WestEddy

Cowles is younger and has options. Capra and Amaya are out of options. Derek Hill can play CF for stretches. Mead has top 40 prospect pedigree. I'm not happy Pallette's gone, but the Sox worked with him for 3 seasons and didn't like him enough to protect. Maybe they turn out to be wrong. But it's a non-argument to point at other players and say they could be cut to make room for him. If he can't force the issue, that's on him.

He didn't earn the chance.

No you don't. You see 5 or 6 guys you're not excited by and who play positions that Pallette doesn't. Sure, let's cut Ben Cowles and Tanner Murray, because who needs to carry minor league backup infielders during the off-season? Can't we just pick up guys like Jacob Amaya or Vinnie Capra off the waiver wire and plug them in? That always works so well. Derek Hill? Yeah, he sucks. Just toss Tim Elko an outfielder's mitt, and he'll be a 5-WAR player, right? Or maybe you're looking at guys who actually pitched against major league hitters, and didn't completely suck chode like Tyler Gilbert or Brandon Eisert? No, they're not 2nd rounders, but they can get outs in the bigs. Peyton Pallette isn't better than those guys.

And Emerson isn't that far away from being consensus best talent.

I think so. If Cholowsky wants full slot or has a stumble. Josh talks about how he seemed to slump when facing better pitching last year.

And Pallette was some of the fat they felt could be trimmed.

My point wasn't to argue about the likelihood of individual players signing with the Sox, rather that the Sox want to sign a left-handed bat, a backup OF, another starting pitcher and look to be interested in adding a back-end reliever, if not a couple extra arms for the bullpen. If they planned on taking two arms in the Rule 5 all along, they already saw the roster crunch.

A Rule 5 selection doesn't just get offered back to his original team. He has to go through waivers, first. That's how the Sox got Vasil.

Their 40-man is at 37. They seem to be interested in Pete Fairbanks, O'Hearn and they might want Tauchman back. Pick up any bullpen arm, and now you're cutting somebody. They probably just like the upside of Alexander and Paez better than Pallette.

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Pallette to the Guards.

Josh Nelson makes some good points that there's a couple great options at the top of the list. Grady Emerson might even be a better talent. A challenger to Roch Cholowsky? Let the debate begin over who the White Sox will select first overall - Sox Machine

They can turn their fortunes around by plugging Luis Robert into CF.

I completely agree with your Socialistic view. Force business owners into competitive situations.

I would think that if they're ready to go 2/16 for a guy like Fairbanks, there's a bunch of Shingo Takatsu type dudes looking to pitch in the US for a season or two, that is, if they're just looking for a closer to anchor the bullpen for 4 months.

Boy, did they make a big deal out of him around the Sale deal.

Am I in that group? Some of these guys are going to progress, and some are going to fall off. I see Quero as a guy whose middling power could never really develop, and he remains problematic in all aspects of the defensive game. Or he does develop and is fine. I think Teel's going to be the star.

This does seem to be a bit of a unique off-season when it comes to the catching market. It started developing at the deadline. It just feels like some teams are ready to take the gamble and develop a guy like Quero the rest of the way as their starter.

I'm thinking this means the Dodgers don't see Kopech as "the answer".

And any "talks" being reported have happened day(s) ago.

I thought we knew that a few days ago, just accounting to spread the money around a little bit.

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Jacob Meyers for Jon Cannon. Pull the trigger!!

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