southsider2k5

Ah yes, the Sox always giving their fan base a reason to believe.

Nope, it made it past the first post.

No, I often wander for 40 years in the desert before I get to my destination.

Because when I think of Carlos Correa I think of six steps to get to AJ Pollock. Wait, wat

I think I speak for almost all of Soxtalk when I say wat

Go Friars. Burn it to the ground.

I think there will be more than one core player that is not back next year. I have no idea who or how much, but I do think there will be panic in the front office.

Plus a guy who should be able to relate to the Latin players, their culture, and language.

He was out of options just like McGuire. One of them was getting traded, waived, or released.

Coolio is now in that gangstas paradise

And cuts make it worse.

Grandal is owed 2023 by the Chicago White Sox, nothing more, nothing else. They are literally out nothing by bringing him back. In his first two years he had a decent year and a great year. Last year was an obvious disaster. In the Sox case, there is nothing else here to back him up, and not a lot of resources to spend on another catcher. You bring him back and see if the 2020-21 Yas is still in there. If he still is 22 Yas, you can release him later, and it costs you nothing extra.

The season ticket base seemed to be around 20,000, or a bit more this year. If they start cutting, there is a real good chance that number goes down by a lot.

This is the biggest disaster of 2022. We have no idea how much player evaluation we can take from 2022. The separate of Tony from what happened on the field this year is impossible. We could well be trying to sell players at their 52 week lows in almost every situation on the roster. How much of it is Tony, how much of it is not having a real spring training in 3 years, how much of it is not having real winter work outs in 3 years, and how much of it is the players regressing? We that is the $200 million question. I would honestly say that running it back one more time with new leadership makes the most sense, and I am not sure we really have a choice. But if we are going to cut, there is no point in a 10% cut. If you are going to cut, burn it down and start over.

Typically? Absolutely this is the right take. But from the day Jerry went out over his GM and VPs to forced Tony LaRussa on the front office, there can be zero certainty of Rick and Tony having autonomy on ANYTHING they do. In fact it makes the theory that Tony has more power than they do all of the more plausible, and impossible to disprove. At the end of the day employees can do what the boss allows them to do, and make no mistake, Jerry is the boss, not Rick.

He is going to be 59 next year. Unless he gets an ownership group offer, there isn't much more for him to do in baseball. I get it.

For the record, here is the source material https://theathletic.com/2956711/2021/11/15/at-gm-meetings-white-soxs-ken-williams-expresses-frustration-disappointment-with-mlbs-lack-of-progress-in-front-office-diversity/

I don't know the contract status, but Kenny did say in an interview that when this contract he was currently on ended, he was leaving the White Sox.

Still on target for 3000 DL days.

I went to one game this season. I had planned on buying a suite to a game and bringing a bunch of friends, but between not being able to get a response from the Sox tickets reps and the overall garbage on the field, I didn't. We ended up actually using that money as a part of the down payment towards a Disney Vacation Club membership. Quite literally the quality of this team, and the TLR situation, cost them somewhere around $2500 to $3000 from my family alone.

If they are going to drop the payroll, they might as well blow it all up. They either need to go in, or get out.

I also can't see Kenny Williams going into these recent seasons without having made some home run attempt at a deal. Maybe it worked, maybe it failed, but he would have swung for the fences and left the bottom of the roster lacking instead of vice versa.

Count me as thrilled that Tony is completely out, and not being kicked upstairs. Remove the tumor, let the body heal.

A true Sox never quits, so call it even.

This franchise is its own worst enemy. They have earned the ire of every fan. The benefit of the doubt is gone. Look, I could even live with Cleveland beating this team, and beating them handily. But when you roll over like a little b**** and quit, nope. Not going to pretend to support it. f*** these guys. Go play golf.