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Too late for half assed measures. This is already the most embarassing team in baseball. A few C list free agents doesn't do anything to fix that. Its the draft picks we punt on and resources we giveaway for those players who might actually make this a worthwhile franchise in a couple of years, assuming Chris Getz found someone way better at player dev than he ever actually was.

Kopech with the dreaded forearm inflamation.

These guys will not make this a 72 win team. There is not 30 games of improvement to be had with this pitching staff let alone a very mediocre offense, at best, with those guys.

Translation: By the time that we may actually need a Santander, Santander probably won't be a Santander anymore, and more like a Chris Davis.

Cool. I don't buy that for a second. Projection systems like ZIPS have problems with historic outliers. Why? Because by their very definition, they are historic. Statistical models by their very nature regress to norms, not dealing with the worst team in 125 years history of baseball. Literally no one, or nothing, projected 41 wins last year, and we have already significantly subtracted from that team at the major league level. There is no real bullpen, and a AAA starting rotation, if it stays healthy. Getting the offense back to zero would be an improvement, while adding nothing to the offense either. Even with "regression" and luck, that isn't enough to make up 25 games. That's a joke. Nor do I think the idea of trying to take a shortcut around taking the time to actually build a real player development system, and not taking the short cuts that led to to Chris Getz is a good idea. Look, if you want to sustain actually winning, you have to be cranking players out of your minor league system on a regular basis. If you are robbing yourself of draft pick to sign 2nd and 3rd tier free agents, while robbing your minor league system to do it, you are just redoing exactly what got you here in the first place. Once we actually show our player development team has been significantly improved by replacing Chris Getz, there will be the next group of mid tier free agents to choose from. Our next Andrew Benitendi awaits soon enough.

So they can drop a few hundred million dollars and still lose 100 games? Great story, all while giving up multiple draft picks.

Can I let you in on a secret? Anthony Santander doesn't change that.

OSU sold out on the run, and ND could do nothing about it.

It is all on Poles at this point. He HAS to get Williams and this squad a real offensive line. Both to give the offense time, but also to keep the offense ON the field, and keep the defense off it it. I don't think it was a coincidence that the defense seemed to get worse as the season went on, and that was from being on the field too damned much.

Eh, there is one MAJOR difference here. ONLY the Bears had access to the #1 pick. Literally anyone could have negotiated with and made offers to Johnson. The had to beat out the rest of the NFL to get him. They didn't need to do that with Caleb.

Law said pretty much this. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6076231/2025/01/20/blue-jays-anthony-santander-signing-analysis/?source=athletic_pulsenewsletter&campaign=12332137&userId=6062851

The Sox aren't going to be in the business of giving up draft picks (or even worse multiple picks for multiple players) especially in pursuit of red flag hitters after a 41 win season.

Ditka.

So wait, the Bears interviewed 17 people for a leadership position and then hired and paid the most qualified person for the job? Is that legal? -Jerry R.

The roof leaks, windows are busted, and the electric is shot, but why doesn't the cabinet door close evenly?

I am not hear to argue every possible legal rabbit holes. Stop posting long excerpts from stories. Period.

This is good to hear. No need to rush them.

STOP POSTING ENTIRE STORIES. THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING

Reinsdorf literally made his fortune investing in real estate.

The numbers aren't even close. The Cubs grossed half a billion without their off the books investments. They profited $70 million BEFORE that.

Cubs revenues dwarf the Sox. They could sneeze up 250 to 300 million a year.

For all of the people out there actually watching the White Sox this year...

BS. The Cubs have somewhere around double the Sox revenue on paper, plus they took over the whole neighborhood. They should be the Dodgers. They are damned liars.