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How are the comp picks valued by other teams? Would we be able to trade for one without Robert?

Why is there no trade winds forum this year? Because we don't anticipate enough activity?

Its funny how news of a hire with universal approval still results in the usual suspects trying to shoehorn in criticisms of Getz for 6 pages.

You think Shane Smith is the best player on the Sox?

Why is it embarrassing for the White Sox that they took him in Rule 5 last year? If anyone should be embarrassed, its the Brewers.

What am I missing? Soxtalk is now mad at the team because Shane Smith was good?

Agree. I'm sure they look at all that stuff in addition to non-monetary stuff (Do I like being in this city? Is the team good? Do I have friends in the organization? Is it close to my family/Offseason home?)

I agree with you that the price of groceries doesn't come into play but I disagree on taxes. The difference is millions of dollars. These guys for sure have accountants and business managers crunching those numbers before signing.

That wouldn't make any sense. They wouldn't have picked up the option.

What does an OFer of comparable value to Quero look like?

It makes me so happy when bad things happen to the Orioles.

Didn't Al Davis' son go to a PF Chang's daily and sit at the bar?

This would make no sense. They could have done a salary dump yesterday, accepted the best of the bad offers, and be free of the buyout amount and the rest of his prorated salary. It isn't rocket science. Robert will make $20 mil next year. Robert (on the open market) or his replacement would probably cost the team 50-75% of that amount. It wasn't worth it to the team to accept a subpar package if they think they can trade him next year for something worthwhile by spending only an additional $5-7 million. The only way they don't pick up the option is if he completely embarrasses himself or has some catastrophic injury before the end of the season. If they just wanted to save money, they could have dumped him 24 hours ago and people would have been cool with that.

They probably won’t go 500 the rest of the way, but WestEddy is right that this is not the same team from April. That’s not a controversial opinion.

I love how Soxtalk seamlessly transitions from prematurely hyperventilating about Getz not trading Houser to prematurely hyperventilating about hypothetical bad free agent signings that may occur in 8 months because the GM said they want to spend money on the team.