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Isn't here like half a billion dollars of unpaid debt still left on the Soldier Filed renovations? How are they going to make that debt magically disappear?

Haven't heard much about the new stadium in the media lately. Who in their right mind would put up close to a billion dollars to finance a stadium for this trainwreck of an organization?

This isn't just bad baseball though. This is historically bad baseball. it is absolutley unwatchable. At least with Cease or Sale you could tune in every 5 days. Or with Burger there was always a chance for a Burger bomb and the dude appeared to actually play with some hustle.

Likely nothing as long as JR is the owner and Chris Getz the General Manager. Hopefully this offeason the team attempts to build around Robert and Crochet by signing some veteran free agents who aren't totally washed up. They should also try to identify which of their top prospects are really just fools gold and trade them for some players who can make an immediate impact. Would you include Louis Robert in the category of "core" players that were held onto too long? Acquiring multiple blue chippers is a lot easier said than done. Most Sox fans I know have very little interest in sitting through another 4-5 tank job of unwatchable baseball.

I think the point you are missing is that some of us don't really get a crap about prospect capital at this point. We already played that game before and struck out badly. Chris Sale or Dylan Cease pitching every 5 days was at least a reason to turn on the television and watch a game. There is really no reason to turn on the game right now and watch this hot pile of garbage. Another tank job will not work!

There a few of us around here who have been saying this for quite some time. The only chance this team has for any kind of success as long as JR is the owner is the catch lighting in a bottle approach. As you mention option 1 leaves us with one of the worst baseball rosters ever assembled at a time where they aren't even eligible to get the #1 pick in 2025. Rick Hahn and company started the Sox tank job right after the Astros and Cubs turned into behemoths via the tank job route. Problem was those front offices were extraordinary and willing to put in the work. The Sox front office was the opposite. The Sox didn't need to trade away Dylan Cease, Jake Burger, or Aaron Bummer. Wouldn't have made much of a difference most likely, but trading away those guys pretty much signaled the start of another tank job era on the South Side.

It's not just this year for Eder though. He has been terrible since the Sox acquired him and hasn't shown any signs of getting better yet. Jake Burger has proven he can hit major league pitching and is a power bat that the Sox offense could use right about now. Again, Rick and Kenny were not even in communication with each other on this trade. Bad process on a horrible trade.

Are you sure about that? There are rumors out there that dumb and dumbere, er I mean Rick and Kenny, were not even in communication with each other on this trade. Eder is currently sporting an era over 7 at AA. Burger has proven he is a legit power bat at the major league level. Sorry, but it was a teriible trade.

Not everyone was on board with the Sale and Eaton trades. Some people recognized that the Rick Hahn/KW general managing duo would have little to zero chance of sustained success. They were chased away at the time by the Rick Hahn fanboys, but history has proven the Hahn "haters" correct. Letting Rick Hahn and KW architect the tank job and "rebuild" was such a colossal mistake.

It will be interesting to see how the Sox marketing team plays this as the season grinds on. There could be an opportunity to promote the hisorical suckage in a savvy way come late September. It would be something to see a sold outSox Park rooting for the opposotion as the Sox approach 120 losses.

The City of Chicago needs every penny of tax reveunue it can get. It will not want divert any of the amusement tax to other sources. Reinsdorf has very little leverage here. He is going to start talking publiclicly about moving the team again pretty soon. It's the only play the old timer still has at this point.

Turned out to be a pretty shitty trade for the Sox now 7 and a half years later. Kopech and Moncada both turned out to be epic busts. Sale was injured a lot in Boston but helped them win a championship and flags fly forever.

Why can't it be a combination of both of these things?

What other position players would you add to the always getting hurt list? TA and Grandal seem to come to to mind as well. Maybe Burger but most of his injuries happened when he was still a young pup in the minors.

You are not alone. Fan interest in White Sox baseball seems to be at an all time low. Just like David Gilmour, a lot of Sox fans have become comfortably numb.

I mean the NIL $$$ kind of signaled the end of the "student athlete". You are a professional if you are getting paid to play sports. Doesn't matter if you are 12 year old making mint playing esports or a 20 year old division 1 college football player.

We had Adam Schelcter and others in the know tweeting back in February that Justin Fields would be a hot commodity and would bring back some nice vaule for the Bears in a trade. A first round pick seemed like a pipedream, but most thought it would be between a second and a third round pick in this years draft. The Bears ended up with a 6th round pick in the 2025 draft lol. Seems like someone got played here. Also, the Bears dumped this news on Saturday night of St. Patricks day weekend for a reason.

Ain't that the truth. I'm old enough to remember when Yoan Moncada was going to be the next Robinson Cano and Michael Kopech the next Nolan Ryan lite... This kid Thorpe kid has a long long ways to go before he is the next Kyle Hendricks or anything close to it.

Ha. It is not a good sign at all that this kid was traded to us from San Diego and he isn't even hitting 90 this far into the Spring. Didn't one of the pieces in the Santos trade already go down with a shoulder issue? Trading for minor league pitching is extremely risky! Let's hope Thorpe isn't shut down soon as well.

Yep. Cease should have been traded at the deadline last year, but this dysfunctional ass organization had two general managers making trades without even consulting one another. They couldn't even poach one of San Diegos top 4 prospects here. I see no true difference makers in any of these prospects. One of the pieces was even a 29 year old reliever lol. This trade was very very underwhelming and would have been scoffed at by most posters on here it seems if it was proposed two months ago.

Who is the openind day starter this year? Erik Fedde? A dude who pitched in Korea last year? Very impressive.

You didn;t mention the pitching staff at all. Wonder why lol.

Imagine being a time traveler in Spring of 2020 and seeing that this would likley be the White Sox bench come Spring training 2024. Is it still mind boggling that Chris Getz is the General Manager of this team. The dude failed upwards so bad.

Where are you seeing that at? A Khalil Mack reunion would be interesting. Adding Allen or Williams to the WR room on a short term deal would be pretty dope as well.

Ryan Poles has approached this offseason so far in a strange way. Almost like a guy who is avoiding free agency cause he knows he is going to have a ton of additional draft capital once the 1.1 pick is traded away.