Bananarchy

They mention the A-Rod contract. Honestly, that was too high then and it's probably too high now. There is stupid money in baseball right now. I don't care what anyone things anyone deserves, you get what the market wants to pay.

That sound about right. $60 million/year is a lot to invest in two fielders.

The Yankees one would be the same with even less baseball content. Yankees fans may be worse than Cub fans.

Indeed.

If I had to guess, someone let slip on either side that the Sox are willing to go 8 years for more money (they must be if they're that serious) but the message from the White Sox is "oh no, we're not going over 7 seasons"

Oh it would be insane... ...and completely unfair

I think they're trying to save and if the market is as thin as it appears, they should try to get the best deal possible.

Yes.

That would suck, but probably not worth mentioning in this roller coaster.

Lol. So many local guys trying to refute this, lol.

That would be "so White Sox"

I'll take Passan.

JP is on another level.

The White Sox could win four consecutive World Series and you would still be mad. No one here should take that opinion seriously.

If the current market is any indication, we might be at a point where free agent prices are dropping, which would mean the best time to sign is now.

Definitely. At the very least, we'd hear something or they would be dropped from contention.

I would spend zero time betting on this team. Too many unknowns.

I won't believe any of it until Peavy44 says so

That's my favorite offseason post so far.

This. 100%. He's not an old guy. He'll get another shot but sucking in Tampa isn't going to do him any favors. He'll basically head coach the defense. Arians is a well-respected guy. He'll understand.

Finfer nails it ?

That would be a bad deal for Bowles. Bears have stacked personnel and play a similar style defense.

The question remains: Why would anyone spend money to read barstool? That's why this is such a bad deal

Save your $10 you were going to spend on the Fox News of sports and put it towards real journalism or charity. Barstool isn't worth it.

Why would you give any of your sports subscription money to anyone but "The Athletic"?