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you have a bad attitude

I do think it’s notable that he could’ve signed this same deal with a better team in need of a 1b/DH type (Mets, Red Sox, Braves, Padres come to mind) or with plenty of other ‘rebuilding’/treadmilling teams, but our Sox came out on top for a premier free agent. I was also thinking about how Ketel Marte’s no-trade clause didn’t apply to the White Sox and maybe the team’s reputation is out of the toilet compared to even two seasons ago when every former Sock couldn’t wait to trash talk the team’s culture. Even if Murakami-sama is a bust, I think it inspires confidence that the team can actually attract a free agent relative to other organizations.

https://nesn.com/2025/11/how-lucas-giolito-reacted-to-red-soxs-free-agency-decision/

sweet. only wish it was a longer deal.

the "espn prediction" is an opinion piece in which some guy talks about "well the sox should probably spend some money, they could use a first baseman, my prediction is that they will sign murakami". as far as i know, there has been nothing to actually indicate the sox are negotiating with him or that he's even on the radar.

Would love it if we brought back Gio. One of the easiest guys to root for. Seems unlikely.

https://soxmachine.com/2025/05/white-sox-baseball-cant-break-will-venables-relentless-positivity

lol they signed him when he was 16, is one supposed to predict that a child may end up being a pedophile years later?

he's a replacement level second baseman. we've been over this a number of times. he was as "bad" defensively as ozzie albies, colt keith, better than gleyber torres, julien, india, kristian campbell, plenty of other regular 2bs. his mediocre defense is fine because his bat is that much better than meidroth's. if you can get 25ish home runs out of your second baseman who can at least play the position, this is a good thing.

Sosa could be Jeff Kent. I mean, probably not, but his “bad defense” is definitely overstated. He’s a better defender than former top prospect Jackson Holliday. His inability to lay off literally every pitch can be fixed. It’s worked for a bunch of other guys. To me, he’s shown more than (doesn’t) Chase.

Right, Robert is in his prime playing years and the only players in the system who could potentially play CF are 12th rounder Ely Brown and 19-year-old Marcelo Alcala. Dumping him without a realistic replacement in place would be negligence. At his absolute worst, he's still a useful player, one of the best defensive players in the league, and he's probably more so the offensive player he showed to be after returning from the IL (293/.349/.459, 124 wRC+) than what he's shown over the last 2 seasons. Although, if the Sox could trade Robert and get Jake Meyers in a different deal, I'd be pretty happy with that. Still, I'd wait to trade him and see if he can rebound to 5.0 WAR form. I'd rather gamble and get nothing than trade him for less than what Gregory Santos netted as another poster suggested.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/blue-jays-tyler-rogers-agree-to-three-year-deal.html wild amount of money for this guy and one thinks Fairbanks stands to make more. Do not want.

I don’t trust any of these projection models. Sosa, Robert, Montgomery being the worst hitters in the lineup simply does not check out to me.

You’re literally the board police! also nice alliterative name. Never heard of this dude. Can’t be worse than cboozthesock. Cam never even did a song with twista.

Dick...I mean Emerson. The other guy that might go 1.

do not want

Well I’m glad we have him.

Oppor is a lefty and my caveman brain thought McDougal was too.

Antonacci is more obp than he is power. So it’s an interesting description although it seems accurate. I think I wrote yesterday, Antonacci does have superior power potential but it’s like 15ish homers a year and 30 doubles at best. That’s a good player.

Carlson is a better defender, thus you might want to keep him at SS; on the other hand, there are a lot more left-handed hitters these days so maybe you want your best defender at 2b. I’d think, if everyone pans out, Colson moves to 1b (back issues and stuff) and Cholo goes to 3b. Assuming they pick him. Grady seems more like a 2b

He’s the best RHP in the system, is mlb ready and can be hidden on the IL/off the 40 man until further notice. Unless there’s some huge drop in ability that nobody has reported on, it’s certainly surprising. He’s a better prospect than Pallette to be sure and both are ready to be in mlb.

Shane Smith, Mike Vasil, those guys are awful. Hate that they’re on the team.

Yeah I think he’ll be back. We didn’t protect Mason right? That guy should’ve been picked. Him and Murphy could turn in potentially above average seasons in mlb. Adams especially since he’s still on the IL I believe.

Hate that we didn’t protect Pallette. Pleased he was the only guy taken though, he wouldn’t have been my first choice of the guys we didn’t protect. I know nothing about the two guys we selected but there is now an “Alexander Alberto” and “Alexander Albertus” in the system. Griff McGarry is the guy I liked and the Nats took him right after us.