Chisoxfn Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 25 minutes ago, bmags said: I think right now sox fans are just on the short end of the stick. How many franchises feel hopeless? Probably us, rockies, oakland just because that relationship right now. If you are pitt, you know it isn't great, but ben cherington is extremely smart and basically helped create a successful boston core that lasted a decade. And boston couldn't keep em either. Tampa has competed. Milwaukee has competed. In many ways it's more competitive across cities than it is in the NBA, where the player salary compression reduces it to "where is the weather and city nicest". Given how many baseball players are from southeast/west coast, do you want the midwest teams only offering the same as florida teams? Baseball is pretty bad though - but there are organizations in far worse spots (financially) than White Sox who can still do it. In general - baseball is such a poor follow if you are a fan of a team with smaller budgets - but there are obviously some teams that can make it work. But man - it would be so much more enjoyable if baseball operated like football - where no team has a true financial advantage, so it really comes down to who has the best front office. Yes - there are other things they can do - spend more on coaches, etc and obviously some teams find creative ways - but in general baseball is such a turnoff where you can have teams with $400M in cash overlay (with luxury tax) and teams with like 35M. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppysox Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 58 minutes ago, Goober said: You tie profits to payroll; spend 50 mil on payroll then you get 50 mil cap in profit, rest goes to charity or the players. Interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralChamps21 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Easy solution to teams not spending: All TV money, both national and local, goes into a single pool. It gets distributed to teams proportionally based on what they spend on player salaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishPrince34 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Sean Murphy to Atlanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiddleCoastBias Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 No actual information, and Jake is a bit of a clown, but might be interesting to see if anything comes of this https://twitter.com/TalkinJake/status/1602346558405722114?s=20&t=luLVf7fBKJGSygaBDM9bZw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 56 minutes ago, MiddleCoastBias said: No actual information, and Jake is a bit of a clown, but might be interesting to see if anything comes of this https://twitter.com/TalkinJake/status/1602346558405722114?s=20&t=luLVf7fBKJGSygaBDM9bZw Looks like he was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 54 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said: On paper this looks like a great deal for Atlanta and that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSoxFanMike Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Harry Chappas said: On paper this looks like a great deal for Atlanta and that's it. How is that not a great deal for the Brewers lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said: really like this signing and contract 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said: really like this signing and contract Toronto seems to have signed 2 of the best value contracts these last 2 off-seasons. Gausman and Bassitt seem like they're on very reasonable deals. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Just now, chw42 said: Toronto seems to have signed 2 of the best value contracts these last 2 off-seasons. Gausman and Bassitt seem like they're on very reasonable deals. yes. Admittedly I wanted nothing to do with Gausman (oops) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I really like this for the Jays. Too bad the Sox are supposedly so broke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Tnetennba said: I really like this for the Jays. Too bad the Sox are supposedly so broke. It's not too far off the extension Lynn got. If Lynn's option gets picked up, it's only like $7 million less than this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCsoxfan Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 What’s the one signing that’s happened that you wish the white Sox did? Make it within reason and assume we’d have the same terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, NCsoxfan said: What’s the one signing that’s happened that you wish the white Sox did? Make it within reason and assume we’d have the same terms. Michael Brantley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox59 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, chw42 said: Michael Brantley Brantley signed? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, chw42 said: Michael Brantley Think he meant players that have already signed this off-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, NCsoxfan said: What’s the one signing that’s happened that you wish the white Sox did? Make it within reason and assume we’d have the same terms. It not limited to this year, Schwarber easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 This winter, probably Quintana. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob Sacamano Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Tnetennba said: Ah yes, the Mystery Team’s main rival. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said: Think he meant players that have already signed this off-season. Oh in that case, probably Quintana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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