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NYY #23 · 04-12-2013, 08:25 PM

With two picks in the top four it was time to change the face of the White Sox franchise and kick start the rebuilding process. Except when I went to negotiate with the draftees I didn't have any money and could only offer slot.

So shame on me for not looking, but this was the first time I've encountered a budget crunch. We are in 1943, and every other team I've run hasn't been a problem, so while finances were on, they may as well have been off because it didn't effect any move I made, wanted to make, or anything else. So that brilliant trade for Torii Hunter actually made matters worse, because it ate up the last of my free money. I needed to dump about a $100 grand to sign our draft picks, because there was no way I'd give up on Drysdale after drafting him.

The White Sox payroll and budget are last in the league, although our player development budget is 4 x's the league average. That couldn't change until the preseason, so we made a series of moves not necessarily to better the club, but to save money. I gave up better players to dump more money.

We traded the following players to the Pirates -
LF Willie Crawford
RF Bob Chance
2B TimTeufel
SS Marty Perez
3B Roy Smalley III

And got back -
C Jake Stahl
2B Bip Roberts

Total saved $43,660

We traded the following players to the Tigers-
C Jake Stahl
SP Jerry Nops
LF Dan Kerwin
LF Jimmie Hall

And got back-
C Mike Brumley
C Jose Molina
MR Darren Hall

Total saved $50,730

We did get back Bip Roberts in all of this, but we gave up a lot of our core. Granted we were terrible, but it was just a big salary dump.

Because of the deals we were able to sign the following players:
Don Drysdale
Garry Maddox
Jermaine Dye
Bob Jones

But we were unable to sign our third round picks or later:
Allie Watt
Will Foley
Matt Tuiasosopo

Garry Maddox ended up taking a discount below his demands, but it was a little bit too tense waiting. I made a mistake trying to negotiate with all three of the picks. I think I could have gotten 2 of 3 if I didn't negotiate with Tuisosopo, but I'm not going to worry about any of that.

Lowering our development budget will help next year, but we'll still have some holes next year. My goals for the offseason are to upgrade the shortstop position, ideally with a cheap defense shortstop. That won't be easy though.

04-12-2013, 08:25 PM	#621
NYY #23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 13,112	11/2/1943 - The panic With two picks in the top four it was time to change the face of the White Sox franchise and kick start the rebuilding process. Except when I went to negotiate with the draftees I didn't have any money and could only offer slot. So shame on me for not looking, but this was the first time I've encountered a budget crunch. We are in 1943, and every other team I've run hasn't been a problem, so while finances were on, they may as well have been off because it didn't effect any move I made, wanted to make, or anything else. So that brilliant trade for Torii Hunter actually made matters worse, because it ate up the last of my free money. I needed to dump about a $100 grand to sign our draft picks, because there was no way I'd give up on Drysdale after drafting him. The White Sox payroll and budget are last in the league, although our player development budget is 4 x's the league average. That couldn't change until the preseason, so we made a series of moves not necessarily to better the club, but to save money. I gave up better players to dump more money. We traded the following players to the Pirates - LF Willie Crawford RF Bob Chance 2B TimTeufel SS Marty Perez 3B Roy Smalley III And got back - C Jake Stahl 2B Bip Roberts Total saved $43,660 We traded the following players to the Tigers- C Jake Stahl SP Jerry Nops LF Dan Kerwin LF Jimmie Hall And got back- C Mike Brumley C Jose Molina MR Darren Hall Total saved $50,730 We did get back Bip Roberts in all of this, but we gave up a lot of our core. Granted we were terrible, but it was just a big salary dump. Because of the deals we were able to sign the following players: Don Drysdale Garry Maddox Jermaine Dye Bob Jones But we were unable to sign our third round picks or later: Allie Watt Will Foley Matt Tuiasosopo Garry Maddox ended up taking a discount below his demands, but it was a little bit too tense waiting. I made a mistake trying to negotiate with all three of the picks. I think I could have gotten 2 of 3 if I didn't negotiate with Tuisosopo, but I'm not going to worry about any of that. Lowering our development budget will help next year, but we'll still have some holes next year. My goals for the offseason are to upgrade the shortstop position, ideally with a cheap defense shortstop. That won't be easy though.