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I thought Dunning was a pleasant surprise. For a rookie to not have a loss on the season, have more strikeouts than innings pitched, and an era under 4. What more can you ask of him?

Do we absolutely need to sign a starter? Giolito, Keuchel, Dunning, Cease, and then Reylo, Crochet, Kopech?

Worst re-sign ever! What an overpay. Fire Hahn!

Hard to say what value he would have being as he hasn't pitched this year. Also, can't see the Cubs parting ways with him if he's pitching well and they are in playoff contention. I wonder what it would take to get Woodruff from the Brewers if they fall out of contention before the deadline?

Not to say Madrigal is going to be one of these guys but I wonder how Keith Law would have rated Derek Jeter or Pete Rose as prospects. I know Jeter had a little pop in hit bat but definitely wasn't a power guy. He never hit more than 24 home runs in a season and only surpassed 20 homers three times. Pete Rose never hit more than 16 home runs in one season and finished his career with more single digit home run seasons than double. Both individuals are fairly well respected for their careers as players. I understand the importance of hitting for power in baseball but still don't think that it's a required tool to be a good or even a great player in this league.

I've been fortunate enough to watch a few games with Mercedes playing on mlb network this year. He reminds me somewhat of Pablo Sandoval. I hope the White Sox find him some AB's at the big league level this year.

That's who I would want the Sox to take if the draft was today.

IMO a left knee injury for Clevinger with his wind up could be a big deal. Maybe he only misses a few weeks. Maybe he isn't the same guy all year.

Giolito snubbed from mlb.com's top 100 players list?

The new format would coincide with some prime contention years for the White Sox making a long stretch of years in the playoffs that much more probable.

The Shredder's list is based heavily off of war from the previous two seasons and projections for the upcoming season. Grandal will obviously be a lock for a top spot. Abreu will most likely make the list due to limited competition at his position even though he was injured for a portion of 2018. He also has made the list the past 3 seasons. Moncado should make the list but might not make it due to his struggles in 2018. Tim Anderson is in a similar perdicament even though he won the batting title in 2019. Giolito will also be hurt by his 2018 performance and there's some stiff competition to make any top 10 starting pitcher list. Eloy just missed the list. Robert and Madrigal could be there in future seasons. I think Colome and McCann have a chance but will both fall outside the top 10.

I might say the same thing if my team was under investigation.

"We haven't done anything yet"

Don't forget Springer, Tauchman, Gallo, Mercado and I don't know how many games Bellinger played there last year.

Yeah, Giolito should have made the honorable mention list over Darvish.

Nationals, Daniel Hudson Agree To Two-Year Deal. Where's this bullpen help?

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/01/oscar-colas-to-seek-mlb-deal.html Sounds like he will wait until July to sign when more money is available to him.

Best offseason ever! April can't get here soon enough!

If the Sox sign EE and add some bullpen pieces I think they will have won the offseason. No team will have improved more on paper.

From looking at his career numbers he's a lot better than I thought he was. He's still 28, he's been an All Star twice, and maybe a change of scenery could be beneficial. I think he would make a great signing as a second pitcher. The Sox should get him while he's still available.

Anyone know if the White Sox are looking at him? I know he is far from plan A but he could be better than a lot of other options. In terms of career war and era his numbers are very comparable to Dallas Keuchel's. He's coming of a respectable 2.4 war season in 2019 and has pitched at least 30 games in each of the last 7 seasons.

This is what I think when Bumgarner and all the amazing things he did 5-10 years ago are brought up.

Yeah if Keuchel can be had for a decent price, like 3/45, he's not the worst option. I still prefer the upside of Ryu though.

Since 2013, which is when both players started their big league careers, Wheeler has pitched 749 innings and Ryu has pitched 740. Their availability has been almost identical.

Yeah, all three (Ryu, Wheeler & Bumgarner) have averaged less than 160 innings the last three seasons.