Dick Allen

Everyone looks like that when they are struggling. He was really good until the Field of Dreams game. That's when it all fell apart. If you were a Tigers or A's fan, you would probably wonder how the hell Harrison got anything but a minor league deal. Not a contract to be a regular on a team that's supposed to contend.

And iff it's all about defense, Hernandez is a better defender than Harrision, and he was deemed not good enough by the White Sox front office. They obviously got caught with their pants down on this one. Either they thought they could get a guy like Story cheap and move him to2B or teams would be giving away players, whatever it was, it was a huge error at a time they need to be accurate.

I was a little surprised the Cubs didn't re-engage on Rizzo, Bryant, Baez or Schwarber. But it's probably smart. I think their reps are higher than their games right now, although Schwarber did have his best season last year, after a slow start. But he is a DH in reality.

If you are just going to trade him for another bad contract, why did they pick up the option? Just buying him out opened up those funds at the beginning of the winter to be used on something useful. Now, even if a miracle occurs and those funds are freed up, most of the options where you could have used those funds aren't available.

he was. I was at a game he was throwing 100 coming out of the bullpen. He was heavier back then, had put on a lot of weight, and a lot of bad weight, quickly. The word I heard was that the White Sox were very concerned about his knees holding up.

How much longer will KW and RH be able to resist Billy Hamilton?

It's among the worst, but right in line with what they did at 2B. Forget the $1 million Kimbrel buyout, have him at $16 million, and trade him for a $21 million player projected to play to an under 1.0 fWAR.

If they had it, that's where he got it. He gets many rumors from Jimmy. Jimmy should just make something up sometme. It will show up on NSC twitter in no time.

If his fake rumor is true, picking up the contract was just compounding a mistake.

They had to because they lost Rodon. I'm sure they were still thinking they might have a shot at him at a reduced rate.

I don't know, but you would think you would want one getting used to your pitchers asap. In my opinion, Rick and Kenny misread the market badly before the lockout, and either were too stubborn, or too broke to fix it during the lockout.

One of the pitchers they signed hasn't thrown off a mound for almost 5 months, the other is known more for his defense in LF than his presence on the mound. What could possibly go wrong? How come they can't get a back up catcher?

So they went for average at best. The guy isn't as good as the guy he replaced, who wasn't as good as the guy he replaced. That's how you build a championship team. They had several months to zero in on targets, and once again , it seems they are out of touch with the rest of the league. How is the next rebuild going to go when you don't have stars on cheap contracts to obtain prospects? If they keep the same knuckleheads in charge they will be bad for years. I think the 2022 slogan should be We're Good Enough.

Villar isn't high energy like Harrison. WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY.

RH has stated many times the White Sox planned to contend for multiple championships. It's about time he backs it up. No team that thinks it's realistic to win multiple championships, acts like the Pirates well below the CBT line. If RH was serious he would know the CBT line would have to be flirted with and probably breached or he's not being serious.

Yeah not a good look for the poor owners. This clown who couldn’t make ends meet running a team, and Tom Ricketts and his epic losses sign Suzuki and is so cash strapped he is trying to buy a soccer team.

Offensively, Schwarber was the perfect fit for the White Sox.

He has more money than he ever imagined. He gets really beat up every season. If they win it all and he gets a ring, there really is nothing left for him to play for.

I'm not as down on Keuchel as most. He was getting shelled by lefties last year, something that never happened before. I think he regresses to the mean and is viable this season.

What would the Sox have had to give up for Chapman? He's good enough defensively, if I was RH, I would tell Yoan, you're back at 2B.

Heyward must be available. Many of the GMs on this board who chided RH last year when he signed Eaton, wanted the Sox to get Heyward. He's even cheaper now.

I always think the Sox are going all in. Going to shock us with something big. for some reason my brain takes a little longer to catch up, and realize, they are content as is and they will fail to even get an Escobar or McNeil . They will take a bargain, but they aren't going out on a limb.

Yeah, for some reason, i don't think lack of energy was a White Sox problem the last couple of years.

A 35 year old who hasn't put up a 2 WAR season since 2017, which was his only one since 2014. An injured pitcher, and a gas can whose claim to fane was playing a nice LF. I wasn't expecting a lot, but a lot more than that.

The problem is you have to have the lead order tied for them to have value. One thing that makes baseball so great though is you could be thoroughly outplayed like the Sox were that series and still have a chance. They were just Giolito having his command from at least forcing a game 5. And Houston has a lot if problems with Lucas.