Dick Allen

The Padres gave It a shot for Judge. Machado has his opt out after next season which , unless he gets hurt, he will opt out. He will easily be able to beat the 5 and $150 million that will be left on the deal. Sox were worried about year 8. Clowns.

That makes a lot of sense. A few guys available that throw hard, k a lot of guys. See what Katz can do with their command in spring training. If he can’t do anything it was still worth the gamble. Makes no sense to pass.

You need a foodie Twitter account. This is dead on. Nice source.

Yes.

Not bad.

Josh Bells career high fWAR is 2.1. As Krueger would say on Seinfeld, I'm not worried about it.

A deadline and incentive to sign the big boys. Maybe waive the QO loss if they are signed either before the meetings to spur the trade market. Or at least by its end. Such a lost opportunity.

The current host on MLBN is a White Sox fan. They just discussed the team. Hes more depressed than any of us and is flabbergasted at their lack of aggression. Said this is the most significant offseaon of his lifetime

They are discussing Rodon on MLBN and they are showing how he has changed his mechanics. Uses his legs a lot more these days.

JR would have an aneurysm.

81-81 with no money to improve the team is the epitome of mired in mediocrity.

What they needed to do was send Tony home then.

The problem with this guy is he seems to be suited to be a DH. But I was reading up on him, and he has a great BB/K RATIO. Only Ichiro really compares.

You weren’t going to get playoff victories in the years of the rebuild if they were trying to win. They would be beyond godawful right now. At least there is talent on the team.

I looked back at White Sox 2nd round picks. It is amazing. In the last 52 years, their best pick by career WAR is Bob Wickman at 16,9. Second is Jeff Weaver at 15.2. He didn’t sign. Third is Ryan Sweeney at a little over 6. Fourth is Trace Thompson a little over 3. Fifth is Jeremy Reed. Slightly over 2. The last 3 acumilated most of it with other teams. in the last 52 years, the White Sox 2nd round pick who put up the most WAR in a White Sox uniform is Jake Petricka. Below 2 for his career.

There’s risk. He missed time last year. So something changed. He usually wore a sleeve on his elbow when he warmed up in the bullpen, but always took it off before he got into the game.

When Hahn brings up Swarzak and Holland as examples of after the meetings moves, that’s the kind of crap we are looking at. Swarzak wasn’t bad but was flipped for garbage. Holland was a waste of $6 million and released. So they are looking for bargains. Guys desperate for a job. Can’t wait to congratulate Rick at the parade.

And he said it’s been torn for years, which means there is probably no way his contract is insured.

Not the Dodgers. But it doesn’t hurt to ask,

So by deduction you have Burger, Eloy, maybe Hendriks, maybe Sheets and a few minor leaguers as guys Hahn might trade to fill holes. we know he isn’t trading Vaughn or TA. Moncada and Yaz will get him nothing, I can’t imagine he would get rid of Robert, for a team that needs home runs, letting Eloy go would be risky. Plus he’s a pretty popular teammate.

The other issue is he has a 5 team no trade list. They usually get to update these lists yearly, I have no idea if that is the case here, but usually the teams are the ones most likely to trade for him. He doesn’t have to put the Pirates on the list. Guys with huge contracts don’t have to put the White Sox on their limited list because they aren’t trading for him anyway. There’s probably a good chance most of the teams we would think want him are on the list, and in reality he may have no problem going there, but they probably would have to do something for him to waive. just keep him and start acting like a team pursuing multiple championships.

Either he is trying to get someone to drop their price and sign quickly or he is being straight. The fact that he would try to sell Gavin Sheets as an OF blows me away, and if it was meant to scare anyone into signing, how low level must he be if Gavin Sheets is being thrown out there to scare him?

His contract is bad if 2022 is what he is. Hes one year removed from a 4 WAR season. I still think he can be that or even a lot better. There will be more accountability and perhaps he had a wake up call.

Still think it was a good trade, but letting the same people lead you out of a hot mess they got you in usually isn’t a great idea.

I don’t think anyone wanting to win wants the Sox to trade Hendriks. But if they need the money, that’s on JR. I will say for as great as Liam has been, if they never signed him and just had an average closer the last 2 seasons, there is no doubt in my mind they still win the division in 2021 and lose in the 1st round of the playoffs and miss the playoffs in 2022. So really his performance never got to the point where it really mattered, like a tight must win playoff game. I’m glad they signed him. I think he’s awesome in so many ways.