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https://www.mlb.com/news/each-team-s-top-international-prospect-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage Quero voted the White Sox top international prospect. Look out in CLE, another Chourio coming up, and that Tigers' catching prospect is winning a lot of accolades as well.

Moncada obviously came up as a middle infielder...got moved to 2B largely because of the presence of Bogaerts/retirement of Pedroia and then got moved over to 3rd eventually by the White Sox when he struggled at second. I'm not sure about Moncada's range and injury susceptibility at SS...if he EVER could have protected his legs there, when he couldn't handle the wear and tear of 3B as it turned out. Part of it was fielding injuries, the other part related to baserunning, but time will tell if he can ever recover even 75-80% of where he was in 2019 (pre Covid). https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/196857/ Colson usually grades at a 55 arm, it's not 50 and lacking exactly...but it's usually not 60+ either, which would be zipping the ball over there at 90-95 mph pretty consistently.

I said it last week against Philly, and it’s true again with Tampa — there is no team luckier than Washington. I’m definitely rooting for Detroit to stomp on their throats next week.

Every single thread between now and at least 70 future wins by the Sox will be referendums on Chris Getz, for and against...

I thought Chris Getz was teaching players how NOT to play baseball, so he ruined every single prospect in our system. It's refreshing to hear somebody say that wasn't the case.

Im not an ND fan but I love Brian Kelly getting dunked on he is a grade A tool and perfect for LSU

that's exactly what I had in mind! Boomers keep saying things like "well gen Z needs a guy that can speak their language" but gen z just needs a competent coach that isn't a total goofball who knows a thing or two about his profession.

I quite literally was focusing on "Things Chris Getz did in 2024 that made the White Sox worse and that look bad on his record." Things that happened before he was the GM have nothing to do with this particular topic. Chris Getz is not the only reason the White Sox lost 121 games last year, but Chris Getz's bad decisions were absolutely a part of that and made the White Sox worse. For the people who say we should give Getz the benefit of the doubt and look past how he was hired, fine I'm willing to do that. You know who has nothing to do with things happening after Chris Getz was hired as GM? Jake Burger. You didn't need to derail this.

yup, well said. I bolded the part I particularly agree with. I don't think he's 'officially' been moved off CF, I just don't think he's a CF. It's like Colson with SS, I just don't see it. And those are pretty good numbers for a right fielder with an arm. personal, dummy opinion. I think they're the positions where you put 'glove-first, fast' guys. I was sad to lose Duke Ellis for that reason, he's fast and has range...but is raw. The Yanks see something with him. Brewers have a guy like this, Blake Perkins, produced a good amount of WAR despite a mediocre NL bat. As far as Colson, he looks like a prototypical 3b; huge arm, little range, big bat. He just looks like an elite 3b and maybe a guy who can 'hold down' SS but not very well and not for a winning team. Maybe with good pitching. I don't know why Ramos never got a shot at SS, he looks like the best SS in the organization. Dunno why Moncada never got reps at SS. Of course he wants to stay at short, they all do, but let him focus on the bat and get a proper defender to play short. Maybe that's Gonzalez...but doubtful. He looks like a good enough defensive SS but like his bat won't carry him to MLB.

McGuffey answered this as well… Kenny wanted to trade Burger to the Marlins so he did. Hahn wanted to trade Anderson to the Marlins but Kenny vetoed it. Kenny loved Anderson. Like I said, Kenny had the sole decision making on trades with the Marlins and Yankees. He was the final say on trades with those two teams.

You already know the answer to this — because Jerry runs his organization like a goofball and the Sox front office was a clown show. All I know is, if Hahn and Kenny couldn’t even align on trades, I seriously doubt Getz had any sort of opinion or power in the decision making.

But it has never been explained...why those two specific teams...Hahn and Kim Ng never got along? Because KW spent a lot of time in Miami? And why was the simultaneous Anderson trade by Hahn denied/voided?

It's one of the main reasons why he's the GM today, the disharmony involving trading Anderson and Burger at the same time by two club executives...at some point, we might even learn who Getz sided with during this standoff. It could be that he argued against BOTH trades. I would be interested to know what he thought about that move, personally. That was really the beginning of his tenure as GM, it's just that nobody knew it quite yet at the time. ‘‘He’s not far off,’’ Sox general manager Chris Getz said. But there also are cautionary signs, which is why a stint at a pitcher/catcher camp in September at the Sox’ spring-training facility and a current assignment for Glendale in the AFL serve as an apprenticeship for an eventual major-league promotion. In the same game against Peoria, Eder lacked command, threw only 29 of 55 pitches for strikes and was pulled after issuing his fourth walk to start the third, even though he hadn’t allowed any hits. A lack of concentration enabled Jakob Marsee to steal third base with ease, five pitches after Marsee had stolen second despite Eder paying closer attention to him while on first. ‘‘I’m not concerned,’’ Getz, who took over as the Sox’ top baseball decision-maker one month after Eder was acquired, said of some of the flaws. In addition to participating in the pitcher/catcher camp, Eder was sent to the Sox’ non-ballyhooed pitch lab to have his delivery scrutinized and to identify mechanical flaws that could be corrected and allow him to throw his mid-90s fastball with more consistency. ‘‘I’ve been here for a couple of months now and got a good relationship with all the pitching coaches and coordinators,’’ the 6-4, 215-pound Eder said. ‘‘So it’s been productive.’’ The strikeout of Manzardo was reminiscent of what Eder did after being selected as a fourth-round pick of the Marlins in the pandemic-shortened 2000 draft out of Vanderbilt.

Ryan McGuffey already stated in his podcast that Kenny Williams alone traded Burger to the Marlins. As ludicrous as this is, Kenny had the sole power and decision making to execute trades with two teams over Rick Hahn — the Yankees and Marlins. The trade had nothing to do with even Hahn, much less Chris Getz.

Disagree. You don't win games with an up the middle of DeBong and Nicky as well as the light stick we had at catcher. Also easily the worst pitching staff top to bottom in Sox history. And finally nobody except Beni lifting and pulling any home runs to speak of. That team deserved what it got, 41 wins. It lost blowout games, it lost 'close' games cause of the bullpen and it lost games cause of its lousy starting pitchers not named Crochet. also Fedde did OK even though he stunk as a Cardinal. Luis Robert also had an uneventful 393 at bats.

Where are they going to find a REAL SS? The Tampa Bay Rays officially came to terms on Tuesday with free agent shortstop Amed Rosario, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. Per Passan on "X:" Infielder Amed Rosario and the Tampa Bay Rays are in agreement on a one-year, $1.5 million contract, sources tell ESPN. That was probably their last best chance at the "cheapies." Maybe Kevin Newman (looks like he's a non-roster invite in PITT), the Mets' post-season star Jose Iglesias, or former Rockies' SS Brendan Rodgers? Jon Berti? Plenty of players from the 2024 Chicago White Sox are still available in free agency. There were so many problems with the Southsiders last year that these players should get chances elsewhere. That includes Nicky Lopez, who hit .241 in 124 games playing second base and shortstop. This is another player who would be happy to sign a one-year contract with the Mariners. Even though it is so hard to hit in Seattle, Lopez would be a solid defender and has had success at T-Mobile Park. In 14 games, he has a .357 batting average with 20 hits in 56 at-bats. Getting someone who can hit in Seattle into the fold would be a great way to end the offseason. Uh-oh, can't wait to see CWS's take on this move for Seattle, haha. Suggestions for Ha Seong Kim (2/$36 million), Rizzo, Berti and Nicky Lopez to basically replace Rojas, haha. https://clutchpoints.com/mariners-top-4-bargain-bin-free-agent-targets

I think this is them doing him a favor and getting him in the news. It also is the first interview that counts toward the Rooney rule. I want nothing to do with Ron - unless it is as an assistant head coach.

And Martin's the most likely member of that starting rotation to get traded (not to mention he's coming off TJS)...also, not exactly an optimistic projection for Thorpe. I think everyone would take a 2.0 fWAR from Luis Robert heading into the first week of July. Probably more optimistic than most.

I think what annoys me so much watching Daniels is he literally being schemed to perfection. Kings bury is taking a mid tier QB and creating a situation where it very easy to succeed. Wide open targets alllll game. It’s unreal. A play breaks down, oh here’s Mclaurin sitting there. Quick throw, wide open receiver. Brown sitting by himself in the end zone, TD. Not to mention the offensive holds which are ignored nearly half the plays. He is already getting Mahomes treatment.

The Chicago White Sox came to the winter meetings believing they would trade left-handed starter Garrett Crochet by the end of the week. Time is running out. The Sox have stuck by their high asking price ever since they put him on the market at the trade deadline. Said one high-ranking source of a team that was interested in Crochet, “We’re out. They wanted three of our top prospects. Three. We can’t do that.” Crochet has top of the rotation stuff. There is disagreement on his value because Crochet, 25, has just two years of control and threw a career high 146 innings after throwing an average of 36 innings over the previous six years, including college. He is something of a comp to Glasnow—a guy with ace stuff without the ace track record. The Los Angeles Dodgers gave Tampa Bay two major league ready prospects, Jonny DeLuca and Ryan Pepiot, to get Glasnow, who had one year of control before Los Angeles then signed him to an extension. sportsillustrated.com Well, it clearly wasn't BOS, because they maintained all three of their top prospects (Antony, Mayer, Campbell) in the Crochet trade.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/roki-sasaki-chaos-has-already-begun-in-advance-of-international-signing-day/

This whole shebang is being held in a church basement right?

https://sportsnaut.com/roki-sasaki-rumors-san-diego-padres-lawsuit/amp/ According to MLB insider Jon Heyman, the San Diego Padres are no longer frontrunners to land Sasaki due to turmoil surrounding a lawsuit filed by the widow of team owner Peter Seidler. In the lawsuit, Sheel Seidler claims her late husband’s brothers “misappropriated and misused the assets” that Peter Seidler “expressly bequeathed in trust” to her. She also alleged the brothers want to sell and possibly relocate the Padres. “I feel bad for the Padres, but that lawsuit is not helping their case. I mean, if you’re Sasaki, do you sign up with the Padres?” Heyman said. “I certainly thought the Padres had an excellent chance. He is a longtime admirer of Yu Darvish. But, at this point, if you’re him, do you go to a team right now that’s in turmoil?” Assuming Sasaki goes to the Dodgers (now): If I had to bet, you'd then see Cease (since Boras/FA doesn't mix well) and Arraez traded to get under the cap (they're roughly $20 million over), Michael King extended (avoiding FA) and then Profar brought back again since nobody seems willing to give him a big contract coming off one really great season at age 31/32. Any leftover money goes to starting pitching or the bullpen. The other possibility is trading closer Robert Suarez, who has an opt out for 2026 on an $8M salary, so he is probably gone after 2025 (and he was unreliable as hell the last 6-8 weeks of the season, despite his dominating "stuff.") The other concern to those reading "tea leaves" was that Yu Darvish was not part of the meeting with Sasaki, but Wolfe (the agent) had mentioned they didn't want players involved/recruiting AND they both already share the same agent, so clearly there's an indirect line of communication, regardless. I'm still dreaming of a Cease and Bogaerts trade to Boston for Lucas Giolito: lose $39M, pick up $19M, net $20M savings. Boston offered X nearly as much to stay 2 years ago, but for only 6, not 11 years. Boston fans are restless, and even Ken Rosenthal ripped them for not spending. Boston is still $30M under the cap after saying they would be willing to go over. Bringing back a fan favorite, getting an ace, and still staying under the cap, would be a coup, but they're still looking for a RHH third base glove so they can move Devers to first. Why not give them Bogarts for a prospect and 10 mill for 9 years. Saves 15 mill a year and we keep Cease? Bogaerts isn't going anywhere @ $25m per year for the next 9 years. And, I'd hate the Pads trading X and still carrying part of his salary on the books, especially when he might be playing elsewhere or worse, not playing at all (think Erik Hosmer). Better to just keep X and hope that he can have just an average year as far as production goes. That way the Pads actually get something out of him. Maybe, he has a really good 2025 and justifies a good portion of his salary. Or even better, builds his trade value for 2026. The way player's salaries are escalating his contract may not look so bad in a couple of years and by that time DeVries should be ready to make the jump to the majors. As for Cease, trade both him and Arraez, either together or separately, reduce the payroll, get a good return in young highly-ranked talent. Then, offer King a 2 or 3 year extension @ $10m / year to keep him with the team as the #2 SP behind Darvish. And with the remaining $$$, try to find pitching to fill out the rotation.

I thin there's a bullpen addition or two coming and probably someone in the infield before ST starts. I hope.