Balta1701

Maldonado is probably here for 2 and you know that.

If the White Sox and that realty company spent the money to produce renderings and designs already, my guess is that they're early in the process of deciding this right now. We are seeing a little bit of financial posturing in the press, each side is going to want to make sure that they get every last cent, but we are also seeing them avoid any declarative "Take it or leave it" kinda statements. I have to guess that's exactly what they are doing right now. And yes, high density development being created in this area would be very different from just having spending shifted from one neighborhood to another. It would support development of the surrounding neighborhoods as well as generating revenue on its own. Hopefully it also frees up the space in Bridgeport for appropriate redevelopment as well. This should be obvious by the fact that "There are other buildings in the designs for the property that they showed".

What boggles my mind is that KC is likely better next year. That secondary is legit and their draft picks this year and last year will likely help them restock. Losing Jones will sting but no more than Hill or the other guys they lost.

Maldonado hasn’t had a .700 OPS since 126 at bats in 2014. What exactly is a resurgence for him?

While it is tradeable it does not carry over if not spent.

Who had money on Jennings for MVP? He’s like one play away?

Conley for Super Bowl MVP. Special teams domination.

Props to Conley that was some excellent punt coverage. Simple play but excellent positioning.

I am not sure I’ve ever watched Mahomes throw a worse ball.

We gave the French something slightly better than a cheese board in return for that statue. In 1918 and 1944.

I….what?

So far I’ve learned that Jesus has a foot fetish, Rainier Wolfcastle still cannot pronounce up and atom, these defenses are tough and the ball is slippery.

You mean like the poser Cub fan coming in and trying to play people by asking why the new Sox park mockups don’t have ivy?

Bush was in the 150-200 range?

Depends on what you mean by “bad”. Dylan Cease at his worst so far has been a mid-rotation innings eater with a high strikeout rate, a guy you can still start in the playoffs. Last year at the deadline, there was enough demand for pitching that two top 150 prospects but not top 100 would have been a totally fair return for that level of guy if they had 1.5 years of control. If he’s that player again this year, this would be a fair deadline return.

“If you build it, they will come.”

I’m not going to be angry about a brick facade, San Francisco has one and they’re excellent. I won’t mind a few arches somewhere, PNC park has some on its outside. But no one really cares about this part, they care more about those parks integrating with the cities and the surrounding neighborhood. That along with the wonderful in park experiences and views are why those are excellent parks. None of those things would make the Rate a tolerable experience even if there was a ton of them. No one is coming to a white sox game to see 1920s architecture, that’s available elsewhere. People will come to the Sox park if it is an excellent park to go to. And no ivy for gods sake. You ought as well put a basket on the fence and proclaim it’s an original idea. White Sox fans should not even type that out, “we need more ivy in the next white Sox park” is a sentence that offends me, no white Sox fan would ever think that.

And it’s theirs. Keep that crappy plant out of my ballpark. Not negotiable.

Literally a 4000 car garage? How many Cubbie colored cars do you own, Cub fan?

Literally zero real white Sox fans want bricks and ivy in their ballpark. None. No white Sox fan would ever suggest it. You can count this as an accusation because the very notion is offensive.

My worry with Maye is that they convince themselves that they're looking at the next version of Josh Allen and then it turns out that the Allen package is truly freakish and other QBs just can't match it.

I mean, the stadium deal hasn't actually come to fruition there right? We're literally still posting about this because they don't have agreement on a stadium deal. We've seen more of the proposed White Sox stadium for 2030 than of the Vegas stadium for 2028.

Just based on how much of a mess this looks like, I find it hard to believe that MLB is taking an active role in managing this. Even if things got ironed out quickly we're looking at the As being basically homeless for what, 2-3 seasons? Between how bad the politics look in Nevada with this move and how good the As fanbase came out looking last year, even if this gets dealt with it looks like a huge amount of bad publicity for the league right now. Is there anyone who isn't hoping for more chaos in this just to spite the As owner?

Yeah, its a 2 year deal for him, so this is "rehab and meet the team in '24 and we've actually signed you for '25".