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Sporttrac has the actual payments made - which is all that matters- to white sox players last year.

This data is wrong. I show the White Sox with 20 players last year earning less than $580,000 and 10 players earning more than 580,000.

They are putting others at risk but to that point, so are many workers that have been forced back. I think if, as a union, they decide they want to play then I agree with you - it's not our place. If states decide the gatherings are for too many people though? who knows then. People talking about fans in the stands already are crazy imo. This virus isn't something that'll just disappear.

I want it to resume but not if it puts a lot of people at risk. I can be excited and worried at the same time.

Just because you and your family are not represented properly because you aren't supported by a union doesn't mean others shouldn't fight for workers rights. In fact, you should be rooting for the players and people fighting for all workers rights - even if you that person makes more than you.

Yup, not even just his but the majority of guys. Even some good players. When you account for taxes and agent fees/etc, these guys are walking away from their careers pre-30 with a million in net revenue. Not struggling, but certainly not filthy rich and set for life by any means.

Average MlB career is under 4 years and no one is getting 4 million in their first couple years. Average salary is inflated by top of the line. Median is well under 4 million. I believe it's under a million.

Yeah, I think this is because they had no college season either because typically you wouldn't be using your arms much at all after you draft them from a college season.

You're talking about, roughly, 3-4 "stretches of games" for a player. Seasons are just a collection of stretches and streaks - even for the most consistent players. I'd say a players streak runs in about 2 to 3 week increments - with some outliers of course - leaving you with 3-4 in a season. If you get in a long rut or a you get on a long hot streak - of the outlier variety - you could potentially be their for the course of the season. It will be interesting to see if players respond to a bad start with more urgency further damaging their play. It's easy to struggle all of April and say I've got another 5 months. When month one is half your season, that pressure might get to some. I think a manager needs to be patient with his guys - a manager can't show panic about a player just because the season is shorter - but also more urgent and press the issue with much more frequency late in games with swaps and pinch runners etc.

Most people think the average MLB player is a lot richer than he actually is. They're not struggling, by any means, but the average major leaguer is certainly not a set-for-life millionaire.

In addition to the schedule, the White Sox are built - at this point - for a small sample run. If they manage this well, they could really excel. Their pitchers already had to be managed, limited, and maintained. Now you can run a rotation 5-6 deep - if you wanted you could run 7 deep and pair back-end starters together. 1-2-3 would pitch alone, and 4-5 would pair for a game and 6-7 would pair for another game. This would allow them to get everyone regular rotation time, with regular rest time, all while controlling the pitch counts and innings limit in a way that's both beneficial for the teams long term and short term. This would be an ideal sprint setup, and it's just one of many options they have with guys like Kopech, Cease, Rodon and etc all needing a little comfort and ease getting back into things. With the three batter rule and no real extra-innings (with runner starting on second), carrying a ton of relievers just seems pointless. They should roster all the starters, and get creative. This will also allow them to roster more young position player talent - keeping the regulars fresher throughout the sprint (60 games in 66 days) - allowing you to put in fielding subs and pinch runners constantly in the 7-8-9th inning which should become much more used if you are the ROAD team and the game is tied. Why? Because you are at a huge disadvantage in extra innings - being unable to only play for one run with the home team also starting with a man on second and no one out - and you need to maximize every run scoring possibility late. You do that by flooding your roster with players, not pitchers, and utilizing those skill sets to maximize your late game run outputs. If you are the home team, you want to do everything to either win the game or force extra's; where again, you have a big advantage. The strategy this year will be interesting. Bullpens should already have been slightly shorter with the 3 batter rule, but now with the extra innings component, a good manager might be able to get extra a win or two extra in a season of 60 games.

I think this is a huge advantage for the Sox; the AL Central isn't the weakest division in baseball but it's one of them, and they get to play 66% of their games vs them. The NL Central, of the NL divisions, is the 2nd best (possibly tied with the NL West). The NL East is the toughest division in the NL imo. The Sox will likely have one of the easiest schedules in the league from a W% perspective.

About 9% of games go to extra innings. So you're talking about - on average - 5 ties per team.

So everyone on, what sounds like, the 60 manish roster will be paid; correct? Will be interesting to see who is on the roster.

I think it's going to be a lot of fun. In my opinion, teams should be treating this next month - as quickly as possible - like a regular part of the season. This is a sprint to the finish, which means it's going to be decided by 3-4 hot streaks, and while that has a lot of luck involved it can also be a lot of fun and a lot of intensity. I'm excited for the sprint even if it's unorthodox.

I'm not a big fan of any physically mature high schoolers. The advantage they have over their less developed peers make them a tough evaluation imo. I want nothing to do with high schoolers throwing 99. That's peak velocity way too young. I'd prefer guys who grow into velocity, and develop as they age. Being fully developed at a young age is a turn off for me. It's easier to look great when your physically further along. It's one reason I liked Howard a lot. Still plenty to grow into but even though he was smaller he was still dominating older kids when he was young.

High school lefties are a little more successful.

It is by far the riskiest and least successful position drafted in mlb drafts.

Lol at people thinking Horn is a guy. Truly amazing. Guy was no where near a top 150 guy. He would not have been drafted anywhere close to here in a normal year and he was drafted there solely because he costs nothing. The draft ended after the 2nd round. Not a huge fan of a strategy putting all your eggs in two arm baskets and one of them is a right handed high school pitcher. Hope it works out but a lot of risk; I guess surviving a 5 round empty draft isnt that difficult though .

Here's my posts of "Absolutes." I was clearly implying the Sox draft was a 2 player draft. I said seniors because that's a frequent way of not spending. Sox went another route of a player not even ranked in the draft. Somehow these were absolutes. zzzzzzzz

I spoke in absolutes? Ok. Good reminder why I stopped checking into this place. I made a comment that the Sox draft was over because the first two picks would cost all their money, and the thread turned into some diatribe about how that wouldn't happen. My statement of seniors was merely a reference to the Sox not drafting anything of value the rest of the way. Your interpretation of that being an absolute is yours alone to make.

I guess they didn't draft a senior. Instead they drafted a guy who wasn't even ranked in the draft rankings this year. I guess you "got me". My entire point of the Sox draft was over after the first two rounds was disproved by the selection of **checks notes** Adisyn Coffey.

Hmmmmm, who saw it coming.

I agree they could still find some talent here, just saying the young high upside talent is out of the question. There could be a senior that ends up being a solid grab.

I said the entire time he would sign under slot. All I'm saying is those two combined are the entire draft pool and the Sox will not sign anyone else that has any meaningful demand. All seniors.