WhiteSox2023

Thanks for the direction to the other thread. Looks like they have since deleted the tweet, unless I’m mistaken. So I read about it here: Apparently, they also posted a “highlight” video of Gonzalez grounding out.

Why anyone would want to invest more money in a bad ballpark in a mediocre location is beyond me. If the team is going to suck for years, at least the promise of a new ballpark in a better location is some sort of excitement.

The Cubs poop money and none of these potential contracts are going to impact them very much in the grand scheme of things. They aren’t like our Sox in which one bad signing like Benintendi screws their payroll over completely. Also, would you rather have your favorite team be in position to sign a guy like Bellinger, or would you rather see your team’s big offseason acquisition be Fedde?

I wouldn’t sign Chapman to the contract he is expecting to receive as a Boras client, but I don’t think he’s done. He’s probably going to be productive for a couple more seasons, but he’s going to receive too many guaranteed years. But this is the running theme of most MLB contracts these days, especially when Boras is the player’s agent — the player is productive for about half the contract. Why do you think Bellinger is unsigned as well? Boras is asking for the moon. Is Bellinger done too?

Neither Chapman is “done”. No idea what he talking about.

Agreed, been saying this for awhile. No one wants to pay these two guys big bucks but they fit the Cubs needs. The Cubs do have a replacement for Bellinger in CF in PCA. And unless the Cubs want no bat Madrigal or no glove Morel starting at 3B, Chapman still makes sense for them. No one has signed them yet. Both are Boras clients.

Busch is likely their 1B and they could still sign Bellinger for CF. Hoyer is slow-playing the market so as to not overpay.

$6 million less that he got from the Twins last year. He sucked terribly but the prices on these mediocre veteran bats are dropping for sure. Getz must be excited. Hahn probably wishes he was still GM to have a shot at all of these washed up vets on the cheap. @Y2Jimmy0 is right. Sox will probably end up with Merrifield at this rate.

If you listened to JR’s press conference announcing the promotion of Getz to GM, there is no doubt that he was talking about the Sox being competitive in 2024, not in 5 years. 5 years would be a full rebuild and JR wanted nothing to do with that, per his comments that he may not be around that long.

Maybe Getz should have tried harder to push for change rather than simply falling in line with the rest of JR’s loyal servants just to keep his cushy gig?

They won’t be similar though. It’s likely that only one will be the next Stroud, and they have to pick that guy at #1. A stud WR still isn’t worth close to what a stud franchise QB is.

Probably. Santos felt inflammation in his right elbow in September but all of his medical reports came back clean.

Sheets is listed far too many times for my liking.

He’s a lottery ticket. A productive season in the KBO is not the same as the MLB. He has a 5.41 career ERA in 6 seasons in the majors. Maybe he has learned a new pitch but I wouldn’t put my money on him to be a good starter in 2024.

? You are delusional. Just because the Sox acquired more players than the Cubs doesn’t mean they have had a better offseason than them. Which player have the Sox acquired that wasn’t dumpster diving? Apparently acquiring multiple negative WAR players means you are having a great offseason. Name one player the Sox have acquired this offseason that had a productive season last year. I hate them too, but the fact is that the Cubs have won a WS far more recently than the Sox and if you can’t admit they currently have a competitive team while the Sox are in the basement of the worst division in baseball, you are lying to yourself.

Forgettable for a reason.

By politicians you mean taxpayers and they shouldn’t have to pay for a new stadium for a pathetic owner of a team that doesn’t try to win. A new stadium for the Cubs would be a different argument unfortunately. I’m not a Cubs fan but they actually try to win and bring a ton of money to the city. JR is a deadbeat Scrooge just trying to line his pockets. This is an obvious ploy to jack of the value of the Sox franchise for his heirs once the team is sold. That’s fine and dandy but don’t try to get taxpayers to fund your plan to leave a bigger estate to your heirs. But you don’t blame the scumbag tyrant owner that is trying to take money out of taxpayers’ pockets to get even richer, as if he needs the money? I hope the city tells JR to go F himself if he tries to get any public funding.

Agreed, but Monaco isn’t stupid. He wasn’t going to put himself in the exact same position as Benetti.

Great article. Like I said, I have no doubt Monaco talked to Benetti and then wanted nothing to do with the job. These are the leftovers. A guy like Connor McKnight definitely isn’t going to do any better and will be willing to work for tyrants.

You know the Braves will turnaround Bummer and Sale will probably have a healthy season. The rest of the ex-Sox are just bodies for AAA.

Between Love and Carlson, the Packers were primed for chokage.

Never fear. Jordan Love is always good for a stupid INT. Goodbye, Packers!

You are easily impressed. The team sucks.

I totally agree. Remember this? ?