Jack Parkman

Can they actually pull off the player acquisitions they need to though? That is the $1M question.

I want their one splurge acquisition to be a position player. They're a safer bet over the life of the contract. They missed on Machado and Harper, they should be gunning for Betts in 2021. I really don't want to trade Cease either you probably would get more value for him than Lopez until Lopez turns in a dominant season in terms of results.

It has the ability to be dominant. Anderson is a really good offensive player, but I don't know how sustainable this season is for him. He probably fits into that 2-4 WAR category. The point is this: When healthy or developed, All of the following have the ability to be TOR starters: Giolito, Kopech, Cease, Lopez, Rodon. Not kidding. Dane Dunning is a fine mid-back end option, pending his recovery. If they can hold on to Rodon past 2021 they have a potentially dominant rotation already in house. The huge issue is that you can't really count on Rodon as of right now. The Rotation isn't as much of an issue as the offensive black hole that is corner OF. I think Eloy will be a DH in a season or two. Maybe I think more of the in-house guys than you do. I think Kopech and Giolito at the very least are TOR guys, and Cease and Lopez could turn the corner at any moment. If you're thinking of signing Cole and trading either Cease or Lopez for a controllable corner OF I hear you though. That kind of outside the box thinking might be necessary.

^^^^^ The Sox need to raid the Oakland, Tampa, Houston and St. Louis organizations. They have a good mix of small and mid market analytical minds. The Sox could use the small market mindset during downturns, and mid-market mindset after the foundation has been laid. The day of reckoning is coming over the next two offseasons for the Astros. Cole, Springer, and Correa are up after 2019 and 2020. Verlander will be 39 and up after 2021. Father time will get Verlander eventually, and it's already getting Altuve a bit(he's still really good, but past his peak)

Yes, it's nice when accountability exists in an organization. Though I think that this has to do with them knowing something about Chris Sale that the public doesn't.

Disagree with you. I think there's a greater need on the position side. I don't think the Sox have any stars in the position group outside of Moncada, Robert and Jimenez. Also, does Jimenez have a position or not? Is a huge question going forward. I think Madrigal and Vaughn will be good MLB regulars in the 2-4 WAR range. The big difference is Giolito is a borderline ace right now, and Cease and Kopech have the ability to get there. I'm not as confident in Cease right now as I was earlier, but I'm fairly confident Giolito and Kopech are TOR guys. Cease and Lopez have shown that ability in spurts. The rotation is fine, contrary to what you think. Would Cole put them over the top? Absolutely, that rotation could be ridiculous, but the offense is still going to struggle to score runs. I'm more concerned about the black hole in corner OF/DH(Pending Jimenez) They were worth -4.4 fWAR in 2019, and that includes Jimenez. To put it in perspective, Adam Dunn was worth -2.9 fWAR at DH in 2011. There are easy internal candidates to fill the rotation spots.(Kopech, Dunning, Rodon) There aren't with corner OF/DH. Should they add to the rotation via FA? Absolutely. They don't need Gerrit Cole though. If Rodon could stay healthy I'd rather have him as he'd be much cheaper due to his injury history, Boras be damned. He was having a good start to the season before his elbow snapped. After this, I think his injuries should be behind him, as long as the stuff stays intact.

Based on his deals with Boston, I'm not sure. As long as you put the reins on him trading te top 5 guys in the minors I'm fine with it.

I just said that in another thread about the RF/DH positions, but once you get to 80 wins are harder to come by.

Yeah idk if they're going to lose until Brady retires. (Obviously hyperbole but only partially so)

They're still really far away. The difference between 81, 85 and 88 wins is a lot. The difference between 88 wins and 95 is massive. Once you get to 80 wins, each the difference between the next 3-5 wins is huge. What I mean is the difference between 80 and 85 wins is huge, the difference between 85 and 90 is bigger, and the difference between 90 and 95 is huge.

The Robert/Soriano comparison is probably accurate, but only at the plate. Robert has the ability to be a plus defender in CF. Soriano was awful defensively everywhere he played.

Kingsbury is chicken shit. Where's Herm Edwards when you need him?? Ties are gross.

No, they'll still do it. It's the White Sox way.

The whining about management is well deserved and earned. @Tony remember all of the b****ing about Dollar Bill 15 years ago? We're at the point the Hawks were in July 2007. We have to wait for ownership to change, but the pieces are in place. I just hope that Jerry pulls an Illitch and decides he wants another WS before he croaks.

Did you hear what Steve Stone said during the game? Yolmer is by far the best 2B in baseball with the glove. I did not know this. It makes more sense now. He's blowing away the rest of the 2B in metrics. He's basically Jason Heyward but at 2B.

13/20 gms vs KC Detroit Seattle not implausible

That's what I meant, damn autocorrect fail. Lol.

Why don't I remember that? I stand corrected.

He was scratched prior to the start actually. He hurt himself warming up before the game.

Nothing, but i'm surprised that they didn't do that to the Sox once.

Oy.

The Sox only won the season series with them because they avoided Verlander and Cole in both series.

Tyreek Hill had a shoulder injury so bad that he had to go to the hospital.

Did he? I thought he got 80. Weird.

Yes.