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This rings so familiar eight years later... "Terms of the White Sox's offer to Tanaka have not been revealed, but both the length of the contract -- especially for a pitcher -- and the dollar amount are nowhere near in line with White Sox contracts in the past. The team has always balked at long-term deals for pitchers, and the biggest financial commitment they have ever made in a contract was Jose Abreu's $68 million deal earlier this offseason. There is not a high expectation that the White Sox will turn to the next tier of free agents on the market, such as Matt Garza, Ervin Santana (haha, although he was solid for Minny until he got hurt, KW always get his man) and Ubaldo Jimenez. While Tanaka would have cost more than any of those pitchers, his appeal was that he was an extremely rare pitching talent whose prime years still figure to be ahead of him. Garza, Santana and Jimenez are all over 30, and investing long term in any of them figures to be less of a certainty despite the fact that Tanaka has never pitched in the major leagues. That doesn't mean the White Sox aren't looking at the 30-something crowd to fill out a rotation spot. Expect them to pursue a short-term commitment to pitchers bunched in the middle tier of the free-agent class (that sounds more like the Sox)" https://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/post/_/id/17948/white-sox-swing-and-miss-with-tanaka

https://sports.yahoo.com/giants-pitcher-logan-webb-reportedly-agree-on-five-year-90-million-extension-155154279.HTML Webb off future FA markets now. Don't forget Clevinger also will more than likely be out as well. When's the last time we seriously bid on a Japanese player/pitcher? Tanaka, right?

Although odds are extremely high he's white...Melody Hobson's presence at least demonstrates proof to the contrary.

O/U on infield errors tonight?

Memories of AJ Reed and sugar plums dancing in our heads...

Look where the Twins went from 2016 to 17. Then 3/4 playoff teams. 101-61 mixed in there. Then two rebuilding the farm system/reloading years (including signing Buxton/Correa)…with the Twins leading the division for well more than half of 2022. Does anyone believe a White Sox teardown in 2023 is going to lead to a team competing for first for 4 1/2 months in 2025 when their entire pitching staff will have to be replaced, essentially?

If Crochet can make it back that fast, so can Chris Paddack.

Don't overanalyze or over think it. Just see the ball and hit the ball.

Reminds me of Carroll, the former Purdue QB/pitcher that everyone was worried about qualifying for his lifetime pension and medical insurance...

I was just watching the new "AIR" movie about Nike and Deloris Jordan... The thing that REALLY struck me was the fact that I could just never imagine Rick Hahn believing in something so much that he would risk his entire career, his position, his family on the type of bet Sonny Vaccaro made on Michael Jordan. I couldn't imagine him pulling all-nighter after all-nighter in week before the draft or right before hosting Machado or Harper...that desire of wearing his heart on his sleeve in the quest for Sox greatness. It's not that he couldn't even give an emotional speech that spoke directly to Sox fans or a future #1 draft pick or free agent target, it's that there's something in his manner that says all the right things but it just lacks the conviction, the belief, that what he believes in is right and good and that he can almost will it into reality in the future by sheer determination. It feels like that's why we come up short on so many important free agent negotiations...in the end, he's representing Jerry Reinsdorf, and there's always going to be a limit to what he's willing to offer because that risk-averse side of the baseball operations execs and Board of Directors will kick in and they'll get lost in all the things that MIGHT go wrong instead of focusing on what COULD go right. There was a point in time that KW once legitimately believed the Sox could win the battle for the city of Chicago with the Cubs...now, it's almost like Hahn is resigned to his fate and playing out the string like a marionette, but any vision of this team BEING great/amazing has disappeared with the morning fog. I just don't and can't believe in Rick Hahn...even to the extent that we placed our faith in the KW who wasn't afraid to hurl over the post-game spread tables to get his point across. An Ozzie and Cora who weren't afraid to haul those players out in the early morning or offdays when they kept making the same mistakes in fundamentals or execution. KW once had that edge, that chip on his shoulder when he was in his 30's and 40's, but he too has lost that burning fire and passion for the team/organization. After almost two decades of Rick Hahn, I still don't have a clue what he actually stands for...whatever it is, it's certainly not excellence. I also don’t get the feeling he has genuinely been desperate for anything in his life, that everything has come way too easily and too quickly without it being earned on the talent evaluation side. He’s always going to be more of a lawyer/negotiator than criss-crossing the continent or flying over oceans to locate the next great Sox player.

Well it would have been a Sox loss 85-90% of the time in that scenario/on the road. Alberto just expedited it... may be saved the bullpen for another day later in the season.

Clevinger just the most recent example of not being ready until Year 2...

Brewers/Rays/Guardians/A's/Twins/Orioles Cardinals/Braves/Blue Jays Dodgers/Giants/Astros Need to find an exec/GM from one of these three tiers... preferably the first grouping. Someone who could conceivably field a competitive team within 3-4 years with a budget of just $100-125 million.

They really took it to the Sox with their speed defensive aggressiveness and not being in the least bit intimidated. Orioles and Guardians play a quite similar style or brand of baseball.

Hopefully more Chris Pratt than Seth Rogen physique-wise...

When's the last time we heard of the White Sox front office playing 3-D chess, lol?

Tatis 6 3 5 8 478/1.673 ops 3 homers game still going on vs. ALBQ https://www.milb.com/news/fernando-tatis-jr-hits-long-home-runs-el-paso-chihuahuas

We desperately needed a long or swing man in the pen and someone capable of insuring the rotation... Martin is the ONLY realistic option right now.

Feel for Scholtens...going back down with a bad taste in his mouth after the way that game ended. Blame our 3B. Hopefully he uses it as positive motivation. Then again, he might never see the big leagues again.

Father pitched for Sox/Angels, right?

Lopez, Ryan, Gray, Ober, Mahle, Maeda Winder/Paddack returning from injury/TJ Kepler (returning this weekend) Celestino (60 day) Farmer (day to day) Gallo (going on rehab assignment) Kiriloff Polanco Royce Lewis (former #1 overall pick, career decimated by injuries) 3 Top 100 prospects, but Brooks Lee and Emmanuel Rodriguez are drawing absolute raves...overall ranking of system in same ballpark as the White Sox. Julien was right on the borderline of the Top 100 and has impressed so far in the early going...1st career homer tonight at Yankee Stadium.

Twins 9 Yankees 0

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-vs-yankees/2023/04/13/718590/live/box Twins still have four players they didn't plan on starting in the lineup against NYY but at least Correa/Buxton back. Solano is going to be yet another Piranha...

Luis Robert is the only player we were outbid for and still won against StL due to the Cuban Connection. Konerko, lol?

https://www.mlb.com/news/adley-rutschman-blasts-walk-off-home-run-to-beat-athletics Ofc Baltimore is coming into Chicago on top of the world...but there's no momentum in baseball. Supposedly.