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All I know is, no matter what I'm going to enjoy this season more than 2023. Zero expectations, no chance for dissapointment.

Because it wasn't promised and they could cut him. And they did. And the signed him for less.

Neat. An actual interesting player to watch.

Would translate to a 50-112 season with same .310 winning percentage. And that was with Cease. ☹️

Well he's on the 40 man now buddy! Sorta invalidates all that! It's obvious they made bringing him in a priority. Hey, ZIPS thinks if he plays 100 games he'll give us .5 fWAR! LFG! Pull it down! Getz did that! signed a 35 year old corner OF to a league min deal rather than just see what they have in the guy they traded a young pitching prospect for or Oscar Colas!

A little bummed on this one. Just liked Touki and wanted to give him a chance. But maybe he’ll clear waivers. Sox are eating $1.3M on him too which is surprising but also makes it more likely he’ll clear as not only does the claiming team need to put him in the bigs, theyll absorb the deal. Since Sox avoided arb with him, that is guaranteed.

Fedde's pitch report: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/player-scroll/game?gamePk=747817&player_id=607200 His stuff was up a tick today, while Leasure/Garcia/Brebbia were down a tick. He took a comebacker to the leg, but should still be on track for OD: Korey Lee's 6th inning double would have been a HR at home (and in 18 other parks). Still a chance we see him to start the season, as Stassi is dealing with soreness from readapting to catching after his time away.

Fedde 5 innings , 2 hits, 1 R, 1BB , 4K . 81 pitches

But did they go FASTs

Well done.

Luis Gil has apparently made the Yankees' rotation, which could make for a somewhat relevant comparison for Crochet's workload. Gil pitched ~30 IP total in 2022-23 due to missed time from TJ. He did clear 100 IP in 2021, but missed 2020. Yanks say no innings restriction for him this season.

he had a 71 wRC+ last year. He had a .248 OBP. He'll fit in great here, you're right. Solid vet. Great role player. wut.

MiLB free agents on non guaranteed contracts cost nothing until exercised and occupy no roster spot. A team could make 50 deals like this over the winter and it wouldn't matter to the 40 or the payroll. I know you want to be mad, but at least be accurate.

Christ dude, it was a non guaranteed minor league signing for a guy who was a role player on a good Braves team last season. They cut Pillar yesterday because they didn’t deem him worth the $3M and then resigned 24 hours later for (presumably) the major league minimum. He’s a perfectly fine 4th/5th OF. there is absolutely no logical reason to be upset by any of this.

There are no hard and fast rules that apply to every off season. Part of a GMs job is to read the terrain. Preller correctly read JRs and the Sox terrain. They wouldn't take the risk of Cease getting injured into the season. You watched him pitch well in spring and you make good, not great, offer for him. Sox fans did not read the terrain and expected too much for him forgetting who runs the team and how payroll was being cut. This off season with RSN problems causing havoc with many teams bottom lines meant free agent activity had a good chance of being slower which will always lower prices but moreso on the older less talented players. I'm not arguing the way Getz did things is right or wrong, but the arguments here appear that they are treating every off season the same and that is not the case.

It's terrible process. You wasted the opportunity cost when clearly 29 other teams wanted nothing to do with him at any price, at any roster spot. How can anybody defend this move? Sure, it "cost nothing" only if you ignore the opportunity cost of bringing someone that actually might have value and/or contribute to the next good Sox team. You're telling me you'd rather have this guy clogging up the back of the roster than someone like Canaan Smith-Njigba?

As shitty as we all know this team is probably going to be this year, how can you not be pumped for opening day. I still took Thursday and Friday off work. It's the one day every team starts at the same playing field...0 wins and 0 losses. Obviously over time the talent will show itself, but opening day will probably be the only day we Sox fans have even any false hope to hang on to, and April may be the only stretch of Sox baseball worth watching, until guys like Montgomery start coming up to the bigs. Relish it while you can, boys and girls.

Why in gods name was he ever offered 3 million guaranteed anyways he obviously has no market based on the events of this weekend. just a dumb signing and one they continue on with it seems.

His minors deal guaranteed him $3 million. I’m assuming this big league deal doesn’t

Lambert, Drohan, Martin should all be 60 day IL candidates. Somehow Sammy Peralta is still on the 40 man. I would guess those are the four most likely to be removed from the 40 man for the NRIs that make the club. Assuming Getz isn’t going to DFA players he signed or acquired this offseason, Popeye might be next on the list.

Sox saved at least $2.2M in the process. Smart move tbh as paying Pillar $3M to maybe last a month or two on the roster would be pretty gross.

Would guess this means a trip to Charlotte

Pillar apparently just wanted the weekend off

You have work in the morning or something?

oh right, the incredible bats of Tim Anderson (.582 OPS) and Elvis Andrus (.662 OPS). oh yeah, Elvis is a free agent again by the way, I bet he's so lonesome he could cry (I don't think that was an Elvis song....whoa mama). I'm not exactly optimistic about this team, I just don't see any way it could be worse than it was last year.

Like you?

Don’t worry, the best smash burgers and fries will continue to be available to all fans. Just west of the railroad tracks on 35th. For those who really want to try the Comiskey Park version without club level seats, they likely won’t be checking tickets to get into the 300 level weekday day games and many Monday-Thursday April/May/September night games. I bought club seats via stub hub for a few games last year, and the ushers didn’t check up front at the entrance to this level. Hit or miss whether the ushers would check tickets in the seating area, though some were proactive your first time in the outdoor seating sections.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2024/03/24/1994-white-sox-were-focused-on-the-world-series-then-the-players-strike-happened

Why? His 11+ ERA this spring isn't enough to cut him?

Its going to be a great White Sox 2024 season.

Julio Franco was too. On the flip side black jack has some struggles and ended up 10-9.

1-1 After 4 innings. Fedde 1 run 2 hits 4K Ugly 1st inning for Sox offense 1 and 2 no outs. Sac bunt attempt lead runner Maldonado Forced out. Fail. Double steal attempt , lead runner Shewmake thrown out.Fail. SB attempt Ortega gunned down. Fail SB attempt

I was 13 that season and a huge Frank Thomas and Sox fan obviously. My dad was so down on baseball and JR but then you know as a kid it's just something that happens and you move on the next year. Not sure my dad ever regained the same passion tho. Frank and the Sox were having an amazing season, frank especially.

His comment to the media from his box that summer was very telling, "I'm a dove until they strike.,.." I'm guessing he actually said it with a straight face.

I am not suggesting he is a great player. I am suggesting there is no reason to be upset about literally paying $2M+ less to retain Pillar than they had to a few days ago. Chances are Pillar wont be around all that long, and if he is, he is a suitable 4th/5th OF. It’s just a big nothingburger.

Well, Grossman does kill lefty pitching. Sheets' platoon splits against RHP don't seem to make him valuable at anything.

The White Sox, where old bad players go to play for whatever they are offered.

I agree. I was hoping Touki could thrive as a swingman. I even figured he could take a couple turns in the rotation in case they wanted to tune up Nastrini in AAA for a couple of starts.

It's obvious JR wants to spend as little as possible when necessary. Really no reason to pay Pillar or Moustakas more when they could pay less for others players to perform on a level more or less equal to the numbers those guys would put up. Pillar's is back , he just had take a cut in his hoped for salary. We don't know how JR is thinking . He talked about competing as quickly as possible but he's clearly talking out of both sides of his mouth when his actions clearly indicate he's crying poor and making every attempt to avoid losses.

The dumbest take on this one I’ve seen is as follows: ”Ohtani and his interpreter are lovers. His recent marriage is just a cover to divert attention from what is really going on here. They were in bed on this gambling thing and they were in bed in every other way too.” Found this gem in the most recent Athletic’s article comments. 😆 I lose faith in humanity more by the day.

I'm interested in seeing what happens with the new acquisitions (Brebbia, Fedde, Flexen, Hill, Soroka and Wilson). Also hoping for solid performances from Kopech and Crochet in their new roles, and what Garcia can do this season. Continued Chicago cold could help the staff off to a good start.

And with Ceases health, he is probably looking at a ton of years too.

Dude, I've been discussing the White Sox online for a good 25 years. If a younger Mark Liptak couldn't break my spirit, I doubt a bunch of low-grade whiners could, either.

Just a general comment on these types of assumptions that we all make. Without information not available to the public we don't know that's true. We don't know if a team made an offer that was rejected. Just looking at what guys signed for with another team doesn't automatically mean they would have played for just any team at that price. I still believe shopping with more options available is better than waiting until the shelves are mostly bare. Especially considering that we generally believe every other team is better at player evaluation. We're going to wait until they all take their pick and somehow believe we're going to do better with the rejects?

Absolutely. And that's why you won't see him rising through the organizational ranks anytime soon.

Doesn’t part of this fall on the shoulders of Chris Getz? Was he not in charge of player development? Very few if any of our first, second or third round picks developed at all with this organization, if anything, they got worse!!

Nah, he sucks now. Sticky stuff guy.