WestEddy

You're not using "irony" correctly. Chris Getz isn't being tasked with rostering players who are better than their 2005 counterparts. His goal is to pick the best players available for the 2026 team. The team feels like McGuire is an upgrade from Lee. It seems to me that Venable wants to go with 3 catchers, originally, to not lose the DH in case of substitution, but in reality, to not rush Teel, or to ease him in behind the plate once he's back. Depending on how that arrangement works, that could get them to Memorial Day, 2 months. All told, McGuire could start up to 15-20 games. If this team thinks they can challenge .500, then surely, they are in the divisional race. Every win matters, and improving from a catcher they clearly don't like to one that some coaches have a working relationship with, and the team does like makes a difference. $1.2 million is nothing for payroll. I guess it's fun for people looking for some reason to indict this front office for every single move to cry about paying a player a guaranteed $450K above the minimum. That amount is negligible, and they'll probably be able to offload more than half of it once they're satisfied that Teel is at full speed. Or not, in which case, nobody cares. The funny part is that you actually agree that a backup catcher isn't an integral part of a roster that must contribute towards the next future championship, which was my point.

My point is shooting down the "every single move must build towards the next championship" canard. There is a season right in front of them that has to be played. We're talking about a backup catcher. Chris Widger was a prototypical backup catcher. Utile. I'm guessing McGuire doesn't see August in a Sox uniform. Cutting or trading him, it doesn't matter. If Reese McGuire doesn't "build towards the next championship", then Korey Lee does even less of it.

... present day Earth? McGuire is better than Lee, both offensively and defensively. You seem to be one who argues that the White Sox cannot develop baseball players. How will they magically turn Korey Lee into an All-Star catcher? Chris Widger was the backup catcher on the 2005 team. Should that team not have "settled" for Widger, and kept that roster spot open until some 5 WAR catcher became available?

"Hold a spot"? Can you explain the benefit of pitchers throwing to guys who are still learning the rudiments of the position and how to call a game instead of a more experienced player? And who would have taken Lee's 40-man spot? McGuire signed on with the Brewers. Do teams generally waive players and keep an empty spot on the roster to telegraph to preferred players on other teams that they want them?

If nothing else, Brooks Baldwin creates a roster crunch in a couple of weeks when he comes back.

Because they needed him for catching reps in spring training. With the 3 TJS pitchers on the 40-man, they always had extra slots if somebody better came along, so Lee wasn't taking up anybody's 40-man slot.

It also seems like they want him playing some OF, and he's played about 2 games out there, professionally.

Peters seems to be a competent lefty bench bat who can cover CF. I think Hays, Acuña and Pereira are your starters until Baldwin forces the issue.

c - Quero#, McGuire* if - Murakami*, Meidroth, Montgomery*, Vargas, Sosa, Mead of - Benintendi*, Acuña, Hays, Pereira, Peters* And voila! With the addition of McGuire, and maybe rostering Peters, they'll have two lefty bench bats.

What, is Romy Gonzalez now chopped liver?

I think these 3-4 days of waiver activity are probably the best time to sneak him through waivers.

There's a small bunch who revel in the fact that Getz said he was going to improve team defense yet still finished bottom five. Haw Haw Haw!! Now he replaces a guy in Lee who has no future here with a player who offers better defense and offense, and everybody screams about paying another catcher $450k over the league minimum. Lee's age and stats over 47 PAs don't really change who he fundamentally is.

This actually makes more sense to me...

More starters LF CF RF DH P 2/20/2026 Hays Hill Peters Lee Cannon 2/21/2026 Kelenic Acuña Baldwin Benintendi Murphy 2/22/2026 Hays Hill B. Montgomery Teel Vasil 2/23/2026 Benintendi Acuña Kelenic Murakami S. Smith 2/24/2026 Hays Hill Baldwin Wade Kay 2/25/2026 Benintendi Acuña Peters Kelenic Martin 2/26/2026 Hays Hill B. Montgomery Quero Newcomb 2/27/2026 ss Darren Baker Baldwin Hays Harris Fedde 2/27/2026 ss B. Montgomery Peters Kelenic Lee Burke 2/28/2026 Kelenic Hill Baker Antonacci S. Smith 3/1/2026 Benintendi Baldwin B. Montgomery Hays Kay 3/2/2026 Kelenic Acuña Hill Sosa Martin 3/3/2026 Hays Baldwin Dru Baker Hill Newcomb 3/5/2026 Benintendi Hill Baldwin C. Montgomery Burke 3/6/2026 Hays Baldwin Kelenic Dunn Kay 3/7/2027 B. Montgomery Peters Hill Benintendi Taylor 3/8/2026 Hays Dru Baker Kelenic Vargas Hicks 3/9/2026 Benintendi Peters Pereira Hays Paez 3/10/2026 Kelenic Acuña Hill Lee Quero 3/11/2026 Hays Peters Pereira Benintendi Kay 3/12/2026 Hill Acuña Peters Kelenic Borucki 3/13/2026 Benintendi Kelenic Hays Pereira Martin 3/14/2026 Peters Acuña Pereira Hill Vasil 3/15/2026 Benintendi Acuña Hays Lee H. Smith 3/16/2026 Kelenic Pereira Hill Peters Burke 3/17/2026 Benintendi Hill Hays Vargas Kay 3/19/2026 ss Benintendi Acuña Kelenic Hays Martin 3/19/2026 ss Peters Pereira Hill Wade Coffey 3/20/2026 Antonacci Kelenic Peters Hill S. Smith 3/21/2026 Hays Acuña Pereira Benintendi Paez 3/21/2026 p Antonacci B. Montgomery Fauske Perez H. Smith 3/22/2026 Benintendi Peters Pereira Murakami Burke

Sox starters this Spring Training C 1B 2B SS 3B 2/20/2026 Teel Murakami Antonacci Murray Mead 2/21/2026 Quero Wade Meidroth C. Montgomery Vargas 2/22/2026 Lee Murakami Sosa Murray Mead 2/23/2026 Teel Wade Meidroth Bergolla Vargas 2/24/2026 Quero Mead Antonacci Murray Sosa 2/25/2026 Lee Murakami Meidroth C. Montgomery Vargas 2/26/2026 Teel Galanie Sosa Murray Mead 2/27/2026 ss Teel Wade Antonacci C. Montgomery Vargas 2/27/2026 ss Quero Sosa Meidroth Murray Dunn 2/28/2026 Lee Wade Meidroth Bergolla Vargas 3/1/2026 Quero Sosa Gonzalez C. Montgomery Murray 3/2/2026 Lee Wade Meidroth Murray Vargas 3/3/2026 Quero Wade Meidroth C. Montgomery Vargas 3/5/2026 Quero Vargas Sosa Acuña Murray 3/6/2026 Lee Wade Meidroth C. Montgomery Sosa 3/7/2027 Quero Vargas Acuña Meidroth Murray 3/8/2026 Lee Wade Sosa Acuña C. Montgomery 3/9/2026 Romo Wade Meidroth Bergolla Dunn 3/10/2026 Quero Sosa Bergolla C. Montgomery Vargas 3/11/2026 Lee Wade Meidroth C. Montgomery Dunn 3/12/2026 Quero Wade Sosa Bergolla Vargas 3/13/2026 Lee Harris Meidroth C. Montgomery Mead 3/14/2026 Quero Mead Sosa Meidroth Vargas 3/15/2026 Quero Wade Bergolla C. Montgomery Vargas 3/16/2026 Lee Wade Sosa Meidroth Mead 3/17/2026 Quero Murakami Meidroth Acuña C. Montgomery 3/19/2026 ss Quero Murakami Meidroth C. Montgomery Sosa 3/19/2026 ss Lee Vargas Antonacci Bergolla Mead 3/20/2026 Romo Galanie Mead Murray Sosa 3/21/2026 Quero Murakami Meidroth C. Montgomery Vargas 3/21/2026 p Magill DePino Bergolla Carlson Bonemer 3/22/2026 Lee Vargas Meidroth Acuña C. Montgomery

I would think this means that if Quero goes down, they don't like a Lee/Romo tandem.

And they also have Thorpe and Berroa's spots. They can still be put on the 60-day IL in case they're at 40 and still want to add. Teel does not sound like a candidate for the 60-day, and I have no idea where Baldwin is.

Does he not trust his agent?

They probably give Mead a longer look.

I'm guessing he'll go to Charlotte with one of the subsequent opt-out dates.

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On a PC. Scott Merkin on X: "OF Jarred Kelenic and C Drew Romo were informed that they will not make the 26-man roster. Both players will remain in major league camp, per White Sox" / X