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I like James McCann. He's turned himself into a quality mlb starting catcher. Chances are, he would get very exposed playing everday, just like he did last year. 1st half stat 2019 line: .316/.371/.502 2nd half 2019 stat line: .226/.281/.413 career stat line: .250/.301/.391 Chances are, if you play McCann everyday, you're getting a .250/.300/.400 type hitter. This is not the type of hitter that makes you pass on 3.5-5 fWAR catcher in Grandal, who also happens to fill two of the other main weaknesses of the ball club (strong OBP and lineup balance). Grandal will be fine, but people need to stop expecting a .300 hitter. He is a career .240 hitter. But he gets on base 35% of the time, which this lineup sorely needs. He's not really a middle of the order bopper though, and it would help if RR moved him down.

I didn't really read it that way. The thing is, Grandal really isn't that far off from his career stat line. He's a great hitter for a catcher, but not necessarily a great hitter in general. I would have no problem dropping him down in the lineup some. Maybe something like Anderson, Moncada, Eloy, Abreu, Grandal, Robert, EE, Mazara/Engel, Madrigal. I think it does make sense to break up Eloy, Abreu, Robert and EE, so he would go somewhere in between those spots.

Lol, sorry man, but you have no idea what you're talking about.

Wrong again. Grandal has accumulated 0.6 fWAR this season, good for 3rd in the AL. Stop using bWAR for catchers - its useless. Yes. McCann has been better in the first 35 games. I am not denying that. He's also been far worse his entire career. The two aren't really comparable and we're talking about an extremely small sample size. I am not bad mouthing James - I like the guy. But people need to get a grip on Grandal.

Again, a team full of right handed free swingers that are allergic to walks, half of which suck at defense, isn't really a recipe for sustained success. Sox did the right thing passing on Castellanos on 4 year deal. I would have rolled the dice on Castellanos or Ozuna on a 1 year deal. But locking ourselves into either one of them long term would have been a mistake. That doesn't mean Mazara doesn't suck. To be clear. But at least Mazara is cheap and can easily be non-tendered in 60 days, leaving RF wide open for a better fit, though admittedly there really aren't any on the FA market this offseason. Going to need to come via trade.

Carson DFA'd again before even throwing a pitch for the Bucs.

Well those are our 3 options, so hopefully one of them can eat up 6 or so starts the rest of the season.

LOL! Yasmani Grandal accumulated more fWAR in the 2019 season than Saltalamacchio did in his entire career. This is an awful take.

Would have been nice if we saw it last night when he watched a hanging slider right down broadway on a 3-1 count and then swung through the same pitch to end the game.

The people ripping on Grandal crack me up. This is basically who he is. He's not that far off from his career numbers and like 4-5 days ago his slash line was basically identical to his career slash line. He's a catcher, and an elite one. He's not going to hit .300. He's an unbelievably good fit for this roster in terms of OBP and lineup balance, and is easily a top 2 catcher in the game. Stop complaining. James McCann has been really good this year when he's gotten the opportunity to play, much like he was the first half of next year. I'd love to keep him around past 2020, but chances of him wanting to resign to be in 30/70 or so timeshase with one of the best catchers in the league is doubtful. Its not that hard to figure out.

Me thinks a lot of dudes are going to want to be White Sox this offseason. Hopefully Jerry is willing to spend a little cash.

I've mentioned that before here. I see no reason not to try. I am sure he would be better than Eloy in the OF.

I think Detwiler only facing one batter had more to do with the fact that if he came back out, he would have had to face Sano as the 2nd batter of Detwiler's 2nd inning of work (3rd batter overall). With the 3 batter minimum (or finish an inning) rule, I actually think that move made sense.

I know, but obviously this isn't a normal year. And isn't that only for external guys? Like if you sign a FA September 2nd, he wouldn't be eligible. But a guy already on your 40 man would be, right?

He's on the 60 man player pool, so I see no reason why he wouldn't be eligible for the playoffs.

Yolmer looked like he was using a different batting stance than in the past. A lot more upright at the plate than I remember.

He better get open to it. He’s not too far from an milb deal guy next season after a non tender.

I think Yolmer probably a better option than Mendick in all reality. Not ready to call it a day in Mendick, but Yolmer is a big leaguer.

Mendick realizing hitting major league pitching is hard AF. Good thing we didn’t pencil him into 2B the next half decade and ship off Madrigal!!!!

Lets pull a Miggy and throw him in RF.

Not trading the elite prospects and young guys in the MlB lineup was the correct decision. I would have traded the Stiever, Collins, Rutherford, Gonzalez type guys for some rental pieces, but not torn up they didn’t. I get the frustration from some fans, but this is the very beginning. Trading Vaughn or Kopech or Madrigal or Cease would have been a mistake we’d regret for years to come.

Goins DFA'd. Literally in thread title and Fegan tweet. `

Well fuck, he makes a ton of sense. At the very least, if the Sox don't acquire him now, hopefully whoever does non-tenders him as well because he'd immediately be the best RF fit on the FA market.

Yeah, we could have had it him for basically nothing. Was worth the roll of the dice IMO.

This would get me PUMPED. Probably too good to be true, but this is about my max offer. I'd do Lopez instead of Stiever if they preferred that, but I doubt they would.