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Yep. I think we'll see an all time low fir FA money this off season. For most teams.

I don't see them or most teams for that matter until after thevwork stoppage and the new CBA is agreed upon.

Agreed, that's all that really matters. Ill be enjoying one tomorrow.

Not really. You will make more money if you use other peoples money and not your own.

It rarely happens over here. Only the 4th ot 5th time in 20 years.

You're in Manhattan? Me too. Did you lose power this morning? One of the transformers caught fire.

As a good business man should. That's the best way to make money.

That could be. Could also have been after the 2 previous outings where he handled it well, he said he would be fine again. He showed he could do it before. This time he couldn't so they decided to IL him. Injuries and pain aren't a dichotomy, injured or not, in most cases. Most pitchers have some sort of pain after a month if they're lucky. It's a constant battle of what can they deal with and still perform and what needs time off.

True, but 19 still young for that league. Even if he is there next year he will be about agr appropriate.

Yep, until the players start making it to the MLB, we won't know.

I'm sure they are monitoring those metrics . Typically they are related to arm issues. Bit the same ideas apply. Are they changing due to fatigue? Just mechanics today? He was able to work through it the last couple of starts. This time he couldn't so he goes on the IL.

Sure. Every team has issues just look around the league. They may have more than others but they aren't alone. To say its only the white sox and that they should ignore everything players say is just wrong. If a players says he's fine, what tests do you perform, strength, facet, nerve tension tests? You can only tests where there may be some issues. Eventually, the players have responsibilities as well. What happened here was he had some issues, they gave him extra time, he thought he was good to go, pitched, didn't recover well so they are now giving him more time to recover.

They drafted his replacement as they knew this was coming.

If a player says he's fine, what would you do? Send him to the hospital for all of the possible tests? The medical experts on this board amazes me.

Hit on the patella with a pitch.

On the money spent throughout the minor? Ill have to look for them. I'd really like to see exactly what they are doing at each level and the biomechanics lab. Ive heard rumors about what the lab is like. It's pretty impressive apparently.

Didn't he skip a day with a back issue?

Again, I haven't seen this actually stated anywhere. And I don't recall them ever spending money on development of the minor leagues. They've never had a consistent development plan for the system. This is why they've never consistently developed players.

Wolkow is what 19 or 20 and you are writing him off already. Patience isn't your strong suit.

I don't think this is accurate. They have spent a great deal if money in areas where they never have in the past. Upgrading the equipment throughout thr minors, building and staffing a big biomechanics lab in Arizona, renovating the entire DR complex. All things needed to actually develop players. If the minors start to develop good players, thats when the payroll should go up to fill in the pieces. They could have signed 2-3 big free agents and this team would still be bad.

Sure it does. One good year does not a career make. Let's see where they are if they don't pay a massive contract to Tucker.

That is the important point. If they privately finance the stadium, there is a massive debt. Less money for operations and payroll until external revenue begins. That's the only reason to move within the city.

Agreed. Unless the current stadium deal changes to be worse for him, I don't see him moving.

It was mostly JR. It shows if he really wants to move, he is willing to do it. I don't think he'll do it unless yhe current stadium deal changes. He has too many advantages. Unless he really thinks he can go somewhere else to make more money.