43 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

I can't believe they paid Derek Holland 6 million dollars. Just shouldve paid me. 

45 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

jesus 

53 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

Wow way to ruin in my night. Seriously wtf did I do to you

10 minutes ago, ScooterMcGuire said:

I can't believe they paid Derek Holland 6 million dollars. Just shouldve paid me. 

I believe Holland was really good the year after he left Chicago 

5 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Wow way to ruin in my night. Seriously wtf did I do to you

You disagreed with me on that one post three years ago, and I refuse to let it go.

51 minutes ago, bmags said:

That is revolting 

Would be even more revolting if he listed how much money they spent on their other FA signings. Graveman was the biggest last year but Leury, Kelly, Velasquez, Harrison then Cueto only because Lynn got injured . Then traded the Kimbrel contract for an even bigger contract for Pollock which he luckily opted out of . That might be the only reason we got Clevinger. Also decided to do Boras, Rodon and the rest of MLB a solid and neglected the White Sox by not giving the QO to Rodon.

Spent a decent amount of money (for them)  last season which resulted in no playoff revenue so JR pulled the plug on spending this year instead of firing Hahn.

 I really think JR ties attendance and playoff money to payroll. I got nothing else.

Edited December 15, 20223 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

Syndergaard at 1/13 is far better than most these recent FA deal. IF we had trade Gio during the meetings, a Syndergaard signing would’ve been nice for that price

Just now, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Syndergaard at 1/13 is far better than most these recent FA deal. IF we had trade Gio during the meetings, a Syndergaard signing would’ve been nice for that price

Syndergaard higher floor, Clevinger higher ceiling. Wash for me

7 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

Syndergaard higher floor, Clevinger higher ceiling. Wash for me

A higher ceiling? Syndergaard once put up a 6 fWAR season, and both were 4 fWAR pitchers in 2018 and 2019. Care to elaborate on how you concluded that?

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

That’s just fucking pathetic.  Sell the damn team already JR…

1 minute ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

He said Sox are closing in on a LF in the next 24-48 hours.

Has to be Conforto. Please be Conforto.

 

i love a good fake rumor

6 minutes ago, hi8is said:

Has to be Conforto. Please be Conforto.

I edited my post to include that Greenberg is the one who said signing which implies a FA but Kap didn't say "signing" he just said may have a new LF.

10 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

 

i love a good fake rumor

Such trash.

 

22 minutes ago, Tnetennba said:

 

If they have interest in Rodon, this is how you make some room on the payroll.

11 minutes ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said:

If they have interest in Rodon, this is how you make some room on the payroll.

Payroll room isn’t really an issue for tbt Twins. They have like a $90M payroll rn. 

4 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

Three out of the last five years, the largest contract they dished out was for a guy that plays less than half of the games in any given season.  That is f’d up on so many levels …… still trying to process this.

3 hours ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

 

i love a good fake rumor

Well because now I was obligated to google for Swanson’s wife. And it was worth my time.

Sign Swanson and trade TA for a fucking haul?  
 

That would regrab my interest Jerry, Rick & Kenny.  That’s a full balls move.  

 

8 hours ago, Jerksticks said:

Sign Swanson and trade TA for a fucking haul?  
 

That would regrab my interest Jerry, Rick & Kenny.  That’s a full balls move.  

That is what a forward thinking team would do.  They would improve SS and improve something else.

2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

That is what a forward thinking team would do.  They would improve SS and improve something else.

No, they really wouldn't. A forward thinking team would recognize that their best chance to win is right now because they have multiple guys about to hit free agency in the next 2 years and Tim Anderson playing at his best contributes to winning right now, but they have a hole in the outfield. While it won't be cheap, they therefore either need to spend prospect talent to bring in an outfielder they can afford, or they need to adjust their budget enough to go after the outfielder who could have put them over the top. 

Competitive teams don't commonly give away guys they think will be MLB contributors in the next 1-2 years, even if they're blocked. If a guy can contribute this year, they're going to hold onto him and use his contribution this year. They give away prospects who, even if they're highly ranked, will probably take a couple years to grow into high quality MLB players. You can likely get that in exchange for Anderson, but that is a rebuilding type move. 

7 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

That is what a forward thinking team would do.  They would improve SS and improve something else.

Why would they commit a boatload of money to Swanson when it looks like Montgomery may stick at SS and will cost very little for awhile?

I'm on board with moving Anderson for a haul but I'm not on board with tying up alot of money at SS. We just need a bridge player.

If they have money to spend add a savage LH 2B or OF. 

4 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

No, they really wouldn't. A forward thinking team would recognize that their best chance to win is right now because they have multiple guys about to hit free agency in the next 2 years and Tim Anderson playing at his best contributes to winning right now, but they have a hole in the outfield. While it won't be cheap, they therefore either need to spend prospect talent to bring in an outfielder they can afford, or they need to adjust their budget enough to go after the outfielder who could have put them over the top. 

Competitive teams don't commonly give away guys they think will be MLB contributors in the next 1-2 years, even if they're blocked. If a guy can contribute this year, they're going to hold onto him and use his contribution this year. They give away prospects who, even if they're highly ranked, will probably take a couple years to grow into high quality MLB players. You can likely get that in exchange for Anderson, but that is a rebuilding type move. 

Better teams don't sign better players and move lesser players?  That is news to me.