MLB In Brief: James Click Linked To The White Sox | Two Numbers Retired In New York

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James Click linked to the White Sox

The leader of the Blue Jays (he is VP and therefore helps Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins) could take over baseball operations in Chicago.

Potential candidates to lead White Sox baseball operations:

Chris Getz, White Sox assistant GM and top internal candidate

James Click, architect of defending WS champs and current Blue Jays VP of strategy

Preston Mattingly, Phillies executive and Indiana native@MLBNetwork

—Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) August 24, 2023

Alek Manoah is now back in the AAA

We will know more about the next steps shortly.

Alek Manoah has joined the Triple-A Buffalo team after he was physically checked out in Toronto. He’s going to ramp back up to throwing now but still no set start date for him, per #BlueJays manager John Schneider

— Kaitlyn McGrath (@kaitlyncmcgrath) August 24, 2023

Two numbers retired in New York

Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry will be honored next season.

Mookie Betts loves August

He’s been hitting .442 since Aug. 1.

Among the pitchers, Blake Snell is doing well these days.

John Angelos doesn’t make anyone cry

The misery of the rich owner of the Orioles, who expects to have difficulty paying his stars, is not a pleasure to hear.

No one should take John Angelos seriously when he sings the small-market blues, writes @Ken_Rosenthal.

If he is that worried about “massively” raising prices to avoid going “financially underwater,” there is a solution…https://t.co/7QQFFijM2Q

— The Athletic MLB (@TheAthleticMLB) August 24, 2023

Changes that aren’t so naughty

The Blue Jays have less power this year (everyone knows that), but the club has a bigger total intake of new kids versus guys who left.

Last offseason, the Jays swapped out three position players.

Teoscar, Lourdes, Moreno (3.4 fWAR, 43 HR, ~$20M)
for
Varsho, Belt, Kiermaier (5.5 fWAR, 36 HR, ~$21.3M)

via trade, this three for three swap also netted 3 years of Swanson, and prospect Adam Macko.

— bk (@_bkuh_) August 23, 2023

August 25, 2023