caulfield12 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 34 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said: There is no rational argument for the Ricketts being worse than Jerry. The latter is a no doubt bottom four owner in baseball right now along with Nutting, Fisher, and whoever owns the Rockies. Even the A's are spending to qualify for their revenue sharing subsidy of $70 million... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 7 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: Even the A's are spending to qualify for their revenue sharing subsidy of $70 million... Right. They're spending to keep their revenue sharing. They're not spending because they've "seen the light" and now understand that bro-dudes will like them if they spend their billions to buck up these bro-dudes' manhood with sports victories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 44 minutes ago, WestEddy said: I agree. I hate Ricketts on principle, but he should be basking in good will for 2016, and subsequent beatification of "Wrigleyville". And they all just hunker down and cry poor. I consider myself fairly liberal, but I completely understand a guy owning a business, and just spending what he can to get customers in the door. Spending $450M on a guy like Tucker seems performative, even if he does produce. "Look at how much I want to WIN!!!!" Just so bro-dudes can feel mighty while taking credit for other men playing baseball and winning games. But he shouldn't be worrying about $10M, or an extra year for a reliever, or whatnot. Oh I agree with this. But the Ricketts allow their front office to run a modern baseball org, which up until now (and a huge maybe), Jerry has been against. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 https://soxmachine.com/2025/01/talking-2025-plans-for-white-sox-prospect-arms-with-pitching-coordinator-matt-zaleski/ Looks like they want Smith/Schultz to both pitch 110 minor league innings this year, then ramp up to 140-160 in 2026 (both hitting majors at some point) ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 21 hours ago, caulfield12 said: 'When you say “try to break even every year,” it connotes that you are affirmatively trying to manage money in a way that emphasizes the reduced spending part since that is entirely within the team’s control (as opposed to winning more games to generate more revenues …); and (2) teams and team-related assets have appreciated like crazy in major pro sports for decades now, so even if the team doesn’t turn an annual “profit,” it is absolutely generating significant additional wealth every year.' Well, somehow the White Sox are the exception here to this rule. Funny thing is Ricketts took advantage of that and sold a small part of the team to fund all the renovations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Look at Ray Ray Run Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 13 hours ago, WestEddy said: Right. They're spending to keep their revenue sharing. They're not spending because they've "seen the light" and now understand that bro-dudes will like them if they spend their billions to buck up these bro-dudes' manhood with sports victories. You keep saying this as if it proves some point. The A's are spending at that level because MLB decided spending below that level is too embarrassing and sad. Even for the A's. White Sox said hold my beer. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestEddy Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 hour ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: You keep saying this as if it proves some point. The A's are spending at that level because MLB decided spending below that level is too embarrassing and sad. Even for the A's. White Sox said hold my beer. The point it proves is that yours and Caulfield's made up narratives are not true. MLB didn't tell the As that their level of spending was embarrassing. There's an actual reason why the As are spending up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 4 hours ago, caulfield12 said: https://soxmachine.com/2025/01/talking-2025-plans-for-white-sox-prospect-arms-with-pitching-coordinator-matt-zaleski/ Looks like they want Smith/Schultz to both pitch 110 minor league innings this year, then ramp up to 140-160 in 2026 (both hitting majors at some point) ... This is good to hear. No need to rush them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 https://www.mlb.com/news/jake-burger-number-21-to-honor-daughter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/snyders-soapbox-the-dodgers-are-great-but-not-great-enough-to-match-this-level-of-whining/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Kopech with the dreaded forearm inflamation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopek Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Kopech with the dreaded forearm inflamation. Dang. He is now officially a Dodger I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) Topps Skenes patch card worth at least $100k, 11 year old in LA finds it. Pirates offer: "Two season tickets behind home plate for the next 30 years A meet and greet with Skenes Two autographed Skenes jerseys A softball game at PNC Park with coaching from Pirates alumni A private tour of the Pirates’ Spring Training facilities of Pirates City and LECOM Park, plus other unique experiences at their Florida homes Taking batting practice and warming up with the team." https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-skenes-pirates-debut-patch-card-found Edited January 21 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleAleSox Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) ESPN radio has Sox pre/post host up on LinkedIn. Edited January 22 by PaleAleSox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 6 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said: ESPN radio has Sox pre/post host up on LinkedIn. Poor Connor McKnight...at any rate, don't bring back Chris "Ranger" Rongey from St Louis, he has a morning show there with a female co-host now, maybe KMOX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 14 hours ago, caulfield12 said: Topps Skenes patch card worth at least $100k, 11 year old in LA finds it. Pirates offer: "Two season tickets behind home plate for the next 30 years A meet and greet with Skenes Two autographed Skenes jerseys A softball game at PNC Park with coaching from Pirates alumni A private tour of the Pirates’ Spring Training facilities of Pirates City and LECOM Park, plus other unique experiences at their Florida homes Taking batting practice and warming up with the team." https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-skenes-pirates-debut-patch-card-found 11 year old counters that he'd rather meet Ohtani 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snopek Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 14 hours ago, caulfield12 said: Topps Skenes patch card worth at least $100k, 11 year old in LA finds it. Pirates offer: "Two season tickets behind home plate for the next 30 years A meet and greet with Skenes Two autographed Skenes jerseys A softball game at PNC Park with coaching from Pirates alumni A private tour of the Pirates’ Spring Training facilities of Pirates City and LECOM Park, plus other unique experiences at their Florida homes Taking batting practice and warming up with the team." https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-skenes-pirates-debut-patch-card-found “C’mon kid. Don’t you wanna move across the country as an 11 year old so you can go to Pirates games instead of Dodgers games?” 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 15 minutes ago, wegner said: 11 year old counters that he'd rather meet Ohtani Maybe the Pirates will throw some more intl bonus pool money the Dodgers' way if they haven't already maxxed out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 How on earth was CC Sabathia a first ballot HOF (86%) of votes and Buehrle received 11% of the votes? Their stats are strikingly similar (apart from K rate) over their careers. To be fair, IDK if I think either are HOF worthy.. But one certainly shouldn't be head and shoulders over the other. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 43 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said: How on earth was CC Sabathia a first ballot HOF (86%) of votes and Buehrle received 11% of the votes? Their stats are strikingly similar (apart from K rate) over their careers. To be fair, IDK if I think either are HOF worthy.. But one certainly shouldn't be head and shoulders over the other. One was a Yankee. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 17 hours ago, caulfield12 said: Topps Skenes patch card worth at least $100k, 11 year old in LA finds it. Pirates offer: "Two season tickets behind home plate for the next 30 years A meet and greet with Skenes Two autographed Skenes jerseys A softball game at PNC Park with coaching from Pirates alumni A private tour of the Pirates’ Spring Training facilities of Pirates City and LECOM Park, plus other unique experiences at their Florida homes Taking batting practice and warming up with the team." https://www.mlb.com/news/paul-skenes-pirates-debut-patch-card-found A cash offer of $200K might go over better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 11 minutes ago, GreenSox said: A cash offer of $200K might go over better. One can just imagine the White Sox offer in a similar situation.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: One can just imagine the White Sox offer in a similar situation.... I'll take some deferred payments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 47 minutes ago, GreenSox said: A cash offer of $200K might go over better. $200k is nothing in real life terms. Take the experiences 100%. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 51 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said: I'll take some deferred payments Kid has to meet all his incentives. A* in every class or diminished skills contract clause kicks in. Or we can just call it the Machado unreachable final year trickery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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