Dick Allen

I guess Bob Nightengale is full of shit unless he writes something fans like.

Supposedly he has a big market. You would have to figure its going to take some time to sort through the offers and pick where he wants to be. One thing to keep in mind though, when the White Sox spend big money, and it's now only happened 3 times, it happened fast. Belle, Abreu, and Grandal. So the longer it does drag out, you would have to think the worse the Sox chances of converting. But right now it's still early.

I agree. When I first heard he was going to be on the podcast, I figured it was a lock there would be an announcement today of his signing. But someone with no White Sox ties on a White Sox podcast is pretty strange.

Hahn has said 2 starters.

Kaplan just said Cole Hamels is talking to the White Sox. not only that, Hamels is going to be a guest on the White Sox podcast tomorrow.

He had a 50/50 shot too.

Who cares about Frare and Burr? Are they really contributors on a good team? Roster at 36 hints at several additions, as there still are more than a couple on the roster they can dump and no one will remember them a year from now.

Omar is a different kind of guy. He probably knows his chances of managing at the major league level are getting smaller by the minute. He is also around 50, and the trend is a little younger, plus heavy analytics and front offices taking over a lot of the managing. He probably doesn’t need the money. Maybe in Mexico he can actually manage how he would like whatever it is, I doubt he ever gets an MLB managerial job. His style is outdated and he probably would want to actually manage and not take direction from upstairs.

JR wouldn't. They wouldn't be able to afford a contender according to themselves.

The Sox spent $9 million each on Yonder Alonso and Ivan Nova last winter, and gave up C or D prospects for each. I would imagine if they thought he was a 4 WAR player they would do the same and figure something out position wise or moving him along for something better than what they gave up. It is pretty weird he got no play on the trade market even if it was for one year. There's a pretty good chance his play will earn his paycheck even if he does step back a bit.

The best was when Hawk was still with Wimpy. They were playing a day game in Oakland and kept showing women wearing hardly anything in the stands. Hawk says, "I'll tell you one thing about this camera crew in Oakland, Wimpy. Best beaver shooters in the league." I thought for sure he was in trouble.

One thing that needs to be learned from White Sox leaking, and from the Machado experience. The White Sox have no idea one of these big guys is close to signed until they take a physical an/or have totally signed off on the deal.

Good thing Jack didn’t grow up an Athletics fan. A’s might have put him in a rubber room.

You have the info. Why is it imperative the Sox make an announcement right away? It isn't going to change anything.

What difference does it make? It's Ryan Burr.

Depends on the price. This guy could be Jake Arietta II.

Almost 10:30 am and no news. Ominous.

If that works, you are going to have to sport that shirt every day.

So he is speaking from experience. His logic is Cole and Strasburg price tags are inflating his, and signing him at that level is very risky. Myself, he has put up 4÷ WAR seasons the last 2 years. The only worry I would have is health.

Is it wrong to give someone several blows at a cockfight?

Waiver period is 3 days this time of year.

Dan O'Dowd is not a big fan of giving Wheeler $100 million.

Sox had to protect Burdi. You actually get some sort of allowance with an injured guy. As bad as the rule 5 pool has become, rehabbing an injury is probably your best bet.

38 after Yolmer Frare, Hamilton, Medieros, Viera, Zavala...who cares if they lose them trying to outright 2nd tuier Covey, Fulmer, Ruiz...probably all suck so bad, but could probably get a guy who walks 12 per 9 in A ball for them, but again, who cares? Maybe a little more than the first group. 3rd tier Foster, Flores............probably will not be much but should be safe.

They are going to need spots anyway. Like eminor wrote, now is a good time for an outright as teams aren't really looking for junk and have their 40s set.