Dick Allen

Not spending money because you think Daniel Palka and Yolmer Sanchez May be championship players is about as dumb as it gets. The Sox have a rather low payroll. As far as I can tell no one on this board is expecting to be named in JR’s will. Especially the posters who thing Harper and Machado is a possibility.

If you want to win championships, especially multiple championships like Hahn constantly states, you have to spend money, even blow some. Trying to be smarter than everyone else by trying to save mo ey here and there, gets you exactly where the White Sox are.

Bush is 33 and hurt. Maybe on McCann if they cannot do better. He may be available a week before Spring Training. If not, oh well.

I give him credit. I doubt anyone thought he would hit 27 homers or he wouldn’t have been waived by the Twins. I just see a low OBP, barely above replacement level player, which is what he was, about as good as it is going to get with him unless there is some sort of change, plus he is old for a rookie. He is sort of a poor man’s Ron Kittle. He may stick around a while, and maybe still be productive occasionally with his spots carefully chosen, but he isn’t a guy you should count on being in the middle of your line up.

Palka is a low OBP DH who cannot hit lefties, and a strikeout machine. He is exactly the type of guy who peaks his first season.. he is also Avi’s age. It would be great if somehow he improved, but I think there is an excellent chance that he takes a step backwards.

No but Leury Garcia signed for lower than what his arb was projected. Call in the lawyers!

Rosenthal’s take is disgusting. What would the Cubs do if he were an A baller and not much of a prospect, or a back up with a Tyler Saladino like ceiling. He would have been told to hit the road. But the Cubs now want to help wifebeaters as long as they are players they deem will help them win games.

Yes. It is a 100 loss team. A back up catcher who can't catch is gone. A part time DH who can't make contact is gone. And Avi Garcia who in 5 years has exactly a 0.0 fWAR for 4 of them is told to scram. White Sox fans have no reason to complain unless they really enjoy sucking.

It's Matt Davidson, and he's pretty much a DH. Pretty much replacement level. They probably, like Leury, lowballed him, and he decided to take his chances.

How much better is Hamilton than Engel? He can steal more.

AJP can.

Considering his price tag, It is actually pretty shocking to me. But he is challenged position wise, contact wise, and his power was zapped a bit last year. He hit more homers in KC than Chicago. Just don't see much upside there. He does have a nice head of hair.

It wouldn't surprise me if the Sox went back to Alex Avila again. He could probably be had for nothing, and the D Backs may kick in some coin. The Sox have always liked old rival catchers. Sandy Alomar Jr. came back a few times.

Colome gets Avi's money

That seems logical.

2018 means jack in 2019. The Sox sold about as high as they can with Omar. This guy is 2 years removed from a .627 OPS in Charlotte, and a .550 OPS in Birmingham. Give him credit, but he's in for a fall, and he is horrible behind the plate.

Perhaps. Narvaez wasn't going to be the every day catcher on the next good White Sox team. Might as well sell him off after a hot streak.

Like it. Sold high on Narvaez who is awful defensively. Castillo is the starter. I'd be shocked if they signed Grandal.

Yes. There probably is a better chance of the Sox signing both Harper and Machado than there is of Abreu getting non tendered.

Yes I have. Your “proof” is Kris Bryant and Bryce Harper for some reason, and you brought up arbitration rules when this isn’t arbitration. The fact you wouldn’t answer my multiple choice question speaks volumes. Teams and players can negotiate contracts however they wish. The 20% rule is the minimum a team can submit for arbitration. Arb hearings aren’t for a couple of months. Brett Lowrie took a cut with the White Sox. Not quite 20% but close, and certainly more than 20% of what his arb figure would have been. Then they cut him and paid him 547k.

Players have signed for less than what their arb total all the time. I provided several examples. The 20% rule only applies to arb figures submitted, nothing else. You mentioned Harper and Bryant who have nothing to do with this. We have an ml.com writer, and mlbtraderumors saying they can offer whatever they want. You are on an island with your view. Even you mod helpers aren’t coming to your rescue. You are wrong. But which did you pick in the multiple choice? one thing you seem to be ignoring is arb salaries are not guaranteed. Releasing a player the first 16 days is spring training get them 30 days pay. So really if the Sox offered Avi arb and he wo $8 million, they really would only technically be on the hook for 1/6th of that if regaled quickly, and a quarter of that if released later on.

The only chance they have is if JR goes nuts and outbids everyone else by a significant margin. It’s still I. The back of my mind that there is a one in a thousand chance it could happen. I really do feel for the people who are convinced it is going to happen. They are going to be pissed.

Yes you have to figure it’s a lock the Sox will agree to a contract 5 or 6 times the size of the biggest contract they have ever handed out. And agree to that contract with one Scott Boras, because who doesn’t want to play for a team coming off a 100 loss season, with 6 losing seasons in a row, that is virtually ignored in its own city.

“Unless Avi Garcia comes to the White Sox and says he will play for $3 million or some other ridiculously team friendly amount, there is no way he is not getting non tendered.” Phil Rogers just now os STL If you were Avi Garcia’s agent and the Sox offered $4.5 million would you A. Call the lawyers and file a grievance B. Advise Avi that signing it is probably his best bet C. Advise Avi he will do better on the open market

If you notice, he knows he is being ridiculous just like when he agreed Machado actually hustling would probably get him injured. But he is too far down the road, and can't admit he's wrong, so he gets more ridiculous.