Dick Allen

Holy Adam Eaton.giving up anything but garbage for Kepler would be horrible.

Just looking at the photos, he looks about the same as he did in a Cardinals uniform. If anything, he looks slightly leaner.

Not anything to do with this subject, but the highest OPS since 1947, 75 years, minimum 1000 PA, vs, LHP, is the Big Hurt. Saw it on MLBN.

I think he will be out there once in a while.

Pocket change to upgrade 2 roster spots for teams legitimately trying to win multiple championships.

I would sell high on Seby. He's not a regular, and his defense to me is average at best. If he was hitting. 175 next June with a .525 OPS, I wouldn't be surprised. Get a guy who throws well , blocks balls in the dirt, and calls a good game.

If $10 million for a 2.5 WAR 2B, the way this front office had handled the position is too much, the White Sox are the Pirates. Cleveland has better pitching, but there is no way the Sox shouldn't win the division if their front office is just competent_

I think trading Sheets makes sense. Colas , who knows if he's ready but moving up in 2022 didn't hurt his numbers. Eloy should be the primary DH. Vaughn at 1B. Get Colas some time in RF, get another OF . Conforto probably wants a Rodon type 2 year with the opt out. Get another starter. Maybe a defensive minded back up catcher, and suddenly the team looks really good again .

He also had knee and calf injuries last year. And he's only owed 1 season. I've been watching a lot of MLBN lately and one of the themes recently is there is no such thing as a bad 1 year contract. Now, if you would have to give up something fairly valuable for the guy, I see why someone would say no. But if they need to cut some payroll and would take a lottery ticket, unless there is a better option out there, it makes too much sense. And with Tony gone, making too much sense shouldn't be a reason why it doesn't happen.

This is where JR has to step up. Yes the payroll is high enough to contend, but he has a bunch of guys who need a reset. He can't realistically think they can knock 8 figures off the payroll and still upgrade the team. $10 million for 2.5 WAR in a trouble position should be child's play.

Wong has put up 2.5 fWAR each of the last 2 seasons and is projected for the same in 2023.Dependig on the price of prospects, I don't know how much better you can do than that at 2B and only a 1 year commitment . Who else can they realistically obtain that would fit into the budget and not drain them of at least one of their better prospects?

In free agency, Elgton Jenkins would be my choice. Getsy knows him well, and he played really well at LT last year before he got hurt. Very versatile. Who knows if he is ultimately available, but he’d be nice.

One thing is for sure, the Sox aren't going to rebuild again in JRs lifetime. I do think there probably is too much negativity right now. The Sox couldn't have been any worse and until they got bear at home by Cleveland in September and fell apart, they were still right there. No LaRussa and a few things go right, they win the division. But they have to make some good decisions and not operate scared like they almost always do.

Dylan Cease was having trouble striking people out a couple of years ago. Stuff can be great but if you're throwing too many non competes, you wind up in a lot of trouble. That said, this guy would seem to have a ways to go to be a piece in a major league bullpen.

I suspect the 2023 ball will be juiced a little more than 2022.

If the White Sox are truly trying for sustained success, Gio and Lynn are off the books after 2023. Might be time to seriously consider reinforcements.

Big Tribune expose on this years ago. If JR can’t do it, his co executor, most likely his son Michael takes over. He is the only owner with power, and that transfers to his heirs if he is incapacitated or dead. My dad is an attorney and he told me all this 40 years ago. Basically every other owner of the White Sox has no power, and never will. JR even has to approve if they want to sell their shares.

Just watched Sean Casey on MLBN talking about Bellinger, and he is probably the most positive guy on the network. He also had shoulder surgery and said when he saw Bellinger after his surgery swing, he said oh no. Says lthe shoulder surgery slowed his bay speed and has done the same with Bellinger. Dan ODowd said he hoped he could get back closer to what he was but said you have to have low expectations. A change of scenery is probably good, because he probably will never be the same.

He was with the OF. Sheets got better, but there isn’t anyone that is going to make Sheets and Vaughn GG. Eloy improved for a while. The issue I had more than general glove work was the throwing. Missing cutoff men was a staple. Often throwing to a wrong base allowing runner advancement was also there so much. Those are things that shouldn’t be problems no matter how untalented of a defensive OF you are. Even the guys who were great defenders, did it. Robert looked like a shell of himself defensively, and Engel to me was an average at best defender in 2022.

Colas is much higher ranked and younger than either. Outman is the 13th ranked Dodgers prospect. Garrett can’t even stick on the DBacks 40. If you traded Burger or Hendriks for them, you’ve been had. I do think trading Hendriks makes sense, but for real prospects. If Hahn wanted these guys for Charlotte, I have no complaints, but chances are they are guys that will be appealing to the Pacific Rim soon.

The point I’m making is it’s rather unlikely guys like Garrett or Outman are serious ROY candidates like you make them. And never believe a September call ups stats. Good or bad. Plus both of these guys played in hitters paradises in the minors in 2022. So those numbers are a big inflated. Plus they are both slightly older. About the same age Moncada was during Covid.

They have the pieces. I bet Colas and Montgomery, if it didn’t get it done, would be close. I wouldn’t do it. We have to hope Colas is real. If he is, that helps with a few issues.

Thankfully the issues with his hammys were cramps. Hope his shoulder is OK. At this point, the defense is so bad, when I’m watching, I’m almost thinking, just let them score so Fields can get out on the field faster. It would be nice if they could get a top 5 pick. Not too many games you would think could be wins left.

Wow, just looked at some old posts where you where trying to work out a Bulls trade for Kobe Bryant .

The Sox did have that in 2007. Josh Fields and Jerry Owens had huge Septembers leading the Sox out of the Buster Posey sweepstakes. They did the predictable thing the next season.