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Major League A*Holes: IN THE HOLE is an irreverent baseball podcast by a couple of opinionated pricks in Chicago and Detroit. We focus on the Cubs, White Sox, and Tigers as well as the Giants and A’s (long story). We'll also throw out our 2¢ on MLB issues of the day whenever we feel like it.
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Dylan Cease Trade Rumors Running Rampant
#Tigers top pitching prospect Jackson Jobe made an electrifying MLB Spring Training debut and could soon be a part of a young and deep rotation in Detroit.
Rumor has it the #Yankees, #Rangers, #Padres, (and #Cubs?) are blowing up Chris Getz' cell with serious trade offers for Dylan Cease.
Could some good old-fashioned positive regression lead to a better '24 season than most expect from the #WhiteSox? It couldn't be any worse than '23, could it?
Jameson Taillon's balky back exposes a dangerously thin #Cubs starting rotation, but could Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery, or even Cease be the answer this late in the game?
Top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong continues to look overmatched by Big League velocity. Fortunately, he has time to continue to develop on the smaller stage.
A*****E OF THE WEEK: Is Farhan Zaidi an asshole for screwing J.D. Davis out of $6M or is MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark the a*****e for not closing the CBA loophole the #SFGiants exploited to do so?
National media is finally catching on that Oakland A's Chief Minister of Propaganda David Kaval is just a used car salesman and #Athletics owner John Fisher is a fool who just happened to inherit a bunch of money from his parents.
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So Many Stadium Renderings, Yet So Few Owners Willing To Pay For Their Toys
Yet another set of b******t renderings emerged for a potential new #Athletics stadium in Las Vegas that may never exist.
Buckle up for a tumultuous "Summer of Sell" in Oakland as A's fans plan to wage war against team president David Kaval and owner John Fisher.
Matt Chapman is headed back to the Bay Area with a 3-year, $54M deal that is a win-win for himself and the #SFGiants, but another L for superagent Scott Boras.
Impatient #Tigers fans are already missing the big picture as team president Scott Harris favors young talent over bad free agent deals that Detroit should be familiar with.
A convoluted "financing partnership" is really a thinly veiled leverage ploy by #DaBears to get a better property tax deal out in Arlington Heights and a way for Jerry Reinsdorf and the #WhiteSox to remain in the hunt for Illinois taxpayer money. But is it also a step toward #Dolphins owner Stephen Ross buying the Sox?
ASSTHETICS: "Fitted in Black" captures the moment the #WhiteSox found themselves at the apex of sports branding and pop culture in the early 1990s.
Which Cody Bellinger will we see? What is the "Craig Counsell Effect"? Is Justin Steele a true ace? Can Christopher Morel play 3B? How will Shota Imanaga adapt to #MLB? These are just a few top storylines going into a pivotal #Cubs 2024 season.
#Cubs legend and #WorldSeires champion Kris Bryant sounds as emotionally fractured as his body has become as he chooses to fade away in Colorado with the floundering #Rockies.
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Cubs Signed Bellinger, Now What?
Scott Boras was the only loser as the #Cubs inevitably signed Cody Bellinger to a 3-year, $80M contract. So what's their next move to actually improve last year's roster?
Tom Ricketts STILL hasn't learned he should shut the f**k up about money.
Jerry Reinsdorf is working on new, and more devious ways to extort massive sums of money from Illinois taxpayers.
Former #WiteSox favorites, Liam Hendriks and Tim Anderson find new homes.
ASSTHETICS #1: Everybody HATES the new Nike/Fanatics uniforms.
ASSTHETICS #2: #Tigers join a long list of teams to get Nike City Connect uniforms in 2024
Five storylines fans in Detroit will be watching this season.
#SFGiant signing Jorge Soler makes a lot of sense, but adding Pablo Sandoval sounds more like an ill-conceived marketing stunt.
John Fisher is the common denominator in his failure to find a place for his #Athletics to play in the short and long term.
Rob Manfred is so incompetent that he botched his own retirement announcement.
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The 2005 Sox vs. 2016 Cubs winner is obvious, right?
A South Loop ballpark makes perfect business sense, but could it come at the cost of the #WhiteSox' South Side identity? | John Schriffen is the new voice of the Sox | Shocking: NOW Yoan Moncada is finally "motivated" coming into a contract year | It would be gross negligence NOT to trade Dylan Cease before Spring Training begins | The 2005 Sox vs. 2016 Cubs winner is obvious, right? | Jed Hoyer and the #Cubs may be playing the long game perfectly with Scott Boras and Cody Bellinger, but the rotation and bullpen still need to be addressed in a big way | Does the Colt Keith deal mark a new era in #Tigers baseball? | Could the infamously penny-wise and pound-foolish #Athletics actually DISBAND before their inevitable move to Las Vegas? | ASSTHETICS: #Yankees, #Nats, and #Marlins release underwhelming new uniforms
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Cubs Con (Job) Continues...
Farhan Zaidi is playing a high-risk, high-reward game with the #SFGiants 2024 season trading for an injured Robbie Ray and signing Jordan Hicks as a starter | At least Jed Hoyer is being honest when he tells #Cubs fans he's conning us right to our faces | The Royal-ization of the #WhiteSox continues with Assistant GM Jin Wong hiring, but what is the plan signing 36-year old Martín Maldonado? | Wander Franco is an asshole and may be going away for a long time
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The 5th Annual A*****e of the Year
The #Dodgers proved the Competitive Balance Tax isn't real beyond any shadow of a doubt by spending over $1 BILLION on Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Tyler Glasnow | #SFGiants find their leadoff man signing Grandson of Wind Jung-Hoo Lee for $113M | #Tigers show they're serious about winning an AL Central ripe for the taking by bolstering their rotation and bullpen depth signing veterans Kenta Maeda, Jack Flaherty, Andrew Chafin, and Shelby Miller | Jason Benetti sends shockwaves across the Midwest after jumping ship from his beloved #WhteSox for the apparently greener pastures of Detroit | Chris Getz gets a haul for Aaron Bummer, but will he deal Dylan Cease? | Jed Hoyer is obviously in no rush to improve the #Cubs as another quiet offseason drags on | ASSTHETICS: #Diamondbacks go a little retro adding teal to new uniforms for 2024 | Jerry Reinsdorf worked really hard to earn our fifth-annual A*****e of the Year dishonor
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