WhiteSox2023

There really isn’t any OF worth signing right now for the Sox. Bader is a bit too long in the tooth and is going to get overpaid due to last season. Conforto is blech. Maybe a guy like Hays is worth signing but even if he performs well for the first half, you aren’t dealing him for much of a return. May as well give these guys at bats.

What happened to this dude? He was pretty beastly for the Astros in 2023.

Dats a lots of prospects. Doesn’t look like any are in the top 100 listings though.

Old friend alert… “Tigers signed OF Corey Julks to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.”

It’s not his fault. He’s literally full of s%*# and needs a colonoscopy. Maybe it’s his own inside joke that he actually knows nothing.

Wouldn’t be surprised if he was right because that is my guess at the aisle where Getz is shopping. However, I don’t see Melendez being any sort of improvement over what the Sox have at outfielder so that one doesn’t make much sense.

Still some good starters available but the outfielders are less than thrilling. Do Bader and Hays do anything for you, or any other OF? Bader is a bit older and it feels like he will be overpaid due to last season. Hays seems to get injured a lot.

Definitely. They will try to stretch that money into 3 or 4 more players. My guess is one starter, one outfielder, and two relievers, and I don’t even think they will spend all $20 million that was freed up.

True, but even with as much as I disliked the return, like @PaleAleSox said, you may have ended up getting nothing for him if he got injured bad enough or with bad enough timing to not be healthy by the trade deadline. We would be wishing for an Acuna then. I guess you can always debate the risk of going with Robert into the season and him being both healthy and performing well by the deadline but that would be a risky bet.

Griffin Canning Michael Conforto 1 or 2 relievers

Yes, if the Sox sign the right starter, Acuna plus said starter could very well be more productive than Robert. There could also be some money left over from that $19 million. Do I have faith that they will sign a starter like Giolito? No, I think they will go cheaper on a starter to spread out the remaining freed up money to a reliever or two and a cheap outfielder. Three or four lower quality players is always better than one or two better players. It’s the White Sox way.

The true fallacy is in thinking Jerry will allow Getz to spend the entirety of the money that was freed up by trading Robert. 🤣

Here’s the listing I see: Kelenic (#4 overall in Y21) Vargas (#37 overall in Y23) Mead (#55 overall in Y24) Acuna (#66 overall in Y24) Pereira (#67 overall in Y24)

I’m not trying to be funny and I’m not disagreeing with you. But he’s 26 years old and I have no doubt that he will get plenty of chances with a team that pretty much has an entire roster full of unproven outfielders if you consider Benintendi primarily a DH going forward.

Vargas (#37 overall in Y23) Mead (#55 overall in Y24)

Agreed on Bader. Not exactly the model of consistency and you would be signing him after a big year. Also on the wrong side of 30. He’s turning 32 in June. MLB.com keeps updating this article of free agent transactions: https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/mlb-free-agents-2025-2026.html

The best thing about the Robert trade was at least getting another potential CF to replace him. I guess Pereira could have played CF but he is an unknown as well. But at least we don’t have to watch Hill play the majority of CF in 2026. I’m sure you have taken a look at the remaining free agent outfielders. It’s pretty ugly. They are mostly too old or bad. Would you even sign any of them? At this point, it may be more productive to give the majority of outfield at bats to these guys. Baldwin Pereira Acuna Kelenic

Agreed, although I do remember some people mentioned either one or both guys in the old massive Robert trade thread.

Seems like Getz just takes what he can get among a team’s former top prospects that have since lost their shine. Vargas, Mead, and now Acuna all fit that description and were all right around 24 when acquired. It’s almost like he pulls the prospect listings for a team from two years prior and sees who has fallen and can be obtained now. I realize it likely isn’t that simple but it sure seems like it. I also thought it was funny when Getz said that about the Mets not wanting to give up Acuna in that video. He seemed like the perfect guy for the Mets to give up for Robert. Acuna has struggled hitting in the majors thus far, is out of options, and the Mets are loaded with infielders.

They stole the prospects we were hoping to potentially receive for Robert.

Man, I bet he is wishing he said “until ST starts” right about now…

Nice timing, Sleepy. I’ll assume the other pitcher going to the Mets is Myers. The only way to get top prospects these days. Gotta make a splash.

Do we still even know if Jerry would have approved including cash in a Robert trade to increase the return? Has he done this before? And no, I’m not including the Eloy trade in which cash was sent to the Orioles. That was still a cash dump trade in which the Sox still lowered their payroll for the season without getting anything in return (a reliever that retired).

The AL West White Sox strike again. This dude barely plays in an season and keeps getting millions. Amazing.