MiddleCoastBias

I don't know if I buy this. Something to be said about being first and identifying a desperate team (Angels) to set the market, rather than sitting back and thinking we're going to outsmart everyone and get a great deal (Harper and Machado), then left with nothing to show for it.

The only thing making White Sox baseball watchable at this point is the "hug watch" to see who gets traded in the middle of the game.

Oh god, why does this sound exactly like how we handled Gordon Beckham.

Ok, that's enough confidence he's given out...

Nah, Gio's playing 4D chess - give the Mets a win and confidence so they won't be sellers, ensuring that he's still the top pitcher available in the trade market.

But who are they going to flip him to? WE'RE the dumb franchise that the smart franchises trade their chaff to.

Does the omission of picks 7, 11, & 12 mean it's over and we won't be signing them, or can those negotiations still be underway? I'm not sure how the signing period works.

Best team in baseball vs. the Braves

Yeah but he can have banger walkup music

Until you see his swing/stance and realize we're absolutely going to try to tinker with it. Let's see what happens!

I thought like a week or two ago Ozzie spoiled that SoxFest will be back this year and the woman doing the charity "giving Sox" show or whatever it is effectively said on air "I don't think we're supposed to announce that yet". But since it hasn't been announced, even after Ozzie leaked it, they still have time to keep it cancelled and pretend like it was never coming back this year.

Just tear it all down and start over. Wait, thought we were talking about the team and front office.

Playing Immaculate Grid and thinking "how can I shoehorn some bum in that also played for the Sox?" (Spoiler: Steve Cishek made an appearance in today's grid)

Let's focus on the real issue - Lance Lynn sucks s%*#.

He looks so promising, it'll be fun to watch

Lance Lynn kicks rocks.

Yoan has always struck me as a motivation guy, really depends on how much he cares. All the talent in the world doesn't matter if you don't care to show up. World Baseball Classic, he's playing for his county, around his peers, and tearing the cover off of the ball. Motivated. Gets to Chicago, we get a little carry-over good feelings from the WBC and starts hot. And then it settles in that he's playing for a dead-end team with nothing to play for. Unmotivated, no hustle. He seems like the quintessential change-of-scenery type of guy. Get him on a team that is competing day in and day out with other guys that want to be there, and I bet he's a stud. Play out his days on lame duck White Sox team and what you see is what you get.

Why do people think he's a tradeable asset? Who would want to take him on? He's pitched worse than Keuchel did when he got DFA'd, and yet some people still think we can trade him. I don't get it.

I think Hanser sticks around. He seems to be Grifol's "guy", seems every manager gets a utility guy they stick with through all of the odds. Hanser should be the one to go, but I don't think it's that cut and dry in this situation.

Baltimore does have a lot of intriguing guys coming up but my guess is that they'll want to hold on to them until at least next year to let everyone coalesce and mature to see what they have. Their team is looking to be competitive in the coming years and can stand to wait a year before selling younger guys to get the final piece veteran to put them into contention. I'd look to the Rockies (worse management than ours), Mariners (closer than the Orioles and could look for a vet, maybe move Emerson Hancock?), or Blue Jays as potential partners.

But then the backlash will be fresher at the end of the season and fans will be even louder at SoxFest! Oh, wait.

This is also the same team that welcomed Eloy back by throwing him into RF instead of DHing. Disappointed but not surprised.

Love seeing him in there but Liam just doesn't have a slider tonight. A totally non-competitive pitch for him, hitters can just spit on it every time and not be worried unfortunately.

Players and agents have to know this, right? Like if they had comparable offers from the Rays and White Sox with the same path to playing time, they would have to know which org has a track record of giving new life to a career.

"The beatings will continue until morale improves."