So am I. But as you pointed out his travel schedule seemed pretty full in the weeks after "leaving the team". I want to think the team convinced him to leave / fired him.
While I'm still not a NIL fan, (I believe the colleges should be paying), it did help one of our local stars to hang around for his seventh season. (Not a typo)
Finger: UTSA, Frank Harris prove NIL isn’t just for the big boys https://www.expressnews.com/sports/columnists/mike_finger/article/Finger-UTSA-Frank-Harris-prove-NIL-isn-t-just-17645527.php
In looking for things the Sox do well. They consistently underwhelm fans this time of year. Doesn't matter if they come off a WS season or the second most disappointing season in over 125 years of baseball in Chicago. Completely lukewarm.
I think you have to look at the total dollars, subtract a couple years, and see what the real average per year is. I'm other words do you want to spend, for example, $280,000,000 and spread it over 8 or 11 years?
He'd be more valuable to our chances of winning a division if he resigned with the Tigers.
But I'm fine with adding MLB experienced depth to our system.
At different times in my life each band member (even pre Buckingham - Nicks) have kind of been my favorite to listen to. When I was seeing them live, every year or so it seemed like, the attention was always on Nicks. Now I wish I had paid better attention.
Lots of discussion on the route but not much on the destination. The rotation has been above average and carried this team. I don't care what route they take.