Went on Fangraphs to check, and yeah, the Sox now have the lowest payroll in the league. Pathetic.
January 21, 2026
Went on Fangraphs to check, and yeah, the Sox now have the lowest payroll in the league. Pathetic.
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On the bright side, Jarred Kelenic just made the Major League roster
woo
Only 1 Kyle Tucker away from doubling it and being 18th in the league. Glass half full, dude.
Had to clear space to keep paying for the Beninteniassance (as coined by the brilliant James Fegan)
They must be working out the kinks for their new cable and streaming channel and don’t want people to subscribe yet /s
Now we can overpay Michael Conforto.
$67 million for a team in Chicago is ridiculous. Jerry is going to be exhibit A (and B and C) as to why a salary floor is needed in the upcoming CBA negotiations.
We’re not really in the part of the rebuild where we need to be spending big. When the window was open last cycle, they were in the top third in payroll, they were just really bad about spending money
That means we have lots of money to aggressively chase free agents! Right? Isn’t that right?
That’s right, isn’t it?
…
So little of the money is spent on scouting and development too. That’s the biggest issue. Teams like the brewers, Rays, and (in our division) Guardians, do so much more with similar payrolls through investment in lower level stuff. Paying Yoan, Eloy, Anderson, Robert all at the same time sounds like a “push your chips in” type of strategy, but it’s low-key cheap as hell.
I’m a Marlins and a White Sox fan. Truly baseball hell
Maybe the Dodgers could foster us or something?
Not really that bad considering our situation in its totality. We are in full belief that Ishbia is basically the owner long term but we have a lot of good players for our payroll to be that low. I guarantee we are better than the pirates twins marlins nationals and Rockies. I’m thinking we look very similar to the As this season honestly.
Good thing Jerry is saving money & dumping Robert for another team’s trash. If the Mets saw some potential in Acuna, they wouldn’t have been so aggressive signing/trading for 3 players who play the same infield positions he plays.
Thank god there’s a salary cap. God forbid baseball players have to worry about destroying the cartilage in their legs as they land awkwardly on a hard court and an opposing player’s foot who was trying to block their shot (basketball), or take a razor sharp ice skate blade from another player who tripped and tumbled in front of them (hockey) or have their brains turned to jelly after laying out to make a catch as an opposing player decides to bash them in with his noggin’ (football). s
I’m not saying they’re aren’t hazards in baseball that make the sport dangerous, but they don’t equate to the average payout those players make for their talents versus the risk of physically harming themselves while they play their sport. It’s actually quite opposite of that. It’s the market and lack of salary cap, and it needs to change. The largest salaried team is on the verge of a threepeat, and the smallest salaried team is on the verge of a fourpeat…100+ loss season.
Stop fooling yourself into thinking these are coincidences if you’re thinking that way.
13 comments
On the bright side, Jarred Kelenic just made the Major League roster
woo
Only 1 Kyle Tucker away from doubling it and being 18th in the league. Glass half full, dude.
Had to clear space to keep paying for the Beninteniassance (as coined by the brilliant James Fegan)
They must be working out the kinks for their new cable and streaming channel and don’t want people to subscribe yet /s
Now we can overpay Michael Conforto.
$67 million for a team in Chicago is ridiculous. Jerry is going to be exhibit A (and B and C) as to why a salary floor is needed in the upcoming CBA negotiations.
We’re not really in the part of the rebuild where we need to be spending big. When the window was open last cycle, they were in the top third in payroll, they were just really bad about spending money
That means we have lots of money to aggressively chase free agents! Right? Isn’t that right?
That’s right, isn’t it?
…
So little of the money is spent on scouting and development too. That’s the biggest issue. Teams like the brewers, Rays, and (in our division) Guardians, do so much more with similar payrolls through investment in lower level stuff. Paying Yoan, Eloy, Anderson, Robert all at the same time sounds like a “push your chips in” type of strategy, but it’s low-key cheap as hell.
I’m a Marlins and a White Sox fan. Truly baseball hell
Maybe the Dodgers could foster us or something?
Not really that bad considering our situation in its totality. We are in full belief that Ishbia is basically the owner long term but we have a lot of good players for our payroll to be that low. I guarantee we are better than the pirates twins marlins nationals and Rockies. I’m thinking we look very similar to the As this season honestly.
Good thing Jerry is saving money & dumping Robert for another team’s trash. If the Mets saw some potential in Acuna, they wouldn’t have been so aggressive signing/trading for 3 players who play the same infield positions he plays.
Thank god there’s a salary cap. God forbid baseball players have to worry about destroying the cartilage in their legs as they land awkwardly on a hard court and an opposing player’s foot who was trying to block their shot (basketball), or take a razor sharp ice skate blade from another player who tripped and tumbled in front of them (hockey) or have their brains turned to jelly after laying out to make a catch as an opposing player decides to bash them in with his noggin’ (football). s
I’m not saying they’re aren’t hazards in baseball that make the sport dangerous, but they don’t equate to the average payout those players make for their talents versus the risk of physically harming themselves while they play their sport. It’s actually quite opposite of that. It’s the market and lack of salary cap, and it needs to change. The largest salaried team is on the verge of a threepeat, and the smallest salaried team is on the verge of a fourpeat…100+ loss season.
Stop fooling yourself into thinking these are coincidences if you’re thinking that way.