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I'd take my chances.

I love the non White Sox s%*# I learn around here...Thanks WestEddy. If I ever run into Nathan Fillion, I think I will call him Jon.

It would be totally cool if Heasley turned into a power hitting 1B.

Charlotte needs arms too.

C'mon man, I could not have made the sarcasm more obvious.

This is definitely a thing. Guys get money at like 14-years-old. Sometimes they get way better and sometimes they get way worse. David Keller has been all over the marketplace He won't rank. We will have a tough time ranking Alejandro Cruz at this point. The system is pretty damn good.

This is a weirdly interesting concept for once. I actually had to think about it. The answer is no because even on July 31 if a guy could help the White Sox with a win or two down the stretch he could help your team with a win or two down the stretch as well, but getting to that actually wasn’t simple.

F***. My post is about Vaughn. In the wrong thread.

Fun fact - Jon and John are very different names. Jonathan has the root of Nathan, John is a universal name with equivalents in most languages (Sean, Ivan, Johan, etc.)

I do too. It's called not buying tickets from the White Sox until 2026 at the earliest.

Bannister will make him an All Star. Getz has a plan.

Judging by the extreme premiums happening for franchise purchases vs Forbes valuations in recent years, I would posit a sale price more like 3 billion versus 1.5.

Andrew Benintenti has put up -0.6 fWAR total for the White Sox with a 90 wRC+ and has been one of the five worst defensive OFs in that time per both DRS & OAA. We just signed a RF platoon for less than $4M that will likely outproduce Benintendi next year. Andrew Vaughn has put up 0.2 fWAR total over his past two seasons as a 1B with a 100 wRC+, poor defense, and negative running value. There are likely AAAA types who could provide similar or better production for a fraction of the cost. To rip fans for wanting more than replacement level production or worse from its players is an absolutely ridiculous take.

This is nothing more than an insurance policy in the event Thaiss or Lee gets injured in camp.

would you ever consider trades with the White Sox to intentionally shore up their weaknesses in order to make them more competitive vs. their AL Central rivals (that are beating the Sox up so badly and getting a disproportionate number of WC berths)? For example, a spare minor league CFer after Robert is traded or a competent SS? Thinking of teams like Seattle Boston TB Toronto Baltimore Texas and Houston specifically... Loaning Enrique Bradfield for 1 year to play CF, for example? If Manfred is going to allow the LAD Evil Empire (apologies to Japan) to continue expanding...why shouldn't coastal teams fighting for playoff berths in other divisions be able to think ”strategic alliance”... about how to legally assist the lowly White Sox? Concept of marginal utility/opportunity cost here...where benefits of a better White Sox team outweigh incremental improvements to one's own team.

Splitting hairs, but he's 81st by bonus from BA, not necessarily the 81st prospect in the class.

No, I don't know who he is either

Yep haha and I’ve been too busy/lazy to correct it

That makes more sense.

Seems like you’ve invented collusion.

This is a fun fact. He wasn't "Jonathan the Baptist" ya know. David's best bud wasn't John. Speaking of the Bible, David's love interest was Jonathan but he named his son Nathan. 'יְהוֹנָתָן'‎ (ye-hon-a-ton) vs 'נתן' (na-tan). I assume Jonathan and John are alike with via 'YHWH' and Jonathan and Nathan are alike through that last syllable meaning 'to give'. So if Jonathan was given by God, John is an embodiment of God's grace, meanwhile Nathan was just 'given' -- presumably still by God.

I understand being frustrated with WAR. One felt more in control of a baseball conversation when you could look at HR's, see one guy had 33, and another had 21, and come to the conclusion that the 33 HR guy is "better" than the 21 HR guy. Easy peasy. You can't just watch a game, look at the box score, and see who contributed what. But you're playing a little Skeptical Paradox game, here, pretending that nothing can really be known. WAR isn't computed by some guy drinking beer in front of his TeeVee. Defensive statistics are computed based on zone ratings that have nothing to do with the eye test. If a fielder is standing on spot X, which is measurable, and a ball is hit to spot Y, that is 15' from the fielder, with a hang time of 7 seconds, we know a lot about the catchability of that ball in play. We know how fast a runner can run from one base to another, how fast a player can throw a ball, all of this is quantifiable, and has nothing to do with the "eye-test". Players on offense create runs. Players on defense prevent runs. Creating runs are pretty quantifiable. You hit the ball, and get to a base by the time the play's over. The same happens when measuring defense. Again, completely measurable and quantifiable from a fairly robust data set. When running the formula for Pythagorean wins, a win is worth (roughly) ten more runs scored than the opponent. I'm mixing models, here, but if Jose Abreu can create 5 more runs on offense than average, and can prevent 5 more runs on defense on average, that would be worth one win, or 1 WAR. Again, mixing models, but that's how players are evaluated against each other.

They also have no QB and might have to trade draft capital to draft one (good chance Ward and Sanders don't make it to 6).

It ain't what you spend, it's how you spend. Say, does Jerry have a god-given ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time in the wrong way or what? Has needed a media consultant for 40+ years. And a roll of duct tape for his mouth.

Mark Davis and part-time owner Tom Brady in a stadium where you'll never be the most popular team. Bears have their warts, but Raiders aren't a spring chicken.

I think it’s they couldn’t commit to signing them day 1 and therefore the players used this opportunity secure more money and/or better security.

I think there is a bit more pushing back on McCarthy as a bad coach because there was a sense that he was just a product of Aaron Rodgers, then a sense that Kellen Moore was the true genius, but when Moore left, the chargers struggled, and McCarthy led the cowboys to the number one offense…it definitely muddied the picture. He’s clearly not just a product of his talent, but also hasn’t appeared to have lifted a talent decrepit team to the playoffs. Anyway Johnson or bust.

It does. But he's years away from the bigs, and he's so young, he can develop better strike zone judgement.

What happened with Wolkow that engendered that kindnof optimism? It looks so far like he would lead MLB in strikeouts without hit other than power.

It's most probably a depth addition. They'll need arms in AAA, as well as dudes to toss in the major league bullpen for a week, then DFA when the better guy gets off the IL.

It is a great point that the White Sox effectively have zero debt on their books.

It's morning in America and in Sox fandom. FML.

Getting ready for Inauguration day??

We're gonna win so much we're gonna get sick of winning.

Here's his 2021 prospect profile: https://www.prospectslive.com/scoutingreports/jon-heasley

"Roki! We got you, Roki! We got you, Roki! We got you Ro, Ro, Ro!"

Just don't look at his major league ERA last year....

That's the really tough part for Final Four attendees....lose on Sat and you have zero desire to stay for Monday night.

Watching Ted Lasso again and thought "hey, Chris Getz should follow Sasaki to the bathroom and call him a pu**y for not signing with the White Sox"....but I do not know how to say that in Japanese.

My wife and I took off Thursday and Friday last year....and since she works the weekends she took off Saturday and Sunday too. It was great fun. Not sure I can do that again this year since work is crazy this year but we will see, Sidenote....we were supposed to fly down to San Antonio in 2020 to meet up with another couple to watch the games in a variety of bars. I was so excited since my alma mater for the 1st time ever was one of the #1 seeds. Alas it was not to be.

They are trying to suck me in early to the excitement of the tournament. I checked the latest bracketology for today and they listed 2 of the schools I attended playing each other in one of the play in games. That would be fun....of course that also means they are both on the bubble and maybe won't be there at all come March.

Especially because Ben Johnson has been the name fans have wanted for probably a year, nothing changed this season (if anything fans want him more) and he's sitting out there, waiting for a suitor to sign him up, AND has reportedly shown interest in the Bears job. All the Bears have to do is bring it home...and anyone that has followed the team knows how unlikely that is for the Bears to pull off...because it's the Bears.

Why doesn't JR feel like HE has an obligation to do what's best for the other investors, unless running the team into the ground is for the best?

Not an MSU fan?

There has definitely been a shift in tone from the fanbase when it comes to McCarthy. Last week, when news came out that the Bears wanted to interview him, I would say the general tone was extremely negative. Now it feels like the fanbase is bargaining that McCarthy might not be so bad. I don't think McCarthy is the worst you can do, but holy hell, we can definitely do better.

Exactly this. It sounds nice to say next coach for next 10 years but reality is this hire has to be the person who gets Caleb on track to be an all Pro type of qb. That has to happen immediately over the next year plus in terms of that big leap and continued growth. You get this hire wrong - and wrong isn’t this coach can’t win the Super Bowl, wrong is this coach can’t develop Caleb (and the rest of the team) and this becomes a wasted opportunity. That is why I’m looking purely at who can get that right and position Caleb and rest of the locker room as best as possible to get that part of the maturity, development and growth of this franchise to happen. It has to be Pete, McCarthy or Ben Johnson in my mind. I can also get the idea of Ravens OC or Kingsbury…cause in all cases you are going with proven or at least guys with track records of sustained offensive success or with a coach who knows what he is doing and has developed the position (or McCarthy who has done both).

It's terrible for 1B DH corner outfield types who can't defend or especially throw. It's great for C SS CF and 3B/2B to a lesser extent. This actually reminds me of the over correction towards WR and TE in the NFL over running backs the last five years or so.

Stassi was a guaranteed deal though. Narvaez is a minor league signing with an invite to camp. This is more similar to when we signed Lecroy.

Sasaki sent the White Sox’s PowerPoint deck straight to trash and blocked Getz’s email address.

His boss sucks.