southsider2k5

What members of the organization said this?

It would be ideal if Nate can comeback next year and start out as the closer. That makes slotting the rest of the kids behind him all the easier.

Nate hitting 97 and 98.

It is super early, but the earliest leaders at the top are a couple of college catchers, the kids from Oregon State and Baylor, along with Bobby Witt Jr.

I don't think the team is particularly worried about Kopech options.

No. The higher draft pick is worth more to us than the Cubs status. The only way I want to see the Sox streak is it it means hot streaks from Yoan, Anderson and guys in this ilk.

No. The Cubs status is a waste of time for White Sox fans.

Unless he is absolutely terrible in the spring of 2020, he will be on the opening day roster.

But not so little as to not post about how little you care.

This is why you push pitchers to grow their innings as they move up in the system. If you want them to pitch in October eventually, they have to be able to get through September.

The pitching staff is the place I am least interested in adding to in general. Dickey or Gonzalez probably wouldn't have mattered in 2018. As it turned out, by losing Gonzalez, we actually got the chance to give a long term audition to Dylan Covey and see the progress he made this year. It wasn't all bad. You can make the same argument about a guy like Danny Farquar. Sure we could have signed someone who might have pitched all year, but we saw more relievers in the pen because of his illness, and it allowed us to do some more evaluations on players in our system. I kind of feel like we should see the same approach in 2018's off season. If we can add a 7-10 year cornerstone piece on the free agent market, go for it. If not, stick to roster filler to leave spots available as guys move up the system and are ready for Chicago. We have people pushing through the system, who will need spots. I am more interested in seeing what we can do internally first, then once we figure that out, using those resources to fill holes once we identify them. I don't want to see moderate contracts in the middle age ranges. No 3 year deals. No $50-150 million contract. Machado or Harper, or roster filler.

The 100% absolute priority for 2018 was to answer as many questions as possible about 2018 level players. Flippables are nice and all, but realistically the most important thing we could do was figure out what the players we already had could do. Past that, adding in roster filler as some spots was needed, and while Gonzalez bombed this year, I had no problem with what we knew coming into 2018 giving him the deal he got. He had pitched well for us, and he was valuable enough to bring back TiQuan Forbes in a similar situation last year. As for RA Dickey, I will mention a couple of things here. #1, he did not sign this year with anybody. Why would you expect a guy that no one wanted would have trade value in a few short months? Add to that, look at the numbers James Shields put up in 2018, notice that no one wanted him either, and see how similar those numbers are to Dickey's 2017.

For lack of a better term, he looks like he is trying to be more hitterish at this time.

For tonights game.

I am OK with this. As he gets more comfortable with the change in the strike zone from what he thinks it is, to what is actually being called, then he can start to add power back.

If he has surgery in the next week or so, that puts 18 months at the middle of March of 2020.