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obviously he says they are working hard because he wants people that follow him to believe that action is possible, urgent and continuing to engage in his charade. If he said they weren't working on anything, then why pay attention to the white sox fake insider acct? They are always working hard! Close to a deal!

we've all seen this Jack act before, don't need to beat a dead horse.

the trea turner deal still kills me.

but isn't davis atrocious at 3rd and everywhere but 1b? I hope it happens, but feels more realistic if they nabbed Baez which is unlikely now sitting at 263 and on their way to 280

this would be a huge win. But is mcneil expendable yet? EE -> 3rd right?

That's what was reported. Contact with players is blocked (by owners), but nothing preventing teams from discussing trades.

my favorite part is that's a $190M roster.

I do find it very likely that sox FO were surprised by what a FA market looks like with 15 teams competing vs 3-4 like they've been in the last few.

there are lots of players on the market though. Not sure it says anything about correa, seager,etc.

one thing that the last bit of notes from mlb writers has made clear is that the non-tendered players will have zero chance to sign before lockout, so it really was just help to provide clarity for them once offseason resumes.

K, have fun on your break cali.

I'm bummed because pitchers like this aren't on market often... but I'm exTREEEEMELY bummed he went to the mets. Just revolting.

mmm..no I don't buy it. They won't have a 30 game improvement.

Probably true. But i'm pretty sure they are mostly texters.

really is a bummer

Since this morning already sucks, quick hypothetical: How much would you pay to have basically mirrored access to Rick Hahn's work phone but you are under a strict NDA and can't discuss with anyone. Would you even do that? Would you pay for the privelege. You can still talk white sox but you must always post in vague generalities or only discuss what's happened. It's basically Goethe's faust of our time.

I guess if I were a rangers fan I'd just prefer the david stearns 15-17 paper clip trading and solid vet signings then a big splash signing. It may put you in a 2014-esque white sox situation where you make some bad moves just to speed up a window that wasn't there. Brewers, Giants kinda showed that their player development was working with some smaller projects, then were able to get a grandal, Yellich, etc. But, maybe the Rangers way will work and we'll point to it. Just seems like a waste of Marcus.

thank you for following andy martino so I do not have to.

They got better...whew though. They weren't close. They aren't close to close. I guess in a narrow white sox framing it's nice that he isn't stacking another team vs. sox, but from a pure baseball view I sure wish he would have chosen the Mariners over the rangers (or obviously, if sox had made play).

I feel like @fathom has a good vibes meter for free agents. He was quick to point out that Grandal had the bad vibes. He points to Segura, Conforto having bad vibes. Castellanos has the good vibes. I don't know what it ultimately means toward winning but he definitely has a good feel on what to expect and good at foreshadowing which players people will hate.

I'm not a big bWAR fan, but not sure it matters that much. Fangraphs catcher metrics value framing more, so it will like grandal. Talked with eminor about it, but starting to like using baseball prospectus more. Wish I was smart enough to mesh BPs FRAA with wRC+ but if we did WARP: Grandal - beloved by BP catching metrics, has been above 4 WARP for every season since 2015, excluding 2020 (shortened) I don't even know what the rest of your post is talking about.

Wildcard with Jose is putting him back at 2b, but if you were to take a player whose offensive skillset completely complements the sox weaknesses like a key in a lock its probably Seager and JR. + contact + walk rate + low ground ball + + versatility + slugging In many ways, CLE is our perfect trading partner, and also our worst trading partner.

It honestly is helpful to do these because its a reminder that we are not at 2019 white sox roster anymore. Here is a very muted way to get to 190 million: Seiya Suzuki (4 yrs $12M/yr opt out after 2 years) Kimbrel for Marchan, Segura (+$2M) +Tepera ($7M) Danny Duffy 2 yr $24M

that means its over or hitting an impasse?

Alright so disheartened 11/29 playlists. Reminder, I'm evaluating white sox on whether additions help with things I specifically find us weak at: - RHP hitting (RHP) - GB % (GB) - Defense (DEF) - Contact (K%) - Power (SLG) - Versatility (VERS) - Pitching Arsenal (ARS) - Pitching Control (CON) Option 1: Schwarber-Ray - Sign Schwarber at 4 for 20 - Sign Corey Dickerson at 1 yr 8.5M, club option for year 2 at $10M with 1M buyout - Sign Leury @ 5.5M - Sign Robbie Ray @ 6yr $132 M - Trade Kimbrel to LAD for Jacob Amaya, James Outman - Sign Robinson Chirinos to ST invite Total Salary : $200.6M Trait breakdown: GB+ - Schwarber (Dickerson neutral, Leury doesn't hurt since he was last year too) DEF- - Dickerson COULD be plus, no idea what happened last year. Leury at 2b I think could be plus Contact Neutral Power + - Schwarber Versatility- - Schwarber ARS, CON - ray not necessarily PLUS PLUS there Illustrative in where sox are at, despite a TWO plus additons, I dumpster dove to round out. Removing Keuchel a must at this point. Option 2 - lite Remove Keuchel, add Kikuchi - Changes to 190M Will continue to do more. anxious to see if ay of these dudes signed while writing ha.