southsider2k5

Would you have not made the same bets on Chris Sale and Tim Anderson? You make these bets knowing full well that they might not pay off, but because they made these types of deals with Sale and Adam Eaton, the rebuild was pushed forward by years. If we hadn't made this deal with Tim Anderson, he would have been a $20ish million player this year (he is $9.5 this year) and pending free agency after this season. Instead he is controlled for the next two years at $12.5 and 14 million. So yes, you can pick out the deals that didn't work, but these three years are probably going to save the White Sox something like $50 or $60 million on Tim Anderson alone.

I don't know if it will be Ayton per se, but this is the TYPE of deal the Bulls need to pull off.

Now I see why you like Tony. Leury Garcia hitting 2nd. some dude named "Roberts" hitting 3rd , and some dude named "Pollack" hitting 8th.

Do it at about 7:10 CST tonight to save us all from ourselves.

Yeah, this is what systemic failure looks like.

Tim Anderson is having his career worst year in the field. I am OK with calling him not sharp.

So Giolito still isn't ready to go.

Typically MLB deals are fully guaranteed. Most likely is that Cueto's deal is prorated from the day he makes the major league roster, and is paid the full remaining amount over the rest of the season from then on. Right now 20.37% of games have been played, so subtracting that much off of his $4.2m leaves about 3.35 million over the rest of the season.

That's how early contracts work. Some money gets moved up front on the bet that they will more than save on the deal in the long term. You regretting the Tim Anderson or Chris Sale deals? Same thing.

Look there is no doubt there are holes on the roster you could drive a truck through. But the players on this roster are very largely underproducing their abilities in many different ways. And it isn't just the offense. The defense has been WAY scarier to me than the offense. Even past a few guys playing out of position, guys like Tim Anderson and Jose Abreu have been TERRIBLE defensively. Like I have never seen them look so bad in their entire White Sox careers defensively. This bullpen is supposed to be among the best in baseball, but there isn't a single guy out there who has pitched up to their potential.

Tony LaRussa is on the one who can needs to be fired. Even if you want to place all of the blame for this offense so far on the hitting coach, he doesn't get the blame for the defense, or for the bullpen. He also doesn't get the responsibility for the lack of health of this team. But when you are missing major pieces of the team , plus benching starters on a regular basis, this shouldn't be that much of a surprise that they don't hit consistently. Honestly, maybe it took a while, but this team looks exactly how I was afraid it would look last year when Tony took over. Maybe it took a while for him to lose them, but they look lost. I have never seen guys like Tim Anderson and Jose Abreu look less sharp and excited about the game.

Carlos Rodon had absolutely zero trade value in the last few years except for when they needed him most last year. He was hurt in 2019 and 2020. He was a free agent in the winter of 20-21, and got a $3 million offer as a starting pitcher. That right there is the definition of zero trade value.

So Tony gets a back to back playoff team with a top flight offense, defense, and pitching staff, and when all of that self-destructs the manager isn't responsible for it. This is circular enough to establish its own orbit.

Unless it happens to be taking the decade off. Bright side is it is a Hall of Famer of a server.

It's our new TLR Server. It only works when it wants to, and makes sure to get lots of rest.

I'm listening.

@Tnetennba let's get that game thread!

FWIW, buy it now is about $50 on Ebay.