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I still think he was hurt last year. If you put him on a team with a solid clubhouse where he can just focus on baseball, I'd expect him to rebound.

This is a nonissue. I'm not sure why we wouldn't trade him. We're probably 3-4 years from competing.

God damn, this is the most tedious, circular, worthless discussion I've ever read. You fuckers need to be more productive in life.

2027 is really optimistic.

I would guess they recognize the team is years away from competing and they're trying to fill the roster with decent human beings that can change the team's culture.

I'm not convinced the Sox were aggressively shopping Clevinger. MLB has been full of tradeable players with a worse history.

28 years ago? Jesus man.

When you realize that the Dodgers are owned by an investment firm made up of several billionaires, the "owners are cheap" argument is just dead. The game as a whole just isn't big enough, and doesn't generate enough money, to allow multiple franchises to operate in the same way. America's third most popular sport doesn't have infinite revenue. A small group of Sox fans have projected their hate for Reinsdorf in a way that's made them completely delusional, and they're seeking out marginalized sports writers to confirm their bias.

Hip Hop and gang purchases? Man, that's racist. For the record, no gangs are associated with White Sox apparel. In fact, the appeal of Sox gear throughout the years is that it's been considered neutral in relation to gangs. Anyway, the Dodgers can afford to take these risks because they're owned by a multi billion dollar investment firm. Jerry and the Sox brass ain't that.

KC has had 4 winning seasons over the last 35 and finished in the bottom half of attendance all but 2 of those years, despite winning a world series. I added them for a reason. The league is broken.

For fan interest and participation, consistently fielding competitive teams is more important than winning a world series. The majority of the league has to operate in small windows every 10 or 15 years, then fade away. There just isn't any incentive in following baseball if you grow up in Cleveland or Kansas City or Pittsburgh, and that's reflected in baseball's dwindling popularity. Baseball has a problem.

The small market owner argument doesn't hold much weight when we're talking about $1.5B tied up into 4 contracts. The vast majority of markets aren't going to compete with that - including the team with minority market share in Chicago.

Baseball is at its lowest participation and popularity rate in history. It's not even arguable. A 10% bump in popularity in Japan isn't going to move the needle enough to change that. If the sport wants to regain some of that, they need to figure out a way to have more parity. The NFL and NBA haven't had a problem figuring that out.

Baseball's at it's lowest popularity in history. Only 30% of Gen Z consider themselves baseball fans and follow a team, compared to 75% of Boomers. This can't be good for baseball. Why even bother following the sport when there's so much imbalance?

If you go to r/baseball, the reaction has been pretty universally "this is bullshit." Thousands of posts from fans of every team seem to agree. It has nothing to do with Jerry.

Over the last 25 years, the Padres have had 3 years in the top 15 in baseball and 11 in the bottom 5. The Sox have consistently outspent them over the last quarter century despite having very similar valuations. Also, f*** Jerry.

Damn these businesses with a couple thousand employees for trying to remain profitable.

I'm sorry, but this is just stupid. A team with a valuation of $1 billion can't sign a player for $700 million. There's a real world out there.

The Rays are actually a great example. Probably the best baseball organization in the business that will probably never win a world series because they can't buy the players to get them over the hump.

And f*** Jerry.

The Sox have the 16th highest valuation in baseball and have averaged the 13th highest payroll over the last 20 years. The Sox will never be able to compete with the Dodgers, Yankees and Mets. It's just not realistic. It's MLB's fault more than the Sox.

Yes, the guy already making like $50 million a year in sponsorships is a saint for deferring his $700 million contract. How selfless... The lack of CBT hit is total bullshit and terrible for the game.

Roy Oswalt with a less dynamic rising FB and nasty curve. He throws way, way too many splitters though and already has too much mileage on that arm. I think he'll be really good, but not $300 million good.

The economy is far from bad.

The Dodgers have $1.27 billion invested in Ohtani, Betts and Freeman. That's more than the valuation of 5 franchises.