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It was nice to see Jake Burger stop by the CHGO White Sox podcast as a surprise drop in guest at the broadcast from the meetings today ! He was all class.

I don't THINK so either. It's a decent way to built controllable depth with a substantial amount of upside if it can be tapped. But I can also see it happening because well, nothing is happening atm.

The rest of it was great too !

Beggers can't be choosers. Postive fWAr wasn't exactly in abundance among Sox position players last year.

To which I would answer , " Have you seen the OFers in our farm system or our possible Opening Day RFer ? " That's an upgrade.

Good analogy. He needs to hit the right ? while others are waving more targets at him. Only 1 shot to get it right.

I didn't even mention if he has any injury . Then the floor gets lower. He just doesn't have the track record yet to know exactly what he is. He's still on the high side of value but that can change frightfully quick. The Sox had a whole team of guys like that. Cease and Robert are the only ones left.

I don't count switch hitters . Has to be purely LH.

Far be it for me to laugh at anyone . Not my style unless you berate me in any way 1st. Then we have a problem. You talk baseball I talk baseball back. I don't have tunnel vision about LH guys it's just with the Sox it seems they forget that there are LH players in baseball. The game has built in advantages for LHers and their history of having good LH position players is the worst in MLB history as far as actuality like , hitting a baseball. They've had their share of switch hitters but trust me on the lefty thing. The worst which kind of coincided with being the worst long standing franchise in baseball history when the Yankees were being the best with their ball park extremely conducive to taking advantage of LH power hitters.

Because it's his latest season, losing velocity is more common than gaining it back and you can always get worse. So you would have to be damn sure 2023 is his floor and he stays off the floor for 2 years.

Didn't Lance come from The Cardinals ?

I'm not valuing Kelenic higher but he's been through the grinder and showed some progress. I haven't bothered to check into Grissom except to know he's RH. I think any team should always show a preference for LH players especially the Sox who it seems hardly ever have good LH position players. Worst in baseball history. Can anyone actually name a Sox LH minor league OFer who became a regular ( non platoon) OFer with the Sox. How far do we have to go back ? Baines ?

Maybe someone might, like ,you know, continue to play in the minors. After all the Sox would be trading for prospects/suspects not instant ready to play MLBers. May the best man win. It's called depth or trade pieces.

Why not ? Is there a rule that says you can't have 2 LH youngish OFs who might turn into MLB players ?

If it's not apparent yet to any Sox fan allow me to spell it out. Salvador Perez would be a luxury item for this team now akin to the Cubs pursuit of Ohtani. Salvador Perez is the White Sox Ohtani. Let that sink in.

It's looking to me like the failed rebuild will be looked at as The Golden Age of White Sox baseball. After all they made the playoffs 2 years in a row and at one point they were talking about Machado and Harper. Now we get to hear about Martin Maldonado, DeJong, Nicky Lopez and the rest of the Braves garbage. It's no wonder people are hyperventilating about a Cease trade. That trade, whenever it happens, will be the pinnacle of excitement for Sox fans this off season. Reinsdorf has run his teams into the ground thus jeopardizing their TV contract which may be the main reason for what we should all be expecting and that is a lower payroll than all but a few imagined. We've seen how many teams are cutting back due to what's happening with the Bally situation. The only big players now seem to be teams on solid footing with their TV deals. Welcome to a deeper level of fan hell than we were imagining. This is one ugly situation that Reinsdorf has created.

Beat me to it. I figured Kelenic was available the last couple of years. Wanted him last year once it became apparent he'd be a good buy low guy. Then he broke out a bit in 2023

Braves just got Kelenic to trade for Cease

Ha I don't mean sucking in any way other than in the MLB in the last couple of years. NO D no go bro !

High quality defense, remote chance to hit 25 HR's and figure something out that's been missing for 3+ years. Illinois product. Basically just look for any Illinois native, see if they have sucked lately but can still play defense and run a little and those are our next Getz gets.

Assets are players who can run ,hit and field. Other organizations know this. I think the Sox tried having a bunch of DH' s already. Predictably it didn't end well.

It still leaves us with 3 DH /1st basemen useless baserunners and terrible fielders.

Snell will make as much AAV as he can for as long as he can. This is his shot . He won't settles for less than 5 years. No one does incentive based deals. That's a Reinsdorf special KW Manny Machado offer.

Sure they could but if they are thought to be one of the frontrunners for Cease I think they are aiming higher for 2024. Cease would fit in their budget even after signing Ohtani .

Your headliner is a bat only 1B guy DH who now adds to the unathletic types Getz swears he wants to be rid of so now you'd have, Busch , Eloy and Vaughn. Headliner has to be able to play some defense not a slow unathletic 26yr old bat only guy who adds to the pile the Sox already have. The Dodgers would love it if he headlined a trade for Cease. His bat fails he's useless.