Chicago White Sox

Yeah it really does.

I know some players do that, but I’m at SoxFest with my 4 & 1 year old sons all decked out in Sox gear. I doubt I look like the guy who might go sell his stuff on Ebay. Regardless, I just think when you’re at a fan convention you shouldn’t worry about shit like that. Doesn’t mean I think he’s a bad guy though.

On a baseball at least. He personalized autographs with the requester’s name. I had to get my kid’s name on there which kind of sucks. Not sure why, hell his intentions may have been good, but I heard multiple people complain about this and I would have preferred just his autograph.

He seemed perfectly nice to me at SoxFest, but he refused to sign just his name which kind of sucked.

POTY. Ricky’s boys don’t quit, but the skipper sure doesn’t want them to come back with his in-game tactics.

YOAN!!!

Engel, don’t do anything stupid here...

You spent all offseason telling us his childhood dream was playing for the Yankees, which one is it ?

I did not know that, although I doubt it’s a huge factor. The money has to be their first & foremost, everything else is secondary.

Who is Manny’s childhood friend?

Narvaez is not a fun player to watch to put things nicely...

God I love me some Leury!

I like this plan ?

I’m good friends with an intelligent, die-hard Cubs fan and he already acknowledged their next TV deal will be nothing like the crazy ones we’ve seen in recent years.

Good god man, you can’t ever think of a positive thought can you.

You act like there won’t be another half dozen teams willing to offer these guys $350M to $400M contracts. These guys aren’t going to automatically pick the Cubs because Theo is their GM, that idea is ludicrous.

Don’t think there’s a chance in hell the Cubs can win the Harper or Machado sweepstakes with the amount of dead money they’ll have on their books and with all their young players hitting arbitration in the next two years.

Yup, and we have almost no long-term financial commitments. Now is not the time to be risk adverse. The fact that Reinsdorf is like 88 years old and agreed to a rebuild tells me he is going to do everything in his power to get one last World Series before his card is punched.

Leury!!!

Rodon, Kopech, & possibly Stephens will join the rotation. Vieira, Hamilton, & maybe Burdi will join the pen. Despite how people feel about it, Eloy will be on this team before the end of the year IMO. Plus we’ll get Avi back at some point. Lot’s of talent will be joining the team in the second half.

I like Pollock, but he isn’t good enough nor durable enough to sign him to the contract he’s going to get while blocking some of our OF prospects at the same time.

Even if we offer more money?

Honestly, not really. We miss on Harper & Machado then we’re paying for B tier or declining A tier free agents.

What do you mean “none of it’s prospects playing”? There will be plenty of talent on this roster by the end of the season. We obviously won’t be as ready to win as the Yankees, Cubs, or Dodgers but I don’t we’ll be viewed nearly as negatively as you’re making it out to be.

I guess we’ll see, I think the organization realizes the need for a legit superstar signing to signal the rebuild is over and add some excitement to the franchise prior to TV contract negotiations. If we don’t land Machado, I honestly don’t expect money to be the primary issue.