Chicago White Sox

It really is stupid.

Lol...if you think this is a remotely normal situation then god bless you Jack Parkman. What was the actual job? And only a tiny portion of corporate Americans are working anywhere near 60 hours a week and I’d wager most of them are well compensated for their time regardless of overtime pay.

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Ok sure, but how is this is relevant to the subject at hand exactly?

That is not unique to the corporate world.

Who is yelling at fans? Like what in the fuck are you talking about?

What is true in the corporate world?

You choose what you want to believe and have decided corporate America is evil because what’s happened to you in the past. If that wasn’t the case, you would have actually considered some of the posters here’s viewpoints which told you were completely off-base. Instead, you stick with the unlucky few who have had really bad experiences (assuming they’re even true) because it supports your narrative.

Because you literally bring up your shit anytime an employee/employer matter is mentioned. And I’m not actually counting the Analytics discussion.

The amount of hot takes in this thread is wild. We have no facts whatsoever and people are already crafting conspiracy theories.

I thought you were going to keep your personal stuff out of these threads?

No and they’re not even close. The worst decision was driving the strike and stealing away one of the greatest seasons from White Sox fans.

I thought I heard that as well.

Giolito will hopefully get an extension around 5/$50M (similar to Snell). That price range is pretty well established after the Nola & Servino deals. It’s harder to peg a deal for Moncada. I could see a framework being similar to Bregman’s extension, so around 6/$95M (given Yoan isn’t arb eligible yet) but I could see him being reluctant to give up more than one free agent year.

It really seems bizarre.

Our A+ pitching coach is probably the best in the system.

Why are the odds low for Castellanos & Ozuna? Like where do you even come up with this stuff.

I think this narrative is overblown. Do I think Reinsdorf would go seven or eight years for a pitcher? Definitely not. But we have done five year deals in the past (John Danks) and were rumored to have offered Tanaka a seven figure contract which implies at least five years. Like I said previously, I truly believe anyone other than Cole and probably Strasburg should be on the table on the pitching side of things. My guess is that Wheeler & Bumgarner are our top two pitching priorities and my assumption is the Sox will come out aggressive to land one of them and avoid even playing the long game with Cole & Strasburg.

Kid has really put himself back on the map this year. Can’t wait to see how he responds to the juiced ball in 2020.

The difference is I now have zero faith the Sox will sign Cole or Rendon. I don’t even think Strasburg is likely. After that, most guys will get contracts that we’re more than capable of offering. The Sox offered Machado 8/$250M or essentially $31M/year. Yes, it was stupid to think that was enough and it ultimately blew up in their faces, but the reality is they were ready to commit significant dollars to a single player. To think they can’t sign guys who will be around $100M max is crazy to me. The Sox have never had this kind of financial flexibility in recent memory and to cite past history as a reason to be skeptical doesn’t make much sense. They should be one of the biggest spenders over the next two free agent classes full stop.

Good, we just offered Machado $250M so it seems like we’ll have the necessary funds available for Yoan when needed.

JFC...you’d prefer this than gaining an extra year of team control?

Based on this season? What in the fuck are you talking about dude? The Rays extended the 2018 Cy Young Winner and we can’t lock up Giolito? Are you fucking serious? You claimed you weren’t a Negative Nancy and that’s apparently lasted about 48 hours.

Right now, we have to operate under the assumption the Sox feel they can extend Moncada & Giolito. If they can, then these “service time games” will actually help us optimize our window.

Waste this rebuild? Getting an extra year of Kopech would be huge. If all that takes is signing an extra free agent starter than by all means do it. And guess what, if Kopech is lighting up the world in AAA right from the start then we can simply adjust the plan and forego that extra year if we so choose.