January 20, 20251 yr 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...
January 20, 20251 yr 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.
January 20, 20251 yr 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.
January 20, 20251 yr 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) ...
January 20, 20251 yr 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.
January 20, 20251 yr 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.
January 20, 20251 yr 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.
January 20, 20251 yr 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.
January 21, 20251 yr https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/snyders-soapbox-the-dodgers-are-great-but-not-great-enough-to-match-this-level-of-whining/
January 21, 20251 yr 5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Kopech with the dreaded forearm inflamation. Dang. He is now officially a Dodger I guess.
January 21, 20251 yr 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, 20251 yr by caulfield12
January 22, 20251 yr ESPN radio has Sox pre/post host up on LinkedIn. Edited January 22, 20251 yr by PaleAleSox
January 22, 20251 yr 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.
January 22, 20251 yr 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
January 22, 20251 yr 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?”
January 22, 20251 yr 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.
January 22, 20251 yr 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.
January 22, 20251 yr 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.
January 22, 20251 yr 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.
January 22, 20251 yr 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....
January 22, 20251 yr 4 minutes ago, caulfield12 said: One can just imagine the White Sox offer in a similar situation.... I'll take some deferred payments
January 22, 20251 yr 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%.
January 22, 20251 yr 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.
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