Dick Allen

Robin Ventura. They gave away Ray Durham. Alex Fernandez. White flag trade had some free agents to be. Jack McDowell, another give away.

They let Buehrle go after 2011, and he was willing to take less than the Marlins offer. Might have cost them a division in 2012.

When he got hurt and was laying on the field, Ozzie told him he should have signed the extension. Boras got him more money.

No chance. They tried to trade him for Nomar when the freight for his back loaded contract came due. He and Boras were done with the White Sox Hang is good at negotiating contacts with young guys when he has most of the leverage. When the player gets the leverage, his negotiating skills are for the most part, moot.

No chance. They tried to trade him for Nomar when the freight for his back loaded contract came due. He and Boras were done with the White Sox

I don't know, there are more than a couple of scouts who say Witt is going to have to overcome some issues which will make him initially a swing and miss guy. Who thinks the White Sox are the organization that can fix that? I can't see Adley not going #1, but if he doesn't, #2 has to be a lock. If the White Sox are hoping for Vaughn, I am right there with them.

I forgot who it was, it was either Seattle or Toronto or Milwaukee, but last season was the first time they had opened the season at home in something like 10 years even though they had a roof. I was watching a game on MLBN, and they were so happy they got to open at home. Especially now that the season starts in March, let the dome and warmer weather teams have the first week at home. Opening Day is always big, but it's even bigger when it's actually the first game of the season. The weather obviously can be anything in April, but one week can make a huge difference.

Right now Luis Robert is a combine star. Hopefully, it will translate in games, and he can somehow stay healthy.

If the Dodgers didn’t do the trade because it was leaked, wouldn’t that make the White Sox the leakers? So apparently RH should have a problem with his own house.

His comment was right on. Whether the Sox would have gone after Verlander or actually had a chance, is anyone’s guess, but it is another top line guyout of next years pool, which seems to be draining quickly. The Sox aren’t going to have another opportunity with just the Padres as their competition. They fucked up. Big time. Fewer stars, more big spenders interested means the Sox go back to signing their lowered level guys , hope everything goes right, and maintaining payroll space so they can add at the deadline when they are 10 games out.

Has Robert been playing at all? I realize we are at the time in the spring where he will be with his fellow minor leaguers. I just never read where he returned,

Good thing he retired before KW offered him a contract.

Some injuries would have to happen if he ever sniffs the White Sox clubhouse. Let him play in Charlotte. He's still halfway slick with the glove. Might help some pitchers out.

Abreu loves the White Sox. No need to extend him until later. They will get a pretty good deal if they want him back.

The money will be spent. The problem is , as time goes on, the money will be spent on crapier and craper players. If this is showing anything, it's the extent of the White Sox failure this past offseason. Colossal and epic.

If he's a star, the Sox come out a bit ahead. If he sucks, Eloy comes out ahead. If he's just a good player, whatever the difference really doesn't matter. If he's good enough the Sox still want him 6 or 7 years from now, that's a good sign.

According to the Athletic, the Astros are trying to extend Cole and Verlander. Next year's free agent class may go from boom to bust quickly.

Jabari was at my gym during the Alll Star break and saw him with his shirt off. He isn't fat at all, but isn't exactly ripped which you would expect of an NBA player. Not with the NBA players around him, if you saw him in shorts and a tshirt around normal people, he wouldn't seem a little bloated at all. But for an NBA player, he obviously is. But he was working his ass off that day with a trainer.

I'd rather have him a little lighter but there have been some fat guys playing 3B well enough. Miguel Cabrera, Panda, Bob Horner, I think Dmitri Young even played a little 3B. They weren't exactly body builders. But 3B with the White Sox seems like a longshot for him. They went after Machado and have Moncada. Hopefully he stays healthy and hits enough to make things interesting.

Locking up stars is the new trend. If the White Sox need to acquire one its going to take money and prospects. Not pulling the trigger on just money wasn't wise.

I would think if it was a player you thought was good enough to give $300 million, a second round pick wouldn't move the needle to no.

My sister did it and it pretty much was no surprise. I am half Swede, half Pole, and the ancestry was pretty much in line. I think there was 1% Portuguese. My sister's friend's result had her part Neanderthal.

Yet you wrote this: The only short stops who move to 2nd are those without the arm for third. and BTW, Baez is a natural SS.

What about Javy Baez? I'm pretty sure he has the arm for 3B. The White Sox had Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe both play 2B before they became the regular SS, and they also had the arms for 3B. Jose Valentin became primarily a 2B later in his career. No one would say his arm wasn't good enough for 3B. Cal wasn’t going to be a near 40 6’5” 2b especially since Robby Alomar was already in place. ARod moved because of Jeter. Jeter should have been the one moved. If there was a Kris Bryant type at 3B and a lesser player at 2B for the Yankees at the time, he probably moves to 2B.

It’s the White Sox. He will probably still start with Charlotte, get hit on the hand with a pitch, and miss 6-8 weeks.