12 minutes ago, chw42 said:

Remember when Jerry balked at $300 million and just 5 years later, we're getting $600 million deals. 

Most people around baseball: "Signing 26-year-old superstars like Harper or Machado are pretty much one of the rare opportunities you get where these deals might just work out for the majority of the contract. Contracts will keep escalating in price and you'll have them locked in at current superstar rates."

Reinsdorf: "No."

Just now, chw42 said:

Maybe some old timers here can tell us how exhilarating it was when Jerry signed Albert Belle.

One of our posters enjoyed the signing a bit more than the rest of us. 

 

3 minutes ago, Quin said:

Most people around baseball: "Signing 26-year-old superstars like Harper or Machado are pretty much one of the rare opportunities you get where these deals might just work out for the majority of the contract. Contracts will keep escalating in price and you'll have them locked in at current superstar rates."

Reinsdorf: "No."

What's worse is that Jerry could have effectively signed Machado to a 4 year $120 million deal since he was probably going to opt out anyhow. There's no way we would have given him that incredibly stupid 11 year extension, but getting an all-star caliber 3B for 4 years at $30 million a year is a pretty good deal. 

28 minutes ago, Quin said:

It's like this but it actually happens

Don’t do this to me Quin.  The hurt is still too real.

Spotted in the Toronto airport

Just now, Chicago White Sox said:

Don’t do this to me Quin.  The hurt is still too real.

Of all the things we've endured since then, how are you feeling anything?

Bob is EMPHATIC 

21 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:

These guys are getting paid too much JR. It’s a bad business. Time to get out.

What’s funny is that we actually offered a higher AAA than SD, we just were afraid to guarantee years 9 & 10 because of all the talent we’d have lock up come 2027.  Because as you know, when you have endless job security, it’s more important to long range plan than actually try to put the best team together in the now.

19 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said:

But remember how fun it was when they trade for injured Jake peavy?

Lol…don’t forgot the Alex Rios claim!  You could argue that’s one the 10 largest expenditures in franchise history.

 

19 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

It was quite exhilarating. And he remains perhaps the best FA signing of all time in Chicago. He put up 8.6 bWAR in two seasons, including one in which he led the league in OPS+ and hit a billion bombs with runners on.

It would be similar to signing Judge today.

And yet, somehow, left in a cloud of controversy, dishonored in the eyes of the team who benefited from that production, as a warning to caution against doing it again. 

3 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Lol…don’t forgot the Alex Rios claim!  You could argue that’s one the 10 largest expenditures in franchise history.

The willingness to take on big money for bounce-back candidates, but never spend for stars in their prime.

The deeper you go into this team’s lore, the less anything makes sense at all. 

9 minutes ago, Quin said:

Bob is EMPHATIC 

Bob is literally hiding behind a hedge in Ohtani’s yard with a set of binoculars

30 minutes ago, Texsox said:

One of our posters enjoyed the signing a bit more than the rest of us. 

 

lol I get this reference

It just feels like it won’t be Toronto now

19 minutes ago, Eminor3rd said:

Bob is literally hiding behind a hedge in Ohtani’s yard with a set of binoculars

Bob pulls back the sheets to discover pillows.

Fooled again. 

We can confirm that Shohei Ohtani is not in the Merriam-Webster Citation Archives. pic.twitter.com/1o65CgsT9G

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) December 8, 2023

Morosi is so bad at this.

55 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said:

I won't believe he is signing with TOR until I see Shohei use the word "eh" at the end of each sentence and pronounce the word about as "aboot"

Ive got relatives who are 100% canucks and they all spell Canada   Cehnehdeh

7 minutes ago, fathom said:

It just feels like it won’t be Toronto now

Yep. 

The Jays phone lines will be jammed Monday morning with cancellations. 

9 minutes ago, fathom said:

It just feels like it won’t be Toronto now

I think it’s very weird I haven’t gotten any ESPN alerts about it they’re usually all over these things if it’s as close as reported

Baseball in Montreal alive again...SSHM rejoicing.

Ohtani finally figured out that Canadian to US dollar app. ?

Plane diverted to CLE.

Ohtani suddenly figures out with the #1 pick next year...and sad state of AL Central division overall that he could be literally be a Rock Star there, and lead a relatively normal life not in a fishbowl.

Wouldn't be there for winters, anyway.

Convinces Yamamoto to sign there as well.

Guardians hold onto Bieber.

Edited December 8, 20232 yr by caulfield12

As long as he’s not on the north side, I’m fine with wherever he goes even if it means in Sox division.