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Interesting item from the article that the CFL commissioned a poll on the Amtrak move and Railyards development. It’s hard to tell how accurate this poll is, but FWIW, about 85% of respondents on Soxtalk were in favor of the Railyards proposal IIRC. The poll showed 60% in favor of the Amtrak maintenance facility and 70% in favor of the potential Railyards mixed-used development anchored by a stadium. But the poll also showed only 11% of the respondents had “heard a lot” about Amtrak’s proposed facility and less half “have heard anything at all,”

I know a few posters have suggested he’s just trolling us. How about this theory: he’s a plant by the Ishbia team to discredit the side that advocates for staying in Bridgeport with comically irrational posts. I mean, he’s totally sucked all oxygen out of the room here for any serious debate about this proposed move. Diabolically genius on Private Equity Justin’s part!

If the cubs are having liquidity problems. The investment in Wrigleyville is not paying off and the debt, not cub debt, is crippling them. Odd write up by someone that seems to know something to state that.

The Cubs with payroll constraints? Weird, since $143 million is in Brewers' territory...and Passan wants MIL to trade Megill in order to keep beefing up their elite farm system (and/or keep Contreras). But the Cubs adding another undersized Japanese starting pitcher with Suzuki and Imanaga both likely gone? Strange times. Who would have thought the possible payroll floor of $170-180 million would be too much for Ricketts? (Ofc, it's really not.)

I like Peralta the most of the second-tier options.

Except Rogers is likely to get a monster deal and is not very durable. Not opposed to it, but he's going to be expensive.

Love idea of King or Rogers. Would strongly dislike Martinez (old + terrible k rate.

I like the idea of Rogers. He’s a bit younger than the other guys and has shown TOR upside. I also like the idea of adding LHSP’s in this division.

That's fair, but I think that will be priced in. 2 years $35-40M -- may be tough to find a better value. I really like his groundball profile in Sox Park. As a secondary piece, I like the fit. As the only SP add, I would not be enthused.

come April (or whenever the late/truncated spring training comes) it will be the 'ole "Castillo is in the best shape of his life" talk track from Getz and company. Guaranteed.

Vasil is your MR FA

Will was the real MVP this year. Looking at this roster, even with as bad as the division and league where, dude squeezed everything out of these lemons that he could.

Did you just use the term "unwelcome"? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Dude get some fucking self-awareness.

Another half-truth and more targeted and unwelcome sarcasm. Of course"77 Hitmen" is not what that team is more popularly referred to and the South Loop Railroad yard is not what Chicagoans and White Sox fans think of as the "Southside." The RR yard is not even a neighborhood with schools, parks, churches etc, but more of an industrial and commercial area. The closest neighborhood to it appears to be Pilsen and the 18th street corridor. Ishbia probably did not even consider a retractable domed stadium likely because that kind of a stadium would never fit in the RR yard. Neither would an open air stadium with typical MLB outfield dimensions. He acquired the land first, then is trying to shoehorn a stadium into it. That is not the same process that the Bears are using as they consider relocating. You say that the RR tracks that will remain operational will be moved "a bit" East. How much can those RR tracks be moved? Was the potential move of those tracks already taken into account and depicted in the RR yard rendering? I would like to see a site plan to scale.

Well deserved. I thought Will was the winner but Cash was a worthy winner as well.

as one of the few optimists on this board...I actually said they would be in the 80-84 and it was mostly because I believed in what Will was selling. Well deserved even with the embarrassing last game of the season.

Yes, Ping Tom Park is immediately south of the 78. To the west, the UIC campus is only a 10 minute walk down Roosevelt from the NW end of the proposed Railyards development. This is a great opportunity to fill a huge gap and link these neighborhoods together. There was a proposal pitched a few months ago for a bus express route linking the Museum Campus, the 78, and Union/Ogilvie Stations. I don’t know how likely that is to happen, but it’s an interesting proposal. Block Club ChicagoSouth Loop Neighbors Pitch New Bus Connector As Developme...The proposed rapid bus line could get commuters around the South Loop with less hassle while leaving traffic and bike lanes untouched, according to South Loop Neighbors.

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Get King and I’ll be excited. Not sure they will add more than one (though I hope so). Push Kay to pen and have Schultz and Sandlin as the top options at Charlotte to replace guys who may get hurt/DFA’d (looks at Castillo) would be nice

Not a big fan of chasing a 36 year old coming off of a career year and a record high IP by about 30 innings when you include his playoff time.

I think Nick Martinez is a sneaky target if the Sox want to go pick up two arms. I like his fit, and he should be closer to a normal Sox expenditure. Hopefully he could be coupled someone like King or Rogers. Probably a pipe dream to get both, but it would be nice.