P noles b****ed for absolutely nothing

Edited January 23, 20197 yr by whitesoxwinner

He took the most expensive AAV deal he could find. 

I would have loved him on the Sox

Well, that's good to hear. Too bad he didn't want to play here.

It'd be interesting to know the AAV of the Sox deal. Sounds like Milwaukee blew everyone away as far as dollars in a year go. 

 

15 minutes ago, whitesoxwinner said:

P noles b****ed for absolutely nothing

Least shocking thing ever. 

18 minutes ago, whitesoxwinner said:

P noles b****ed for absolutely nothing

Shocked I tell you, shocked.

But also damn.

So probably a good assumption we will try again next year. 

1 minute ago, GenericUserName said:

So probably a good assumption we will try again next year. 

I'm going to hope that Seby sets the world on fire in Charlotte this year both behind and at the plate.

#TeamMachado

6 minutes ago, GenericUserName said:

So probably a good assumption we will try again next year. 

At the very least we'll know more about what kind of progress Collins has made, compared to the pitchers. If we sign one of the big fish this offseason,  we'll have a need at 1b next offseason,  and then we'll probably have room for 1 more player somewhere, whether that's pitching or catching or 3b or elsewhere. 

1 hour ago, whitesoxwinner said:

P noles b****ed for absolutely nothing

 

1 minute ago, Jose Abreu said:

 

He's got a point...at some point it's results, not the good ole college try, that matter.

Of course it would be nice to know what the Sox offer was.

4 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said:

 

I understand what the pain & suffering of being a Sox fan does to one’s psyche, but that dude is one whiny little b****.

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I understand what the pain & suffering of being a Sox fan does to one’s psyche, but that dude is one whiny little b****.

Some people aren't happy unless they are miserable. 

Just now, southsider2k5 said:

Some people aren't happy unless they are miserable. 

And some people aren't miserable unless they're happy. 

23 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Some people aren't happy unless they are miserable. 

And others aren't happy unless everyone knows why they're miserable and should be just as miserable as them.

Just now, Quin said:

And others aren't happy unless everyone knows why they're miserable and should be just as miserable as them.

We probably dodged a bullet here

Grandal for one year was never going to make sense to the White Sox in the same way it has for Milwaukee, who are attempting to maximize their chances to win the NL Central on a yearly basis (kind of the way the White Sox used to operate in the 2000-2009 time frame.)

Not to mention this buys Collins and Zavala another year to prove themselves defensively.  

To sign him for 3-4 years when their competitive window might not even begin until 2 years from now...especially for catchers who have an expedited aging curve, well, it just was not a good move for the Sox.

Edited January 24, 20197 yr by caulfield12

I don't mind missing out on Grandal. Though maybe I have a bit of concern about Hahn's ability to sell this team, this rebuild and this city to prospective free agents. But we have no clue what they actually offered, so it's hard to make much of a judgement.

One thing this does show is that the Sox were willing to lose a draft pick to sign someone other than Harper.