Look at Ray Ray Run

Verlanders are exceptions to the rule. For every verlander there are 5 Felix Hernandez'.

He has said he has no interest in pitching in the AL so I don't think theres too much to worry or think about.

No one said it was, but the rebuild was kicked off by acquiring moncada. Now that its close to coming go fruition you want to trade him for more prospect risks. Also, why would the Dodgers trade all those guys if they were safer/better than Moncada? As I said, you can phrase it however youd like but it's the perpetual rebuild model. Always getting younger and accumulating more. At some point you need to move forward with what you have, not hit the refresh button over and over again.

I just don't agree with the strategy. You kicked off the rebuild trading an elite asset for 2 top of the line prospects. One of those prospects has now turned himself into a superstar caliber player - that's what you were looking for to kick off your rebuild. By kicking the can further down the road you're simply increasing your risk for no real reason. I like outside the box thoughts but this doesnt really belong in the "realistic offseason plans" and I actually don't think an analysis would say its expected outcome is better than the current expected outcome. You already moved 3 cost controlled top of the line assets to acquire younger, more abundant, assets. So far, it looks like those trades were a success. If you then move those cost controlled assets for even more you're just perpetually rebuilding. Its really hard to find stars in baseball; I wouldnt recommend trading them when they are still under control. Rarely in baseball do you get back equal value for stars when traded.

The perpetual rebuild strategy.

Joe Borchard was a draft pick, what does he have to do with any of this?

Fair points all around, and I do ignore. And I take a week or two off here and there. The negativity and victimhood attitude grinds my gears. I also understand the psychology of people being more compelled to talk about something they don't like/agree with than things they do. I have no problem if someone shits in one room of my house, but if they're shitting in all my rooms then we've got a problem. Every thread here about the offseason contains the same parroted negative nonsense over and over. We get it, move on.

Its entertainment. If a movie is awful I dont sit through it just because I paid to watch it. I leave. I was a psu fan. Then they raped kids, it made me really angry and i stopped supporting penn state. I actually appreciate reinsdorfs loyalty as a boss and how well he treats his employees - I respect a boss like that. I appreciated him being a pioneer in regards to race and other things in the baseball world. Anyone who takes sports so seriously that they take it out on their families need counciling, not a forum to vent on instead of abusing their family.

You couldnt pay me 10 million to start teheran in thr AL but I like a lot of the other stuff. Odorizzi and Ryu dont really belong in the same group as alex wood though, imo.

Only here is a positive and happy person the insufferable one. In my life overly negative people are the insufferable ones. Its fine to be critical. Its not fine if you feel the need to turn every single thing into something negative. Misery does love company though so the victimhood here by some posters is strong.

Criticize? Pal, when all someone does is parrot the same negative nonsense over and over its nauseating. Being critical is fine. Being preemptively critical of an off season that hasn't happened is obnoxious. I was critical of the miss on Manny last year, I made a couple posts about it and then I moved on with my life. If something makes you so angry that all you do is feel negative anger towards them with such frequency that that's all you post about, maybe you should root or follow someone else. If something makes me miserable I move on from it. I advise others to do the same because it's really annoying to listen to someone tell you how horrible and angry something makes them over and over when it's their choice to follow them.

Then don't be a Sox fan. Some white sox fans act like a woman with battered spouse syndrome. No one is making you follow or support the white sox. You're not a victim. You have a choice and no one made that choice for you.

George Springer has played over 140 games 1 time in his career. Please dont distort the numbers to include his one healthy year. Hes missed, on average, about 30 games a year the past 3 years.

Guy competed in the AL East. He can pitch against the best of the best and he's better now than he was then. I think wheeler's ceiling is higher but I wouldn't be upset at signing odorizzi. His health concerns me though.

Springer has been hurt 4 of the past 5 years.

Oh, so the sox are going to run 75-80 million dollar payrolls from now on. Thank you for clarifying your stance and position.

Not verly, and other players that are young will get raises and they have to fill holes. Springer is going to cost a boat load. I'd be surprised if they resigned him but you never know.

Gardner just signed for 1 year 7.5 million. You are using brett gardner and 100 million dollars in the same sentence. What universe am I in? What do the Dodgers have to do with white sox free agency? Dickerson is arguably just as good as gardner and hes not 36 years old. Why do some white sox fans act like victims 24 hours a day?

They're up against the luxury tax right now. What do you mean they're not up against anything?

Astros are up against the ceiling. If they win the world series they may hid on Cole but with their contracts I dont see how they do extend him. He'll be older (31) and the stros need to lock up bregman and correa. The 2021 class has the two best RF'ers in the game arguably (springer and mookie) and you are arguing it's worse than this years crop? Say what?

Lol unbelievable. Yes, Sox fans would be liked up at the ticket office waiting to buy season tickets after the mighty brett gardner is signed. Gardner has zero interest in leaving New York. He made that very clear last year.

Dude we get it, you hate the white sox. My goodness. Dont use the term no one or everyone. People dont need to be lumped into your overly negative garbage.

Sheets was like the 12th best hitter in his league despite a slow start. Sheesh. You're disappointed in that? Weird stuff. Basebe had a messed up hand/wrist - what did you expect from him? Jack, you get way to down on young baseball players.

Hes not a free agent until next year. He'll be 31 so that might not be too far off. I like him more than machado and harper from 31-35.

With all the talk about Mookie next year I forgot that George Springer is a fa too. Yes please White Sox.