southsider2k5 Posted December 16, 2024 Share Posted December 16, 2024 On 12/16/2024 at 8:25 PM, Bob Sacamano said: Especially when it is said there is a plan for it. $740k is a decent amount too. Expand The plan was Jerry was keeping that money for the investors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted December 17, 2024 Share Posted December 17, 2024 On 12/16/2024 at 8:24 PM, Chicago White Sox said: That’s an absolute fucking embarrassment. @Y2Jimmy0 - Have you heard any rationale for this? Expand On 12/16/2024 at 8:25 PM, Bob Sacamano said: Especially when it is said there is a plan for it. $740k is a decent amount too. Expand There's really no excuse. My guess is they'd say they couldn't trade it. Even if they were to say that they reallocated the money to something else (employees, technology, etc), they could still do that and trade the $$. If they trade $740K in international space, no money actually changes hands. You're literally just giving someone else the right to spend $740K more of their own money. It's pretty frustrating though. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 19, 2024 Share Posted December 19, 2024 On 12/17/2024 at 7:05 PM, Y2Jimmy0 said: There's really no excuse. My guess is they'd say they couldn't trade it. Even if they were to say that they reallocated the money to something else (employees, technology, etc), they could still do that and trade the $$. If they trade $740K in international space, no money actually changes hands. You're literally just giving someone else the right to spend $740K more of their own money. It's pretty frustrating though. Expand I bet Getz was more concerned that the money would be spent on signing Sasaki...which we never realistically had a shot at, anyway, but it would look pretty bad if we facilitated him signing elsewhere unless another team was convinced that parting with a product and upping their bid by $740,000 was really going to be worth it in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted December 29, 2024 Share Posted December 29, 2024 (edited) On 12/17/2024 at 7:05 PM, Y2Jimmy0 said: There's really no excuse. My guess is they'd say they couldn't trade it. Even if they were to say that they reallocated the money to something else (employees, technology, etc), they could still do that and trade the $$. If they trade $740K in international space, no money actually changes hands. You're literally just giving someone else the right to spend $740K more of their own money. It's pretty frustrating though. Expand So quite literally, Jerry chose to pocket $740K rather than improve the team with more international signings? And even worse, Getz could have traded the $740K allotment to another team to spend and the Sox still could have avoided spending $740K of Jerry’s money if the allotment was traded? Wow… Edited December 29, 2024 by WhiteSox2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 29, 2024 Share Posted December 29, 2024 On 12/29/2024 at 10:20 PM, WhiteSox2023 said: So quite literally, Jerry chose to pocket $740K rather than improve the team with more international signings? And even worse, Getz could have traded the $740K allotment to another team to spend and the Sox still could have avoided spending $740K of Jerry’s money? Expand Trading it would have involved a return, which is better than losing it for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted December 29, 2024 Share Posted December 29, 2024 (edited) On 12/29/2024 at 10:21 PM, southsider2k5 said: Trading it would have involved a return, which is better than losing it for nothing. Expand Exactly. And Jerry still would not have had to spend additional money if the allotment was traded. Edited December 29, 2024 by WhiteSox2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 On 12/29/2024 at 10:22 PM, WhiteSox2023 said: Exactly. And Jerry still would not have had to spend additional money if the allotment was traded. Expand I'm betting that Getz thought he could trade that money to the team signing Sasaki, then Sasaki came in for the January and later signing period. What else could they have thought they might use it for other than signing players? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 On 1/1/2025 at 3:01 AM, Balta1701 said: I'm betting that Getz thought he could trade that money to the team signing Sasaki, then Sasaki came in for the January and later signing period. What else could they have thought they might use it for other than signing players? Expand The most likely thing is they lied to the fans about their intent to shut them up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 On 1/1/2025 at 8:39 PM, southsider2k5 said: The most likely thing is they lied to the fans about their intent to shut them up. Expand Christmas bonuses, Mortimer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lyle Moooton Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 What do you think young Yobal is hiding under that hat? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 1/3/2025 at 4:38 PM, Sleepy Harold said: Expand I'm not buying into any of this hype after Vera...talk to me when he's in High A, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 1/7/2025 at 5:50 AM, caulfield12 said: I'm not buying into any of this hype after Vera...talk to me when he's in High A, lol. Expand Vera was undone by injuries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 1/7/2025 at 7:13 AM, Boopa1219 said: Vera was undone by injuries Expand Which is always a possibility for pitchers. It's why penciling in a list of pitchers years down the road is a fools errand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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southsider2k5 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 1/7/2025 at 6:45 PM, Sleepy Harold said: Expand If Keller is the guy who added Rodriguez, is is great to see immediate results from them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 On 1/7/2025 at 7:04 PM, southsider2k5 said: If Keller is the guy who added Rodriguez, is is great to see immediate results from them. Expand He was already working with the Mets, so surely they had their own list of Latin American targets already penciled in.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 On 1/8/2025 at 12:50 AM, caulfield12 said: He was already working with the Mets, so surely they had their own list of Latin American targets already penciled in.... Expand In most businesses you aren't allowed to contact clients after you leave, especially that quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eminor3rd Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 On 1/3/2025 at 4:38 PM, Sleepy Harold said: Expand That looks like a mound that early image AI would come up with if some prompted with "young white sox fan posing in front of baseball field in Cuba" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_Walker Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 So if yobal signed in December then they were able to use that extra $700k after all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 On 1/8/2025 at 6:17 PM, Greg_Walker said: So if yobal signed in December then they were able to use that extra $700k after all? Expand He didn't sign in December. It was announced that he would sign in the period opening in January of this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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