33 minutes ago, Snopek said:

Makes me like him even more. He’s clearly happy in Cleveland and he made staying there his priority over getting significantly more money. Respect the hell out of that.

And they reward him by never spending the money he saves them. 

1 hour ago, HoosierSox said:

Credit to Ramirez for staying with the same team his whole career but he has left a lot of money on the table by never going to free agency. He could easily double that on the open market.

 

 

Dude already had generational wealth.

2 hours ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Dude already had generational wealth.

With most athletes, its not about the amount of money. Its about having a better contract than the competition. Its the competition. In the locker room the discussion isnt amount of the contract. Its he made more than him.

Darvish retiring early with 3 years and $43m remaining on his deal

Crazy.

Or not?

16 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

Or not?

Haha, his wife probably smacked him out of his stupidity to leave $43 million on the table.

They'll figure something out, like the Angels did with Rendon.

 

20 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

That would be annoying.

 

5 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

 

Ah that sucks 

Didn't want nor expect the Sox to sign him

Acuna is your starting CF.  Getz pretty much told you that when they traded for him in the Robert Deal.

2 minutes ago, 2Deep said:

Acuna is your starting CF.  Getz pretty much told you that when they traded for him in the Robert Deal.

Still need another OFer, though. 

24 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Didn't want nor expect the Sox to sign him

Not at two years and this price…

9 minutes ago, 2Deep said:

Acuna is your starting CF.  Getz pretty much told you that when they traded for him in the Robert Deal.

Yep. He hyped him up, even though we all know it was a salary dump move.

8 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Yep. He hyped him up, even though we all know it was a salary dump move.

The Mets did not want to give him up…

5 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

The Mets did not want to give him up…

Every GM says stuff like this in every sport. It's not a big deal. It's like when a team picking 20th says how whoever they picked would have been their pick if they had #1. 

3 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:

Every GM says stuff like this in every sport. It's not a big deal. It's like when a team picking 20th says how whoever they picked would have been their pick if they had #1. 

I just thought it was funny considering he was just about the perfect player for the Mets to give up considering their roster and that he was out of options.

4 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:

Every GM says stuff like this in every sport. It's not a big deal. It's like when a team picking 20th says how whoever they picked would have been their pick if they had #1. 

And the guy they should have picked was #2.

 

29 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Not at two years and this price…

Price is probably fine if you are trying to compete and need a CF, but the fit makes no sense for us.  I could honestly see Acuna providing as much fWAR as Bader next year if Luisangel can tap into his power some.  Bader’s bat is going to regress a lot next year and there is no simply no reason to block Acuna in 2026.

45 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:

Still need another OFer, though. 

Where we are now, I'm fine with Baldwin/Acuna and wait for Braden to come up at some point in the year.

Let's find out if we have anything in Acuna and Baldwin (I like him, I think he has a chance to be a good ball player).

1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Not at two years and this price…

That price is exactly what I expected. I said 2/$20M.