Rey21

Have to admit that one hurt my feelings I feel like I now have to choose

Haha not one bit I guess it’s wrong of us to want more

You know what this guy is right, let’s all cancel our SoxTalk accounts and forget the time and money spent on this team, who cares if they get better or not, Go Sox!

It’s underwhelming when they could have and should have done a lot more to really accelerate this thing especially if all it costs is money.

What a bag... and that comment is meant for Stoney and every FO member who won’t push Jerry to the limit to spend.. Literally same thing every year with this organization, there are players that are right there to help you improve the team’s chances of winning yet they want absolutely no part of them unless they fall into their lap. Cant wait for the chairman to just leave us alone

Lol this organization really is something else...

You got intel on whoever the foodies are talking about @Y2Jimmy0

It’s definitely Shark

Preferably Ozuna but Jerry wouldn’t dare

Really wish I was a fly on the wall in the convos Rick Hahn is having with Jerry Reinsdorf about the budget. Hahn should be in Jerry’s ear all day about how he needs to step up for Marcell Ozuna or Nelson Cruz feel like leaving DH for Tommy La Stella/some lesser bat really is gonna come back to haunt the Sox especially cuz Vaughn needs time in the minors

For me Springer/Ozuna allows Abreu/Moncada/Eloy/Robert to hit a speed bump and you not falter too much or signing Bauer allows Lynn/Kuechel/Cease/Kopech the same thing. This goes for every team in the league but so much has to go right for the Sox this year and it very well can but me personally I think they need one more BIG addition to really lock down the AL

I think because each of the above players I mentioned are so important and the lack of depth is so bare that yes any of the above would be a major roadblock. That’s why for me it was to load up on another elite position player/pitcher to solidify this thing and make up for the possibility of a setback.

No, if any of the above play out they’re not prepared

I wouldn’t say the Yankees haven’t improved, if healthy Taillon and Kluber could be really big additions - those are big ifs but what if Lynn/Kuechel/Abreu regress, Moncada is 2018 Moncada, Robert goes through a sophomore slump, Eloy is hurt and out for a bit, Cease and or Kopech don’t turn a corner, Eaton doesn’t provide anything, Crochett or Bummer get hurt again (Regardless of how either is feeling now, a nerve issue for Bummer and forearm issue for Crochett is troubling) the Sox aren’t prepared for any of that. We were told the money would be spent to solidify this thing, they have an opportunity to shut us up and step on the gas pedal but instead they’re tapping on it.

He’s on a 1 year deal and was ass last year, if they’re gonna give up more assets for a pitcher it’s gonna be one with control

Pros and cons to both - I think they explored trades with all teams with Dunning as the headliner and realized they wouldn’t get Snell/Castillo/Gray with Dunning and settled on the next best option which is fine cuz Lynn is good and the Rangers arguably could have waited and gotten a bunch of young kids based on how the trades have gone down this offseason.

I would try and aim higher for Woodruff or Castillo if they’re trading Vaughn and then sign Ozuna, that would leave absolutely no doubt in my mind they’re the favorite in the AL and truly then in the discussion as a World Series contender. But we can’t have nice things so I’m just sitting here hoping Lynn doesn’t show his age, Kuechel doesn’t regress, Robert doesn’t face the sophomore slump, Moncada bounces back, Abreu doesn’t regress, Eloy turns a real corner, and Adam Eaton to do anything. There’s so much bad that can happen to this team that minor upgrades won’t make up for but what do I know...

If they trade Vaughn they better sign Marcell Ozuna instead

We went from wanting Bauer -> Snell -> Darvish -> Musgrove -> Burnes -> Quintana -> Richards -> to now being cool with Adam f**king Wainwright..... c’mon guys this is a joke, the fact that Jerry has a budget in place for a team contending for a World Series is disgusting

And high school kids which the Sox don’t do, they’re always behind the trend never in front of it which is embarrassing for a big market team

Yanks just got Taillon - if heathy I’d rather be the Yankees than the WhiteSox right now. Sox can’t sit back and sign Wainwright and La Stella gotta think bigger here

Signing Marcell Ozuna would end this argument but we don’t live in such a world where the owner cares enough so I expect La Stella to be DH and the Yankees to then curb stomp Kuechel/Cease/Reynaldo/Kopech

This should be the outlook we have not “well Wainwright is fine” nah f**k that as currently constructed I don’t know if you take this team in a 7 games series against the Yankees let alone the Padres/Dodgers - the goal is to win a championship not be content with mediocrity

No we just sat through a pile of crap and mediocrity for years we want more

Cruz is in the lineup everyday so yes I’d much rather have Cruz than Wainwright.