Chicago White Sox Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 46 minutes ago, poppysox said: Jerry might sign a 30 mil per year player. I said might. He is not signing a 30 million dollar per year player for 10 years. Our best path is to spend the money on as many GOOD players as 200 million will allow. Sorry...I'm a realist. Unfortunately, that approach doesn’t work great in free agency as you will be restricted B & C tier free agents with much lower margin of error when it comes to natural regression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighurt574 Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 1 hour ago, poppysox said: Jerry might sign a 30 mil per year player. I said might. He is not signing a 30 million dollar per year player for 10 years. Our best path is to spend the money on as many GOOD players as 200 million will allow. Sorry...I'm a realist. So am I but I'm still going to call out the stupidity. The market is the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77 Hitmen Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 At this rate, before too long there will be a player with enough money to build a new ballpark for Jerry Reinsdorf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zisk Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 If I remember correctly, the Sox made Dick Allen the highest paid player in baseball in 1972. 3 years at 235,000 a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 30 minutes ago, zisk said: If I remember correctly, the Sox made Dick Allen the highest paid player in baseball in 1972. 3 years at 235,000 a year. It was after the 72 season: February 27, 1973 - Coming off of his 1972 M.V.P. season, Dick Allen signed a three-year, $750,000 contract with the White Sox, making him the highest-paid player in baseball. While contract details for early baseball are sketchy, this is believed to be the first time a White Sox player had been the highest-paid in the game. Allen earned his deal by leading the A.L. in homers (37), RBIs (113), on-base percentage (.420), slugging percentage (.603) and OPS (1.023). It would be 24 years before the White Sox would boast the highest-paid player in the game again, when Albert Belle signed a deal that paid him $11 million for the 1997 season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppysox Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 47 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said: At this rate, before too long there will be a player with enough money to build a new ballpark for Jerry Reinsdorf. Maybe...but he won't be one of Jerry's players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 Last 7 or 8 years of contract it will be a albatross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananarchy Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 2 hours ago, Soxfest said: Last 7 or 8 years of contract it will be a albatross. Whatever. It matters so much less in baseball. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 On 12/8/2024 at 1:10 PM, Chicago White Sox said: I don’t think we ever made a real offer. And the rumor is he really wanted to sign with us. We 100% blew a gifted opportunity and it forever changed my life. I honestly don’t think there was ever a serious chance that JR would have signed Machado or Harper. No way in hell he’ll ever give a player that much money. It was all a pipe dream. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 6 hours ago, chetkincaid said: I honestly don’t think there was ever a serious chance that JR would have signed Machado or Harper. No way in hell he’ll ever give a player that much money. It was all a pipe dream. I've also heard this from people connected to the negotiations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 9 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: I've also heard this from people connected to the negotiations. It was all a show for the fans. Hey look, we tried! But darn, those dastardly Padres and Phillies swooped in and signed them both. It wasn’t our fault… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 14 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: It was all a show for the fans. Hey look, we tried! But darn, those dastardly Padres and Phillies swooped in and signed them both. It wasn’t our fault… 100% was not a show, at least not Machado. They got cocky and thought they could get him at their terms because of how the market was playing out. What they failed to realize was by slow playing they allowed a new team to enter the bidding last minute and quickly get a deal done. It was just terrible process and lead to a terrible outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said: 100% was not a show, at least not Machado. They got cocky and thought they could get him at their terms because of how the market was playing out. What they failed to realize was by slow playing they allowed a new team to enter the bidding last minute and quickly get a deal done. It was just terrible process and lead to a terrible outcome. They were $50 million guaranteed short. They never matched the Padres offer. Fake news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 https://www.yahoo.com/sports/juan-soto-broke-shohei-ohtanis-contract-record-after-1-year-how-long-will-sotos-record-deal-stand-190237071.html Who could break Soto mark? G.Henderson, de la Cruz, Merrill, Skenes… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 9 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: https://www.yahoo.com/sports/juan-soto-broke-shohei-ohtanis-contract-record-after-1-year-how-long-will-sotos-record-deal-stand-190237071.html Who could break Soto mark? G.Henderson, de la Cruz, Merrill, Skenes… Interesting thought line. I can't imagine a pitcher getting this kind of money. As great as Henderson is, his first full season was when he was 22, not 19. He just turned 26, whereas Henderson will turn 28 during his first year after free agency, for about 2.5 years older at free agency. Maybe inflation wins that fight, but maybe the fact that he's older limits the total money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 On 12/9/2024 at 12:23 PM, Chicago White Sox said: Unfortunately, that approach doesn’t work great in free agency as you will be restricted B & C tier free agents with much lower margin of error when it comes to natural regression. This is just it. You are going to see a much higher success rate when you are buying from the BMW bin versus the Ford bin for players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 In my opinion Rick has it exactly correct: https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/2024/12/11/mets-sign-juan-soto-to-gasp-765-million-contract-somehow-world-doesnt-end-cubs-white-sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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