Chick Mercedes

Was there a James Shields out there?

Seriously though, we dodged a bullet. Hahn didn’t trade the farm for a 37 yo pitcher that will be out if the league in a year and a half. Be glad. Its like keeping Ryan Pace locked in a closet on draft day, today is a good day.

So bring him up for a few days and 1 start?

Bakersfield

Yep. We can’t have a second baseman because we have to pay Leury and a mediocre bullpen cast. Hahn keeps going further and further down the path step by step whistling through the Dark Forest

He is now saying by 5pm tomorrow, Ian Happ is a White Sox. Cinch it up and hunker down.

They are the Cubs. The Cubs though were seen as an efficiently built, talented team on the rise iirc, which was true. This season the Sox organization and team are dragging him down. If Cease did this on a 2021 team that sustained first half greatness, the hype would be pretty nice. Not that he isn’t getting shafted in general on Sportscenter and MLB.

Yes, this is obvious. Hahn understands. Eloy won’t be traded however because his value is at an all time low. Hahn can be dumb, but he’s not about that life. Not many GMs would do that. Yeah, Eloy can hit. Its a different lineup when he’s hitting. But him being available is the problem that has affected both him and the lineup.

That was his internal dialogue, yes

Cease and Cueto starts feel like the first half of last season.

That’s cool, but been there done that. Sell me on a ship.

I think the problem originally came from letting the young guy hit

Cueto starts just mean wins

And hustle

Part of the reason this is a “Garbage team” is because it lacks some of what Colas theoretically provides. No, it is not a Colas away from relevance, but selling service time for the cause is kind of the point of bringing up talent.

Quite remarkable. I suppose desperation is a stinky cologne, but good money after bad is what this team does really well. Why not sell out some more future talent because of the way this team was built? That's the Chicago way.

A pitcher bulking up in offseason just sounds like a bad idea out of the box

Somewhere the White Sox are planning for the next Yolmer/Leury/Delmonico type guy that never leaves.

For the most part, I agree. But something has to shake this team out of this first baseman/DH right handed hitting bad base running speed and defense eschewing bullpen obsessed catatonic trance. A new set of eyes might set off the team into a new dysfunctional direction, but at some point there will be a Venn diagram overlap that may equate into a well balanced team. Temporarily.

The Sox will need Soto, and 150-200 million dollars coming back.

Oh, the go to move of adding tio the bullpen incoming

The Sox and Bulls are very similar. Both took a look at poor secomd half performances last season, and both have doubled down on hope. It seems like there was a good case for change in both cases. The teams maybe are what they are, and both FO have made questionable calls.