bighurt574 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 We're eventually going to need to land a big FA to anchor the lineup IMO but I'm not entirely sold on Vlad or Tucker and next year is probably too early anyway. If we're actually willing to spend again, probably target a couple second tier position players and maybe Gallen or Valdez to anchor an otherwise young rotation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppysox Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/27/2025 at 12:20 PM, Kyyle23 said: Imagine thinking of buying a team and browsing their fan pages and seeing a post about spending your money 😂 Expand Imagine buying a team and letting JR manage your investment for a few years. I don't think so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 On 2/28/2025 at 1:55 AM, poppysox said: Imagine buying a team and letting JR manage your investment for a few years. I don't think so. Expand Melody Hobson might be more of a passive investor, just looking for ROI/RoR. We MIGHT find out something more on Friday. There's no way in hell I would want either Reinsdorf or Getz around my $1.8 billion dollar investment. They gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 https://www.si.com/mlb/walker-buehler-looks-dominant-in-first-start-with-red-sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 News coming out that Vladimir Guerrero had an ask for $600 freaking million from Toronto...that's crazy for a bat-first player at a corner who just might be in the greatest physical shape 8-10 years down the line. https://global.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44143628/vladimir-guerrero-jr-says-final-offer-600-million-blue-jays-extension-talk Also, Lawrence Butler signed a $65.5 million, 7 year extension with the A's. That's almost $130 million just between Rooker ($60 million) and Butler this offseason, not to mention the Luis Severino deal for $67 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopek Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 3/7/2025 at 6:23 AM, caulfield12 said: Also, Lawrence Butler signed a $65.5 million, 7 year extension with the A's. That's almost $130 million just between Rooker ($60 million) and Butler this offseason, not to mention the Luis Severino deal for $67 million. Expand Poor Oakland fans. If only their team was forced to spend money earlier. Good for Butler, though. Dude can ball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Start with the front office. Get some solid baseball people running this team. I have nothing against Getz but he would have to go. Said good-bye to Schriffen and Stone. Enough of both of them. Bring on AJ in some capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 3/7/2025 at 6:23 AM, caulfield12 said: News coming out that Vladimir Guerrero had an ask for $600 freaking million from Toronto...that's crazy for a bat-first player at a corner who just might be in the greatest physical shape 8-10 years down the line. https://global.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44143628/vladimir-guerrero-jr-says-final-offer-600-million-blue-jays-extension-talk Also, Lawrence Butler signed a $65.5 million, 7 year extension with the A's. That's almost $130 million just between Rooker ($60 million) and Butler this offseason, not to mention the Luis Severino deal for $67 million. Expand No thanks. Let someone else make that mistake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopek Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 3/7/2025 at 2:30 PM, Bob Sacamano said: No thanks. Let someone else make that mistake. Expand Artie Moreno’s ears just perked up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 2/28/2025 at 1:55 AM, poppysox said: Imagine buying a team and letting JR manage your investment for a few years. I don't think so. Expand You don't have to imagine. Check the purchase price and the current valuation. They bought the team for $19 million. Now it's close to $2 billion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 3/7/2025 at 2:58 PM, Texsox said: You don't have to imagine. Check the purchase price and the current valuation. They bought the team for $19 million. Now it's close to $2 billion. Expand On Jan 29, 1981 the day that the Sox sale closed, the Dow closed the day at 948.89. It closed yesterday at 42579. That means the Dow has gone by up about 44.9X. The same math for the Sox returns 105.3X. (19m vs 2b) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppysox Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 3/7/2025 at 2:58 PM, Texsox said: You don't have to imagine. Check the purchase price and the current valuation. They bought the team for $19 million. Now it's close to $2 billion. Expand Yep...the golden age for owners...not so much for fans. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On 3/7/2025 at 3:06 PM, southsider2k5 said: On Jan 29, 1981 the day that the Sox sale closed, the Dow closed the day at 948.89. It closed yesterday at 42579. That means the Dow has gone by up about 44.9X. The same math for the Sox returns 105.3X. (19m vs 2b) Expand So if my math is correct if someone in 1979 invested $10,000 JR has turned that investment into $1 million dollars today. Imagine not buying that '79 Camaro for cash and instead having JR use it to buy a baseball team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On 3/8/2025 at 6:39 PM, Texsox said: So if my math is correct if someone in 1979 invested $10,000 JR has turned that investment into $1 million dollars today. Imagine not buying that '79 Camaro for cash and instead having JR use it to buy a baseball team. Expand That is pretty much the idea behind investing. For funzies, gold closed at 493.75 that day. Today it is 2911. That is 5.9X 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On 3/8/2025 at 7:17 PM, southsider2k5 said: That is pretty much the idea behind investing. For funzies, gold closed at 493.75 that day. Today it is 2911. That is 5.9X Expand I love asking my gold obsessed friends who believe the end is near. When the currency collapses how they will buy groceries with gold? Will Jewel have a scale to weigh it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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