WestEddy

MLBTR does a huge story exploring where the Pirates can turn for a bat, and they don't even include a blurb on Luis Robert. Yellow journalism, I tell ya. Where Can The Pirates Turn For Another Bat? - MLB Trade Rumors Old friend blurb:

Luis Alvarado born on this date in 1949. Alvarado was part of the return (along with Mike Andrews) from the Red Sox in 1970 for Luis Aparicio. Luis Alvarado Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Is that more than Marco Paddy's last years?

Good SoxMachine article on Kelenic's set-up change: Jarred Kelenic comes to the White Sox with a swing adjustment already in the works - Sox Machine

Are the White Sox working directly with Pro Day? It's a company founded by 2014 15th round Sox draftee, Ben Brewster. Interesting. Here's How Tread Athletics Became a Leader in Baseball Training

"Yes, Luis Robert will defer $15M to facilitate that trade!"

We all seem to be ignoring what Nightengale said right in that clip. If Castellanos sits, he sulks, and it becomes a clubhouse issue. We. Don't. Need. Him.

Some lusted after this dude for the White Sox

UDFA out of Northeastern. (The massachusetts one.) Michael Gemma College & Amateur Leagues Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com

4 more weeks of this...

Wasn't Kevin Pillar a minor league contract with a NRI, and he was already penciled into the 2024 opening day roster?

Personally... Alexander Canario. Just sayin'.

I think they question his make-up since promotion.

Anything I've read about Shaw since Bregman's signing is that the Cubs see him as a super-utility dude. He's their top prospect. Of course the Cubs would want a s%*#-ton back in trade for him. What do you think the Sox would want for Colson Montgomery?

Kelenic seems immature, and maybe even a little on the spectrum, or at least inarticulate. Yes, I'm goofing on him for judging the Sox as a team that "knows how to win" when I can't imagine how he knows this, or what that even means. Otherwise, I hope he pulls it together and rakes here. I have no praise for Shaw.

Nobody has to like each other, but all things being equal, a calm clubhouse is better than a distracted clubhouse. Those late 70s Yankees teams went to the world series 4 years out of 6 and won 2. Makes you wonder what they could have achieved if Billy Martin wasn't a drunk and could manage the personalities better.

Culture > Talent

Maybe there's more to this signing than a body to rotate in the OF during the WBC.

Matt Thaiss was traded for Dru Baker, purely a depth OF, and Thaiss is a legitimate backup who could start for stretches. Seby Zavala was a throw-in for the Eugenio Suarez trade. If Robert and $10M gets you LuisAngel Acuña and a TJS pitching prospect, maybe Robert, Lee and $9.5M gets you the same package.

Yea! The White Sox make Jeff Passan's "Winning the Offseason" list. Those banners hang forever!! MLB free agency: Offseason winners, teams in need of a move - ESPN

This guy was a big deal for a hot moment. He was even bandied about when the Eaton trade with the Nationals happened.

I suggested a Mets deal of Robert for Senga, Acuña and Clifford/Ewing. I don't think Robert brings back that good a prospect at this point.

Was it all 3, or somebody like one of those 3? I'd think getting all 3 would be a good haul. One of them and the Comp Pick and another dude is probably what Getz is shooting for.

That's it. The comment sections fill up, depending on the subject. An article on how the Sox are working the waiver wire got 80 posts, while a Podcast article got 20. Somebody might mention a trade in the comments, and a couple of guys might respond.

Looking at the Arenado deal, the D-backs just picked him up on a 2/$11M deal for their most recent 8th rounder, who happens to be a starting pitcher. Could the D-backs have done better on the free agent market? The Angels paid Yoan Moncada $5M last year and didn't give up a minor league arm. Looking at the deal that SSShowdown posited, they'd send Lee to Phil for Castellanos, RHP Matthew Fisher (#10, MLB), and half of Castellanos' $20M salary. Could the Sox do better than his -0.6 fWAR for $10M? Austin Hays put up 1.2 fWAR for half of that. Hays will be 31 in July; Castellanos starts the season at 34. The Sox end up trading Lee (and $5M they're overpaying for a veteran RF who will suck) for Fisher and hope for a dead cat bounce out of Castellanos. Is that a good trade?