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He doesn't own the whole team.

Yeah, I mean when you lose 121 games, and at least 100 games in three straight years there isn't really much of a chance to spend over it. This isn't an 80 win team that is a couple of holes away. This is a team full for holes with a couple of answers.

I don't think I can recall a stranger season than Colson had. Some days he was a completely unplayable mess, and others he looked like a superstar. I literally have zero idea what to expect from him.

With the complete failure of the minor league system under Chris Getz there really wasn't any choice as to what was going to happen.

The hope is that by the end of 5 years they have their financial feet back under them again, and that baseball labor peace has returned. They have cut payroll, they have a TV deal in place, and now it is about rebuilding from the bottom up so that HOPEFULLY one day we are bringing guys in through the system, instead of mediocrity off of the street. Realistically, this was still a 102 loss team with no hope of contending, and the spectre of a game changing labor agreement on the horizon. while I expect them to spend a few bucks to plug a few holes and fill some innings, they really shouldn't be spending a lot until they guys they are signing could actually be on the next playoff team. If that standard isn't happening, they shouldn't be committing long term dollars to them.

Yeah, they are improving. That's what I wanted to see this year. Things are getting better, especially on the offensive side of the football and with Williams, Keep adding in the trenches and see where this thing goes.

Ok, that is hilarious that I have got you actually reading the comments of Royals articles to try to get a reply up to a castaway comment.

I mean, if I were (godforbid) a Royals fan, I wouldn't be happy to get a guy the White Sox fired.

I would say the trick is to find talented people, but maybe that is the problem?

This is about right. No one should be making Super Bowl reservations quite yet, but we have seen a pretty nice leap in both talent and play, which is what we all wanted to see.

I get it. I do football games, but don't see football the same way I do basketball. Being a bit of a perfectionist, I KNOW it comes out in my technical reading of it when I call a football game. There are intricacies that are missed, 100%, and it is obvious to a baseball fan when it happens.

The hilarious part is that Caleb had him dead in his vision as he escaped on his touchdown run and was like f*** that, I will do it myself.

You are a White Sox fan, so it is probably more like a -1 WAR 37 year old 2B who will play 1B poorly.

That's not how it works unless they negotiate a buyout, which isn't what happens if you release someone.

Benny is a great argument that Getz doesn't have nearly as much freedom as we keep getting told, because one of two things would have to be true. Either Getz wants him on the roster, or Getz doesn't have the power to dump him. I know which one makes more sense to me

No, the dark side is realizing this didn't just start.

Welcome to the dark side.

They SHOULD just buy him out like a respectable MLB franchise.

Give it 7 or 8 years.

One of these days everything will quit being someone else's fault. Probably the day they fire Getz.

Nobody is saying anything next because there will be a lockout.

Vaughn was also making about 1/3 of Benny, and even so we took on a similar contract to get it done.

No. Because it isn't happening.

Whose LF is he better than? Therein lies the problem.

Yes, because there aren't any guys in the game hitting for high average with no power.