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Adams was not a surprise.

Now you have Jerry's attention.

Brady Aiken vs Carlos Rodon. Don't over think it just because dude is more of a known commodity.

I believe the waiver wire order holds with the end of last seasons standings until some point early into the actual season. All winter long the Sox will sit at #2 behind Colorado.

Here's the fun part. Let's say the worst case scenario happened, and the Sox fell all of the way to #7 this year. With the draft slots as they were last year, the #1 pick got a slot just over $11 million. #7 got about $7 mil. Even if you look at JUST the 5% overage part of the draft pool, this pick creates something like an extra $200k in draft pool spending without losing a pick, even if you have to give one dude the entire slot for #1. That $200k is basically being able to take an extra shot at the type of HS picks the Sox typically make after the 10th round, or at the end of the draft. Unless there isn't clear separation between the guys at the top, you HAVE to take the consensus best talent, and move on.

New York has 8.5 million people in it. Denver has a touch over 700,000. Despite taxes, the price of groceries, gas, rent and everything else I would say that a random person is about 12 times more likely to live in NYC vs Denver. Don't believe me, look at their populations.

I mean the historic odds that the Sox can carry two Rule 5 guys is sooooo small. Last year was a once in a generation type of output with two guys making it. The most realistic outcome is that zero of these guys is on the the roster in November. At the end of the day, there is plenty of spots, and these guys will figure it out on the field.

If this were even remotely true, the Yankees, Dodgers, and Mets wouldn't lead the world in payroll. If the Sox were willing to pay up, we'd be there too. We see it on the Northside currently. If what you were saying was true, teams would be fighting to be in places like Tampa and Miami, and that isn't it

No I got the point, you are just acting like this dudes are making a poverty wage. There are plenty of reasons athletes don't want to play in a place like NYC, but the taxes on $170 million isn't it.

#1, you only play half your games in your home city, and you are taxed based on where you play games at. #2, if you are making $170 million, and you need to worry about the difference in groceries and taxes between different cities, you have much bigger problems than the price of gasoline.

For whatever reason, the regime didn't think much of Palette. First to drop him from starting so quickly, and then with as many awful pitchers as we rostered, to not call him up late last year, and then to not protect him with 5 roster slots to spare.

Wow.

By the time all is said and done, dude is going to be into the White Sox for 2 billion dollars for the team, plus everything else he puts in to support it. After stadium and capital infusions (and yes, 9 figures is a ton to me) we are probably in for say 3 billion dollars. I would call that billions of dollars.

While plenty of people have been trained to be scared of big cities recently, the only drawback to NY is money. If you have a job making 10X the median salary in the US, NY would be a spectacular place to live.

Have you seen our offense? No he doesn't fit our timeline and payroll, but all the dude does it hit bombs.

Yeah, usually those are the ones that end up Arod/Griffey type status. Big difference between COULD be #1, and this kind of talk

6 foot and 185? You sure that's his kid?

This stuff usually plays itself out in the spring. The good news is, if the race is still that tight in June, the Sox can use it as a negotiation tactic.

Somewhere Tony just woke up.

Let the bowl fill back up before you s%*# in it.

Thank God.

Man, read the room.

#1, he is putting a ton of capital into this team. #2, he has already bought some unknown percentage of the White Sox, likely 8 to 9 figures worth. #3, Whose money do you think is going to be paying for a new stadium? Jerry? Don't make me laugh.

Harold brings it home!