December 16, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said: Especially when it is said there is a plan for it. $740k is a decent amount too. The plan was Jerry was keeping that money for the investors.
December 17, 20241 yr 22 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said: That’s an absolute fucking embarrassment. @Y2Jimmy0 - Have you heard any rationale for this? 22 hours ago, Bob Sacamano said: Especially when it is said there is a plan for it. $740k is a decent amount too. There's really no excuse. My guess is they'd say they couldn't trade it. Even if they were to say that they reallocated the money to something else (employees, technology, etc), they could still do that and trade the $$. If they trade $740K in international space, no money actually changes hands. You're literally just giving someone else the right to spend $740K more of their own money. It's pretty frustrating though.
December 19, 20241 yr On 12/18/2024 at 3:05 AM, Y2Jimmy0 said: There's really no excuse. My guess is they'd say they couldn't trade it. Even if they were to say that they reallocated the money to something else (employees, technology, etc), they could still do that and trade the $$. If they trade $740K in international space, no money actually changes hands. You're literally just giving someone else the right to spend $740K more of their own money. It's pretty frustrating though. I bet Getz was more concerned that the money would be spent on signing Sasaki...which we never realistically had a shot at, anyway, but it would look pretty bad if we facilitated him signing elsewhere unless another team was convinced that parting with a product and upping their bid by $740,000 was really going to be worth it in the end.
December 29, 20241 yr On 12/17/2024 at 1:05 PM, Y2Jimmy0 said: There's really no excuse. My guess is they'd say they couldn't trade it. Even if they were to say that they reallocated the money to something else (employees, technology, etc), they could still do that and trade the $$. If they trade $740K in international space, no money actually changes hands. You're literally just giving someone else the right to spend $740K more of their own money. It's pretty frustrating though. So quite literally, Jerry chose to pocket $740K rather than improve the team with more international signings? And even worse, Getz could have traded the $740K allotment to another team to spend and the Sox still could have avoided spending $740K of Jerry’s money if the allotment was traded? Wow… Edited December 29, 20241 yr by WhiteSox2023
December 29, 20241 yr 3 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: So quite literally, Jerry chose to pocket $740K rather than improve the team with more international signings? And even worse, Getz could have traded the $740K allotment to another team to spend and the Sox still could have avoided spending $740K of Jerry’s money? Trading it would have involved a return, which is better than losing it for nothing.
December 29, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Trading it would have involved a return, which is better than losing it for nothing. Exactly. And Jerry still would not have had to spend additional money if the allotment was traded. Edited December 29, 20241 yr by WhiteSox2023
January 1, 20251 yr On 12/29/2024 at 4:22 PM, WhiteSox2023 said: Exactly. And Jerry still would not have had to spend additional money if the allotment was traded. I'm betting that Getz thought he could trade that money to the team signing Sasaki, then Sasaki came in for the January and later signing period. What else could they have thought they might use it for other than signing players?
January 1, 20251 yr 17 hours ago, Balta1701 said: I'm betting that Getz thought he could trade that money to the team signing Sasaki, then Sasaki came in for the January and later signing period. What else could they have thought they might use it for other than signing players? The most likely thing is they lied to the fans about their intent to shut them up.
January 2, 20251 yr 5 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: The most likely thing is they lied to the fans about their intent to shut them up. Christmas bonuses, Mortimer!
January 7, 20251 yr On 1/4/2025 at 12:38 AM, Sleepy Harold said: I'm not buying into any of this hype after Vera...talk to me when he's in High A, lol.
January 7, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, caulfield12 said: I'm not buying into any of this hype after Vera...talk to me when he's in High A, lol. Vera was undone by injuries
January 7, 20251 yr 7 hours ago, Boopa1219 said: Vera was undone by injuries Which is always a possibility for pitchers. It's why penciling in a list of pitchers years down the road is a fools errand.
January 7, 20251 yr 22 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said: If Keller is the guy who added Rodriguez, is is great to see immediate results from them.
January 8, 20251 yr 5 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: If Keller is the guy who added Rodriguez, is is great to see immediate results from them. He was already working with the Mets, so surely they had their own list of Latin American targets already penciled in....
January 8, 20251 yr 13 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: He was already working with the Mets, so surely they had their own list of Latin American targets already penciled in.... In most businesses you aren't allowed to contact clients after you leave, especially that quick.
January 8, 20251 yr On 1/3/2025 at 11:38 AM, Sleepy Harold said: That looks like a mound that early image AI would come up with if some prompted with "young white sox fan posing in front of baseball field in Cuba"
January 8, 20251 yr So if yobal signed in December then they were able to use that extra $700k after all?
January 8, 20251 yr 12 minutes ago, Greg_Walker said: So if yobal signed in December then they were able to use that extra $700k after all? He didn't sign in December. It was announced that he would sign in the period opening in January of this year.
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