Dick Allen

Sox will not need 16 rookies to come in if all their guys improve. Not only improve, but actually play. Abreu and Pollock were the 2 highest in games played. I don’t know if it’s possible everyone suddenly is available 140 games in 2023. I would tend to doubt it. But they will add a couple more players in all likelihood, and if they get across the board improvement, their run differential and win total will trend very positively.

I can assure you if all the guys improve, there is no way they are going to be below .500. I actually think Balta knows this, but anything negative White Sox is a bandwagon he can’t help but jump on. I’m guessing the Zips projections before last season told the Guardians not to bother playin in 2022.

They wouldn’t, but the Sox have bored even their most knowledgeable fans to the point they spend their time on trade scenerios that will never happen.

Attendance does matter. Maybe not to the extent it did in the 70s and 80s. They want people in the park. People who complain about having to spend $5 more to sit downstairs than upstairs have no problem sucking back 6 $14 beers, or spending $20 on a nacho helmet. Not only that, it shapes what happens later. A kid who went to Sox games with their parents and friends is probably far more likely to take their kids to Sox games when they are older. The Sox drew 2 million. This should be a team that flirts with 3 million. That would mean at least another $50 million per year. Plus, if you aren’t popular, your TV ads generate less money. The Sox own part of their station. While whatever they get per game with their broadcasting contract might not matter, the station makes a lot more money when the teams are popular to watch because they make a lot more on ads. The Hawks, Bulls, and Sox are now all in the same boat. You really have to be a diehard to even know what time the game is on.

That’s exactly the problem. If the Sox brought back Jose, they would be dumping other contracts just so we can watch his twilight years. I love Jose, but even I thought his last extension was a bit much. Turns out, I was wrong. But now you would really be playing with fire. The one thing I do wonder is how his lack of clubhouse presence will affect the team. There are things to question, but since the Sox refuse to act like a major market team, there really was no choice.

The Astros let Correa go and won the WS. I love Jose, but he is at least 36, maybe a couple of years older. He is staring to have trouble keeping up with gas. It most likely isn’t going to get better. Vaughn is young and should get better. Many scouts think he will be a monster. It’s time to put him where he should be. I think the fault is, the Sox should take the money the saved letting Jose walk and fill another hole. But JR needs as big of profit as possible. To me it’s unfathomable to be cutting payroll I’m the middle of a contention window. It should be going up. They can talk all they want about the front office wanting to win and being ultra competitive, but that has been proven false.

I’m pretty sure KW and RH would be ex executives if they had performed like they have performed for 29 of the 30 MLB organizations. Granted JR plays a role in their failure, they still have problems putting together teams that compete with teams with the same payroll or lower.

I wonder if I could rescind my decision to cancel my season ticket package. Going to be a busy day in the Sox ticket office,

Ben Dover had it. He has to be legit.

There is no way they can trade him unless they have a replacement to play SS. They will get skewered by the fans and media if they have to develop a SS or sign someone washed up and waste another year of the window.

I don’t think shift rules will help this guy. There are no rules for outfielders shifting. They just play one of them in the short RF most teams played a 2B when there were no restrictions. If the guy hits a flyball, chances are it’s gone or a can of corn so the other 2 OF can easily cover the rest of the OF for a hitter of his ilk.

LMAO.

He’s just another guy we would be hoping can return to the performance level of his glory days.When you are in your window to compete for multiple championships, don’t you usually try to add more of a sure thing?

I agree. Probably the best shot to stick on the roster all year.

Or through trade.

Can you site the advanced stats Hahn failed to look at? The guy had a FIP of 1.10. In 36 innings he gave up 13 hits, walked 13 and struck out 64.

That's true, but if somehow Giolito returned to form, Cease remains what he is, and Kopech and Lynn are healthy, a playoff opponent might have a better team, but might have a hard time winning The problem is IMO, that is what the White Sox have always banked on instead of trying to build the beat roster possible. Something that I thought they said they were going to change.

Even RH isn't that baseball stupid.

Who would play SS for the White Sox? If Montgomery was in a position where you could say he is ready, then I could buy it, but I would bet anything TA isn't available unless totally blown away .

According to Merkin. the Sox are expected to pass.

BR says $10.333 million. I think you could get Gallo for that or less. Benetendi slightly more but not enough where anyone in their right mind trying to win would say can’t do. Eloy is the only position player in the core they could trade, get something worthwhile back, and reasonably replace. I personally would hate to see him go.

The one guy I see possibly going from that list is Eloy. And it could blow up in their faces. If he plays 145 games, he’s a 40 homer guy. Something they desperately need. But , if it takes him 2 or 3 seasons to play 145 games, not good. I could see them trading Eloy and using the savings, signing a guy like Gallo or Benetendi who has no power, but does something else the Sox need, work a count.

The White Sox have to stop acting like they are the Pirates or Marlins.

Hahn doing nothing at the trade deadline, and perhaps the teams most popular player leaving you think would give this organization big incentive to make some news. And they will wonder about fan apathy.

Exactly. It’s pathetic. At least have a plan, and several back ups. I don’t understand how a team supposedly in the contention window thinks another GM is going to propose something to help the White Sox win.