October 29, 200421 yr Article The deferred money could make it more palatable for the Sox, who are expected to have a payroll of approximately $65 million in 2005, about the same as 2004. Interesting, although I don't believe it what-so-ever, especially considering the author has mentions the Sox looking at shortstop and Randy Johnson. Its pretty clear for them to think that way that their payroll would be a bit higher. He also mentions that the Sox may look to upgrade the catcher position and haven't written off Alomar yet.
October 29, 200421 yr Article Interesting, although I don't believe it what-so-ever, especially considering the author has mentions the Sox looking at shortstop and Randy Johnson. Its pretty clear for them to think that way that their payroll would be a bit higher. He also mentions that the Sox may look to upgrade the catcher position and haven't written off Alomar yet. Ahhh Once again the Cubbune fails. Stay the same?? Huh Wait a minute. Doesn't Maggs, Koch, Alomar, Jose and schowenwrong come oof the books? So don't give me that crap Cubbune
October 29, 200421 yr Player Salary(in Millions) Paul Konerko 8.75 Carlos Lee 8.00 Frank Thomas 8.00 Carl Everett 4.00 Aaron Rowand 1.25* Joe Crede 0.45# Juan Uribe 1.25* Willie Harris 0.40# Wilson Valdez 0.35# Ross Gload 0.40# Joe Borchard 0.35# Timo Perez 1.00* Mark Buehrle 5.75 Freddy Garcia 8.00 Jose Contreras 6.00 Jon Garland 3.00* Shingo Takatsu 2.50 Cliff Politte 0.90 Damaso Marte 1.50 Jon Adkins 0.40# Neal Cotts 0.40# $63.05M* Indicates estimated arbitration salary. # Indicates player has yet to have 3 full years of Major League service. Salary is estimated against league minimum. I Gotta believe the Cubune is blowin smoke here....
October 29, 200421 yr Ahhh Once again the Cubbune fails. Stay the same?? Huh Wait a minute. Doesn't Maggs, Koch, Alomar, Jose and schowenwrong come oof the books? So don't give me that crap Cubbune And onto the payroll comes Garcia and Contreras, which is $14 million. Add Everett and that $18million. Plus there's about $5 to $8 million in raises for players as well.
October 29, 200421 yr My guess is our opening day payroll will be around $72 million, I don't think Reinsdorf will greatly raise the payroll, but $5-7 million is a good bet.
October 29, 200421 yr Didn;t we land up with the same attendance #s this past year as the year before? I swear I saw that somewhere I know we were getting much better attendance until the AS game but then everything came apart If the attendance was approx the same, then why should pay roll change? And all that means is the only way we get RJ is if we trade Carlos Lee or Paulie? Which means we will lose the division next year because of not being able to hit .... it is always something isn't it?
October 29, 200421 yr If the attendance was approx the same, then why should pay roll change? And all that means is the only way we get RJ is if we trade Carlos Lee or Paulie? We were on pace to outdraw the 2003 attendance figure, but the collapse to the Twins in late July after Maggs and Frank went down. As for RJ, I imagine it would cost one of those two guys as soon as the idea was tossed out there.
October 29, 200421 yr I hope it's not what the Tribue estimated. I think the highest it'll be is 75 million, but that's a stretch even.
October 29, 200421 yr 2+2= sox have to deal either lee or konerko to make any kind of roster changes. Amazing how little $65 mil gets you nowadays...
October 29, 200421 yr For the guy who mentioned the same attendance, the revenue sharing has increased. Accoridn to Rosenthal, teams SHOULD be able to increase payrolls this eyar due to the overall attendance boon. However, with the Sox history and a potential decrease in radio revenue, I see payroll falling into the 60's again.
October 29, 200421 yr 2+2= sox have to deal either lee or konerko to make any kind of roster changes. Amazing how little $65 mil gets you nowadays... I think that looks likely too. I have an irrational fear the Sox will deal Lee for prospects to add Vizquel and Milton (and we'll see a bunch of Everett and Perez in the OF). I wish the Sox had gotten the Yankees to pick up more of Contreras's contract On the bright side, I haven't been really impressed with Foltman's coverage of the Sox. It's very possible he's just guessing. I hope.
October 29, 200421 yr On the bright side, I haven't been really impressed with Foltman's coverage of the Sox. It's very possible he's just guessing. I hope. Yeah, he doesn't seem too bright. Even if KW bumps payroll up $10 mil, you can't do much with that...maybe add a vizquel and a couple of bit players. Significant changes will necessitate Lee or Konerko being traded.
October 29, 200421 yr If I am not mistaken, than I remember all the Sox papers saying that the Sox would have the same payroll in 2004 as they had in 2003(under 60M). Yet the Sox saw an increase of about 10M(58M to 68M), so take what the papers say with a grain of salt since it is just speculation at best. My guess is that the Sox will probably end up in the low 70M range(JR probably has a top end set at about 75M).
October 29, 200421 yr Didn;t we land up with the same attendance #s this past year as the year before? I swear I saw that somewhere I know we were getting much better attendance until the AS game but then everything came apart If the attendance was approx the same, then why should pay roll change? Ticket prices increasing probably has something to do with it.
October 29, 200421 yr I thought our better attendance would have a factor on this... I guess not, maybe the days of sniffing in the dirt aren't over.
October 29, 200421 yr A winning team can be built with a 65 million dollar payroll, and it doesn't include paying Magglio Ordonez or Randy Johnson for a third of the payroll.
October 29, 200421 yr Disregard what the Cubune says payroll will be. Who in their right minds in the White Sox organization would divulge this to a Cubune reporter? No one. At the very least, the payroll will be a little higher than it was last year. If the correct players are available for what the White Sox consider a fair price, the payroll will rise considerably.
October 30, 200421 yr First off I never believe anything baseball related in the Cubbie Tribune. Secondly I would be shocked if the payroll wasn't increased by at least a few mil. However anymore then that is wishful thinking.
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