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I just don't see why some want to trade Sosa. We don't know if Sosa might be better than Murakami at first in which case they might split time between 1B/DH. I'd like to see both in the lineup.

Fun season. They had so many chances and a tough way to loose but now leverage that as the next step of the learning process. I expect more growth next year but a lot of work ahead. Caleb and offense have a lot to continue to improve on and defensively the front office and coaching staff are going to be busy. Will be interesting to see what they do at LT too.

I remember this too. It was connected to the gift shop behind home plate but for a while was its own separate entity. I remember have to pay like a dollar to get in in the first few years the park. Always thought it was cool. Guess unsurprisingly additional retail space won out. Rip Wilbur. If anyone would...

Gotta imagine Beane's trade history with Poles + hot seat + Josh Allen desperately needing a WR = Trade spot for DJ Dayo's contract is murder.

Yep. I also thought that Mevis was speaking his own language but the broadcast was actually glitching out. https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngelesRams/s/U20D3Q5ZAL

As much as we talk building culture around here, baseball smart and defense should be a premium. Try and get something for Sosa and help our new manager establish a baseline of expectations for playing good baseball.

I never really understood his option being picked up. There are enough health and performance questions and the salary is large enough for enough teams where even if he shines, it’s a pennies on the dollar return. And if they keep him and he rakes, it won’t mean a playoff spot. Even though I am probably one of the biggest fans of his talent, this seams like a total waste of money, which is usually business as usual for White Sox off season acquisitions, just not $20 million a year.i can’t see them trading him now, they would have to eat money for mediocre prospects. Maybe he plays well enough to make them at least interesting to watch.

So sad this year is over.

I noticed it too! He has a very faint lisp because of them! Lmao

I knew you were a longtime fan by your name. That and Augsberger were the beers sold at Comiskey when I was young. Wood and Buehrle are the two pitchers that have their pictures on my Sox shrine wall. Wilbur and Dick Allen are my boyhood heroes.

I became a lifelong White Sox fan because of Wilbur Wood, Bart Johnson, Terry Forster, Goose Gossage, Bill Melton, Carlos May, No Neck Walt Williams, and Ed Herrmann. RIP Wilbur

Thank you for that beautiful story and the pic.. Wilbur and Hoyt Wilhelm threw the knuckle ball and J.C. Martin tried to block them. I have fond memories of both of those pitchers and much simpler days.

If they trade him, the dead cap hit is only about 12 million, making a savings of 16.5 million. I have to imagine it would be hard for anyone to give much in return for him though. You're probably getting a 4th rounder with how much guaranteed money is left on his contract.

I've done a 180 on Swift. I don't think they can get a better RB than him for his salary next year. You might as well keep him unless you can get a value RB on day 3. They really should be focusing on the defense in days 1 and 2 of the draft.

They can probably push some of Sweat's money next year into 2027. He'll likely still be here and still be reasonably effective. They can do the same with DJ but I don't know if I want an older WR to be a big cap hit if cut. I'd probably just eat one more year with him and then move on. They could push some of Odeyingbo's cap hit to 2027, but who knows if he recovers from his injury, so he's probably best left alone and cut in 2027. They could push some of JJ's money into 2027 too. Cutting Edmunds saves $15 million, so you'll likely see that. Cutting Swift saves $7.5 million - if they draft an RB this might happen.

Cutting Edmunds saves a lot of money. They can also restructure a decent amount of money to make space. They can leverage the future a little bit to make some space, but I can't see them signing or trading for anyone too significant. They're going to need to improve through the draft.

Then who goes to make changes this offseason?

Wish I would have been able to see him pitch. My dad always raved about his knuckleball and how he pitched both games of a double header. We were lucky enough to get to shake his hand at an autograph signing years ago.

Yeah, I was misreading that. He's here for another year.

His dead cap is bigger than his cap hit next year. I don't think he's getting traded. Poles made a huge mistake giving him that extension with 81 million guaranteed before he even played a snap with Caleb. Especially when you consider he was under contract for 2 more years at that time.

I like DJ. He dogs it on way too many plays though. It's been an issue all year and it bit him big time in a huge moment tonight. I'm guessing he's traded this offseason. Probably won't get a ton for him but they'd open up $20 million for other areas.

DJ is like Yoan Moncada. He acts like he just died every time he gets hit too hard. Maybe sometimes he does and he toughs it out, but I've never seen a player go down so many times and then come back a few plays later like nothing happened. Either he's a tank or he just over sells the pain. Then you have the constant effort issues despite being clearly a very talented player. It's frustrating, especially because he was a big part of so many big wins in the past month. We're not playing in this game without him, but at the same time, he contributed to us losing this game.

He’s done it all year. He was basically jogging the whole play.

Here's my story: My parents owned a deli. On Saturdays, my Dad would give us money, each, to go to the Metro on Belmont, and buy a toy. My older brother would con us to use our money to buy baseball cards. So we'd open the packs. My older brother and sister would grab up the Ron Santo, Billy Williams and Ernie Banks cards. When I cried hard enough, my brother gave me the Rich Morales and Wilbur Wood cards, telling me that they were also Chicago players. I never looked back.