Tony

The offseason is still young. I assume the Sox are still going to make some more moves. Having said that, I assumed you watched the playoffs in 2021. The Sox were not very competitive against the Astros. I also have serious questions on how they would have stacked up against the Dodgers/Braves/Rays. Thus far, they are seemingly a worse team in 2022 than they were in 2021. And they've already spent around 17 million on new players. That's why you are seeing the comments you are seeing.

3 million? Man, they better still make a big addition this offseason. Thus far, they've spent 17 million on Harrison, Kelly and Velasquez. They also have Kimbrel still on the roster making 16 million. If these salaries stop them from going after someone like Conforto...no bueno.

The “big move” didn’t need to be at 2b. I didn’t say that. But the Sox weren’t that close to Houston last season, and thus far are a worse team in 2022 than 2021. Josh Harrison and Joe Kelly aren’t pushing this team over the edge. That’s the point.

People will always get upset without knowing the big picture….with that said, it’s hard not feel like these are just the same old White Sox moves. The Sox were just ranked No. 2 in the MLB Power Rankings. Obviously that doesn’t matter in the least, but I bring it up as it at least shows the Sox are viewed by many as one of the best teams in the league. They are close….but history tells us they won’t put their best foot forward, but instead just “plug some holes” with guys like Josh Harrison, instead of bringing in a real difference maker. Time will tell, but I can understand the concern from folks. I’m just not ready to judge when there are still a ton of big bats on the market.

While I think the Rams got super lucky and not having a first-round pick in like 6 years basically never works out....the rest of your post I fully agree with. People don't have a great grasp on how "windows" work for most teams. And unless you just are way ahead of the game or willing to spend more than anyone (see LA Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays), the window just doesn't last that long. 5-6 years is basically it, you're right. And you're also right that the Sox really are in Year 3 of their window. Now is the time.

This is obviously the biggest point, because if fully healthy, I would agree with the rest. It comes down to giving the Sox the benefit of the doubt. Usually, I don't. But them not offering him a QO tells me they really didn't even want to risk him accepting, so there must be something there they know we don't. Or, you just think the Sox don't know what they are doing. Which I'm not going to fault you for thinking that. I get it. I just tend to believe there is something more there. We'll see.

And as others have said, that is a much more realistic and rational gripe, in my opinion. However, I still don't think it was an absolute slam dunk that Rodon turns down the QO, even after seeing what he just got. Which would seemingly tell me the Sox really had zero interest in bringing him back, and didn't want to take an $18 million dollar gamble. Now, their decision to pick up Kimbrell sort of contradicts that, but I want to see how the whole offseason plays out before making a true judgment. If the Sox rotation is worse on paper than last year, and they make zero upgrades, I'll have a bigger issue with it.

That won't stop some from pounding their feet on the floor until someone gives them the attention they want.

Fine, 3 pitches then. With the amount of bullpen pitchers now used in the game, it would shave off a decent amount of time.

There is absolutely zero reason a bullpen pitcher who comes into the game has to continue to throw warm up pitches on the mound. He's been warming up in the pen for a while, stop making the game longer.

I would also like to hold onto Monty, but also don't want them to make a large monetary investment into a RB, so who knows.

I love this, already.

We back

I think I was about two hours in and said "This is a masterpiece, I think I might be enjoying this more than Dark Knight." Then there was another 45 minutes or so. I still really really liked it, it just lost some steam for me at the end (like a lot of Batman movies have quite frankly) But very few complaints about the film, they did a great job.

Don't let facts get in the way of a good @Two-Gun Pete shitpost!

Yeah, Dane Dunning for Lance Lynn should give every Sox fan SERIOUS concern the Sox simply can't "win" trades.

Nice. Small thing I should have mentioned, I bought an older version as the newer versions don’t all have Ethernet ports except the main one, where the old ones do…but that’s a small thing. My internet speeds have never been faster and there is great coverage through the entire house.

I have the eero system in my house and love it.

What's sad for me is I haven't checked this thread in a few days, I've seen how many pages it is, and I just don't have the energy for all of this. We all go so much shit going on in our lives...while I think the owners come out looking far worse in this, I've gotten to a point where I just don't have the energy to care. You guys don't want to play baseball? Fine, I'm sure I'll find something else to do with my time. Which I don't want, I love baseball, and I'll be excited when it comes back....but I just can't get that emotionally invested at this point, fire isn't there.

https://www.tmz.com/2022/03/02/kanye-west-tristan-thompson-grab-dinner-together-miami/

This actually seems fairly realistic, but I also have a weird optimism that something happens sooner. MLB has really given us no reason to have any faith in them, but for whatever reason I feel like all the bad press will eventually force things through and they don't end up missing that many games.

I disagree with the point of you trying to tell us you aren't taking sides, when you've literally told us you side with the owners.

And yet you never respond to questions posed to you, because you know you can't. It's the same shtick with you all the time. Maybe people would take you more seriously if you actually tried to engage with people, instead of making a comment, getting called out for it, then running away instead of backing it up with any kind of substance.

1. What's your point here? The owners deserve a break because there have been times when they've decided to give a player what turns out to be a bad contract? 2. Actually, no you couldn't. It's MUCH easier to put together a list of highly-performing players on a minimum salary contract than it is to put together a list of under-performing veterans on FA deals. 3. It's overpaid, not overplayed. For someone that likes to call out mistakes of others, I'd make sure my own bed is made first.