Time and the White Sox

There are reports that the White Sox offered Manny Machado an eight-year, $250 million deal. South Side Sox points out that it’s time for Jerry Reinsdorf to make it rain, since time is running out for the White Sox owner:

Let’s be really real here. Morbid, even. You’re 83 this year. You don’t have much time left. You’re a tax lawyer, so I know you’re not offended by the numbers. Life expectancy tables say you’ve got about 6.5 years left. You’re a rich white guy, so maybe it’s reasonable to take the over. NorthShore Health Care is the best, after all. But then again, what about those cigars? Let’s call it a wash.

Seven years (so retorts White Sox front office mouthpiece Bob Nightengale). Eight years. Nine years. Ten. Whatever. You’re probably gone.

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It an owner was to go in on a championship now, Machado and Harper long term is a pretty good way to do it. A team might even dominate for a decade if they have a good farm system behind them.

I do like the shorter-term, higher average value. Machado the really serious decline probably happens after the end of the deal.

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