Look at Ray Ray Run

Cool point, hence how I said in Free Agency. Are we back to celebrating a team having the 15th highest payroll in baseball last year?

Who is asking them to be like the Yankees, Dodgers and Mets? I'm asking the Sox to stop acting like the A's and Pirates in FA's, not to start acting like the Dodgers and Yankees. Jaysus.

The f'ing Seattle Mariners just signed Robbie Ray, not the Dodgers, Yankees or Mets. The Rangers signed Marcus Semien. The Blue Jays signed Kevin Gausman. lol This place is truly something else. You said you were glad the Sox didn't give him that money. That has nothing to do with living in reality, it's a proclamation that you're happy the Sox didn't sign the reigning Cy Young winner because in your mind he was too expensive. Living in reality would be embracing the fact that the Sox have wasted more money in free agency than almost any team signing huge "bad" contracts. They've gotten a lesser return on their dollars than almost every single team in the game over the past twenty years. Yet you're still here living in reality asking them to continue to allocate their funds in that absurd manner.

Every fan who says "I'm glad we didn't get that guy, he's an overpay" is arguing exactly that which happens after every big signing on this board and twitter and beyond. Everyone who pushes the narrative that these guys are overpaid and they wouldn't give them those contracts is doing exactly that. They are promoting the idea that it's better for Jerry to keep the money than it is for him to give it to an "overpaid" player. Sox fans are the only fanbase I've ever seen that celebrates not spending money. They care more about being "smart" and fiscally responsible than having better players and winning more games.

The White Sox have Dallas Keuchel in the rotation, and they're relying on a guy who hasn't thrown more than 69 innings in a year since 2018. The White Sox never reallocate the funds they chose not to spend on high end talent on anything worth a damn. Why fans insist on saying... I'd rather the Sox reallocate the big money to smaller fish on shorter deals, despite example after example of failure doing that exact thing is truly magical. Here's an idea, the Sox could get Conforto AND Ray. "Hamstring" the team. lol The Sox are about as profitable as a professional sports franchise can be for the owner. I honestly cannot believe fans push these absurd narratives. The ownership is never actually hamstrung. They could afford to sign both with ease. Stop feeding into Jerry's complete nonsense.

Jerry being cheap does not mean fans should preach his message as the "right way" to operate a team. That basically plays into the narrative this organization has sold it's fans forever. Look at how many people on this board throw parties when top FA's sign with other teams because it's a "bad deal" or "overpay." In what world do fans want ownership to make more money so they can watch lesser talent? It's amazing to see time and time again. Also, Robbie Ray's issue was never stuff, it was command. Finding command is very much something that can maintain itself. If his command holds, his stuff is dynamite and always has been.

The reality is, giving this team the benefit of the doubt on spending money or operating as they should operate is laughable and that much is confirmed every single off-season.

Why not? Are the White Sox deducting the funds directly from your bank account? That sounds awful.

Thanks for your thoughts and feedback. I will jot it down in my journal later this evening; may even put the car up for sale.

Call the White Sox Neo, because they're dodging these bullets with grace and elegance!

Being a Sox fan is awesome! We dodged another bullet. Thank the lord!

But the Sox were going to act like a BIG MARKET team and spend big money this off-season!!!

And the White Sox are a good baseball team. That doesn't mean I wouldn't trade my Camry in for a Ferrari despite the depreciation and the added "risks" and repair costs. I traded in my Civic for a MachE. Civic was a great car, MachE is still an upgrade.

Nick Madrigal had a higher ISO last year than: Adam Frazier Leury Garcia Jeff McNeil DJ Lamaheiu Whit Merrifield Just to name a few. This is why using phrases like "in the history of baseball" are hyperbolic nonsense.

Didn't really want Scherzer, but I do find it funny that White Sox fans have reached peak battered wife syndrome; they now make fun of other teams who do spend money. Oh, nice Ferrari loser! I have a Camry, and that has the lowest depreciation rate of any car on the market. Enjoy losing your cars value the moment you drive it out of the lot, clown!

How is Kimbrel any better than Edwin Diaz? Diaz is erratic, so is Kimbrel. Diaz is much younger and his stuff is still better.

It's not an overpay just because you've been conditioned as a Sox fan to think good players don't deserve what they are paid... while the Sox spend millions on Adam Eaton, Mark Teahan, and Adam LaRoche. Every dollar the Sox don't spend goes into ownerships pocket, which seems to be where your rooting interests are. For everyone who talks about the big contract failures, they appear to ignore the fact that no one has been worse with FA signings, arguably, than the White Sox all while shopping at the dollar store.

Sadly have a very busy work day ahead. Won't be able to applaud those fiscally conservative fans until later tonight. Pretty heart broken about it.

Phew, we didn't get that really talented player. Thank god, I wouldn't want to possibly have a bad contract in 2027! Think about Jerry, his family needs to eat!

Excited for another day of Sox fans to tell us how we dodged a bullet by not signing X player because he costs too much money.

Thanks for letting me know, just checked it off my bucketlist. Big night for me!

Why do you care how much money is used?

Pal, you were the one saying they had to land, in FA, Conforto and a good SP or the off-season was a bust. Now you've moved the goal posts to Conforto and trade for another guy coming off a career year at 32 years old who will be 33 next season. Of all contenders, the Sox have spent the least money on a player than any others. They already tried to supplement their core with trades. Only one of those moves has "worked." The point of not spending for years and rebuilding was to run high payrolls and sign big money players to help the core. That's literally what the teams f'ing leadership said. Why are Sox fans so broken that they have convinced themselves free agency is a bad thing and all these other teams are idiots for spending on great players. SMH

Why do the Sox have to continue to trade assets (they're running out of ones of value) to supplement the core? Why do we continue to pretend that it's exciting that the Sox insist on trading assets to fill holes instead of just spending money as they promised?

Gonna be wild when Rangers sign Semien and Seager.