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Jimmy also dropped that nugget the other day that pitchers don’t like throwing to Lee

Yep, and Romo is younger than Lee, was a comparable hitter in the minors as Lee, and has 2 options remaining while Lee has none. Lee does have much more major league experience than Romo, but I think he still has very little trade value. I’d rather have Romo and he was just a waiver claim like you said. It was a nice waiver claim by Getz. If he can get a mediocre/fringe prospect or any sort of bum reliever arm with major league experience for Lee, that would be great.

Don't underestimate this, especially with today's chaotic political climate. These people want to get reelected first and foremost and I'm guessing most voters are more concerned with issues impacting them in the here and now as opposed to helping the Bears get a new stadium.

Here is my understanding of the situation: The Bears and Illinois had an agreement for the renovation/rebuild of Soldier Field. The Bears paid their portion on the agreement. Illinois issued bonds to cover their portion. Hotel tax revenue was to be used to pay down the bonds. Those bonds were backloaded. What the state has been doing with the hotel tax revenue, rather than paying down the bonds is the issue. I am not a fan of government funding of stadiums. However, I don't believe the Bears should be responsible for the state's lousy handling of the financing either. The state would need to pay or refinance those bonds regardless of where the Bears play in the future. Moving doesn't change this at all, so why should the Bears be responsible?

I think that has been a problem for a while in Chicago sports in general. We have a lot of paper rich owners in this city, and not cash flow rich. Especially before the Ricketts bought the Cubs, outside of maybe the Hawks owners, these guys wealth was largely tied up in the fact that they owned teams. Jerry being a real estate guy meaning, again, a dude whose wealth is NOT liquid. The McCaskeys are literally rich because they own the Bears. Unless they sell the team, they don't have billions sitting around to build a stadium, so the offer IS important to them.

Agreed but he meatball Bears fans still think the Bears have $8B sitting in a checking account. I think if IN pays the full amount it gets built in IN. Greg's high school may even play their football championship there LOL

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Bingo. A 24-year old switch hitter who’s also apparently good defensively with 2 options just went for nothing. Maybe Lee moves for fringe 40-man guy during Spring Training at best. Edit: meant option, not years of control

And all you need to know is that we just picked up a similar (or better if you believe the hype) off of waivers.

Maybe. I guess that depends on the team they might be talking to, their need, and how they evaluate Lee.

Matt Thaiss was traded for Dru Baker, purely a depth OF, and Thaiss is a legitimate backup who could start for stretches. Seby Zavala was a throw-in for the Eugenio Suarez trade. If Robert and $10M gets you LuisAngel Acuña and a TJS pitching prospect, maybe Robert, Lee and $9.5M gets you the same package.

Yeah I don’t agree at all. Lee isn’t really going to bring back anything of value, if he is even traded.

Romo definitely feels like the replacement for Lee. Will be interesting to see what he returns if traded.

I agree. I might be in the minority here, but I think Lee might bring back more value in a trade than Sosa. I realize that Lee has no options left but his position is a premium and he's solid at it. Add to that he comes with 4 years of control. There are definitely teams in need of catching- Phillies, Padres, Giants and I'm sure there's others. Lee might be able to start for a couple of those teams too. You might command a solid leverage reliever in return or a flyer on a low A ball high ceiling prospect - pitching or OFs. Maybe I'm overvaluing him 🤷 but its obvious the Sox are going to do something. They picked up Romo to replace Lee.

Yea! The White Sox make Jeff Passan's "Winning the Offseason" list. Those banners hang forever!! MLB free agency: Offseason winners, teams in need of a move - ESPN

I'm sure Ishbia knows this. It's probably why he dropped his Twins bid when the chance to buy the Sox came up.

LIke I said before, I have no doubt Indiana will whore itself out in order to try to win this. Really it is up to Illinois to how deep they want to dig.

There must be accountability or else the integrity of ban bets will be in question.

Yeah he seems like he’s just a placeholder until Cole and Rodon come back.

Despite the big velo, Weathers has never done much for me. Every team thinks they can get more out of him, but he's just not very good.

Detroit has spent more money than the Sox, but Cleveland, KC and Min are in the bottom 6 in spending so far.

He chose to be nicer to everyone else

If the goal is to get satisfaction out of telling the Bears to "kiss our ass" and they move to Indiana and build their privately-funded stadium across the state line, Illinois will still owe $500M on the Soldier Field renovations. Do I think the Bears should make some concessions? Yes. But if all the state wants to do is tell the McCaskeys to kiss their asses because they're billionaires, that's a sure fire way to get a stadium built in Hammond. At least Pritzker is sounding like he's open to negotiations. All the previous talk about IL not even considering a Bears stadium deal for at least another year, if not longer (until IL solves all crime, poverty, and fills all potholes) is a good way to drive businesses out of state. That doesn't mean I agree with giving everything the Bears want, but it sounds like some state officials aren't even interested in negotiating. They just want to be able to tell people they told the Bears to go to hell.

A nicer guy would have taken the W and allowed him to continue posting. 🤣