SCCWS Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 33 minutes ago, OneDog847 said: This is only year 3 of the rebuild. Houston spent close to 6 years tanking and building up the farm. Kansas City's rebuild took almost 9 years. If the Sox are too frugal and/or risk adverse to sign impact talent via FA then they will have to either trade for it or grow it in house. Moncada and Lopez can be traded in 4 years or sooner if needed. Why would there be more urgency? JR has guaranteed profits even if 5K people show up every night. KW and Hahn have jobs for life as long as they remain yes men. But a major difference. Houston only had 6 years( 2009-2014) playing below .500. We just finished our 6th year below .500. So it looks like Houston started rebuilding in Year 1 of their slide and we started in Year 4. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneDog847 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Balta1701 said: If the White Sox are seriously thinking they're a 2020 contender, they are going to need pitching help, especially now with Dunning no longer being an option. They are not likely to have the assets that they're willing to trade for pitching next year, which means they are going to need FA help, and signing Santana-types and trading for Nova-types does not get them into a position that anyone would regard as competitive. There's still a lot of young pitching in this organization, and that's before they add anything from the draft this year or get lucky with any breakouts from previous draft years and trades. They may not want to sign a guy to along term deal given the number of arms currently available. If they want to compete, they need pitching help - even with Kopech and Cease you just can't count on the current 5 slots for 2020 to be ready to go and 100% healthy, but they may not want to do a full 7+ year commitment like Cole will get if he has another good year. Bumgarner is an option but you can't like the way his injury history is trending. An expensive, 2 year contract for a front line starting pitcher could well have made sense for this organization next offseason, if they think they're competitive. Cole and Bumgarner are now the only front line pitching options remaining, and I still think the Yankees will be in a position to go after at least one of them. So yeah, Verlander was a tentiative fit if the White Sox genuinely believed that their rebuild was nearing a completion point, and a potentially better fit than the other options. This is regardless of any other comments on their moves this offseason. I think the Sox see 2020 as another tank year. 2021 should be the first year where all the kids are up together. The Sox should be ready to make some serious noise in 2022 hopefully. The Sox won't be ready to add an expensive short term contract for a TOR arm for another 2-3 years most likely. Edited March 24, 2019 by OneDog847 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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