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Good for everyone around Don’t get me wrong, there’s a chance the Jays absolutely regret this…but at least they are going for it. Must be nice

Woof

There's a lot of money in baseball and it has to go somewhere. Props to Blue Jays ownership for being willing to spend and actually trying to win.

Got PAID! Good for Cease.

Shhhh, it’s someone else’s fault…

So in 2+ years since being named GM, Getz has built a lineup that is projected to average 1.5 WAR per starter, and one of the WAR leaders in the lineup in Robert (2.7) is likely going to be on another team for at least half the season or sooner, if he doesn’t get injured. Isn’t 2.0 WAR considered to be league average? Hopefully, all the young guys hit because that isn’t very good at first glance.

I know nothing about the guy but because he had a background in player development, I’m going to say this is a good hire. I think teams forget that player development is something that happens throughout the entirety of a player’s career, so I would want as many player development guys on my staff as possible.

I don't know him, but I am sure this is brilliant and the finishing piece.

Sox Machine takes a look at them: https://soxmachine.com/2025/11/2026-zips-projections-show-where-white-sox-need-to-add-meat-to-rosters-skeleton

Yep. Even if this turns into a bad contract, White Sox fans have been shamed into thinking every contract is gigantic because we have been silenced into submission by a tyrannical miser of an owner over the years.

What I find funny about this was that killing time tonight looking through You Tube and i saw where Kaplan had a podcast up on it. I'd never give that idiot a moment of my time but the caption was that he said they signed Maton and that Cease could be next. 😆

Feel like that’s going to be a bad one quick.

That's a lot of cheddar and years. Not sure how he holds up through that. Good for him, though.

I’m making a (bad) joke about how the guy’s surname refers to an economic class that was seemingly not so popular under Lenin’s dictatorship. I can’t imagine Lenyn having conflict with anyone, he seems like a sweetheart. Million dollar smile, $850,000 baseball ability.

You mean the same Jerry and Eddie who almost immediately bad-mouthed and alienated Bill Veeck, insulted Sox fans by vowing to get rid of the riff raff that was currently attending Sox games, told Sox fans the team was moving to pay TV and that they'd better get used to it, and let their popular broadcaster jump ship to the Cubs? You forgot to mention that part of the story.

Good points. It won't matter if they build a new stadium and/or move to a new location if the new owners continue to run this organization the way Reinsdorf has (especially over the last 20 years). Ishbia and his team need to rebuild the organization into a competent one, otherwise the Sox will continue to be an afterthought in Chicago no matter where they play. Honestly, I'd be thrilled if the Sox could somehow figure out a way to get consistently good attendance, win back market share, draw more than just die-hard generational fans, and generate robust revenue streams at the current location just by being better on the field. This would have to continue through ups and downs that most franchises go through, not just a short-lived boost by winning another pennant only to have attendance slide again the moment the team doesn't make the playoffs. I just think they'd continue to have nagging attendance issues with the current "it's not as bad as people think" ballpark and its mostly parking lots surroundings. Could they find lasting success by building Comiskey III across the street and turning the area into a thriving entertainment district to attract today's fans? I have serious doubts, but I'd be more than happy to be proven wrong.

Very true...but something is better than nothing.

This is kind of the point. If you aren't going to win every year, something other than winning has to be a draw to your stadium. Teams all over baseball have figured this out and made it work.

Tray has entered the chat.

It's odd that people don't think that maybe more transit options would help attendance, instead of worrying about parking lots.

Parking has been discussed so many times, yet the question still arises because some just can’t fathom a ballpark without a sea of parking lots. The Cubs have managed to survive just fine without acres of parking as people became more car dependent and more people moved to the suburbs over the years. The Sox ballpark model is antiquated and 30 years behind the times, and is one of many reasons why they have struggled with attendance. Yet some just can’t or refuse to connect the dots. The future of the franchise hinges on changing the way the org operates once new ownership takes over, and it also means changing the fan experience before and after games to meet what consumers demand now. That simply cannot be done without a new park that caters to those interests, or drastically altering the area surrounding Rate Field. The later of which feels like a bandaid more than a long term solution.

Weird to see the Cardinals as a bad team. My entire adult life they were a problem team, even in down seasons. Now they are constantly rebuilding

Yes, like I said last week, this BR team thinks they can beat anyone. They are confident and back it up. Their OL and DL are playing out of their minds. All CJ Gray has to do is not have another terrible passing game like this, but he still ran for 137 yards and 4 TD’s tonight and they won due to the line play on both sides. My buddy texted me tonight. He watched the game. He was a top recruited linebacker for Bishop McNamara years ago and played for Northern Illinois. He said that he couldn’t believe the holes that the OL was opening up tonight and said that my son and the OL pretty much won the game. My son lives in Darien and played with Owen Lansu and many of the Downers Grove North players in “little league” Bill George Youth Football during grade school. Right after he was hired by BR, Coach Q was attending our Downers Grove Panthers game in 7th and 8th grade and scouting all of the top talent in the area. He recruited my son only from Downers Grove, but it worked out for the best. He was taking the BR school bus from Western Springs but now he has a car and is driving himself and his younger brother to BR. I still pick up my younger son a lot at BR and Uber got expensive so it’s nice that AJ can drive himself. We are still meeting with colleges and he is deciding on where he wants to go. And the cold doesn’t bother these kids at all. Love this one… #69… ❤️ https://streamable.com/toabfx 🤣

Yep. Can make way more money here if done right.

Quero is 2 years younger than Teel. He's gonna hit. I'd be more concerned about his back than anything else.

It was outdated the day it opened.