southsider2k5

So she's better than Schiff...

Son, some of us don't need google to understand what Private Equity is, nor to realize the Sox have been a PE shop since 1980.

Wait, did you expect him to give Jerry $100 million dollars out of the kindness of his heart? Of course he is getting something in return. What world do you live in?

I mean none of this has been hidden. It is all out there.

It didn't happen in 24, but it did happen in 2025.

It was right there in the purchase announcement? How silo'd are you? The White Sox have been losing money this entire decade, and have been taking out loans to do it. https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-announce-long-term-ownership-investment-agreement https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessesilvertown/2025/06/09/chicago-white-sox-transaction-is-a-dispute-in-waiting/

They probably get him to 75-80 pitches in his next start, which gets him pushing 100 like usual for the following start.

Unless they are willing to pick up large amounts of contracts, it means absolutely nothing. You either have to give up valuable prospects, or you have to assume large financial burdens to get players. If we aren't willing to do either, we are shopping in the discount bin to "add". Granted in places like the pen and rotation, it wouldn't take much to "add", but it won't be front line guys.

Ishbia's main work so far has been bailing out Jerry's operating losses from his mismanagement.

I think the difference is that we have watched Jerry run the Sox as a for profit entity, keeping costs as low as possible, and it still 90 X'd over those 46 years. If he had done it right, this franchise is probably double that value, which far outpaces the SP500. I think people are ready for the latter, because this sure didn't work.

Comiskey was falling apart. I loved that old park, but it wasn't practical to fix up. He was probably going to cost just as much to fix it, as it was to replace it.

You do understand the concept of investing, right?

Depends on what you mean by "moneymaker". Not as much year to year profit, but this franchise cost $20 million in 1980. Today it is being sold for $1.8 billion. If JR hadn't run this like a rundown laundry mat, this could have had a valuation of something like double what is is worth currently.

Chase has been worth 2.8 bWAR in 822 PAs. Nick was 3.7 in 992. Fwar is 2.7 for Chase, 2.9 for Nick