40 minutes ago, EvilJester99 said:

No big FAs again this year.. shocker really. 

It’s truly sad that our offseason was Grandal, Wheeler, or bust.

Just now, HOFHurt35 said:

LMAO.  When did that Grandal signing happen, 2012? 

$73 million is a far cry from $250 million.  Time to start playing with the big boys if you want to win like the big boys.

14 minutes ago, Bigsoxhurt35 said:

Jesus. This franchise is just so depressing 

Yes, very difficult to not have this opinion. 

The Angels have an owner who “loves” Anthony Rendon, so he will spend whatever necessary to attain that player. Our guy simply loves money, so he will do whatever necessary to save it all.

Just now, Moan4Yoan said:

$73 million is a far cry from $250 million.  Time to start playing with the big boys if you want to win like the big boys.

Time for new ownership and GM  is what is needed, until that is done keep dreaming my friend

1 minute ago, Moan4Yoan said:

$73 million is a far cry from $250 million.  Time to start playing with the big boys if you want to win like the big boys.

But they just want to play up to 2nd place lol

36 minutes ago, bmags said:

Good god. So the implication is if they had signed Manny they couldn’t have signed anyone else for the decade I guess.

Apparently we plan to use a little here and a little there so we can find slightly below league average payrolls.

1 minute ago, Moan4Yoan said:

$73 million is a far cry from $250 million.  Time to start playing with the big boys if you want to win like the big boys.

I try not to be delusional as I keep staying a fan of this team.   It's been great for my health. 

Just now, Moan4Yoan said:

$73 million is a far cry from $250 million.  Time to start playing with the big boys if you want to win like the big boys.

There had been exactly 2 contracts over $250M in the history of baseball 10 months ago. Still as of right now, only 10 contracts over $210M in the history of the game. 

Sometimes context is important. 

38 minutes ago, fathom said:

Grandal, Eloy extension, Abreu extension and what’s still to come

Can’t wait to see what’s next!!

Just now, Chicago White Sox said:

Apparently we plan to use a little here and a little there so we can find slightly below league average payrolls.

Slightly below?  It’s embarrassing how low it looks to be.

If the goal was to maximize profit, they did a terrible job allocating money last year.

Other than McCann and Nova's second half, it was one of the most ineffective "spending sprees" in MLB history.

The chances of getting Keuchel/Bumgarner/Ryu shrinking by the minute.

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31 minutes ago, bmags said:

Man fuck this offseason.

I hope you like Kuechel because that’s going to be our big starting pitching addition assuming we put our Boras boycott to rest!

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Can’t wait to see what’s next!!

Ivan Nova is my prediction.

2 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Can’t wait to see what’s next!!

Trying to sign Luis Robert to a minimal contract so they don't have to spend more down the road on him

Just now, Chicago White Sox said:

I hope you like Kuechel because that’s going to be our big starting pitching addition assuming we put our Boras boycott to rest!

I wouldn’t be surprised if Keuchel is too rich for their blood.

This franchise really does expect all prospects to hit their ceilings and that will be enough. Depth be damned.

3 minutes ago, aeichhor said:

Trying to sign Luis Robert to a minimal contract so they don't have to spend more down the road on him

That's a fool's errand, but good luck anyways.

1 minute ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I hope you like Kuechel because that’s going to be our big starting pitching addition assuming we put our Boras boycott to rest!

At this point, I hope they do get him. Get some type of SP at this point. Every day less and less options are available. 

5 minutes ago, ChiSox59 said:

There had been exactly 2 contracts over $250M in the history of baseball 10 months ago. Still as of right now, only 10 contracts over $210M in the history of the game. 

Sometimes context is important. 

They aren’t even going to spend that $250 million total of Machado money from last year on multiple players for another year or more, according to Hahn.

Edited December 12, 20196 yr by Moan4Yoan

3 minutes ago, TheTruth05 said:

This franchise really does expect all prospects to hit their ceilings and that will be enough. Depth be damned.

If that was the case, we wouldn't have traded for Mazara with five outfielders piled up in our system from Winston-Salem through Charlotte.

Did you guys seriously think the Sox were going to sign Rendon? I never thought that was even a remote possibility.

1 minute ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said:

Did you guys seriously think the Sox were going to sign Rendon? I never thought that was even a remote possibility.

Same. They were never moving Moncada again. 

Just now, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said:

Did you guys seriously think the Sox were going to sign Rendon? I never thought that was even a remote possibility.

It was a very good use of resources with Wheeler not an option. The fact the Sox don’t think so is the problem

4 minutes ago, fathom said:

Slightly below?  It’s embarrassing how low it looks to be.

I don’t disagree, but they put all their eggs into the Wheeler basket and had zero backup plan.  Now with our affordable 1 win RF and most SP options off the board, it’s going to be hard to sport an even respectable payroll.

3 minutes ago, YouCanPutItOnTheBoardYES! said:

Did you guys seriously think the Sox were going to sign Rendon? I never thought that was even a remote possibility.

Nope.

Zero %.  Never even bothered to look at that thread until today when a signing seemed imminent.

Thought he was bound for Texas.