Pickles

My bigger point is that not only were the WS deranged even mentioning the names Basallo and Mayo, they were equally deluded about Cowser and Kjerstad. Now, noone here was ever going to move Basallo or Mayo, but almost everyone was willing to give a least Cowser AND Ortiz, and MORE!, for Cease. It was always an aburd overpay, and I'm glad that Elias has more discipline than the majority of this board.

It might be an open question as to who Mil values more- I still think Ortiz- but there's no doubt Ortiz was the headlining prospect.

I think they should start exploring prospect for prospect trades of guys like Stowers, Vavra, maybe Norby. Trade them for younger pitching prospects. But I'm not sure I'd classify that as a big move.

Hey, the burden of being right all the time is a real load. I'm sure you have little experience with such problems, but the compensation is getting to toot your own horn once everyone else catches up.

I said 300 pages ago Joey Ortiz was good enough to headline a deal for a rotation upgrade. Now the White Sox can go play around with their 19 year old pitchers and f off.

I might not have built a bridge, but unlike you I haven't completed the joke.

Who called it?

Not to toot my own horn, but how adamant have I been that Ortiz would be the headliner and they wouldn't go above that? And how right have I proven to be?

Oh, yeah, it makes a lot of sense. It was exactly what I was thinking.

Reasonable speculation imo.

I imagine that would have been part of the negotiation.

1) I came to make a joke: It's the new market inefficiency. 2) But in seriousness: I don't think it's fair to lump Trevor Bauer and this guy together.

I question how diverse this ownership group is anyway. Seems like the primary owners are all rich, white, Jewish guys, and Cal Ripken.

Maybe it was his roid rage.

He should have plenty of cash to self-fund this now. If he's such a great businessman, then he should take the hundreds of millions he's getting in cash and found and operate a profitable business that doesn't require government handouts.

I want Frobby to remind us of all the details, but I have a vague memory of that.

That brings a vague memory. @Frobby Surely you remember this?

I guess my expectations for the product is a lot lower than others. I don't expect David Halberstam to come walking through the door any time soon.

Would they? That's a lot of cash. I think JA tried to leverage the lease. I think that was the last Hail Mary. After that, he realized it was impossible to retain the team after his father's passing and the sale is him accepting the inevitable.

I think they were desperately trying to accumulate as much cash as possible in order to avoid having to sell upon Peter's death.

Sounds like he might be out of a job, or at least it's possible. That would be a shame imo.

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I personally would take as high-risk, high-ceiling for guys like Norby or Stowers, who realistically have little future value to Baltimore. So if that is 17 year old Dominicans, so be it.

IDK. It would depend on what direction they went. They should probably be looking to be Stowers, Vavra, etc. for low level lottery tickets. However, there might be opportunities to go a class higher, and look to move the prospects like Norby, Ortiz, Cowser (?) for a higher ranked pitching prospect, perhaps even one that is major league ready.