Look at Ray Ray Run

Sox took "if you ain't first, you're last" a little too literally (lowest in 2026, lowest committed in 2029): Team Rank Payroll 2026 Payroll Proj 2026 Luxury Tax Proj Guaranteed % Arbitration % Pre-Arbitration % 2027 Commitments 2028 Commitments 2029 Commitments LAD 1 $429M $396M 95.8% 2.0% 2.2% $404M $298M $244M NYM 2 $355M $357M 90.3% 6.9% 2.9% $216M $139M $96M TOR 3 $282M $311M 87.9% 7.8% 4.2% $218M $189M $136M PHI 4 $280M $316M 79.4% 17.3% 3.4% $189M $137M $109M NYY 5 $263M $286M 79.1% 17.2% 3.8% $173M $145M $72M ATL 6 $262M $259M 91.8% 5.1% 3.0% $154M $111M $59M HOU 7 $242M $238M 75.4% 20.9% 3.7% $141M $79M $13M CHC 8 $231M $244M 89.9% 5.0% 5.2% $75M $65M $61M SDP 9 $220M $262M 84.0% 11.6% 4.4% $178M $148M $125M BOS 10 $197M $266M 86.3% 9.7% 4.0% $147M $109M $110M SFG 11 $185M $212M 84.8% 2.8% 12.3% $146M $137M $109M TEX 12 $178M $201M 85.3% 7.1% 7.7% $123M $54M $52M LAA 13 $177M $192M 73.4% 16.0% 10.7% $58M $37M $37M ARI 14 $171M $203M 84.2% 10.1% 5.7% $131M $104M $117M DET 15 $161M $190M 53.6% 38.5% 7.9% $38M $8M $5M SEA 16 $156M $181M 65.7% 25.2% 9.1% $76M $64M $66M BAL 17 $149M $189M 53.4% 39.7% 6.8% $54M $35M $38M KCR 18 $146M $183M 66.8% 24.2% 9.1% $84M $45M $49M MIL 19 $134M $139M 58.9% 27.1% 14.0% $42M $36M $22M CIN 20 $112M $137M 42.0% 46.7% 11.3% $32M $25M $10M COL 21 $110M $128M 72.0% 15.9% 12.1% $42M $38M $14M MIN 22 $108M $127M 53.0% 29.1% 18.0% $56M $26M $0 STL 23 $104M $119M 24.8% 44.1% 31.1% $14M $0 $0 WSN 24 $96M $119M 31.6% 36.8% 31.6% $5M $7M $9M PIT 25 $95M $115M 67.8% 13.3% 18.9% $49M $36M $15M ATH 26 $87M $130M 72.1% 7.7% 20.2% $27M $34M $42M TBR 27 $80M $97M 47.6% 36.1% 16.3% $9M $0 $0 CLE 28 $78M $97M 55.1% 20.1% 24.8% $37M $36M $22M MIA 29 $69M $80M 50.0% 16.6% 33.5% $5M $0 $0 CHW 30 $67M $85M 65.5% 1.4% 33.2% $38M $2M $0

The guy has a 70 wRC+ in AAA over his last full season+. No one is talking about only his MLB failures.

Well they did have someone better, and they just traded him so they could have the lowest payroll in baseball. In his last 700ish Minor League at bats (not even big league at bats) he has a wRC+ in AAA of 70. If this guy wasn't a former top prospect, he'd be struggling to find AAA playing time.

Worst SP and worst OF in the MLB. Can't believe some think this team can be remotely competitive. I'm not really that interested in a guy who has a bad hit tool AND has no power. Guys like that don't exactly have a strong track record of breaking out. Speed and defense don't matter when you can't hit the ball. Another Fuller MEME though, so we got that going for us.

I'm really not sure this is true, but I do understand the logic. Roster spots are finite. At bats are finite. If Acuna is a negative player then he's taking opportunity from elsewhere, and getting a negative player for 2 million is worse than having a positive player for 20 million. Unless you're cheap obviously. The only way this is better than not picking up the option is if Acuna is an actual MLB quality player. Otherwise you just wasted money on no production instead of paying the 2 million for him to move on and giving an opportunity to someone else.

A salary dump when they literally just picked up the salary lol

This obviously isnt true. Robert value has gone down every year since 2023. They could have moved him after one bad year and got much more.

Hindsight? Lol, pal, ive been showing data and reasons crochet was a top 3 arm in baseball since his 5th start with the team.

Nah, now that this team signed Murakami, I heard they were all in!

I mean.... they traded Crochet and then he went on to be the 2nd best pitcher in MLB and led the league in innings pitched. They traded him because of his injury risk and then he was the most durable in baseball. No idea how anyone wouldn't argue the former, especially since I called it from the second he was traded.

This you? "I'm coming around to the thought that the White Sox aren't repeatedly marketing Robert and failing, but they made the decision that he's the best option as their CF, and if another team wants to change their plans, it's going to cost them."

Traded Crochet too quickly and waited too long on Robert.

Acuna is getting nothing for him. So no, it doesnt make sense to spend all the time, energy and resources to trade a better player for a worse one in my opinion..

How many times do you need to be punched in the face by these cheap, incompetent, dweebs before you stop thinking theyre coming in for high five?

But but but, I thought getz wasnt actually trying to trade him unless he was blown away. This team picked up an option to trade it to save money when they have a historically low payroll lol.

Because he works with coaching staff when his career is on the ropes?

NBA probably more likely. Cap complex, floor assures veterans getting paid. Nba would actually work pretty well on mlb too because issue in basketball is 2 elite guys are enough to carry. Thats not the case in baseball.

A cap is great for 95% of the players. A cap is great for 90% of fans. A cap is great for the sport. Problem is the 5% are leading the union, and the owners of the 10% had been loud and influential for a while but those tides have turned. Other owners are on board now. The players have undoubtedly lost out on money over the last decade because of the lack of revenue and profit sharing. Fans have lost out on interest.

A league with an anti-trust exemption....

The Dodgers lol. This league is just dumb. Best is those who think there are no issues. "Free Market."

Even with that nitpick, and using fangraphs, he's the 10th ranked player via WAR since 2021 and he's only 28. He's a + RF'er too, despite fangraphs weird negative grade and he's a really good base runner. The Tucker market is beyond weird, but then again many of the big money guys went later into the off-season so who knows.

Despite the big velo, Weathers has never done much for me. Every team thinks they can get more out of him, but he's just not very good.

Detroit has spent more money than the Sox, but Cleveland, KC and Min are in the bottom 6 in spending so far.

It's black and white. I just cited it. Are you somehow arguing he wasn't able to get out of the way of the vehicle when he literally did? I don't care about history or emotions or stories or political affiliation.

I don't want to have a political debate with you, as like some here I find the polarization nauseating, BUT I do care about rights and the law and procedure. From the DOJ itself: DOJ Bylaws (https://www.justice.gov/jm/1-16000-department-justice-policy-use-force): Deadly force may not be used solely to prevent the escape of a fleeing suspect. Firearms may not be discharged solely to disable moving vehicles. Specifically, firearms may not be discharged at a moving vehicle unless: (1) a person in the vehicle is threatening the officer or another person with deadly force by means other than the vehicle; or (2) the vehicle is operated in a manner that threatens to cause death or serious physical injury to the officer or others, and no other objectively reasonable means of defense appear to exist, which includes moving out of the path of the vehicle. The officer very clearly was able to move out of the path of the vehicle in the video, therefore he violated the policy and the DOJ law as it relates to discharging a weapon. It's important to know your rights, and the expectations of law enforcement. Fleeing a crime, that was a misdemeanor at best, does not allow for law enforcement to shoot you. It is black and white.