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Look at all these future Hall of Famers we have now.

I just to say that giving a 32-year-old reliever 4 years is a terrible idea. We don't have a ton of money like the Cubs or Yankees. We need to use it wisely not just be happy that they are spending money.

Perfect.

This made me chuckle. But seriously, the comment and thought process is very sexist. God forbid somebody have fun with being a free agency and bring some entertainment to baseball free agency. I know baseball does such a good job of promoting it on their own.

You're right, she only represents the reigning NL Cy Young Winner. Btw, Would you have this comment if it was a 30 year old man repping Bauer? Get the fuck out of here.

This is literally her calling out the White Sox to make an offer. Now is the time boys! 2/70 million. Get it done!

One thing this does it really lowers the market for Bauer and Springer. This whole time its been " well lets see what the Mets get". I have to figure this is their big move. I wonder if this helps with the price range for Bauer, Springer and others. Could you still get a Springer for 4-$100? Who is going to be offering him money?

Is it wrong to say that I would still take our roster moving forward over San Diego's roster? If we are going to compare the two and we should have 20 million to spend this offseason.

And by you mean "talk the talk" get team-friendly extensions done to accelerate the rebuild and/or keep a prolonged window of winning. Additionally, What did Kenny do when they were "acting up"? There is no reason for this team not to have a prolonged window of winning due to the ability of Hahn being without question the best at getting extensions done with young talent. Honestly, What else would you want from your general manager. The largest question I had was with the TLR signing which from all indications was out of his hands. Also, let's be a little optimistic.

You are too smart of a pollster not to acknowledge that if you want to do a complete rebuild you are talking about at least 3 years of really bad years. Yes, Wild Card spot last year but they are set up to win the division for the next five.

Yes, critique Hahn on free agent signings and then tell me to hire Theo Epstein. I didn't realize Theo totally forgot about his grand slam free agent signings like Carl Crawford, Jason Heyward, and Tyler Chatwood. And you are going to hold the bad signings of Jeff Keppinger and Kevin Youkilis against Hahn. Please. The purpose of any general manager is to build a sustainable winner. By any means, he has done that quite well considering at times he has one arm tied behind his back. Everyone can point to the James Shields trade but Theo could of had Chapman for Schwarber. Every GM throughout their career is going to have mistakes but it all goes back to can you build a winner. Hahn did.

The only valid other criticism is the Fernando Tatis trade.

I don't get why people rip Hahn. Look at the future of the White Sox. Not every GM could hit on all of the trades he has made. Not every GM can convince players to sign long term extensions. His largest criticism is that he has not signed a major free agent but is that really his fault. The White Sox are set up to be World Series contenders for the next 5/6 years because of his work.

Am I the only one who would prefer James Paxton to Jose Quintana. I guess my thought its you already have 3 innings eaters in the rotation so you can gamble a bit with higher upside.

Agreed. Like the White Sox could still get Pederson and Cruz. Have arguably the best lineup in the league with the best 1,2,3 in the AL. People would be complaining on this board about having to give up Dunning. This does not preclude us from being able to sign Lynn to an extension. What happens if he signs a 2-40 million dollar extension. All I am saying is the deal in itself is not bad. Now if the Sox don't do anything else then I am furious but let's see how this thing plays out. Also #firetony

Sure but that long-term player would not have the pedigree of Lynn. Lynn has the potential to be a top 10 starter in the league. What you are describing is Yu Darvish. Similar age to Lynn with a couple more years on his contract. I would suspect the return for Darvish is going to be more than Dane Dunning and Avery Weems.

This would be my concern as well. Now is the time to put your nuts on the table and get that final piece to put you over the top. Lets go get Springer or Bauer- make this team a World Series favorite.

I do wonder if White Sox fans no matter what would balk at trading any young players for anybody at this point. Like everything would be an overpay. Dunning is the 98th best prospect according to mlb.com and Avery Weems is probably not in the top 250 for a potential top 10 starter in the AL. If this was for another team seeing this trade happen would you really think that is an overpay. The problem is everybody wants the ripoff trade for their club. There has to be an upside for both sides to make it.

One good long term piece that comes from this is the likelihood of Kopech being traded has diminished dramatically. I would expect maybe a 2-year extension on top of his current deal because as much as JR does not like to spend they are very good at getting players to sign extensions. I hate trading away prospects. The one thing with Dunning is he really never had a true out pitch. When struck guys out in the big leagues last year it seemed with the fastball which to me is never a great sign unless it's a really good one. Dunning will never have that so he still needs to develop whatever that out pitch will be. That's a big if he can do that. Saying that I would have loved this trade if Lynn came with years already on his contract. Additionally, I hate this trade because I want Bauer. But I don't see how you make this deal without thinking you are out of that race. Maybe their offseason is Lynn plus 2 of ( Pederson, Cruz, Schwarber). I still have doubts that Vaughn will be ready next year to play in the big leagues especially before June.

What I find interesting is people saying things like Dan Voglebach is Jake Burgers ceiling judging by his season an A Ball and 2 missed seasons. I don't know how you get that assessment. Just like when people say Vaughn is ready. Like what makes you come up with that conclusion? Did you go to the Sox facility and watch him the past year? Seems like just spitballing your own vision without any sort of proof and statistics to backup this conclusion.

It's hard to tell what the market is going to be for any player at this point given the losses franchises have taken over the last year. I would be hesitant to let go of Rodon for four million dollars. I still think he can be a competent 5th starter with Kopech in June being ready to roll.

Do you think if a redraft today happened for the 2020 draft- would Crochet be the 1st overall pick?

Yoan is going to get hot for us. I can feel it.

So. Going to throw some positive vibes out there from this game as it was at least entertaining- i know heartbreaking. 1. Reynaldo for third consecutive game pitched really well. 2. Moncada although 0-5 actually looked half decent at the plate. 3. Mazara is starting to wake up. He had some nice opposite field hit today. 4. Adam Engel continues to shine. 5. The bullpen continues to be very good. Ok. Ruiz-sucks balls. Look in the playoffs Jose Ruiz is not going to be on the roster. Crochet pitched really good again, Heuer was fantastic and was a good test to see him pitch two innings. Tomorrow: Heres whats going to happen. 1. Giolito comes up big- throws 7 strong innings. 2. The White Sox put up good at bats against Beiber and score 3 runs. 3. Aaron Bummer comes back to throw a nice inning. 4. Yoan Moncada hits a homer. Thats what I'm going with. See you boys tomorrow! Leggo!

This game was awful to watch. They need Giolito to throw a great game tomorrow to get some momentum back. To many dead bats in the lineup- You can't expect Eloy, Abreu and Anderson to carry the whole offense. Moncada, Robert, Edwin, and Mazara need to step it up. Moncada at least put some nice swings together .