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Just wanted to say I’m already irrationally angry about seeing Leury play RF in what looks to be the Sox main lineup today

I still expect the Sox to move Kimbrel.

Keuchel just sucks. He has nothing on these pitches. Too bad he doesn’t have a kid we can ban from the field.

Robert wins both regular season and World Series MVP

Mine: Adolfo stays with the Sox, earns the RF spot, comes close to winning ROY in a repeat of Puigmania by hitting 25+ home runs and having highlight throws (his OBP will be lower than Puig's .391 and his strikeouts will be higher), but people love highlights. Romy Gonzalez and Nick Madrigal have comparable WAR at the end of the season. Anderson hits .400 going into the All-Star break. Yermin is an All-Star starter, for another team.

my boldest prediction yet: the first loss of the season will be taken in stride on soxtalk dot com. Nobody will call for someone to get fired or dfa‘d.

don't worry we signed Leury to multiple years

White Sox sign Michael Conforto to a 4 year $80M deal with an opt out after year 2 and 3 before Opening Day. Eloy Jimenez hits 50 home runs. Michael Kopech is fucking stud and has an ERA and FIP below 3.25.

Kimbrel is not traded and ends up being one of the best inning 7-8 guys in baseball. Adolfo earns the RF spot and fairs well enough to be serviceable. Hits 20+ HRs with a relatively low BA and a lot of Ks. But his defense is solid. Joe Kelly beans Correa accidentally, and a brawl ensues. LaRussa gets involved and ends up with a broken hand. Moncada returns to 2019 form and leads all AL 3B in BA at the All Star break...but still isn't named an All Star. Eloy miraculously doesn't get hurt.

They are like a guy with a bad toupee. They don't want to admit it, but everyone already knows.

Should have been called the Ohtani-Cease rule.

The thing that gets me the most is guaranteeing three years ro Leury. One year with an option is the absolute maximum he would have gotten on the market.

All well and good, but.......how is the RP FA class? Priorities...

He wants to win his 3rd World Series ring with the Dodgers in 2024....I guess I can be ok with him trying for that.

- Dallas Keuchel throws a no-hitter. - Josh Harrison makes the All Star team. - Turns out Michael Conforto has actually been retired this whole time.

Vaughn batting 9th, below Harrison and Leury should make make your anger even worse….

Harold is busy getting new talking points regarding Kimbrel's value at the deadline.

I'm gonna side with Crick then.

Tons, he’s one of the best

A few months ago in a trade with Dodgers I was hoping to snag what I believed was reasonable in full kimbrel salary + James Outman and Jacob Amaya. Both are MLB ready position player depth pieces. Scouting Report: Outman is a physical, athletic specimen more usually seen playing football. He is a plus runner at 6-foot-3, 215 pounds with quick initial burst and elite acceleration in center field. He ticks up to nearly plus-plus speed underway and runs down long flies to both gaps and at the wall. The Dodgers refined Outman’s lefthanded swing to get his upper and lower halves more in sync. He still has a hand hitch and has to cheat to get to velocity, but he sees pitches well and crushes fastballs when he connects. Outman bats left. With how rest of offseason trends I'd maybe go after Gavin Stone. But these were reasonable so hahn is probably holding out for some older, injury-ridden outfielder or pitcher who is a bigger name.

What about something like this? CWS: LHP Manaea & C Marchan PHI: CL Kimbrel & $5M cash OAK: 3B Burger, RHP, Dalquist, OF Adolfo, & OF Y. Garcia Basically allows us to address SP & BC in one trade without adding any salary.

Are we there yet?

Yes

"Isn't the full moon beautiful tonight?" "Sure, but is is slowly being flung into space anyway, so why enjoy it?"

If your infielders are consistently poorly positioned or just bad, you will first notice it through Aaron Bummer.

It's dangerous if you're neurotic and afraid of emotional distress

This is going to be a fun year

"If three possible silver sluggers and a highly touted sophomore a suck, the lineup will be bad."

Everything would feel better with a Manaea acquisition.

Ghost runner boooooo

I doubt it. I just don’t see when they could justify letting him play in the big leagues. Who would be sitting so Micker Adolfo could try to not strikeout over 40% of the time? He’ll likely be traded. It’s unfortunate but he just ran out of time.

Boy, it's a sad state of affairs when a discussion forces me to go over to the gamethread for some good vibes.

I'll say Vaughn drops a 320/395/510 slash line

I appreciated the most half-assed dive by Robert. Very smart

Lucas looks great

He posed and it never had a chance.

Yoan has lost all his power, it’s crazy to see

If this is bold, I am going to the opposite end and predict he clears waivers at the end of spring and goes back to Charlotte.

I am already at the acceptance stage with some relapses into anger

We are going to hear so much grinderball bs about Leury this year. I love him as a reserve, too, and as a clubhouse guy. He is just not quite a starter, especially on a squad that is supposed to be elite.

No matter how well the White Sox play...Soxtalk will complain.

It's easy to forget how big a nerd Giolito is, the he says wonderful stuff like this.

Probably darn near the projection, and injuries really crush arb numbers. Jays likely didn’t want to tell a judge how much Chapman sucks just after acquiring him.

did you guys see this

I remember the Courtney Hawkins spring training when he was hitting walk offs and looked incredible.

I see we're now at the bargaining stage of grief as one month ago everyone was hell no on Joc and now it's "oh how I wish we got him".

Pollack is fine i guess. I'd have rather signed Joc then traded Kimbrel for something else if that was the case.

So instead of adding left-handed balance we abandon it all together?

Not only is that an insane take, but also if Pollock has a $10M player option for 2023, or a $5M buyout, he would only be exercising that option if he doesn't think he can make more than $5M in 2023 as a free agent, since taking the opt out gets him $5M of that potential $10M contract in 2023. Sure, there is a chance he could become a $20M commitment for 2 years, but I think the odds are a lot, lot higher he's a 1 yr/$15M deal, which would obviously be offset by the 1 yr/$16M deal Kimbrel has, so he wouldn't be limiting any financial flexibility whatsoever.

I get the sense this would be a 3-team trade with Kimbrel going to a team in the NL: Dodgers, Mets, Padres or Phillies. Mets are looking for relief help, Padres looking for offense and Phillies for a CF and bullpen help. My prediction is Sox try to get prospects out of the deal to send to Oakland to try and get Manaea.