southsider2k5

Uh oh, snowflakes ❄

Weird in the sense that everyone is 3 to 5 years away. I would have expected them to not be looking so far out.

They may well need an expert on bankruptcy and not paying their bills.. oh wait you aren't talking about the Cubs.

The Padres picked up the contract. I would bet money this is where the deal broke down for the Sox.

^ This guy has the right idea.

They will be top 10 prospects for the Cubs. It is a weird haul for them. Everyone is so far away.

Bro you took that way too seriously.

Money to spend? I will believe that when I see it.

Until they clear up that fraudlent ownership structure, they are screwed.

And now they are going to dump him for scraps.

Really surprised this happened without any of the Pads top players, but this is what happens when you are willing to take on salary right now. Most surprised that the entire Cubs package is guys who are on a 2023 to 2025 type of schedule. Could be a great deal, but they are all SO far away.

Because how the Sox relate to this hasn't come up at all in this thread.

Kim Jung Trump won't allow it.

I don't know when this turned into a meme, but we don't need to "win the offseason". We had a few holes on a team that could be on the verge of doing something special if those holes are filled. This team needed a RF, 2 SPs, and a closer going into the offseason to put it on a level to compete with the big boys, and not just the AL Central. So far they have addressed one SP hole, and found themselves a reclamation project in RF. That isn't filling the holes they have, let alone "winning the offseason.

The Sox have a great top 5, with a few who will graduate very shortly. The Padres have a great top 5, and the best top 20 in baseball. The difference is once you get past the top of the Sox list, the rest of the Sox farm system is very mediocre at best. The Padres system is levels better than the White sox.

No offense, but there isn't a major publication who feels the Sox farm system is better than San Diego. I think I am going to go with the professionals here over a random internet poster.

The Sox style isn't to make late moves. I sure don't expect them to sign anyone else big, outside of maybe a closer,

The Padres STILL have more talent on the way than the Sox do, as the Sox have a very limited farm system after about half a dozen top level guys, They aren't just constructed for today, they have big things still on the way .

Talent wise, this team MIGHT be good enough to win the division. They are most likely a playoff team. They COULD be one of the best teams in baseball with some key additions. If they looked to add talent at a level that recognized this, people wouldn't give a crap about San Diego. To try to sell to the team that a brand new pitching coach is the best addition of an off season where it is all right there for the taking is absolutely a statement on why White Sox fans are pissed off this off season.

What he is saying is that is where the Sox are right now, not what they might still spend.

Great. So now about that big picture.

Hopefully you aren't trying to equate the "moves" of San Diego to what the Sox have done so far, because they do not belong in the same universe. You have two teams who are in essentially the same position of a rebuild to championship transition, and the Sox are acting like they know their window is almost over while the Padres are acting like they want to win for the next five years. They absolutely destroyed us during the talent acquisition phase, while we concentrated only on top end talent, and ignored the international market to our detriment. The Sox COULD be shifting into a phase of owning the AL Central for the next five years, but they just don't want to act like it.

That is a pretty generous reading of the situation. I mean in the world, if your boss tells you to put a hire on the list, how many people out there are going to oppose the guy who signs the checks? If Jerry told them to put TLR on the list it seems REALLY obvious what he is telling them.