Harry Chappas

I wish they didn't let him go. I think the lineup will be better without him. He is not worth 3/$60M At 36 years old I think he is a better hitter but I am not certain he will be a better power hitter. If he does not reclaim his power that contract will be rough. If age catches up with him it will be a bad deal.

Shelly Duncan was hired to lead some sort of analytical something or another.......the most puzzling thing about LaRussa to me was he was one of the first to embrace analytics in the 80s.

I'm in the camp that it does not matter who is signed or traded for, internal improvement of those being paid to produce is the only thing that can save next season. If Robert, Anderson, Eloy, Grandal and Moncada do not improve as a whole everything is irrelevant. I also believe that LaRussa had some stupid regulations on bullpen management that are hopefully done and we can see improvement there. Starting pitching just needs health....I know easier said than done. These are the moves that will be made and they are fine. Need 2 LH outfielders and/or a LH 2B.

Seeing as this was a rather quick and quiet (still don't know the money) signing leads me to believe that he was a target and willing target as it came together quickly. I kind of find the clubhouse stuff a little odd on this board if his major flaw was that he did not follow COVID protocol. Of all of things to concern yourself with that being one is lower on my list behind guys that can't focus because of Instagram and players you know......actually not really trying that hard.

Turkey sucks but I smoked one and cooked one in a convection oven. When the plastic thing popped I took them off. Left covered for an hour then carved. Both we delicious. One was done an hour sooner than I thought and the other 20 minutes but all went well. Sides are pretty easy as well. Nice feast for 18.

Well my World Cup excitement lasted about as long as the Qatar fans did.

Trying that kick was idiotic. If someone told me the Bears threw that game, I would believe it.

He is never healthy. At some you can't keep telling yourself guys will stay healthy. Before Eloy lost huge parts of 2021 and 2022 he missed the playoffs in 2020. You are either injury prone or you ae not and the White Sox are full of injury prone guys. Other than Robert these become issues at the MLB level. Robert has always been hurt.

Anything not from 76-90 is interchangeably good. The current road grays are good as well.

Kenny always gets his man

The White Sox are nothing like the Rays, A's or Indians in any aspect good or bad. Going to be along winter on Soxtalk

So if he was benched he would get $11M not $13M next year so the White Sox potentially cost themselves $2M by playing him on a regular basis and not bringing up Coals and sitting Pollock down 4 days a week. Then he opts out and saves the White Sox $6M-$8M. That was what I was saying.

I wonder if this was a handshake agreement and why they played him throughout the end of the season. If he was benched or released the last month of the season for Engel wouldn't he have lost a few million?

I think people are reading too much into this distain for the clubhouse. If he wants to play he is worth $8M and someone will give it to him...if he doesn't he gets $5M. Wonder if there was any cash considerations for the buyout from the Dodgers.

With the way pitching is been managed now a days he has fallen into a spot as stare earlier, couple innings every couple of days. This wasn't the White Sox plan but he and Kopech may both end up in those roles....I'm still not sold on Kopech being a 160+ inning guy

6 Saturday I think BR is good but MC is really deep.

The inexperience isn't an excuse anymore but I think MC is too much for them at their placement.

The White Sox not saying anything about it is odd to me. If there was a serious issue I think Hahn steps up and says something.

So Tony and this team offensively really did nothing to prepare to play the game.

I don't that much about them greg. I think they were yougn and experienced to begin with and have heard they are getting better each week.

How is KC overlooking him that big of an issue? They went with the experienced guys (Yost/Matheny), fired everyone now and the new people brought in their guy. I'm not sure he was even fired by KC now and may have retained his job. Davey Martinez was overlooked often and he ended up just fine. I liked Kevin Long but a month ago I had no clue who he was. I haven't seen anything poorly stated about this guy and he seems to have what is needed....a pulse. Hopefully he doesn't see any value in Shelley Duncan's analytical resume.

Wonder if Kevin Long is irritated he was passed over in Philly and could leave.

The cubs are having the same issue as the Blackhawks. Jack your prices up and then when the product is not championship caliber you lose people. The flip side of that is the Sox have low prices and when they then raise them all hell breaks loose. I have a 20 game plan in the upper deck and my plan decreased by 10%. The price is based on what is charged for premium games and the number of games you have.

This is how it could play out with the clown car on 35th not looking inept Espada is in line to replace Baker and that was guaranteed to him and why he went from #1 to not in contention. Does Dusty step in and ask for another year or two and do the Astros pony up to keep Joe? Mendoza was on the radar but the Yankees asked for him to not be interviewed until after they are out of the playoffs. Guillen is interviewed because of his deep Venezuelan ties and there to gain his thoughts on Mendoza as a potential hire. Are Guillen's ties deep enough with him to be his bench coach? I believe Guillen resided in Venezuela in the winter well into his managing days and is very proud of what his homeland once was once. Or maybe Harold Baines will be named next week.

Well they are certainly interviewing a good amount of candidates.