The thing is we use these kind of things in the tax code literally every day. People get deductions and tax breaks for everything under the sun. This really isn't any different. But this isn't going to the 1% so now they are big mad.
Honestly? That's exactly what you do. You hope he is back to the 2020-21 version for what you owe him. If he bounces back, great. If not, you release him in May or June and call up Perez. There is no risk here. It isn't about pretending, it is about a lack of options.
With their limited funds, it isn't like they have a lot to spend here anyway.
It's funny because when people call the Sox the worst run franchise in sports, the first team that always comes to mind is the Raiders. There really isn't any bigger dumpster fire in pro sports, though a few are in the discussion.
Yeah, I don't know him or his work ethnic, nor his relationship with the former team leadership. But if he wants to get PAID, and not just paid, the generational wealth is in his next contract, not his current one. This is an opportunity for him to get his stuff together.
The way I look at it is that even if you move one of them, you still have the other two as your top lefties who fine for MLB pens as far as lefties go, and then Banks and Sousa would either be the last guy on the roster as a long man, or in AAA in case of injury.
With the White Sox adding Nate Fisher on a MiLB deal, they now have 6 lefties in the roster mix. (Bummer, Diekman, Crochet, Banks, Sousa) I wonder if one of the higher level guys is a trade potential out of Bum, Diekman or Crochet?