Look at Ray Ray Run

They determined that the money was more valuable at a later date then using it on a player they did not value highly. Not sure what you dont understand. I guess every nba team is cheap.

Yes I'm nick friedel because I pointed out that the White Sox factually spent a higher percentage of revenue on payroll than any team in baseball for an extended period of time... while you parrot your ignorant "Jerry is cheap" sentiment. Don't let facts get in the way of your narrative though.

The payroll should be based on revenues, not the city you exist in.

Lol this is literally the quote and article that balka derived his absurd take from. That's the exact quote...

I posted the literal quote. Spin that nonsense however you want, but the bulls liked 5 players and they were not there so they moved the pick to obtain capital to use later on something they actually valued. Which NBA teams do all the time.

So they amnesty boozer and somehow that's spun to be negative thing showing their cheap. My lord Scared to go over the tax? Who could they have acquired to put them over the cap that they didnt? I'll wait. Dont want to take this conversation too off topic but how anyone can argue that a guy who spent the highest percentage of revenue on payroll in baseball for almost a 20 year window is cheap? Its laughable.

Here's the exact quote. “We had our board up there, and we were sitting there with Jerry and Mike (Reinsdorf) and we said, ‘Here’s five players in the second round that we really value,'” Paxson said in an interview on the Mully and Hanley Show on 670 The Score. “And when we got to that pick, those five players were gone. And you know, sometimes when you’re dealing in a situation with where you are looking ahead to the future, you have to build up some equity with decisions that you make. You look back to when we did start this rebuild, the first rebuild in 2003, one of the things Jerry did a year into the rebuild was let us use $3 million to buy the Phoenix pick where we got Luol Deng. And so at that point, Jerry at the time stepped up.”

Second round picks are traded all the time for cash considerations.

Great, the Bulls were at the cap for 3 decades and they went over it when they were winning. He's been very vocal that they will not go over the cap for a losing team. What's wrong with that? The Bulls were at a roster bind and didnt want the pick. Teams give away their second round picks almost every single year. Please link me to your quoted statement about building equity by not drafting a guy in the second round who wouldnt even have a guaranteed contract.

The Braves won their division last year, how weren't they supposed to be competitive This year? The Ray's were in the playoff hunt last year. The Twins were always a year ahead of us in terms of their rebuild. How were those teams not supposed to be competitive?

How is he cheap with the Bulls? Theres a cap and the Bulls offered max contracts to every major free agent they could in the past two decades. He paid Jay Williams his salary after he got into a bike accident that was specifically noted in his contract as a voidable offense. Then Jay William's had the nerve years later to criticize the guy.

Literally a piece yesterday written stating they'll pick it up but maybe they'll trade him if they don't want to keep him. Quintana is coming off a horrible september and still put up 3.5 fWAR.

No, they're not going to decline a below market value salary. People think the Cubs are going to turn down a 10.5 million dollar option. My goodness. They could pick up the option and trade him a day later for an asset. They're not going to let him walk.

No competition? Both FA's signed for the money that was expected. Another tired take is that the Sox had a better chance because teams like the Yankees and Dodgers weren't interested. Neither of those teams overpay guys just to get them. Hell the Dodgers let greinke walk to a divisional foe!

Once again, the white sox went nearly 2 decades spending the highest percentage of revenues on payroll in baseball. Jr may be risk averse in FA and has a history of not inflating salaries but calling him cheap is such a baseless claim. He'll spend money on a team that can win, it's really that simple and it has been proven time and time again.

Why would they grind McCann down in a dead month if they planned on using him next year? Your logic on this is terrible. So, because the white sox used a player on their roster for 10 games that means he's coming back? So I guess all the other bums that played in september will be back next year by that logic. Dont act shocked when this opinion ages really poorly.

What? You wouldnt be surprised if the sox brought back someone that theres practically a zero percent chance they bring back? Uh ok.

Its just hilarious. He says that Ozuna is going to demand 80 million, and that needs to be considered when judging him vs myers. Yet myers costs 80 million over the next 4 years too... and myers has 1/2 the career WAR of Ozuna through the exact same age so how the shit are those two even comparable?

Giving 18 million to a reliever who is still in baseball, has had a long and successful career, is somehow worse than the Padres giving 25 million to a guy who was never a big league caliber player and may be on his way to jail. Incredibly hot take there.

Avi Garcia was let go and signed for 3 million dollars. Wil Myers has 80 million dollars over the next 4 years. What are you rambling about? The padres would have to give 50%? How is 40 million equal to 3 million? Um, yes it's an open and shut case that ozuna is significantly better than myers.

Literally no one would take on Myers contract unless the padres threw in substantial prospects. So you think the last three years of myers career have been what exactly? A fluke? Hes had 3 WAR combined. Hes only had ONE year in his career over 2.3 WAR. What do you mean falling apart in his prime. He's only had one year in his big league career where he was above average. His contract and Hosmer are untradeable if you expect the salaries to be picked up fully.

Awesome, you posted on a public message board; if you want to have private conversations, move it to private messages. Tia.

No one has a madrigal level hit tool. Jesus christ.

How will they trade Myers? Lol

Um.. one guy is out of baseball and the other just had 125rbi 33 hr season.