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Quite literally taking one for the team.

Amazing how a fan on a message board can quickly whip up a statement that is infinitely better than what we heard from a professional, high profile organization who presumably has staff they pay to do this exact thing.

It seems like you’re talking about payroll size and not market size?

I'm surprised there's not a statue of Cash Considerations on the concourse yet.

If the kid was from Pittsburgh I could understand taking the experiences. Since he's from LA, what the Pirates are offering sounds more like a hassle than anything else.

The Sox networking is going to a conference and only talking to your coworkers. Very relatable btw.

“C’mon kid. Don’t you wanna move across the country as an 11 year old so you can go to Pirates games instead of Dodgers games?”

Now this is what I call committing to the bit.

Dang. He is now officially a Dodger I guess.

It's true. I was trying to be generous for the sake of argument.

That's kinda the point though. It's not your money, it's the money of the guy who is very careful about how and when he spends it. Suppose Jerry allows the signings of Alonso, Santander and Kim (the first two of which aren't likely to age all that well). Great. They've forced their way to a 72 win team by Jerry doing something very uncomfortable (for him) with his money. Do you really feel like he'll then add even more payroll to continue supplementing the roster as the younger talent develops? And then add even more after that to help offset the declines of Alonso and Santander?

I wonder how long he stays in the OF. If he ends up locked into their DH spot for the majority of the contract, they better hope his offense ages well.

That’s almost impossible. Some key players will have developed a bit by then, even if it’s in spite of the Sox ways.

Looking forward to the Dec 2026 lockout that lasts well into the 2027 season just as the Sox will finally be looking interesting again.

If they were planning on making a sham of the Rooney rule, you’d think they would have gotten it over with earlier on so they could be prepared to pivot to Ben Johnson instantly.

Just another borderline unreadable thread derailed by posters trying to out-snark each other.

Again, no. Daniels is phenomenal, but this version of him would not have been present had the Bears drafted him. It really shouldn’t be that complicated of a concept to grasp as a Sox fan.

I think it’s more of it being relatively significant baseball news independent of anything white Sox related.

I see him going to the Pirates instead.

This is just boring.

Hopefully Venable is a little better than Jack at establishing chemistry and vibes.

I get that. There are definitely some things that, in theory, should make the season interesting, but I just can't get myself to care all that much. Maybe that changes a month or two into the season if some dudes start to stand out a little more.

Looking forward to another dull Sox offseason finally ending, but not even remotely excited about the start of this next season. Baseball fan hell is alive and well.

“Roki Sasaki has informed the White Sox that he has never heard of them.”

Ah yes, the two very similar environments: 1) The one with the offensive coordinator who is being requested for head coach interviews 2) The one that had three different offensive coordinators throughout the season