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He's already in his mid 30's though...the number of guys who just suddenly take off at the big league level at that point can be counted on one hand.

Justin Turner replacement for the bench. 1-year at $1.25 million guaranteed.

The majority of their big contracts now have deferred money...it's at least creative. It's also the smartest way to operate (especially for teams with current cash crunches like the Twins, Marlins or Cincy) until it's disallowed or the numbers on current year payroll are much more punitive than $46 million vs. $70 million for each Ohtani contract year.

Sure, just like Theo Epstein until he got bored with the job and needed something bigger in scope. I guess?

"A journey of one thousand miles begins with a step..."

...?

He’s the leader this team has been missing. #LongLiveDrake

Warren will take a lot of heat, and rightfully so, but he’s not doing this without George’s blessing. The same George who held a meeting with rookies before the last Packers game to explain to them how important the Bears-Packers rivalry is. Lol.

He had a 112 wrc+ in 2024 in a tough home park. I don’t k ow what the hell happend last year, though.

Rodriquez influence already ?

This kid makes me laugh every single time.

If it is cash, we didn't.

It’s not going to be much for this guy either way.

We have the second priority in waiver claims so hopefully we didn't give up much more than a bag of balls.

And it will continue. Not expecting a 90% approval rating. He done good and questionably things. Even though Ive been at the forefront of the give him a chance he's trying to change something thats been bad a very long time brigade, theres still no money left for the roster. It seems like with JR he's given up trying to compete which he's already admitted about the current location of the team without a support village of moneymaking attractions around it. So more money than usual is going into infrastructure. That's the complete opposite of how JR used to operate where the 26 man roster was the focus based on the money mostly from attendance and TV advertising, merchandising etc. JR crys poor when he can't treat both with equal attention. Its only infrastructure now because it takes less money to support then a roster that requires more than half a billion dollars to compete. Ohtani was $700M alone and the Dodgers have to pay many many other players over the length of that 10 year contract with $68M deferred annually .

“Sox aggressive in stealing a seat at the table”

Sox "aggressive" in mid pursuit

I would also prefer to keep local governments out of it, because the fans and taxpayers end up getting screwed no matter what happens. The way I understand this situation, though, is the Bears are funding the stadium. They want infrastructure help from the state (who owns that infra), and the state said its not a priority in 2026. Yeah, the Bears don't HAVE to move, but honestly they should. Soldier Field sucks to get to, the field sucks, it's tiny, and it's outdoors when most modern stadiums are domes. The city already blew their chance to keep the team in the city. The state should be trying to work with them on this but instead we get petty nonsense back and forth endlessly.

Yeah, he turns 7 in a couple years.

Sounds like the perfect time for the "Carlos Rodriguez is already paying dividends!!!" post.

Bring in a front office guy from Tampa and immediately trade for someone on the margins of their roster, eh?

Well, either your starting RF or the perfect platoon partner to pair with Hill if/when Robert gets traded.

I'd love to grab Buehler on a cheap multi year deal, as a starter. See if you can fix him.

That's the joke.

The only interesting thing about this guy is his birthday.