southsider2k5

You almost got this point. This IS difficult. To act like it isn't, especially when the Sox artificially limit themselves in so many ways, is ridiculous. But somehow you can't take this fact you seemingly got in your post and then realize that means the Sox filling holes thru free agency effectively isn't a slam dunk. Keep up

Not at full price anyway. At least not until they think it is a finishing piece.

Obviously the guy was trying to humble brag Fedde, but I don't know how you can look at last off season and feel like that experience is something we should be excited about.

I also think I have figured out where flat earthers come from.

December 26th https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/transaction-tracker/white-sox?&transactiontype=all

I wouldn't really call Martin mundane, but you do you.

Because mundane would be a MASSIVE improvement at this time from historically bad dumpster fire.

Oh that's right, there is so much positive to be excited about with this organization right now.

Glad to see Martin's agent is keeping busy.

Look, if everything goes to form, you have two guys who you can squint a project out as true star pitchers in Schultz and Grant Taylor, and there is a lot of time there for that to happen. Taylor is still in A ball, which means at the very least two years away, but it wouldn't be crazy to say 3. Schultz just got to AA, and is under huge innings limitations. He is probably two to three years from a real starters workload. And that is just to get them here. The next tier of guys is more of the they should be rotation guys, maybe even good ones, but they need some things to break their way for that to happen. That is the camp of Iriarte (control), Thorpe (how does a sub-average fastball translate to MLB), Eder (waiting for stuff to come back post TJS, Palette (another waiting to show that projected lottery pick stuff post TJS), Ky Bush (can he keep up a good year after a horrible 23), Tanner MacDougal (raw as hell, waiting for a breakout, could push into the top tier if his stuff steps up), Keener (years away, off to a good start). It is fair to think at least a couple of them make it, and a couple of them don't. The tier after are guys who project to be more of end of the rotation guys at this point like Nastrini and Cannon. Sure you have Sean Burke, he's another who is recovering and needs time. The rest I put more as lottery tickets and waiting to see what happens, but nothing you can really count on as of yet.

Not to mention you somehow have to built a system which also keeps guys coming behind the initial wave to make sure that whoever falters in the initial wave is able to be replaced down the line. We never figured that out either. We have to hope that the guys who took over for our previous minor league director are a LOT better.

Every single one of these guys deserves zero votes.

It still leaves the franchise bereft of stars level performance. You can get by with holes when you have stars to cover that up, but when you don't, you can't have holes.

If these guys turn out to be four regulars, we are still in big trouble. We need to find 2 to 3 positional stars if we are going to still exist with decent holes. If we don't get them in these trades, we push the timeline back. Again.

And without replacing the owner, it isn't like we will start chasing A level free agents.

I remember when I used to believe that. I believe Rick used to call it "unprecedented financial flexibility" And then we crapped out around the 1A type free agents, and instead got into the C tier.

He also should have put 10-15 in the poll, because I am not positive this was as bad as it could have been.

If not, you are trusting Tommy Pham to be quiet about a non-injury IL stay, and that just doesn't seem possible.

That's it, thanks!