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It’s been wild ride with you guys, but I’m officially the fuck out of here. I’m moving the family to Nashville so my children do not have to endure the incompetence of this front office & ownership group. Unfortunately nothing will ever change until Uncle Jerry dies and the fact I even had to type that sentence shows just how we fucked we all are as Sox fans. We all deserve so much better. Like we literally just got punked by the San Diego fucking Padres. At least we had a seat at the table right...right...right? I fully expect to be ridiculed endlessly for this post and I totally accept that. Please flame away and tell I’m an idiot and all will be fine. I really want to believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel here, but when this front office can’t land an elite free agent when they practically fall into their lap I’ve simply lost all hope.

I mean, your kids don't need to move to Nashville in order to avoid the wrath of JR

I'd like to go to a game this year, but I just can't get to the $10 level

I work for a company based in Nashville and my career mobility is tied to being there. I currently work remotely out of Chicago and have debated for several years if I should make the move. As pathetic as this may be, but the thought of going to Sox games with my two sons when they get older has been a big reason I’ve passed on opportunities there. After this fuck-up and what it means going forward, I’m not sure that’s a dream worth pursuing when my wife is a huge Cubs fan and it will be a battle to get them to love the White Sox like I do. I’ll always be a Sox fan, but Rick Hahn & company have pretty much destroyed my dream and it’s time to be an actual adult and prioritize the things in life that actually reward for the time & effort you put into them.

Hahn is the Clark Griswold of MLB GMs. Don’t let the fancy degree fool you.

Fuck that TA is one of the few reasons to watch this club and he's 100% right. People are dumb man. They don't get how pro athletes are wired. If TA was worried about Manny he isn't TA. He isn't some broke ass AA kid that didn't even pick up a bat until 14 or so and then made it through CC to a 1st round pick and now to a 25 million dollar guaranteed deal. He's TA man! He ain't scurred. None of these pro guys are. Sure there are moments, but they are made of sterner stuff than you and I for the most part.

I hope the Padres fail horribly and both guys are terrible.

1997: "Anyone who thinks this team can catch Cleveland is CRAZY!" 2019: "Anyone who thinks this team can match San Diego's financial power is CRAZY!"

What sucks is there is no doubt I would have rather seen Avi get one more chance with Palka at DH instead of giving Alonso at bats and releasing Avi

Can we get a thread running for a Mark Cuban petition?

My concern is not the anger the will come from the die hard fans like us, but from the general apathy the club will receive from the general fans. This is one of the worst days in franchise history. The damage is done.

Good evening, Rick. While I assume that you will never actually read this, just wanted to say a few things in the event that you or someone who you work with actually reads White Sox MB's. I am a long time White Sox fan. When I saw my first game at Comiskey Park, Bill Veeck owned the team, Harry Carey was the play by play man, and the White Sox had not yet played a game on Sports Vision. I have seen at least one home game every year since then and even a World Series game. I have been with this team through thick and thin. I remember the thin years when Ivan Calderon was our best player. I recall the Frank Thomas era with so may great teams from 1990-2005. I recall the frustrations or the Kenny Williams post-World Series after-glow with all of those band aid fixes to try and keep the team competitive while trading away solid prospects for past their prime veterans or giving away deals that bloated the payroll. You have done an admirable job of cutting the waste and rebuilding the farm system. All of the bad contracts are gone, and their is hope again on the South Side for a bright future. It is an exciting time to be a White Sox fan even if some of these prospects go the way of Scott Ruffcorn or Gordon Beckham which some of them most assuredly will. With how White Sox fans are viewed nationally by ESPN and others, we need something tangible to take away that stench. There is no payroll to speak of for the foreseeable future. Giving out a massive contract is not only not going to break the budget, but it would be criminal if it did not come to pass. You and this organization are not going to have to start handing out massive contracts like the ones the Cubs players are starting to hand out for another 6-7 years if these hyped prospects even pan out, and there are no assurances that they will. Kopech may never get back to his hard throwing self. Moncada may never live up to his hype much like Jurickson Profar never will. You never know how things may play out with prospects. When you have a player that has a track record of elite level production, that player commands a large salary. That is a cost of doing business in MLB. What I know for certain is that the next television contracts will be much larger if there is a marquee product to sell. When you have all-stars and elite players, you have more leverage to ask for more money from television networks. In business, you have to spend money to make money. That is where a large contract for Machado or Harper makes sense. Plus, it helps give credibility to the organization. Think of the extra media revenue. Think of more people in the stands. Think of more jerseys and merchandise being sold. Think of the extra playoff game revenue. Think of excitement from casual fans if they could see a Machado or Harper playing for the White Sox. That casual fan then buys a White Sox hat instead of a Cubs hat and takes his kids to White Sox games instead of Cubs games. That is how you rebuild the fanbase!! Even if you ignore all of this extra revenue coming in that the organization currently does not have, doesn't what I say make sense? If you truly want to get things going here, now is the time to act. The financial flexibility for this move is here. All of the large market teams other than the White Sox or the playoff teams do not have the finances for this move. Jerry is not getting younger. If he wants one last shot at the championship, the time to act is right now. Not in 4-5 years. Is putting all of your eggs in the prospects basket and praying for development and good health really the prudent move? If the price is 8-10 years at over $250 million, that is an investment you have to make. Trust me here. If you build it, we will come. Stop beating around the bush. Make the right offer and get us back! Don't make this move for yourself. Don't make this move for Jerry. Don't make this move for the organization. Make this move for the fans! We want it. We need it. We deserve it.

Dear Jerry Reinsdorf, Fuck you. Sincerely, White Sox fans everywhere

First class troll job. I give it a 9.9 out of 10.

No team had a cleaner payroll, and no team needed him more than the White Sox, yet the White Sox weren't willing to get it done -- despite the fact that there WASN'T some 10 team bidding war, which would drive the price up.

WOW. Just fucking guarantee the $25M in 27-28 and we have him. This just makes me more mad.

It’s obvious JR needs to sell.

This was set up as an idiot proof free agency for the white Sox and they somehow screwed it up.

Get Jay and Alonso the fuck off the team as quickly as possible. At this point, Palka should get Alonso's ABs at DH. They're going to get it from ignorant fans. It isn't their fault, and if you're pissed don't go to the games.

You know what the difference between 250m and 300m is? Yonder Alonso, Jon Jay, Kelvin Herrera, Alex Colome.

Rick Hahn's job is the General Manager. Regardless of everything else, his job is to make decisions that help put together a winning baseball team. If ownership was hesitant to spend $310 million on a player and he's staring at this organization where that player would be a perfect fit and where they've cleared out all their long term payroll commitments...it is his job to convince ownership to support that, and if he has trouble with that - then don't waste the $40 million we wasted this offseason and use that money as the final piece. There are 2 mistakes - Rick Hahn is an awful general manager, ownership's mistake is employing him.

Ok I've been on board with just about every pissed off post today. But this is too much.

I was such a fool for buying into this franchise’s rebuild. They’re eternally incompetent

"The White Sox have just agreed to terms with Bryce Harper."

He's so full of shit it's unreal

This franchise does not deserve us as fans. We deserve a better run team. This sucks. I wish I could just make myself a Cards fan. But I'm too invested I think.

No ridicule. You are 100% correct and I salute you. ?

Manny is going to sure look strange playing in SD with those custom white Sox gloves....

White flag was bad but I think worse I felt was Laroche saga and maybe the double dip with guaranteed rate field. This is worse because it confirms the FO isn't up to the job and it isn't getting better.

Harper is the chance to right a wrong. You got out negotiated, now get back up and get in there.

For Harper, offer him 10/ $330 million guaranteed. No opt outs. Or give him a 5 year opt out. Even salary. He beats Machado. He beats Stanton. JR saves face. If Harper performs and Machado perform, they save money in the long run if the $350 million is accurate. Boras keeps his clients in shape. Harper plays hard, and is really the face of baseball. Win. Win.

Hahn and Co. asked for patience and to buy into the rebuild being a success. I seriously question whether we are any closer to true contention as we sit now, than we were two years ago? With HUGE AMOUNTS of payroll flexibility moving forward, they elected to be outbid for a premium free agent and tapped out. I do not buy into the BS that Kenny and Hahn are selling anymore.

Don’t blame Machado. Blame your team. Why didn’t we offer the same as the Padres then and test that theory? Also he obviously didnt want to play for the Padres from day 1.....because they werent involved at day 1. Money won in the end as it usually does.

I am sorry, I, in the past have defended JR, but this is ridiculous. He made a great deal buying the Sox. An even better deal buying the Bulls. Combined, the teams are worth about $5 billion. He and his partners, many of whom are the same for both teams, have made tons of money. And except for Michael Jordan, and a for a short while DRose, hasn't had sustained winning for either franchise. With all they have made, you would think paying Machado or Harper would be a small payback to the people of Chicago who have given so much for, except for MJ, which these guys had nothing to do with acquiring, so little. It's time for the ownership group to move on. Let there be another voice. JR's isn't woking. His loyal lieutenants' aren't working. They need to get with the times.

Do any of you know where I could sell a slightly used special ordered Machado white sox jersey? I might have jumped the gun a little bit... I mean, asking for a friend?

Traded Tatis Jr. for trash and messed up signing his replacement. Hahn is amazing.

Honestly I feel really betrayed by this organization. I gave them the benefit of the doubt that they were serious about spending with the big boys. If they ever where going to be in position to do it it would have been now. At a time where they never needing that centerpiece to build around more than right now. It all lined up. But they were only in it because it was a discounted rate being passed around for the past three months otherwise they wouldn’t have even been mentioned.

This team just explicitly told us they aren’t willing to pay a player $30mm per year under any circumstances. This was arguably the second best free agent opportunity ever, next to Alex Rodriguez. Im trying to resist hyperbole because this is all very hot and fresh, but I’ve never felt worse or more hopeless about this franchise than I do now. It would have been one thing to lose the bidding, but it’s entirely another to lose it when it was at a rate well below what established superstars are already making. If this is how they’re going to operate, the only way they’ll ever win again is through pure luck.

I legitimately feel terrible for them. They were used against manny in all honesty.

It is. The Patriots guy said it's the day they BOTH become White Sox. Of course, we probably will hit a last minute snag which will delay the official announcement a few days.

Maybe it’s me, but I don’t necessarily think Sox are out on Bryce and KW could be bluffing

Cancelled.

To be fair to those guys they should give them their release right now. Let them go find work elsewhere. Eat the money and take the L. If you actually care about them as a human you wouldn't subject them to the vitriol that is going to come their way from ignorant fans. Also, if the Sox weren't going over $300M I was wrong about them actually being serious. They were never serious at all. We're all fools for thinking they were.

Hahn did a great job. He wasted $13 million on two garbage players to recruit Machado and helped a division rival free up $9 million as well. Stellar work to add to what he did with Tatis Jr.

Dude f***ing cancel it right now. Absolutely. Go do it now. Don't wait, do it right now. There will be a surge of cancellations in the Chicago Area today that will actually show up in their statistics. Join in that. They will actually be able to see themselves losing money today.

They had Yonder Alonso make calls to get season ticket holders to renew. Basically saying "yeah we gonna sign machado wink wink" While they weren't ready to top a 30mil aav. You can't make this shit up.

Clearly JR just needs to sell the team. I can’t imagine how anyone will forgive them for this.

Because they're clowns, not professionals. They thought they could bring in his friends and have it be a party and the fact that they wouldn't put a fair offer on the table wouldn't matter.

and WSD can climb back in his hole and shut up for a while