southsider2k5 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almagest Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Sox should get a bonus "pity pool" of at least $5 mil. 1 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46DidIt Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 How does a 91 win team like the O's have 33% larger pool than the Sox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 19 minutes ago, 46DidIt said: How does a 91 win team like the O's have 33% larger pool than the Sox. Small market team + comp picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 That 10th pick is a kick in the nethers. Not that I trust them to make the right pick at the top of in the draft... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 34 minutes ago, Tnetennba said: That 10th pick is a kick in the nethers. Not that I trust them to make the right pick at the top of in the draft... 10th pick is why there was absolutely zero fucking reason to divebomb last season. They literally couldn't tank. It was just pure suckage from Getz and JR. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 17 minutes ago, Quin said: 10th pick is why there was absolutely zero fucking reason to divebomb last season. They literally couldn't tank. It was just pure suckage from Getz and JR. Imagine if they actually tried to be bad 😵 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 1 hour ago, almagest said: Sox should get a bonus "pity pool" of at least $5 mil. Jerry would look for a way to trade it to another team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 12 minutes ago, Tnetennba said: Imagine if they actually tried to be bad 😵 Could they do worse if they tried? I am not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 14 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: Could they do worse if they tried? I am not sure. True. It is hard to top historically bad due to sheer incompetence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46DidIt Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Robert should consider converting to Jobuism 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSox Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 85-win Mariners draft 3rd. $11.1 Mill for #1 pick depreciates all the way down to $3.4 mill for the Guardians at #27. There's your incentive to tank right there: a 70% diminution in less than 1 round MLB draft is replete with counterproductive contrivances. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 5 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Trade for a comp pick to build up the pool plz & thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoesox Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Red Sox get a bigger pool than the White Sox? wtf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 5 hours ago, joejoesox said: Red Sox get a bigger pool than the White Sox? wtf? They got the Brewers comp A pick in the Quinn Priester trade so that put them ahead of the Sox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 1 hour ago, Sleepy Harold said: They got the Brewers comp A pick in the Quinn Priester trade so that put them ahead of the Sox. The fact that there's a special round of picks and they are the only picks that can get traded and their pool counts towards the larger pool is so fucking stupid. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFutureIsNear Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 10 hours ago, Quin said: The fact that there's a special round of picks and they are the only picks that can get traded and their pool counts towards the larger pool is so fucking stupid. The entire MLB draft process needs to be burned to the ground and redone. They’ve somehow made it more difficult for bad teams to get better under the guise of “you need to spend more $” while there’s 0 teeth behind it to enforce anything. Scum bag owners like Jerry simply say “No Thanks” and nothing happens other than the fans continue to suffer 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 The draft rules are backfiring when it comes to the Sox. Their incentive now is to tank twice as long because there’s no hope they are going to build quickly. Most of their viable offensive talent is in A ball, and this year’s draft is HS heavy. They won’t have any incentive to spend until like 2028. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 None of this would be a problem if Jerry would operate this as if it wasn't 1955, but 2025. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy U Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 18 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: None of this would be a problem if Jerry would operate this as if it wasn't 1955, but 2025. I would never defend Jerry, but during the .500 season under TLR, it became apparent the whole thing had to be blown up and scraped from the Earth. Top to bottom. That is with a crappy farm system. No amount of money would have fixed it. You can argue that hiring Getz was stupid, but from 2022 on, this franchise was doomed to something like a 8 year rebuild. The Sox arguably haven’t even started rebuilding yet. They are still in tear down mode as long as Vaughn and Robert are on the roster. So far, 3 guys have stepped forward to look cromulent — Smith, Quero, and Meidroth. They don’t have a core to add to, so even getting Soto and Burnes this offseason wouldn’t have made them competitive. Sadly, it’s gonna be a long and frustrating road. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 1 hour ago, Timmy U said: I would never defend Jerry, but during the .500 season under TLR, it became apparent the whole thing had to be blown up and scraped from the Earth. Top to bottom. That is with a crappy farm system. No amount of money would have fixed it. You can argue that hiring Getz was stupid, but from 2022 on, this franchise was doomed to something like a 8 year rebuild. The Sox arguably haven’t even started rebuilding yet. They are still in tear down mode as long as Vaughn and Robert are on the roster. So far, 3 guys have stepped forward to look cromulent — Smith, Quero, and Meidroth. They don’t have a core to add to, so even getting Soto and Burnes this offseason wouldn’t have made them competitive. Sadly, it’s gonna be a long and frustrating road. Again, if we operated like a big market team, none of this would matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 1 hour ago, Timmy U said: I would never defend Jerry, but during the .500 season under TLR, it became apparent the whole thing had to be blown up and scraped from the Earth. Top to bottom. That is with a crappy farm system. No amount of money would have fixed it. You can argue that hiring Getz was stupid, but from 2022 on, this franchise was doomed to something like a 8 year rebuild. The Sox arguably haven’t even started rebuilding yet. They are still in tear down mode as long as Vaughn and Robert are on the roster. So far, 3 guys have stepped forward to look cromulent — Smith, Quero, and Meidroth. They don’t have a core to add to, so even getting Soto and Burnes this offseason wouldn’t have made them competitive. Sadly, it’s gonna be a long and frustrating road. Also have to dump Benintendi as well...someday. When his remaining money owned is less onerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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