LittleHurt05 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Tony said: My point is they can handle the negotiations right, do things the right way, the smart way, but if Philadelphia comes in on March 15th and spends $380 million on Machado because they want to live up to the "stupid money" tagline, the Sox will still be ridiculed, and I'll be right there with people. They would have failed to land a big fish, right or wrong. You seem to be portraying JR as the victim in that case though. He still gets his large revenue sharing check from the league, payroll obligations will be minimal and he will have done it "the right way" business-wise. Profits will still come through. His team has already been ridiculed the last few years, that's not bothersome, his franchise is one of the 5 worst of the last 10 years, that doesn't bother him either. Or at least he's shown no reason to think it bothers him by his team's transactions. "Stupid money" isn't so stupid when it wins you ballgames on the field. The majority of WS winners have a "stupid" contract or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisox05 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 minute ago, Jack Parkman said: That number includes at the very least Quintana's option. Not in sports Trac and baseball reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 minute ago, ptatc said: This does not sound like a Theo philosophy. I mean, he did trade 7 years of Gleyber Torres for 3 months of a reliever 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: No chance. The Sox control 47% - according to this study by the Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/23/upshot/24-upshot-baseball.html - of a major metropolitan area. According to that study, Cook County is split nearly 40/40. Cook County alone is 5.3 million people, meaning the Sox have nearly 2.2 million of that in Cook alone. St Louis has 300,000 people - the metropolitan area has 2.8 million people. Of Sox Fans in Cook alone, they nearly match the total of St Louis. Chicago is a MASSIVE market in which the Sox have a 47% share of. There are 10 million people in this area, and if you want to say the Sox just control 40% of it (It's higher, FTR) then they control a fan base north of 4 million people. That's bigger than the entire St Louis Metro Area. The White Sox are not a small market team; don't let them sell you otherwise. In the early 90's the Sox were a bigger draw than the Cubs. Jerry being a big part of the strike hurt a lot with the fan base, but the Sox still have a market share bigger than 90% of MLB teams. Not sure about the methodology and validity of the study but the Sox do not have a 47% share of the Chicago market. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just now, Jose Abreu said: I mean, he did trade 7 years of Gleyber Torres for 3 months of a reliever That will always be a bad trade, I don't care that they got bailed out by a rain delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Parkman Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: No chance. The Sox control 47% - according to this study by the Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/23/upshot/24-upshot-baseball.html - of a major metropolitan area. According to that study, Cook County is split nearly 40/40. Cook County alone is 5.3 million people, meaning the Sox have nearly 2.2 million of that in Cook alone. St Louis has 300,000 people - the metropolitan area has 2.8 million people. Of Sox Fans in Cook alone, they nearly match the total of St Louis. Chicago is a MASSIVE market in which the Sox have a 47% share of. There are 10 million people in this area, and if you want to say the Sox just control 40% of it (It's higher, FTR) then they control a fan base north of 4 million people. That's bigger than the entire St Louis Metro Area. The White Sox are not a small market team; don't let them sell you otherwise. In the early 90's the Sox were a bigger draw than the Cubs. Jerry being a big part of the strike hurt a lot with the fan base, but the Sox still have a market share bigger than 90% of MLB teams. Just by personal experience living in the area my entire life I'd put that number closer to 25-30% I do not buy for one minute that the Sox have a 47% share of the Chicago Metro. No way, no how. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, LittleHurt05 said: You seem to be portraying JR as the victim in that case though. He still gets his large revenue sharing check from the league, payroll obligations will be minimal and he will have done it "the right way" business-wise. Profits will still come through. His team has already been ridiculed the last few years, that's not bothersome, his franchise is one of the 5 worst of the last 10 years, that doesn't bother him either. Or at least he's shown no reason to think it bothers him by his team's transactions. "Stupid money" isn't so stupid when it wins you ballgames on the field. The majority of WS winners have a "stupid" contract or two. I would disagree that it doesn't bother him. The simple fact that he approved a plan to finally do a complete rebuild shows it bothered him enough to make a drastic change in philosophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSox13 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, mqr said: Good lord, the Cubs are not signing either of them and we have known this for 3 months. Seriously! Even after Theo has stated numerous times that the cubs don't have the payroll flexibility to sign big free agents, people still want to believe the cubs will sign Harper. All because Harper and Bryant are bros. Edited February 8, 2019 by BlackSox13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 minute ago, mqr said: That will always be a bad trade, I don't care that they got bailed out by a rain delay. Yep, the narrative they don’t win it without him is crazy to me considering his choke job in game 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just now, ptatc said: Not sure about the methodology and validity of the study but the Sox do not have a 47% share of the Chicago market. Yes they do. I grew up in the Western Suburbs and it was split pretty much evenly - Oak Park/River Forest area. The South Suburbs are Sox heavy and the North Suburbs are Cubs heavy. The Cubs have a further reaching fanbase - ie, they have central illinois with the cardinals, iowa, and northern illinois/southern wisco. Their reach goes further, but in the immediate Chicagoland area, the Sox are nearly evenly split. 47/53 is pretty accurate imo, unless you want to produce a study that refutes that point... or you can just stick to pointless first hand experience to draw erroneous conclusions if you prefer that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Parkman Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, ptatc said: Not sure about the methodology and validity of the study but the Sox do not have a 47% share of the Chicago market. Completely agreed. The largest estimate I'd buy is 35% and that is really generous. I think the reality resides somewhere between 25-30%. That is a smaller market than both the Indians and Twins btw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 minute ago, Jack Parkman said: Just by personal experience living in the area my entire life I'd put that number closer to 25-30% I do not buy for one minute that the Sox have a 47% share of the Chicago Metro. No way, no how. I would disagree; having been someone who grew up in the Western and Southern suburbs, I can say that I saw more Sox fans than Cub fans. Being someone who lived on the north side of the city, I can understand how anyone living their could view it differently than me, but 45ish seems about right to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Waffleson Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 minute ago, aeichhor said: They also have about 40+ million in options on top of that 90 ish million and arbs. Also will be losing 3 pitchers in the next couple years and will have to replace them on top of players in the next couple years Slightly off topic on the cubs: I feel like the cubs have not done a good job of replacing the strength of t of prospects that they once had. Since their cycle of contention has started, i feel its inevitable that the core will become too expensive to maintain. Without assuming big trades or free agent signings, i dont feel like their prospect depth is strong enough sustain their current success without starting from scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 minute ago, mqr said: That will always be a bad trade, I don't care that they got bailed out by a rain delay. My opinion on it has always been that they did not need Chapman to win that championship (he wasn't even particularly good in the playoffs). Their bullpen was already solid and a lesser reliever acquisition would've yielded the same result. I know I'm in the minority though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just now, Look at Ray Ray Run said: Yes they do. I grew up in the Western Suburbs and it was split pretty much evenly - Oak Park/River Forest area. The South Suburbs are Sox heavy and the North Suburbs are Cubs heavy. The Cubs have a further reaching fanbase - ie, they have central illinois with the cardinals, iowa, and northern illinois/southern wisco. Their reach goes further, but in the immediate Chicagoland area, the Sox are nearly evenly split. 47/53 is pretty accurate imo, unless you want to produce a study that refutes that point... or you can just stick to pointless first hand experience to draw erroneous conclusions if you prefer that. I'd buy Chicago proper, but absolutely no shot on the suburbs. Even still, they have more fans than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said: Just by personal experience living in the area my entire life I'd put that number closer to 25-30% I do not buy for one minute that the Sox have a 47% share of the Chicago Metro. No way, no how. I'd figure that someone as data driven as yourself would know that your personal experience on this scale is anecdotal evidence and is statistically irrelevant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, mqr said: That will always be a bad trade, I don't care that they got bailed out by a rain delay. They won the world series because of it. That trade changed the entire outlook and future of the franchise. It was worth the price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just now, Jack Parkman said: Completely agreed. The largest estimate I'd buy is 35% and that is really generous. I think the reality resides somewhere between 25-30%. That is a smaller market than both the Indians and Twins btw. The White Sox are not a smaller market than the Twins and Indians. That is complete nonsense. As I said, produce actually numbers and studies refuting the number - don't just throw out some random number. If you think the Twins and Indians have a larger market you might want to talk to the TV networks because the local contracts for the Sox blow the Indians and Twins out of the water, and I'm using the Sox last contract not the current extension. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Parkman Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: Yes they do. I grew up in the Western Suburbs and it was split pretty much evenly - Oak Park/River Forest area. The South Suburbs are Sox heavy and the North Suburbs are Cubs heavy. The Cubs have a further reaching fanbase - ie, they have central illinois with the cardinals, iowa, and northern illinois/southern wisco. Their reach goes further, but in the immediate Chicagoland area, the Sox are nearly evenly split. 47/53 is pretty accurate imo, unless you want to produce a study that refutes that point... or you can just stick to pointless first hand experience to draw erroneous conclusions if you prefer that. False. Kane, DuPage, McHenry and Lake are all heavy Cub areas. The only Sox heavy area outside of Cook County is Will County. There are always stray Sox fans in each area, but out here in Kane County, Cub fans outnumber Sox fans 10-1 Edited February 8, 2019 by Jack Parkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just now, ptatc said: They won the world series because of it. Agree to disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just now, ptatc said: They won the world series because of it. That trade changed the entire outlook and future of the franchise. It was worth the price. This is very debatable. There's even a case to be made that he hurt them more than he helped them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxFanMike Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Since we're talking about the Cubs, imagine if they still had Gleyber, Eloy, and Cease. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Parkman Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: The White Sox are not a smaller market than the Twins and Indians. That is complete nonsense. As I said, produce actually numbers and studies refuting the number - don't just throw out some random number. If you think the Twins and Indians have a larger market you might want to talk to the TV networks because the local contracts for the Sox blow the Indians and Twins out of the water, and I'm using the Sox last contract not the current extension. The Sox were 29th in baseball in TV viewership over the last 5 years. I don't know what you're talking about. Edited February 8, 2019 by Jack Parkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 From the article: Helped by the charm of their field and by WGN’s national broadcast reach, the Cubs have always been the better-loved of Chicago’s two teams. But the White Sox — unlike the Mets or the A’s — do have a patch of their own territory, on the city’s South Side and into the southern suburbs. Interstate 290 (the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway) is a rough guide to the border: Know whether you're north or south of it before you put on your hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mqr Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just now, Whitesox27 said: Since we're talking about the Cubs, imagine if they still had Gleyber, Eloy, and Cease. Wow. They prooooooobably wouldn't be projecting to be a .500 team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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