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It’s amazing to me that by mid April we’ll have six former top 40 prospects on our roster (three of which were top 10 guys at one point), yet people still act like all our talent is years away. Yes there are more guys coming, but a big chunk of the core is already here and we can’t just burn service time in the interim while we wait for reinforcements. We are at the point in the rebuild where we need to start trying to win some games. That doesn’t mean we should go all in and start trading prospects or signing risky free agents to long-term deals, but there are short-term moves that can be made that improve the on-field product and help take some pressure off our youngsters / teach them how to win.

Again, I don't really care much for Donaldson at $23M. But I hope the Sox are at least receptive to these types of ideas. Rolling basically the same group out there next season is a terrible idea, IMO.

Saying Kopech hasn't been able to throw strikes consistently for more than a month stretch. More it's the opposite - he had a bad month and a half in 2017, then another 2 months in 2018. Feels like they are looking for a narrative more than actually looking at the data. Robert didn't miss 2018 time due to a knee issue. It was the thumb - twice. Knee was a minor thing the year before and turned out to be nothing. The injury history is certainly worth mentioning, but make sure it's right. Saying Rutherford has "always" struggled against LHP is flat wrong. This year he hit for a higher average and higher OBP against lefties than righties, though hit for less power. In 2017 he was better in literally all three slash categories against LHP than RHP. Maybe it was a typo and they meant righties? Adolfo's missed time in 2015 wasn't a hand or ankle issue. He broke his leg (spiral fracture to be specific) on a slide. He also missed some time early that year with a hammy. Neither were ankle or hand related. The bit where they say "Gonzalez has perceived makeup concerns—which may partially explain why he fell to the third round in the 2017 draft" is really not accurate. There were pre-draft concerns on this, specifically around academics, but tense is important here. There has been nothing but positive, even gushing, reports on his ethic as a pro. Should be a "had" not "has". That's an important distinction. THen there are the subjective thing. Not sure why they are still talking about Cease as a reliever, when the only indicator pushing that way is health and that is just lazy attribution. Zavala as "medium power" seems wrong to me, a few other things, but those are subjective. But the other stuff above is just wrong. None are egregious really, but together they make the list look sloppy and poorly researched.

Mixing in some veterans on short term deals that don't block meaningful pieces is the way to improve this team, along with steps forward from the young guys.

I worry deeply about Giolito, Lopez, Moncada, Anderson, Eloy (when he arrives) and a lesser extent the meaningful young bullpen pieces and Rodon taking it on the chin for another season. Like it or not, we need those guys to develop at the big league level and learn to win. Plenty of money to spent to fill holes and create at least a decent roster. I hope that is the direction they go. I guess we'll see.

While I agree that Donaldson probably wasn't a fit, I am not making decisions based on draft position any longer. This team needs to learn to start winning. Spending $25M on Donaldson probably isn't the best use of resources, but I am not avoiding the move because you're now the 8th pick instead of the 3rd. It is time to turn the page on the tanking days. I really hope the front office at least agrees there.

WE FOUND WHERE HAHN WAS

I didn’t know the Sox were going for it all in 2019? I swear that 1 tweet by Morosi has made people forget about just how far this team was from actually contending last year and just how many holes they have.

Well that explains the change in the odds

Evening fellow sox fans. Here a greek die hard sox fan. Ive been reading the forum fir a long time and wanted to join your company. Heres what i think. Why spend 400 on manny while theres a guy in pacific north that can be a solution? Yes kyle seager. Also another guy i like and is a fit is Carpenter from stlouis can play 3rd 1st dh 2nd and hit leadoff. Thats my take as far as the 3rdbase prob. As far as what else i think hahn should add is pitching pitching. Im not convinced at all about giolitto kopech is 1 and half year to go and our bullpen is terrible. So i would try trade for de grom or thor or sign corbin and add 2 relievers. Miller ottavino or kimbrel ottavino and let our outfielders progress in minors. Sign a 1 year ofer till guys are ready. Sorry for my poor english and im happy to join u guys

Hey guys. Appreciate the concern. I have been out working on a key political campaign and decided to stay off of the internet while it was going on. I think I’ve mentioned before that i have ambitions to run for office some day so this was a huge opportunity. Really bummed I missed so much but it looks like nothing has changed.

Well, that is just wrong. Maybe it isn't likely, but with Cleveland losing several key free agents and possibly moving a starter, the division isn't unreachable. If the Sox added Harper, Moustakas, a decent starter and a pen piece or two (and there are many available), they could certainly be competitive. Especially if some of the young guys develop or, gasp, take a leap forward. Again, maybe it isn't the most likely thing, but to say there is nothing they can do is overly dramatic for the sake of being overly dramatic.

The absolute last thing the White Sox should do right now is trade prospects for a closer.

Should find out this week what's going to happen with avi. Non tender deadline is Nov. 30

Should’ve known people would be upset by this... there isn’t much reason for us to spend 23 million or more for one year of a 1B/DH unless we really do land one of Machado/Harper

A lot of money to pay for a “possible” trade chip with massive health issues of late.

I think we NEED a long-term premium third baseman. Maybe Burger is the real deal.

I'm glad we are out on this one. What a massive overpay for Donaldson.

This period of inactivity is driving me crazy. Someone needs to do something already.

yea it does. You know if Solomon Thomas and Reuben Foster were tearing it up, you would be complaining even louder that the trade was too much. You can only compare the players that were drafted by the teams here, any theoretical alternate draft doesnt matter. I know you are salty about the price to move up, but it remains a fair price and Pace appears to have nailed the picks in that draft and the picks given up are certainly not biting him in the ass

Much appreciated Northside. Some of these I also noticed, but definitely overlooked a few of these.

For clarity, I'm saying I prefer Stanton to either Muchado or Harper. As you can surmise, I do not value Moncada nearly as highly as most on this board so, yes, I would consider trading him. Of course, I would also consider trading Anderson but I'm guessing the Yankees might prefer Moncada.