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Vaughn 720.1 innings in LF -2 DRS 118 innings in RF -3 DRS SHeets 82 innings in RF -2 DRS , 23 innings in LF 0 DRS Castellanos 1123 innings in RF -7 DRS Conforto 956.1 inning RF -4 DRS but he did have some hamstring problems that may have led to that because in the past he has never been in the negative in DRS in RF or LF There's just not enough data to support any conclusion on your 2nd question. Castellanos bat if he was a Conforto level fielder fielder ( in any yr. but last yr) probably is 6.0 fWar but he had a career high 4.2 . He had never been above 3 fWAR prior to last year. If I had to guess the gap is larger between Castellanos and Conforto.

No idea. 2 years of Castillo or Mahle both of whom had nearly 4 fWAR + 1 yr of Naquin 1.4 fWAR. Sonny Gray wasn't as valuable as Castillo and Mahle and who knows if Cincy is still willing to trade their pitchers. I think they'd part with Naquin easily enough but our prospect capital is mostly unproven and everybody wants pitching which is the saddest part of the Sox system. But if you're looking for 1 team to deal with to get a SP upgrade and a LH decent fielding RF it's the Reds. Can't beat getting 2 guys from 1 team to fill our 2 biggest remaining holes.

That job belongs to Velaquez.

I like the idea of one of the Cincy pitchers + Naquin.

Ok but the point remains the Sox need a high quality starting pitcher when you lost your best starting pitcher, Keuchel looked terrible and Kopech is still wet behind the ears.

Well it really wasn't one requirement until 2nd base was filled by RH old man Harrison . I'd be open to Nimmo , Ketel Marte or Daulton Varsho if he brought along Zac Gallen. None of those guys are a masher but provide other qualities like OBP, good fielding and versatility that can always be very helpful. If the Sox are going to get a RH RF then I'd prefer Bryant who can play multiple positions . No one has brought up the fact that going into the playoffs last year many here speculated Sox were a pretender to a World Series because they sucked on the road and Rodon went down. Their bats were great at home and were terrible on the road. The playoffs only reinforced those arguments . A more balanced lineup could provide a bit more consistency along with the maturation of our core youngsters. The babies need to not be afraid to leave home.

I generally agree with you on a lot of things about the offseason. I sure wouldn't complain about Suzuki being added. But I don't think the need for a LH masher is overblown. That 108wRC plus came against some terrible RHP in the division. A team like the Indians with some pretty good RH SP they went 9-9 against the Sox. Good LHH on the Astro's were Brantley, Alvarez and Tucker. The Braves had Freeman and Albies with 30 or more HR and Rosario got super hot in the early rounds of the playoffs. The 2020 Dodgers had Bellinger, Corey Seager, Muncy and Pederson who contributed massively in the World Series. The 2020 Rays had Kiermaier, Lowe and Wendle all with 3.4, 4.7 and 3.8 bWAR respectively. The Sox RHH combined for 2 doubles in the series with the Astros one by Leury and the other by Vaughn PH for SHeets . The only HR's came from Sheets, Leury and Grandal all hitting LH,which isn't exactly Bellinger, Freeman, Seager, Brantley, Alvarez, Tucker, Muncy, Kiermaier Wendle or Lowe,with established pop or high seasonal WAR. It would be nice if Robert and Eloy could establish some consistent power from the right side instead of consistently being injured. It would also be real nice if Moncada could establish himself as a guy who could at least stay around a .450 SLg percentage instead of the paltry.412 (.431 against RHP) he put up with a late season run the finally got him above .400. His WAR is just fine but it's been driven by fielding and OBP not a slugging bat. Grandal is getting older and also prone to injury . He had 440 PA but only 279AB because that walk rate was crazy high. SO if our 2 best LHH who are actually switch hitters are our 2 best OBP guys someone else needs to knock them in which is where another established LH power hitter comes into play.

But those are just opinions not based on anything substantive. Not Cishek gets blasted for doing the same thing.

Not exactly a cuddler are you? All or nothing baby !

No it's the majority of people disappointed with the process so far and expressing it. Nothing wrong with that. Just look at the poll if you don't believe me.

I don't think they are trying to shove Vaughn and Sheets into RF. Despite me voting no on both questions in the poll. Neither Vaughn nor Sheets in RF is any kind of solution. Tons of DH AB between them sure. I am hoping a couple of trades are coming and the 1st one needs to be Kimbrel. If that domino falls there's more hope for another one.

They couldn't make that strategy work even in the rebuild. All they did was sign a bunch of big HR potential slugs who couldn't field a lick . Follow the Dodgers lead on that . Find guys who can field with big enough bodies who can be tweaked to upgrade their hitting. Scouting and development failures all over the place in the organization and they didn't bother to try to fix them at the beginning of the rebuild because it was the same guys running the show that let them slip into that abyss in the 1st place.It probablt wasnt until the 2nd or 3rd year of the rebuild that we saw some improvements.

You expected it to kill tanking ? When you raise the CBT that just allows high spending teams to spend even more. The low budget teams feel even farther away from competing with them. If anything it encourages tanking without a cap floor.

Not really when you consider the lack of HR's due to injury. HR's usually are harder hit balls. If the Sox power hitters can remain relatively healthy the high OBP can translate into more runs if the BABIP goes down. Madrigal also probably didn't have a very good hard hit rate but a pretty good BABIP. Robert and Eloy at their best hit the ball pretty hard. Eloy still needs to elevate more though. Only 6 White Sox qualified to be listed in the Hard Hit Rate percentages., Grandal, Abreu, Vaughn, Anderson Moncada and Leury .League average is 39.3 . Among those 6 only Leury was below it at 32.6. When I unhide the non qualifiers the below league average guys are Engel, Eaton, Zavala, Williams, Goodwin , Mercedes, Mendick, Hernandez, Madrigal, Hamilton. Along with Leury all those guys had 2236 Plate appearances and most of them are gone. The guys above league average account for 3,824 Plate appearances from 13 position players and the only one gone from that list is Jake Lamb. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2021-batting.shtml#all_players_advanced_batting See for yourself. Edit :I just looked it up. I was right about Madrigal a paltry 23.4 hard hit rate but a .324 BABIP

Kimbrel on his best days couldn't have made up for the fatigue in Rodon's arm and the Lynn, Gio, Cease implosions in the playoffs. Kopech, Bummer and Hendriks didn't exactly light the world on fire either in the playoffs

I saw that a minute after I posted it

Yeah I love Winker LH bat but only this yr and next before FA and a woeful fielder . Lets see what they gave up. Youth I would assume. Kelenic ? Edit: Obviously I was a tad behind in my reading before I posted this and have since caught up. A steal of a deal and I agree with how embarrassing the Reds are.

We can trade him if we trade Kimbrel 1st and sign Conforto but I would feel much better keeping Sheets just like I'd feel better keeping Vaughn . The other LH power bats are Grandal and Moncada . Grandal is getting up there and injured often and Moncada had a paltry .412 SLG. % after spending almost the whole year below .400. It would be great if he can find the balance between putting his good eye to use by picking out some pitches to hit HR's . Grandal does it and Sheets did it in a small sample.

Anderson, Robert Abreu and Sheets all did well but Sheet was the only one to have an extra base hit out of those 4 and he had a double and a HR . The only other HR 's were by Leury and Grandal. The only other doubles were by Leury and Vaughn. But we all know that the playoff pitching was the bigger culprit. I did not know Hahn said the Sox didn't need to spend in FA on a RF. Perhaps you can provide me with that info. I thought he said something like we are confident in the players we have.

White Sox hitting and Ranking in the AL OPS+ 4th OPS 4th SLG. 6th OBP 2nd. BABIP 1st Batting average 4th BB% 2nd SO% 10th which is a good thing the lower you're ranked the less you K. HR% 12th .....Bad. obviously hurt by the losses of Eloy , Robert and Grandal for extended periods and Moncada being under .400 slugging for much of the year and finishing at .412 HardH% Hard hit rate. Percentage of balls with exit velo. at 95 MPH + 7th Given all the injuries the Sox were a pretty good offensive team but the lack of HR's hurt us in some power categories but team batting average, BABIP, BB% and OPS were all really good which kept us well above league average in over all offense.

The longer it takes the higher it goes even with a bunch of guys unsigned. Most of them are RH and no strong connection to the Sox reported yet.

Monday Monday. Can't trust that day.

If you assume the veteran relievers are more likely to be better than the group of young arms from last year. There's improvement in the pen. The starting pitching takes a big hit with Rodon gone and instead of Keuchel coming off a very good year he's coming off a crap year. The Cease improvement last year is a plus. Lynn is older and how well Kopech does in a limited starting role is anybody's guess. Giolito seems to be worthy of being a solid high end constant. Starting pitching worse. Since Eloy was hurt in ST and spring training has yet to start so a healthy Eloy finally getting in a full season could be a massive upgrade. Let's say Moncada is the equivalent of Giolito in his role so status quo there. Abreu is older. Harrison providing as much as Madrigal did in his short stint before injury seems unlikely but call it a wash or a negative. Robert could potentially reach superstar status if he can avoid injury . Looking forward to Vaughns 2nd year and also Sheets but no idea how they use them both but the chance of a very nice upgrade there. Grandal older . Uncertainty in RF and lack of so far addressing the need for LH power is a major drawback I'd give the offense a slight upgrade with the chance of it getting much better. Defense looking the same . Overall payroll higher but I'd say we have the potential to be much better but as it stands right now maybe even a slight downgrade from last year because it's really hard to replace Rodon's production ,Keuchel coming off a bad year and Lynn aging and the uncertainty of an improvement in LH power.

It's necessary to get around. A team bus crash can do the same thing to a lot of players at once. But driving a car is not considered a hobby or dangerous extracurricular activity.

If that's a serious question then yes especially one with his tools that @hi8is was so gracious to supply. He'll get all the time he needs to put those tools to good use and make adjustments accordingly. Plus he will continue to play baseball on a regular basis and adjust to the states at a young age unlike guys like Cespedes , Yolbert Sanchez and Colas.