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That JR/ Eddie group was the first Hawks teams I really got into.

I mean I would take the Dodgers top 10 for both.

I think Fedde has made a clear case that whatever changes he has made in Korea have translated to the US, and he is finally living up to his first round grade. if you include his Korean performance as a part of his step forward, that makes two years of this, so you can feel comfortable of being beyond the "fluke" stage. His peripherals show maybe a half run worse than he has been so far, but going from 3.00 to 3.50 era isn't going to be a HUGE difference in the trade market. All things considered, I think the asking price of a solid top 100, plus another decent piece fits the bill.

Everything started going wrong under his watch. He inherited a playoff team, and turned it into a .500 team while he was here. Those trends just continued after he left.

GIVE ME 26 ECKSTEINS OR GIVE ME DEATH! JR, probably.

Even before the 2nd DUI was made public (which had been kept quiet) no one wanted to hire him.

It is amazing how much hard contact a guy like Kopech gives up.

The guy who is getting everything out of Crochet and Fedde? You don't think the problem is Kopech?

So what is the solution?

Well lucky for you that's exact what Getz did. Can't wait to see what we get for Nicky Lopez and Martin Maldonado.

Are we really worried about the service time of guys like Lenyn Sosa, Oscar Colas, DeLoach, Fletcher, etc? I mean I am not. This is the time to be figuring them out.

Except with our luck, the band of little leaguers would be the 2025 White Sox.

Interesting list as the first two guys busted, and the 3rd ended up pitching, as did the 5th.

He's shown he's a basket case for 4.5 years here. If he can change, it isn't happening here.

Kopech is a free agent after next season. His window is slamming shut on his own fingers.

Ok, if you could convince me that with the extra $15 million a season it would be the difference between getting Juan Soto or not, I might listen, but we all know that we aren't going to the top of the FA market anyway, so what exactly are we being threatened with? No more C and D tier free agents? Aw shucks.

So what exactly are the Sox going to be able to do with $35 million on the books next year, that they couldn't do with $50 million on the books?

And honestly they should be looking to do exactly the opposite over the next couple of years. Take on someone's dogwater of a contract to help someone save a few bucks in order to get more prospects added to a deal. We literally have $50 million owed next year for existing contracts. We could pretty easily have a $70/80 million payroll in 2024, which means 10s of millions in profits to ownership.

Especially to cover a $50 million deal has to be at least a top 100 player, if not top 50. Please don't be stupid enough to give up a Colson Montgomery like guy to get rid of that contract when you literally have nothing else on the books for 26 and 27, and basically zero hope of contention anyway.

If the return for Crochet was reduced for taking the Benny contract, Chris Getz should be fired for making that theoretical deal.

I'd rather bet on the mental capacity of Michael Kopech.

Tony might be a drunk, but not drunk enough to want to get any blame for this dumpster fire

It was $4 million. If it was anyone else, it wouldn't have mattered, but no one was touching Clevinger, just like they didn't want him the entire winter.