by majicmg » Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:58 am
JP: I'd also like to know if we're restricted in the three-round draft to players who've worn our own uniforms.
No sour grapes here. I understand that the rules don't favor everyone each go-round. However, if my White Sox research is correct, I don't have a single position player valued at more than $8.9 million, let alone $11 million.
My paperwork isn't in front of me, but if memory serves me correct, there's only one Sox position player who's valued at more than $9 million -- and he didn't play long enough to allow me to draft him, if I wanted. And the top valued position player carded to the team is Dick Allen at $8.9 million.
With a $125 million cap, the White Sox won't be competitive unless I'm able to pluck high-priced position players away from other rosters, something that's basically against the entire premise of this league. If restricted, I'm faced with having to spend about half my salary on pitching and having to pray for shutouts all season.
Please enlighten me. I'll live with your decision without complaint, but under the current terms, I feel like I'm being forced to flush $25 down the SOM drain.