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  1. Jerry started with a 17 year head start over Tampa Bay. TB spends a fraction of payroll and eat the Sox' lunch each and every year because they hire competent management to run the team. The White Sox don't need a new stadium to compete. They need new competent owners & management. The Bulls don't need a new stadium to compete. They need new competent owners & management. The Bears don't need a new stadium to compete. They need new competent owners & management.
  2. Ignorant statement. Our nation has been hallowed out by the blatant kleptocracy of the past 40 years. These are literal slave jobs and all the profits goes to Bezos and his whore. This will cost $7B-$10B over 30-40 years after counting the upfront costs, the taxes never recovered, the additional renovations, and most importantly the substantial interest paid each and every years to funds this s%*#. $800M was spent to pay off the $40M the duplicitous and or blatantly ignorant media focuses on the past 14 years. Billions have been spent since 1988 on the Sox stadium, fixing several aspects of s%*# Jerry insisted on, and then giving the fucking worthless 10 games a year Bears a boondoggle. Neither of these lecherous families are going anywhere. Any replacement market will be much smaller than what they would be leaving. Jerry literally called all you rubes idiots when reflecting on his “negotiations” in the 1980s, when those empty threats and these empty threats were all complete and utter bullshit. Let the Bears and Sox move to Salt Lake City. Good luck with that.
  3. https://www.chicagobusiness.com/sports/chicago-white-sox-need-new-stadium-compete-stay-city-jerry-reinsdorf He said the same thing in the 1980s, and he changed nothing over time. Anything else worth while in the piece (cut off after a few sentences for me)?
  4. He's buried three generations of Wirtz' and wouldn't be surprised if he outlived many on this board. Spite alone might push him into the 2040s or 2050s. Perhaps he'll even outlive Virginia McCaskey. Keith Richards, however, might be a bridge too far.
  5. It's very likely Jerry Reinsdorf will end with an overall losing record owning the White Sox. They are 3,374-3,363-4 .501 entering this season. They will likely also finish the 2020s under .500 for the decade (258-251 through 2023), and possibly for all time before the end of the decade (9,553-9,491-103 .5016) unless Jerry is replaced soon. Over 80% of fans attending games cannot even remember a winning ownership group (Arthur Allyn Jr & John Allyn) through 1968. Records for completed decades / tenures. (6) White Sox Winning Decades World Series Appearances .5625 1901-1909 (744-575-34) 1906 World Series Championship .5496 1950-1959 (847-693-13) 1959 American League Pennant .5351 1910-1919 (798-692-18) 1917 World Series Championship & 1919 American League Pennant .5287 2000-2009 (857-764) 2005 World Series Championship .5285 1960-1969 (852-760-2) .5261 1990-1999 (816-735-3) (4) White Sox Winning Ownership Tenures World Series Appearance Seasons .558 Dorothy Comiskey Rigney 1957-1958 (172-136-2) .556 Bill Veeck Junior First Ownership Group 1959 - June 11, 1961 (201-160-2) 1959 A. L. Pennant .545 Arthur Allyn Junior & John Allyn June 12, 1961 - 1968 (677-566-2) .514 Charles Comiskey 1901-1931 (2391-2260-62) 1906 & 1917 World Series; 1919 A. L. Pennant (4) White Sox Winning General Manager Tenures World Series Appearance Seasons .565 Hank Greenberg 1959 - August 26, 1961 (246-189-2) 1959 A. L. Pennant .556 John Rigney & Charles Comiskey II 1956-1958 (257-205-2) .534 Charles Comiskey 1901-1914 (1115-968-48) 1906 World Series Championship .527 Ron Schueler 1991-2000 (817-734-3) .521 Kenny Williams 2001-2012 (1014-931) 2005 World Series Championship .511 Ed Short August 26, 1961 - September 1, 1970 (749-717-2) .504 Stu Holcomb September 1, 1970 - 1972 (173-170)
  6. Need to wait to see if they dump Cease or convert any NRIs, but as of now they cut $48.9M ($181.1M to $132.2M). This amount includes Leury's buyout, and the entire 40 man roster including guys on the IL. I don't see the final payment due to Abreu, or the first of ten payments due to Hendriks in the 2024 detail. https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/
  7. It's even more amazing how much money terrible owners can earn. And thinking back over the past decade, terrible managers and GMs.
  8. Tim Anderson would be tied for the second highest paid SS this offseason at $2M, with Isiah Kiner-Falefa the only player with a higher AAV or total salary ($15M over 2 seasons). https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/free-agent-tracker?sign=signed&pos=ss
  9. Love the fact WGN used the OG rendering with Chicacago (2:27) . Go ask Chicacago for billions you clowns.
  10. That's not true, at least from the prospective of most fans. If a team plays hard and smart, it's not as egregious as when a team loses due to terrible play, bad unprofessional mistakes, fielding players in a position to fail, or ownership/players not giving a s%*#.
  11. Over: Moncada (2.4); Pillar (0.2); Fedde (1.1); Brebbia (0.4). Under: Eloy (1.9); Fletcher (0.4); Sheets (0.1). Please do not sign: Moustakas (-0.1).
  12. I'd like the Sox' to break camp with this roster, assuming no other major signings, with Sosa starting 4-5 games a week across 2B/SS/3B regularly if he looks ready to open the season at the MLB level. Assumes the Crochet SP experiment does not translate into the season. vs. RH: LF A. Benintendi; 1B A. Vaughn; CF L. Robert Jr.; 3B Y. Moncada; DH E. Jimenez; RF D. Fletcher; SS P. DeJong; 2B N. Lopez; C Stassi/Maldonado Bench: C Stassi/Maldonado; INF L. Sosa; INF/OF D. Mendick; OF K. Pillar vs. LH: LF A. Benintendi; 1B A. Vaughn; CF L. Robert Jr.; 3B Y. Moncada; DH E. Jimenez; RF K. Pillar; SS P. DeJong; 2B N. Lopez; C Stassi/Maldonado Bench: C Stassi/Maldonado; INF L. Sosa; INF/OF D. Mendick; OF D. Fletcher Rotation: D. Cease; M. Kopech; E. Fedde; M. Soroka; C. Flexen Bullpen: CL G. Crochet; SU J. Brebbia; J. Chavez; MR: D. Garcia; S. Drohan; T. Hill; B. Shaw Swing T. Toussaint.
  13. Fletcher needs to sit vs. most LHP to not destroy his confidence at the MLB level, at least initially. He shouldn't just be handed the job, same as Colas or anyone else with zero proven MLB track record. Nomar Mazara is like Babe Ruth in comparison. Billy Hamilton is far better vs. LHP. Yesterday Nomar Mazara (Through Age 27) 684 Games, 2690 PA .729 OPS, 85 HR (.633 OPS vs. LHP 648 PA) Billy Hamilton (Through Age 32) 951 Games, 3285 PA .617 OPS, 24 HR (.598 OPS vs. LHP 923 PA) Leury Garcia (Through Age 31) 701 Games, 2402 PA .644 OPS, 34 HR (.670 OPS vs. LHP 704 PA) Adam Eaton (Through Age 32) 914 Games, 3910 PA .763 OPS, 66 HR ( .682 OPS vs. LHP 926 PA) Brian Goodwin (Through Age 30) 429 Games, 1395 PA .757 OPS, 50 HR (.688 OPS vs. LHP 293 PA) Adam Engel (Through Age 31) 528 Games, 1546 PA, .628 OPS, 30 HR (.636 OPS vs. LHP 474 PA) Today Gavin Sheets (Through Age 27) 296 Games, 933 PA .690 OPS, 36 HR (.332 OPS vs. LHP 84 PA) Dominic Fletcher (Through Age 25) 28 Games, 102 PA .791 OPS, 2 HR (.422 OPS vs. LHP 30 PA) Oscar Colas (Through Age 24) 75 Games, 263 PA .571 OPS, 5 HR (.531 OPS vs. LHP 63 PA) Kevin Pillar (Through Age 34) 1114 Games. 4052 PA .702 OPS, 106 HR (.769 OPS vs. LHP 1198 PA)
  14. He cannot start opening day as they are facing LHP Skubal, unless they are going to go with 5th OF guy’s .422 OPS vs. LHP. Since Colas, Sheets, Benintendi and DeLoach are also LHB, Pillar or Sosa will (or at least should) be the OD and regular RF against LHP. Getz is on the road to Hahnville with that Mena trade.
  15. At least with the Sox, there is a good chance a non-Reinsdorf will take over within the next decade, though can see him slotting in someone as non-committed to winning as he was during a near half century. Perhaps Michael is still hamstrung with his father trying annually to land an 8 or 9 playoff seed. If he continues in this manner after Jerry is gone, you would need some major random multiyear lottery luck to ever hope to have a legitimate chance at ever possibly competing.
  16. Looks like they will be adding to this list at 2B and RF at minimum, with Eloy the only likely player to break the current streak. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/opening.shtml Career White Sox bWAR White Sox Seasons 2B Gordon Beckham (2010-2013) 6.9 7 Seasons DH Adam Dunn (2011-2014) -0.4 4 Seasons RF Avisail Garcia (2017-2018) 6.4 6 Seasons
  17. I think we can all agree some projections will far short, perhaps a few far short, and others will exceed, perhaps a few greatly exceed their projections. I think the primary difference between last year and this year is the Sox are about the same when you compare actual 2023 performance and likely 2024 performance among their core group. However, I believe their depth in the rotation and position players is much improved. Their bullpen is worse than last year, but you need to blend in the last two months of 2023, which I believe the Sox can match, possibly exceed, with the people they brought it. I'm not saying there is a likely huge margin of safety for over 64 1/2, but the public in general overreact based on what happened last year. A majority here thought the Sox would win over 100 games in 2022 based primarily on 2021. Nobody here predicted a 60 win season last year. That's where I'm coming from.
  18. The ISFA, not Jerry, owns all the adjacent land around the stadium. Jerry isn't selling until he is dead. The only way it's sold when he's alive if he becomes incapacitated and his family takes over his business affairs. Even in that scenario, they would structure it like the Orioles did with Peter Angelos' sale; a minority share now and the rest upon death to minimize the tax impact.
  19. WGN has exclusive footage of Jerry Reinsdorf in Springfield.
  20. Stadium: Paul Vario Field Attached Bar/Restaurant: The Bamboo Lounge
  21. Last year's team had a lot of expensive deadwood with name recognition among the general public, but they likely were the worse team considering the entire season. People are overlooking the absolute, but par for the course under Hahn, putrid level of depth on and beyond the 40 man roster. Simply managing injuries better and having playable substitutes should add 4-5 wins. All that said, the primary focus of Getz and Pedro should be: Send support to the minor leagues to assess and develop players. Maximize playing time for all young players on the active roster. No more "Tony/Ozzie Ball" ride the bench rookie, you got to earn any time here. Shitcan Pedro immediately, if not sooner, if he doesn't play ball and favors win now over the future. Be up front and incentivize Pedro and staff. They will be assessed in 2024 primarily on player development, not Ws & Ls. Stop the bleeding of bad baseball to stabilize attendance while marketing a more likable team. Flip any valuable guys over 27, add A-AA-AAA potential 2026 MLB starting player prospects. 13.2 2023 Actual fWAR 3.1 Position Players 10.1 Pitchers Versus 23.5 2024 Projected fWAR 7.5 Outfield + DH 6.5 Infield 7.8 Starters 1.7 Relievers
  22. There is minimal public support in Las Vegas to land the A’s. There is minimal public support in Nashville to land any MLB team. The cable TV RSN carriage scam has reached an end (grabbing a majority of revenue off of subscribers who have zero interest in you product, about 97% of Americans based Manfred’s new normal World Series ratings). The stadium musical chairs scam is also nearing an end, with Oakland drastically downgraded Nevada land grant facing significant funding and logistic shortfalls, and all remaining American markets as or less lucrative than the bottom five existing markets. Stand tall Pritzker, Do The Right Thing.
  23. Well, Randolph didn’t walk out of that room either.
  24. Their system projects the Sox finishing 67-95. https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Standings Not sure how dynamic their system is to account for likely trade deadline dumps and roster playing time in Aug-Sept for fill ins. I don’t see as many guys being traded this July, primarily because they had more high caliber players to trade last year vs. this year.
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