Sarava

Eloy is something else. I'm so anxious for him to make his way to Chicago.

I don't see it happening. A month from now we could have Rodon and Kopech in the rotation. Might be a whole different team then.

Hahn mentioned his forearm soreness has subsided and he will start bullpen sessions next week https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/white-sox-wont-rush-michael-kopech-to-majors/c-274730372

He certainly has the athleticism to play CF. But I don't see it happening unless Machado signs here.

He will actually miss 3 games since Saturday is a DH. Condolences to Rick and his family.

They have some far out promotions. For example, the Star Wars night. If you buy tickets through their link, you get a Star Wars/Sox beanie, the hawk solo bobblehead and can walk around the warning track in a mini parade before the game. That's a lot of extras to entice people.

Well said.

That's a good point. Makes me wonder if Hahn went too far with this tank stuff. Yeah... yay we might have the #2 pick in the draft next summer. And then all the free agents will laugh and hang up when the Sox call this this winter.

If Yoan was benched for dogging it, I support that. This is how he will learn his lesson.

The good news is, the Sox have a 5 game series with KC next weekend. They're even worse than the Sox. Some wins are coming.

Well, we should hope Coop would be able to help him. The guy is a hot mess right now.

Great start...uggh

Yeah, it's bizarre that they wouldn't at least put a retractable roof on a baseball stadium up there.

I think Benetti is alright. He sounds like a well trained announcer. But that's a lot of why I always liked Hawk, that he had an actual personality and wasn't your standard boring announcer. Yeah I prefer Hawk, but I knew it would be a drop-off no matter who they brought in. It could have been worse.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 10:57 AM) Starting the season with a 4-city trip every year will never happen. Teams won’t go for it. Imagine starting 4-8 on the road before the home opener...not happening. This is just an unfortunate year. Nothing more, nothing less. The reason this wont happen is not because of the potential visiting northern teams. They'd all be for it. Playing on the road isn't that hard where you would normally only win 4 of 12 games. What would stop it is the dome and southern teams. As much as it's more playable in their ballparks. They all sell tickets better in the summer and they simply won't give up their summer dates to accommodate northern teams in March or April.

Out of curiosity, is there a date where draft pick compensation no longer applies? Like opening day or May 1st, etc. ....?

QUOTE (Sleepy Harold @ Feb 14, 2018 -> 01:16 PM) Jon Heyman @JonHeyman 8s avisail garcia wins his arb case vs. chisox I would have been shocked if he lost. He was 2nd in the AL in hitting. Surprised the Sox took it this far.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 12:27 PM) Do you believe the White Sox are saving the money that they are not spending in 2017 and 2018 and putting it up for 2019? Do you believe they shouldn't have signed Luis Robert, because that was $50 million? Did that effect the likelihood of their participation in the next big free agent market? If they have an inkling that they might spend $300+ mil on Machado next winter, then yes I think they would take it easy on the bank account leading up to that to better afford it. And I love the Luis Robert signing. He's a bigtime prospect. He was billed as a guy that very well could be a top 5 or 10 prospect in short order. And did that affect next year's chances? Well, all the numbers come from the same place. But I've thought all along, they spent the $50 mil, knowing the next year's payroll (2018) would be significantly lower. In any event, you aren't going to get a Luis Robert caliber prospect for Kemp's contract. But hey, if you can, then I could accept hurting the chances of signing Machado next year. But it's not happening. The Dodgers are stingy with their prospects. They certainly aren't giving up a haul to remove one contract.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 12:24 PM) Why would this be the case? Payroll would still be low. I was replying to the comment that the Sox wouldn't spend any real money until Kemp's contract is off the books - which would be in 2 years. Thus it would mean the Sox aren't players for Machado or others next winter.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 12:05 PM) A guy like Kemp would be off of the books before we would be spending in any real amount again anyway. For starters - it looks to me like he has 2 years left on his deal? So we're conceding that they aren't even trying for a free agent in next year's big free agent class? Also, even if it were off the books, the money is still spent. $40 million is still $40 mil. It's going to eventually come out of something. The Sox don't have an infinite amount of money to spend.

Unless the prospect coming back is a Luis Robert caliber prospect (and it won't be), then the Sox should pass. Save their money for next winter.

If Avi has a breakout season again...say around the allstar break is hitting .300-.310ish, with 15-17 HR's...I think the first thing the Sox should do is explore if he really wants to stay here and if so, will he sign a team friendly contract or not? It's easy for us to sit here and say, nah he wont sign anything team friendly, he's so close to free agency. But what if he has a comfort level here and doesn't want to leave? Also, right now they are squibbling over whether he gets 5.7 or 6.7 mil this year. In other words, he's yet to get seriously paid in his career. If the Sox offer him like a 6yr/100mil deal...the lifetime of security might be hard to pass up.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jan 29, 2018 -> 07:37 AM) Didn't have time to check out the article, but how do you pinpoint that their spending doesn't come from a certain area of revenue? There's revenue sharing, ticket sales, network deals, concessions, etc. How can you pinpoint what area the spending is coming from? I believe it's that they aren't spending much on player salaries, period. Both teams are dumping large salaries without trying to replace them in any way. The purpose of revenue sharing is so small market teams can be competitive with larger market teams for paying player salaries. It's not for the owner's of small market teams to pocket that money, as is seemingly being alleged in these 2 cases.

QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jan 20, 2018 -> 08:47 AM) No way I’m trading Hansen. Cease and Rutherford I could get behind, but not much after that. I agree. Hansen is off limits.