Dick Allen

I hope not. Usually when they are the favorite disappointment soon follows. Let the experts think they are a year or two away like 1990 and 2000.

The White Sox will never have a problem having too many good players. If somehow we luck out and run out of room for some, some team will take the excess off Hahns hands in return for players who play positions of need

If Robert signs something like that, there's a pretty good chance most of his money will be paid out after 4 or 5 seasons.

EE put up a higher fWAR than NC in 2019 despite playing 45 fewer games.

No chance. There is a lot more to being behind the plate than calling balls and strikes.

I think EE to the Sox is about to happen. Next day or so IMO. No source.

1.8 WAR. His best since 2014. Projected at 0.3 for 2020. EE beats him in both

He is going to have to throw to someone other than. McCann by 2021 either way.

I would think the Sox would trade him. He would not have much opportunity. If EE signed, Collins actually fits better. He could be traded alone or to sweeten a package. With Grandal around he is a 1 year guy anyway and if Collins flops back up catchers are a dime a dozen

Steamer projects Collins and McCann both at about replacement level. One makes the minimum, one makes ten times that. Plus if your primary 1B and DH, assuming EE is signed are both right handed, you would think the lefty would be more desirable. It's a back up catcher job.

This team currently has just as many ifs as the failed teams right before the total rebuild. They seem to be better ifs but they are still there. Robert and Madrigal being rookies who knows what will happen. Eloy really struggled for quite a while. Mazara is an if. Abreu a year older. TA isn't going to hit .330 in all likelihood. So really the offense is still short. Pitching wise, Giolito few saw coming, hopefully it's real. Cease and Looez struggled for the most part . Will they step up? How will the others return from injury? How will the bullpen be supplemented? And most importantly will the team be able to stay healthy?

I honestly think McCann would be the odd man out. They gave Grandal the biggest contract in team history, so his catching opportunities will be limited, and if the team sign EE, are they really going to have McCann DH vs lefties? They probably could get a fairly interesting reliever for him or include him in a package for an even better one.

Since they apparently weren’t in for Cole or Strasburg, and missed on Wheeler, they pretty much had to hit on one of these guys or things could have become a bit hairy moving on, Keuchel eventually being a huge bargain or a rather large overpay isn’t going to make or break the rebuild, They need him to just be decent. He got what they gave Abreu. Next year the FA crop of starters is thin. A guy like Bauer who claims he only wants one year contracts might be had, but the rest are guys with issues. What the Sox need is two of their young guys to become top of the rotation guys. Giolito seems to be well on his way. Cease, Kopech, Lopez...one of those guys needs to be what many dreamed they would be. If all of them do, great, but at least one really good guy and one serviceable, they should be OK. Guys like Rodon and Dunning obviously are in there too,although I would image Rodon is a short term employee. Hopefully they are totally committed to spending money and making this team as good as it can be. The better you make the team the fewer times players will turn down your money to play closer to the fiancés family.

Why wouldn’t an umpire be for computerized balls and strikes? It makes their job a lot easier.

This is a guy who advanced stats really gives no justice. He doesn’t give up a lot of runs. I will take a3.75 ERA from him and let others argue why guys with ERAs over a run more are way more valuable. 3 years in this market, with his agent, is good. He will have to earn year 4.

I don’t have to try better, it’s a ridiculous trade. Besides, if Desmond is worth something as a platoon player, why couldn’t the Rockies platoon him? You are talking out of both sides of your mouth. The trade is great for the White Sox because Gray doesn’t make much and has a lot of upside and Desmond would be great in a platoon, but on the other hand, saying it would be great for the Rockies to be out of this $25 million over 2 years for a negative WAR player, so great, Jon Gray is a reasonable price. Jon Gray type players don’t get traded for salary relief. The end.

That is still only $40 million. Gray has averaged way more than $20 million of worth per season the last 4 years. it would never happen.

They wouldn’t. He was a 2.9 WAR pitcher last year, Steamer projects 3.5 in 2020. You shouldn’t factor in Desmond’s negative WAR. It is irrelevant. If they released him his WAR becomes the same as mine or yours, 0.0. If Gray puts up his Steamer number the next 2 years, that is 7 WAR, well worth eating $25 million. Maybe you can site some examples of teams giving up players of Gray’s caliber to eat $25 million over 2 years, but I doubt it.

Yes. They could trade Gray for a package of prospects that would more than cover Desmond’s deal. It doesn’t make sense to give up Jon Gray for Desmond’s contract. There are many more options that actually increase the teams talent level. While the contract is horrid there is only $25 million to go. Gray is worth way more than that.

I couldn't see the Rockies even giving this a thought. It would be like if Jose Abreu actually played as bad as Ron thinks in 2020, and next winter the Sox gave Giolito to any team that took Joses contract.

Why does Gonzalez not get a better contract? Obviously he isn't a top of the rotation guy anymore but similar pitchers seem to get more. Is it because of his age and size? Little pitchers have always been discriminated against, but he has kept his performance at a fairly decent level. It is almost like the consensus is he is going to fall off a cliff.

When he was first acquired, he was a few months from being a free agent. Sox signed him to a surprising extension. CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox acquired All-Star pitcher Freddy Garcia from the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, bolstering their rotation for the AL Central race. Garcia, who can become a free agent after this season, will pitch for White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, one of his best friends.

Freddy Garcia.. The problem is when they are so close to being a free agent, why limit it to one place you aren't very familiar with?

Francisco Lindor's worst season is a 4.0 WAR. To put Tim Anderson anywhere close to him is hilarious. If you are going to base TA's surplus value vs. his best season, shouldn't you do the same with Lindor, and his 7.6? What is the surplus value then? That said, the tweet was BS and it makes no sense to trade for him unless you can lock him up for a long time. Come in second when he becomes a free agent.

Ron LeFlore