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https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mlb-free-agency-closer-ryan-helsley-orioles-reportedly-agree-to-2-year-28m-deal-203414572.html Helsley to O's two years /$28 million

Rule V, baby!!!

Didn't have the budget/resources to succeed. Longer Rule 5 draft thread than one for signing an actual player in FA. Mandate was to cut payroll...well, there is the curious case of Luis Robert to counter that. If I'm Getz, would rather have that money to spend on other players rather than doubling down on risk. He could have kept Cease in a somewhat similar situation...waiting for his value to reinflate. But we might never know who made the ultimate decision there to trade him.

Detroit will answer that question depending on what they decide to do with Skubal and who they sign going into a pivotal year for that franchise. Max Clark and McGonigle are banging on the door, too.

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/texas-big-win-over-texas-am-sec-college-football-playoff-field-longhorns-media-blitz-062917703.html

We can argue about SD (quickly returning to mid market, up for sale reportedly) and SFG if they can land some more big fish like an Imai, for example...AZ (Burnes deal, Bumgarner prior to that) and Seattle are both in a sort of crossover region between mid markets and big spenders. For now: SD and AZ (mids, debt issues), SFG and Seattle in that top tier or just right behind it.

Pretty sure rate should be 28% for corporations. $168 million cap gains tax hit if sold before death. Basically one year's White Sox payroll from 2023-2024. And somehow existing debt service has to be accounted for as well... Let's look at the Twins' situation for a parallel...important note is that Ishbia might not have been the control person (eventually) in Minnesota...or the Pohlad family (grandchildren) was unwilling to put a "sell by" date to it. Sokution to Twins' debt crisis: Take on minority partners After failing to find a buyer at their targeted valuation (around $1.7 billion), the Pohlads elected to take on minority partners to pay down over $400 (now $500) million in existing debt. https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-latest-on-minnesota-twins-evolving-ownership-situation-r19457/#:~:text=After failing to find a buyer at their,pay down over %24400 million in existing debt. "Once an offer hit the table that allowed them to keep control of the team AND pay off their debts, their decision became clear. But in 2024, the heirs of the late financier Carl Pohlad faced a reckoning: The team’s nine-figure debt was growing as revenues from ticket sales and game broadcasts dwindled. The debt, now equal to $500 million, is about a third of the team’s entire market value. “That was really the driver,” Joe Pohlad, the Twins executive chair, said in a recent interview, revealing a debt amount well above any previously reported estimate. In the time that’s passed since the Twins were taken off the market, we were lead to believe that the Pohlads’ debt was over $400 million, but never got an exact amount until recently. Where did the Minnesota Twins’ debt come from? Behind the scenes, the Pohlads claimed it was a combination of a decade-worth of over-spending on talent, lagging attendance, FanDuel Sports North (RSN) fallout and losses from the 2020 COVID season. https://www.minnesotasportsfan.com/minnesota-twins/pohlads-reveal-mn-twins-debt-hint-future-spending/

They only have let's say roughly 45% of the team between JR and sons for argument's sake. Let's just guess JR 30% sons 15% Ishbia 45% and remaining minority shareholders at 10%. So $600,000 million minus the original sale price in 1981. Assuming a 20% rate here, it would be around $120 million in cap gains taxes at a $2 billion valuation. When he dies...his kids would inherit the shares if they're not first sold to Ishbia and their cost basis would reset to the value at the time of death...let's say $1.8 billion for our tax purposes. The sons could actually end up with a credit or write off based on the likely fall in franchise value from 2025 through 2029 (also significantly reduced RSN numbers), barring a new stadium deal. Not insignifant money...but compared to LAD numbers, it's a rounding error to hold the team basically hostage for almost a half decade. But JR has arguably most of his wealth centered in the less liquid Bulls Sox real estate and that $120 million hit is not insignificant assuming he is relatively cash poor for a billionaire and also sitting on his share of $125-150 million in additional debt borrowed/created from Covid 2020 through the 2023 payroll in the $180 million range and 2024 payroll debt overhang as well.

Sure, but that doesn't mean they're going to suddenly open the spigots again on the older players like Robert Abreu Alexei Ramirez that weren't subject to the intl signing pool limits due to age. Okamoto Murakami Imai etc.

https://fansided.com/mlb/these-5-overpaid-mlb-players-deserve-the-anthony-rendon-treatment At least the Sox can rank in the Top Five/Ten for one category… https://www.si.com/mlb/anthony-rendon-worst-mlb-contracts

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/live/bears-vs-eagles-chicago-makes-huge-statement-with-black-friday-win-in-philadelphia-183044514.html

Ren and Stimpy quotes lol? That's right out of the Jason Benetti playbook.

Welcome to dutifully watching Iowa football the last thirty years, except for much less dynamic/exciting skill position players across the board (with the obvious exceptions of Dallas Clark and George Kittle)... Still, must have been totally satisfying for Bears' fans who haven't seen those backfield yardage numbers since the SB Shuffle.

Sox fans are so starved for winning that Jerry Dybzinski and Tito Landrum are more famous in team history forty years later than any of the current players. Meanwhile, Dodgers' fans simply believed "winning was their destiny" simply due to having the most talented and most expensive team...and few even remember Kerkering's name after that historic WS.

I can't imagine what you would be like as an Eagles' message board poster. Two Super Bowls in the last four, including knocking off the "dynastic" Chiefs and quasi-GOAT Mahomes and yet they've resorted to loudly booing Hurts Sirianni Barkley from the very first failed offensive possession at home and leaving the stadium early in droves when down just two scores. When their team came into the game at 8-3 and still pretty much assured of a playoff spot now at 8-4 with just five games remaining. Remember when the White Sox were getting mock cheers for nearing the all-time loss record in late 2024 and Benintendi finally showed some fire and got pissed off at Sox fans? Fun times. Really can't imagine the shock value if those two franchises (Phils and Sox) had switched cities since the original Harper FA deal.

Don't you mean officially becomes control person/takes over the team and brings in the MLB equivalent of Ben Johnson....? As it stands, the value of his shares will be decreasing the next two years.

Great marketing tagline for 2026. Talk about a unique selling proposition or USP.

Other than that slight design flaw with the eight supposedly airtight compartments mathenatically meaning 5/8 being breached would lead to an inevitable sinking...the HMS Titanic was a fine ship. The White Sox, otoh, have intentional design flaws with offense, defense and pitching. At any rate, as soon as the Sox can match the heart of the Phillies or Mariners post-deadline lineups, that will be a day to truly look forward to, because they're not really close yet. Actually, having awful position player production has been the norm during the Getz regime. Above average has been the outlier.

At least Ishbia with the Suns has totally changed his modus operandi. He seemingly puts the fans first or at least speaks to their wants. JR has become more stubborn and entrenched in his bunker...scoring at the very idea of being in the Ohtani market while being totally blind to the marketing value of the Japanese players or likes of Bryce Harper. You have to spend money to make money. A cliche, sure, but truer words were never spoken.

Costs too much.

Merely to make a point to the other owners...not because he really wanted to keep him on the payroll long term.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/articles/blue-jays-signing-dylan-cease-155029540.html Blue Jays are signing Dylan Cease: Here’s 3 reasons why the move will backfire "According to StatMuse, Cease has pitched to a 4.61 ERA across 29 outings against AL East teams in his career. He has struck out 199 hitters and recorded a 7-8 overall record as well. For the most part, Cease has failed to find success against the division, but the situation becomes even more concerning when looking at his numbers versus specific ball clubs. The New York Yankees — who will likely be the Blue Jays’ biggest threat for the division crown — have absolutely dominated Cease over the years. In six starts, Cease has a lackluster 5.34 ERA and has given up five home runs. It gets even worse for Cease against the Boston Red Sox, as his 6.04 ERA versus the team is concerning.'

They do now have ONE sole scout now covering the entire NPB and KBO and Taiwan to boot!!! That's also what tends to happen when you spend just $94.7 million per year on 2024-2026 payroll during an era when the mid market teams need to be in that $135-150 million range just to be competitive for a post season spot (unless you're as resource allocation efficient as CLE and MIL). Not enough talent and farm system depth to cover up all the holes when you refuse to even play in the Tier B/C free agency pool. Everything is riding on the 2026 draft...but still two 1 1/2 to 2 more rebuilding seasons at a minimum if you hit on that pick.

"At a minimum, the Blue Jays get a solid middle-of-the rotation starter to go with Kevin Gausman, Trey Yesavage, Shane Bieber and Jose Berrios. The good version of Cease is a No. 2 starter who sometimes looks like an ace. If Bieber is healthy for the entire season and Berrios' late-season elbow inflammation was just temporary, that's a rotation that could be as good as any in the game. We knew the Jays were going to strike big this offseason. This might not be their only move of consequence."-- Schoenfield Grade B https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46994593/2025-26-mlb-offseason-grades-free-agency-trade-analysis

Table 8 filled with all the Japanese players drinking Asahi...