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Because either they took the lost last year and need to pay it off, or last year sets the next season's payroll, which has always been the Sox MO. They add or subtract based on what the previous season looks like. This franchise took a mid tens of millions dollars worth of a haircut during the season for their historic revenues on their TV contract, and it also going to affect continuing revenues as it is going to smaller than the previous one going forward.

The effect of not having a TV contract last year is not going to help this year.

So if the old story about how no one every took their gains was actually true, the fact they had nine figures in debt means those gains are long gone.

He's a dude that is a peak 60 to 65. But yeah, he has to stay healthy, and he has to condition himself to go 180 innings. Neither of those are a for sure thing. But him and Smith you really, really need to get a #1 starter out of, especially now that Grant Taylor is out of the picture in the rotation.

Yep, Ryan O'Hearn isn't bringing in any outside revenue.

I think we are doing a lot of picking and choosing here to rearrange things to fit, and leaving out everything else if I am being honest. Looking at his monthly splits, His WHIP and walk rates still went up commiserate with his velocity and K rate. He actually got hit less early in the season, and saw his H/9 go up with his K rate and BB rate as the season went on as well. His best HR rate was also in that May/June time period when he was K'ing less, but pitching to more contact and less hits, and HRs. You see K rate in the later half of the season, but he really saw an across the board fall off in other stuff that made it look like he was doing a lot of over throwing, and getting hit in the zone when he came in after falling behind. He honestly looked for effective in that middle 3rd than he did the latter one.

If you back out his six relief appearances, it is more like 4.2.

And if it doesn't happen, it might not be.

Ryan Rolison, Who

I mean if we get a starting 3B out of the dude, that's a win there. I was thinking more of Smith and Schultz in that.

From the looks of his velos over those starts, he is throwing much harder at that point. More K's, but also a lot more walks. His HR rate didn't change, meaning he was still getting hit about as hard.

Mildly surprised to see no one rated higher than a 50 FV. That kind of reinforces the idea that no one sees a superstar in the system.

The "elite K rate" thing is smack in the middle of a lot of other noise. It didn't change his HR rate, and it about doubled his walk rate, leading to no actual change in his expected performance. I previously said, I think his peak is a #4 starter, but I do think he has some consistency work to do to get there.

This right here. I have no idea what he will bring, and what role they put him in, but not replicating the mistakes of the past for a cheap arm is the most important part. It puts another guy into the mix for a team that sorely needs good innings, well, everywhere. At the very least, he should help a pen that really, really needs it.

And his HR/9 rate didn't really change, so when he was in the zone, he was still getting hit for as hard of contact. Could he figure it out? Sure, he's got some raw stuff, but figuring out the balance here is what keeps a lot of guys from becoming solid major league starters.

If this is the same thing you posted yesterday, his walk rate doubled, and his expected ERA was almost identical to his previous 8 where his K rate was about 50% less, meaning his wildness was probably giving away what he gained in Ks.

His change up wasn't the problem. It was fastball location which sets up them swinging at the change. No one swings at the change if they know it is coming.

It has also become a meme that Chris Getz knew the entire organization was going to fall apart because he was left such a horrible, horrible mess that he couldn't have possibly done better than the worst team in the history of baseball, so in that world, why keep Luis Robert vs trading him after his amazing breakout year?

I have no idea where EXACTLY they are looking as of now. I will also mention that they are testing as we speak a southern Spur to the same line, depending on where they are looking. I will say if it is north, walking distance probably isn't further than you walk from a metra at 18th for current Soldier Field.

I really get the feeling they now have to move him for SOMETHING after the latest signing.

They do have a train line that goes right through Hammond.

I know Hammond's Mayor decently well. He will give away the farm to get the Bears there. Literally anything he can do, he will. I would also bet money that our Governor would back up the truck for something like this, as we love giving billions in abatements and relief to things like data centers, which provide little to no jobs and economic activity, so a football team wouldn't be much different. I don't know how much the Bears want to leave Chicago, but I will promise you that Indiana will bribe the hell out of them to do so.

The Rays would have traded him years ago, like we should have.