.

It's too early really to quanitfy the impacts, hence why Florida suggests to take a wait and see approach, but the thing about long term demographic trends is that trends don't necessarily last forever. And flash points do happen and alter trends. I can only give my perspective as someone who lives in one of these states by saying that politics wouldn't be a reason to move, but it's getting to the point now where it's a real negative when you throw it in the hopper with all the other considerations.