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If he gets traded 5. If he doesn't 2.

It was definitely shared here.

But Scoops just told me the Cubs weren't on the list...

That is a WAY under market extension. That is NOT a free agent contract by definition.

Look, it would be a huge jump start to getting this going, but a tweet that basically stakes out both sides just seems extremely sus.

I didn't expect this one to be controversial, but here we are.

This is... well I am not sure what this is.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6009689/2024/12/20/white-sox-win-total-odds-historically-low/?source=tw_c_chi

And again, these aren't fungible players. Even if their numbers are "equal" only one of them is a plus defender in a premium position. The other is a defender in name.

With his BA vs 95+ fastballs and back problems in the minors, I think the first question we need to ask is will he succeed, not when.

That is honestly the best description of his style.

It's wild to watch this go from they could sell this to a team like the White Sox, to the White Sox have interest, even though it was never said the White Sox have interest. This was just a great sales job by his agent.

This is the wildest part to me. Those Tigers, Orioles, and Astros teams of the last generation were horrendous, and still couldn't close the deal of 121. Plus I am not convinced the Sox were even trying to lose last year.

I think most of the problem is that Schiff's shtick would be much more acceptable if the team was winning. The whole energetic upbeat excited thing works when there is something to be excited about. When things are bad, you need to bring it down. When the team is as exciting as a bowl of lukewarm dog water with day old cat puke floating in it, people aren't going to respond to loud noises. As an announcer you have to match energy.

Not to mention the betting company gets to sit on your $1000 interest free for the next 9+ months.

And if the offers are as bad as is being projected here, you sit on him. This is pretty simple. Leave the Captain Panic in the closet and don't be scared. You need high end assets, not mid range starters or worse if you want to turn this around. Don't settle for mediocrity. If Chris Getz has half as much faith in his work as some of the people on here do, he should be betting on being able to turn around one of the best talents in baseball. If he doesn't have faith, well that should be telling us something else.

The Cubs absolutely used the s%*# out of Sammy Sosa knowing full well he was drugged up to the max. It never stopped them from exploiting him and profiting from the show he put on. Screw them and their sanctimonious BS. I sure also didn't see them do this to any other juicers that went through their franchise.

Jim Parque would get PAID today.

And you make the cash register sound involuntarily.

So you like twitter because you found what you wanted to find, and in the same post asked this question. Well done.

If you have a son, tie his right arm behind his back and make him throw lefty.

I do. It's ridiculous.

Sure, and they are $180m and $156+. So even if Robert comes in under them, it is still way over $80m.

Yes. Easily. Teams overpay all of the time. Tyler freaking O'Neill just got 3/50. Mike Soroka just got $9 million for this season. The obligation to Luis Robert is $15 million, with two options for $20 million each. That is nothing in 2024. He's a $100 million player today on the current ridiculous free agent market. Cody Bellinger as a regularly injured 1B who plays a bad OF getting 3/80 only serves to back that up. Even looking at Fangraphs a 4.0 fWAR was the 4th best CF season last year in MLB among qualified CFs. Cody Bellinger, even with his negative OF defensive ratings, ranked 14th. Alex Bregman turned down $150 million over six years as an older corner IF, and will almost certainly exceed it on the FA market. The Willy Adamas deal is another one that comes to mind when a guy is a + hitter and a + defender at a premium position.