Non-White Sox Off-Season Hot Stove

[southsider2k5]

 

[sin city sox fan]

23 minutes ago, Capn12 said:

Dodgers contracts worth more than $100M:

Shohei Ohtani: 10 years, $700,000,000
Mookie Betts: 12 years, $365,000,000
Yoshinobu Yamamoto: 12 years, $325,000,000
Kyle Tucker: 4 years, $240,000,000
Blake Snell: 5 years, $182,000,000
Freddie Freeman: 6 years, $162,000,000
Will Smith: 10 years, $140,000,000
Tyler Glasnow: 5 years, $136,562,500

 

 

But nothing is wrong with MLB and money.

White Sox contracts worth more than $100 million....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I dont think I've missed any.

[southsider2k5]

12 minutes ago, ptatc said:

4D chess. We have the most money so we just buy everyone. Genius.

That's just it, they don't.   They just want it more 

[Capn12]

1 minute ago, sin city sox fan said:

White Sox contracts worth more than $100 million....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I dont think I've missed any.

This list is correct, confirmed.

[Nokona]

Obscene

[Buehrle>Wood]

Capping referrals is fine but I love when the Dodgers do this and makes me want a cap less to shove it to Jerry.

[southsider2k5]

Also for the record the Cubs madw almost 9 figures on paper last year, and probably just as much off the books in Wrigleyville.  The fact they didn't lead the way for Tucker should piss off every Cub fan out there after they wasted trade chips to get him for a year.

[Autumn Dreamin]

Lol

[WhiteSox2023]

1 hour ago, Capn12 said:

This list is correct, confirmed.

Embarrassing.  Jerry is a joke.

[WestEddy]

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

 

Trump will pardon them. 

[Lip Man 1]

Good for the Dodgers, they care about winning unlike a bunch of other teams. 

[hi8is]

4 hours ago, Capn12 said:

 

Holy fucking s%*#

[Chicago White Sox]

7 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Good for the Dodgers, they care about winning unlike a bunch of other teams. 

This is an absolutely absurd post.  The Dodgers have a regional TV deal that lets them outspend the competition and the dumb MLB has limited rules in place that prevent them from doing so.  Glad you think it’s cool a sport has no market size parity.

[Ducksnort]

10 hours ago, BigHurt3515 said:

This league has gotten more and more hard to watch. They are going to continue to lose viewership when one team just dominates 

Viewership has actually increased in recent years, with 2025 showing significant gains. The sport is getting more popular. Plus, the Dodgers didn't exactly dominate last season when talking wins and losses. They also barely, by the skin of the skin of their teeth, won the WS. They are still beatable. 

33 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

This is an absolutely absurd post.  The Dodgers have a regional TV deal that lets them outspend the competition and the dumb MLB has limited rules in place that prevent them from doing so.  Glad you think it’s cool a sport has no market size parity.

Without Tucker last year, they won 93 games. That's not exactly earth shattering. It's not like Tucker is going to make them even a 100 win team. Let them spend if they have the money. There's enough good players to go around at the moment. 

[WhiteSox2023]

1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

This is an absolutely absurd post.  The Dodgers have a regional TV deal that lets them outspend the competition and the dumb MLB has limited rules in place that prevent them from doing so.  Glad you think it’s cool a sport has no market size parity.

The Cubs dumped Tucker for an older and less expensive bat.  The White Sox think spending $34 million plus a posting fee on a player is a big deal.  The fact is that all of these teams could spend more if they wanted to but still aren’t.  You should be more upset with those teams than the Dodgers who make their fans happy by spending big.

[Chicago White Sox]

30 minutes ago, Ducksnort said:

Viewership has actually increased in recent years, with 2025 showing significant gains. The sport is getting more popular. Plus, the Dodgers didn't exactly dominate last season when talking wins and losses. They also barely, by the skin of the skin of their teeth, won the WS. They are still beatable. 

Without Tucker last year, they won 93 games. That's not exactly earth shattering. It's not like Tucker is going to make them even a 100 win team. Let them spend if they have the money. There's enough good players to go around at the moment. 

So as long as they are theoretically “beatable” you are ok with a team being able to spend +4x the amount as certain small market teams?

[joejoesox]

11 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

That's just it, they don't.   They just want it more 

with the amount of Japanese money coming in, I would be surprised if they don't have the most money

[kitekrazy]

24 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

The Cubs dumped Tucker for an older and less expensive bat.  The White Sox think spending $34 million plus a posting fee on a player is a big deal.  The fact is that all of these teams could spend more if they wanted to but still aren’t.  You should be more upset with those teams than the Dodgers who make their fans happy by spending big.

that's also what happens when a fan buys a ticket

[southsider2k5]

23 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

So as long as they are theoretically “beatable” you are ok with a team being able to spend +4x the amount as certain small market teams?

It's a great example of management who looks their employees straight in the eyes and effectively tells them, sure I could be doing more, but why aren't YOU doing more.

[Ducksnort]

25 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

So as long as they are theoretically “beatable” you are ok with a team being able to spend +4x the amount as certain small market teams?

I mean it's not theoretical, it's real. Spending 4 times the amount won them 93 games, only 3 more than San Diego. You'd think all this money would win them like 130 games a season or something but it doesn't. So while spending money certainly helps, it isn't everything. Milwaukee won 97 games last year, won their division by 5 games. Small market team in a division with a large market team. There are other examples.

Until the data represents the Dodgers spending an exorbitant amount of money on players equals them singlehandedly monopolizing the league year after year after year through wins and championships, to answer your question yes I am completely fine with them being able to spend 4x the amount of other teams. 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Ducksnort

[joejoesox]

11 hours ago, Capn12 said:

 

is twitter down for anyone else? can't load tweets in the app or in browser

[kitekrazy]

54 minutes ago, Ducksnort said:

Viewership has actually increased in recent years, with 2025 showing significant gains. The sport is getting more popular. Plus, the Dodgers didn't exactly dominate last season when talking wins and losses. They also barely, by the skin of the skin of their teeth, won the WS. They are still beatable. 

Without Tucker last year, they won 93 games. That's not exactly earth shattering. It's not like Tucker is going to make them even a 100 win team. Let them spend if they have the money. There's enough good players to go around at the moment. 

  The winning teams viewership has to outweigh the teams who can't have nice things or in a forever rebuild.  With price of streaming that will always go up eventually people just stop.  I can no longer justify the price of even a spring training ticket. How many people can turn on a TV to watch a game without having an upgrade type package.  It still lags compared to the NFL and NBA.  

Post season wins matter.  The  Brewers are the best record team that falls short.

[joejoesox]

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25261796-dodgers-reportedly-earned-entirety-shohei-ohtanis-700m-contract-1st-season

 

Per MLB insider Joon Lee, the Dodgers made back the "entirety" of that $700 million investment during Ohtani's first season through ticket sales, merchandise sales and worldwide marketing deals.

🥲

f*** you Jerry Reinsdorf, f*** you.

[ChiSoxFanMike]

17 minutes ago, joejoesox said:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25261796-dodgers-reportedly-earned-entirety-shohei-ohtanis-700m-contract-1st-season

 

 

 

🥲

f*** you Jerry Reinsdorf, f*** you.

While he’s obviously not on Ohtani’s level, hopefully Murakami starts a new era for the Sox.

[Ducksnort]

32 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:

  The winning teams viewership has to outweigh the teams who can't have nice things or in a forever rebuild.  With price of streaming that will always go up eventually people just stop.  I can no longer justify the price of even a spring training ticket. How many people can turn on a TV to watch a game without having an upgrade type package.  It still lags compared to the NFL and NBA.  

Post season wins matter.  The  Brewers are the best record team that falls short.

The teams in forever rebuilds have more problems than just money. Its ineptitude. Pittsburgh, Colorado, Angels. I think the Sox are finally making the right moves and are digging themselves out of the hole. When Jerry is no longer invested in the team and Ishbia comes on the scene, we will be in much better shape. The foundation is being laid for long term success. 

On the topic of viewership, while it has risen, the league does need to make it less difficult to watch. Honestly this extends beyond just baseball, but there's no reason MLB can't be the leaders in this. Make every team accessible to watch no matter where someone lives and put it on one source. Stop dicking around with all the different media companies. (I know, obviously that's where the money is at).