WhiteSox2023

“Bulls” and “big time FA” are two things that don’t belong in the same sentence.

Both will be free agents in 2031. And yes, Houser will be a free agent after this year.

All three guys you mentioned actually know/knew baseball. Schriffen is clueless and would rather discuss the NBA.

No, your post was ridiculous. You are not a mod but yet are trying to be one. In fact, I just posted in the Future Sox forum and didn’t burn up like a vampire in the sun. If you were so adherent to the “long standing rules of decorum”, you wouldn’t chase around posters that you don’t like, whine and moan about their posts, infer that they are stupid, and call them a Cubs fan. But that’s okay, Ron Willie, as you are the first person to hit my Ignore list. I hope you do the same for me.

67 hits and 41 walks in 64 innings. Hopefully, the Sox can get him straightened out.

WSD kissing any and all Sox players’ asses is far too cringey to watch. 🤣

You mean we aren’t even going to get a 26 year old reliever that voluntarily retires next year for Robert?

I have no doubt the area could be leveled and start to be made pretty in a matter of months, but that image you showed of an elevated Roosevelt Road looked like it may be somewhat problematic.

Kick a guy while he’s down? He’s an adult man who got a $3 million dollar signing bonus to play baseball. No one should feel sorry for him. If he can’t hack it in the majors, he will be okay. Also, who is “they”? This is an open forum, where people are free to post wherever. I didn’t realize you were the gatekeeper of this site. Good to know.

Agreed. May as well challenge him. They should also call up Baldwin as well. Noda, Capra, Rojas — take your pick of which two scrubs to cut loose.

Oof. I wasn’t aware of this. My guess is that they didn’t want to take on the remaining $21 million on Smart’s contract.

That is crazy. Made me wonder how his overall numbers are so bad, until I looked at his numbers against right-handed pitching. Mind-blowingly bad.

If Charlotte stats were all that mattered at ages 23/24, Baldwin would be the most discussed player in the minors with his near Bondsian 1.162 OPS. Just like with Baldwin, no one is buying until they prove they can hit in the majors.

Ban bet, lol. Calm down and have a cold one. Obviously I meant that he isn’t returning anything of value. I was hoping you had me on ignore. Guess not.

At this point, I can’t imagine a team trading for Robert unless they give up almost nothing and take on as little of his contract as possible just to see if he somehow gets hot on a team with a chance at the postseason. With this injury and now even less time to “get hot” before the trade deadline, he looks like a pure salary dump at best, and not much salary because the Sox will probably have to eat a lot of it. Keep in mind that any team that trades for Robert will be on the hook for his $2 million dollar buyout.

Yes, it isn’t going to happen. Robert is gone via a salary dump trade or his $2 million dollar buyout at the end of the season.

I never made one post saying Vargas was a favorite of mine. That much should be obvious. Obviously, the Sox are a better team if he can hit but .229 / .722 isn’t all that promising. But it’s still way better than he was before.

Nah, he’s actually good. Vargas, not a believer. You declared victory a bit too soon on him. Slater too.

Teel a beast!

Except that we all know that contract was terrible money a few months into his first season as a member of the Sox.

Someone get Vargas some more pixie dust. Benintendi has better numbers now.

I read your link and thought it was an Onion article. I’m still not sure… 🤣

He isn’t returning a thing.

“White Sox placed OF Luis Robert Jr. on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to June 26, with a left hamstring strain. With less than one hour remaining before first pitch on Sunday afternoon, Chicago has decided to send Robert to the injured list and extinguish any hope that he would potentially be ready for Tuesday’s series opener against the Dodgers. The 27-year-old center fielder has been battling a left hamstring issue recently and figures to miss at least a couple weeks, even if imaging only reveals a mild strain. The timing of the injury certainly complicates matters from a trade standpoint as Robert was expected to be one of the more high-profile names on the move at next month’s deadline.”

I bet he can still play CF.