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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.

I thought you always say it’s too early for them to sign a top tier free agent. Is that someone else?

That sounds like good news to me.

Again… why are people making “the money will be spent” jokes in a thread about the team leaning towards overpaying a player with a high ceiling when they could have easily done a salary dump today?

All I’m saying is you can’t be mad that they don’t spend and then also be mad that they didn’t do a salary dump. It’s one or the other.

If the team was as stingy as a lot of people here claim, why wouldn’t they have just dumped him for a couple trash prospects?

Everyone making moves? Bieber, Soroka, and a few minutes ago, Kelly have been dealt. What other SPs have moved?

lol

Its not collusion. If Houser is like the 6th most desirable SP on the market and 1-2 SPs have been moved, what is he supposed to do? Force the other teams to want Houser over Gore? I'm sure you'd be real forgiving if he just started giving guys away.

Why are there no SPs moving? Bizarre.

Its not even $20M. Its the difference between $20M and the cost of his replacement. If you sign a guy for $11M, you are putting $9M at risk in hopes that you can deal him for something good.

Yeah, I don't think its a slam dunk. But its a risk you can take if you have no payroll and no other options in CF. If they sign a FA CF like Harrison Bader, what are they paying him? The amount you are risking is the difference between that one year contract and the 20 million you are paying Robert.

Cedric Mullins, Harrison Bader, and the current version of Robert aren't worth dick. If Robert bounces back and has a good end to this year and a good first half next year, teams will pay for him.

Was he though? He sold Eaton. Anyone could have sold Sale. Quintana had a lot of value. Everyone else was traded for junk (Ian Clarkin, Ryan Cordell, Blake Rutherford).