Dick Allen

The thought is the Angel's will sign Cole. He supposedly lives 7 miles from their park and Moreno isn't afraid to spend money. Although it is hard to see them spending what is going to take considering what the owe Pujols and Trout. You are really playing with payroll fire being that top heavy.

Trevor Rosenthal.

Money and winning are what attracts. The Sox usually come up short with both. It would be very unusual for a major free agent to take significantly less money to come to a team with the White Sox recent history. MLB players love Chicago. They couldn't care less about Bridgeport. They just drive there 81 times a year. They don't live there. I'm pretty sure most Sox players live in those buildings built on that old par 3 golf course by Randolph and Wacker and Columbus. I'm sure they would prefer to play in a full stadium, but the amount of their paycheck trumps that. And there is no problem with Guaranteed Rate Field. The playing surface is supreme, the clubhouse new, and other amenities, modern. Unless it's a flyball pitcher, something the Sox probably wouldn't bother to pursue, the stadium is not an issue. And endorsement money with MLB players pales in comparision to those in other sports. Yet, in Chicago, even with the Sox, you probably have a chance to make more money off the field than many other places.

I can't see them spending that much in one offseason. I think we will be lucky if it's $110 million.

Take it for what it's worth, which is quite possibly nothing, but a guy who may or may not be a White Sox insider says keep on eye on Mad Bum.

I don't know who you are, and am quite happy about it.

Adding a lot to the thread. Again.

Cool.

Nice. Don't you have another move? It's the same thing every post. You cry about every post. Say the internet is weird, and then do it again, day after day after day. Apparently, telling people off on the internet makes up for what probably goes on in real life.

Do you ever actually post about baseball, or just critique posts?

The White Sox put themselves in this situation. It's on them to get themselves out. Go back to the first few years JR owned the team. The White Sox had the better fan numbers. Now, they win the WS the other team loses 100 games, and they still get clobbered at the gate. It's time for JR to take his cash and call it a day. He had a good run, but it's passed him by. That goes for the Bulls too.

I already did.

That happened under this ownership's watch. Still, last year, according to Forbes, the White Sox pulled in $3 million more in revenue, before expenses, than the Twins, and that is being the second fiddle, with an old TV contract, losing 100 games.

The only one making no sense is you. It's been a trend.

Here's what you are replying to: They have a lot in common. You are as wrong here as you were about Adrian Beltre. Things you never said? You said it again. Is your last name Guilliani?

They have a lot in common. You are as wrong here as you were about Adrian Beltre.

You don't make sense. The White Sox with their built in advantage of being in Chicago have pissed it away and cannot match the Minnesota Twins.

Yet they have twice as many World Series wins than the White Sox since JR owned the team. The White Sox have won a postseason series 1 year in all of our lifetimes.

Other than they are division rivals, usually spend arpind the same resources and one team seems far more successful than the other. If the Twins can be good, why can't the White Sox? I'm sure you have a fine excuse.

I am beginning to think that Jack McDowell twitter account is a fake.

I guess we have heard Jack for the last time on Charlotte Knights broadcasts,

Good thing they gave away pool money to rid themselves of Nate Jones. One thing JR needs is more dollars.

I bet you he said it, but it probably was tongue in cheek.BTW, losing pays. Since RH has been GM, the team has been awful, but their bank account, another story. Coming into this season, which by all accounts was a big money manner, , according to Forbes numbers a cumulative $200 million profit. https://www.statista.com/statistics/829581/chicago-white-sox-operating-income/

After Renteria's surgery, I must admit, Super Joe looked mighty impressive walking out to the mound to make pitching changes.

I forgot he was even in the organization. It will probably be the same with at least a quarter of the 40 man in the next year.