December 29, 200421 yr Dustan Mohr got a 1 year 900,000 deal from the Rockies I think. Now I'm not saying that the Sox would have gotten him even they pursued him, but that's certainly looking like a better deal than the one they gave Perez.
December 29, 200421 yr I have heard a lot about Mohr since he's been gone from the Twins. I know he had a stint with the Giants but I don't know who else.
December 29, 200421 yr Wow, I would imagine we have a few bucks to spend still. Good stuff. Nice work Rex too
December 30, 200421 yr One would imagine that we would have more money to spend, but w/ the Sox, you never know. And maybe like Kenny said, he will save a little money for his annual July trades. No matter what the pay roll is, I can't wait to get back to the cell! Bill
December 30, 200421 yr I can't wait to get back to the cell! Ditto. Just ordered my 13(well 14) game package today and am going to my first opening day, can't wait. EDIT: Welcome aboard
January 8, 200521 yr The White Sox payroll has risen about $5 million from a year ago, so far, but they have also radically changed its distribution among playing positions. Some change was inevitable with the Maggs situation but the total team make over is striking. Last year 1/3 of the budget went to pitching, this year it will be about half. KW and Ozzie promised changes this year and boy have they delivered. It remains to be seen if the team will be more successful, but I am personally excited because the Sox are returning to the brand of baseball I grew up with: pitching, speed and defense. For some reason I identified more with those teams than the ones in the big bopper era. Also, it seems that when most other teams change direction this radically they first tear the team down, sell off all the salaries, and lose 100 games a couple times before they come back. If this team really plays as well as the hype I've been sopping up with a spoon, I'll have to tip my hat to KW for pulling it off in a single off-season. I'll post a reply in a minute with the source of the data.
January 8, 200521 yr Here is the data I used for the chart. The 2004 salaries are from Baseball-Reference. 2005 are from this thread. You can debate where I put some of the backup players but I don't think it affects the gist of the chart.
January 12, 200521 yr So where at 70M now. Spend a few more to push Harris to the bench. It's worth it.
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