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By that argument, we shouldn't have given Lynn that money, or Keuchel. There are no guarantees for pitchers in their thirties. Even Scherzer was ouchy in the playoffs and had to be nursed through.

99.7...if he maxed out at 92-93 in that playoff start, nobody would be disagreeing.

It would be insane to let Rodon go to buy extremely high on Ray...when he will likely never repeat that performance. Plus, White Sox definitely looking at 1-2+ (option) year guys.

They're quite obviously teasing Scherzer. Nobody's buying it yet. One positive is just no way it drags on and on like Machado or even Wheeler. Kind of ironic that Wheeler would have been perfect for the Sox while the Phillies still might never make the playoffs even with him and Harper winning Cy Young and MVP.

Sure, but there's a very limited supply of players for RF and 2B that meet the criteria...and around five starting pitchers that would get anyone excited. Trading youth like Vaughn and Jimenez for veterans is even scarier...because each one of those moves means we really have just these next three years remaining, at most. We shall see, I guess. Unless the Sox now inhabit a world where Giolito gets Berrios extension numbers and Tim Anderson $175-225 million.

Shedding Greinke for Verlander, promising young pitching staff...they have to replace Correa, might want to upgrade in CF and back of bullpen, but they're going to be clear favorites in the West again unless Seattle goes crazy this offseason.

Not with twenty teams involved. They were around him throughout his rehab and had an exact figure they were comfortable with. Feels more like "the White Sox are active but not really" PR-oriented offseason tweet to keep fans engaged trick more than anything else.

Well, there will be a new game this year tracking the starts and fWAR/$$ on Verlander, Syndergaard, Rodon, Rodriguez, Kershaw, etc.

The closest I can recall to another one of the mid to late 30's HoF pitchers would be Tom Seaver, but he was a comp pick for losing Dennis Lamp in the 80s. Steve Carlton was completely done. That felt like more of a marketing gimmick.

Stroman will never pitch for TLR. The end.

He's already made $18-19 million. That's not too shabby. It has to be Scherzer or Kershaw that are their real targets.

See Juan Gonzalez…although the fences are significantly closer now than they were back in the early days of the new stadium.

It all depends on how sensitive you believe the front office and marketing department is to perceived threats to the White Sox hold on the AL Central...in reality, it might take the Tigers leading the White Sox by 3-5 games at the ASB next season.

Or Verlander returning...

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32647650/kansas-jayhawks-fb-jared-casey-lands-nil-deals-following-game-winning-heroics-vs-texas-longhorns Hooray for Applebee's, KU football, Greg775 and Lawrence, KS. Almost took out Oklahoma at home earlier this season...had them in real trouble, if not for a miracle "fumble-forward" play by Williams to sustain a drive and keep the ball away from the KU offense.

He will be some team's Daniel Palka this spring...competing for an NL DH spot.

Freeman almost died. Rodriguez had severe effects and just signed a massive new contract.

Isn't that exactly what Leury is expected to get, more or less? At least $4 million for one season...just hope he's not the de facto starting 2B.

With the Jays likely to lose Ray and Semien, they have a lot of pressure to keep up considering they barely missed the playoffs with 91 wins. Then you have the Mariners with only six bigger contracts and Seager's unfavorable deal off the books. And the Angels desperate to break through with pitching to go along with Trout, Ohtani and a certain former Nationals 3B. Finally, many expect the Rangers to be one of the biggest spenders, along with the Yankees. If you're in the AL and not pushing forwards, you will get caught and passed from behind eventually.

Yet.

Rodon is going to get a lot more than we thought. And you can start the Correa/Seager/Story/Baez watch over in Detroit. Tigers “Very little was expected of the Tigers in 2021, and a 77-win record didn’t exactly put them in the playoff hunt. But they were three games over .500 from May 1 forward, and they are at the stage of their rebuild period where their top prospects are ready to graduate to the big leagues and it’s time to turn the corner. The Tigers are already a highly cited potential pursuer of the top end of the shortstop market, but they also have plenty of opportunity in the rotation and at catcher. Overall, this could be a winter similar to the one prior to 2004, when the Tigers signaled they were ready to roar and kicked off what became a highly successful era with the signing of Ivan Rodriguez.” https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-teams-who-could-define-2021-2022-offseason?partnerId=zh-20211114-500318-mlb-1-B&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20211114-500318-mlb-1-B&bt_ee=SuN2c1g1VLFYtz%2BwiSJwbwQSHuz%2FCZSppgxXm8i4zNWo52YWXg01tF%2FJFeptaftJ&bt_ts=1636897324755

If Eduardo Rodriguez is more confident than Boras/Rodon getting a multi-year deal off his 2021....not sure what to say, just an unforced error.

Inside joke with Kyle...dating back to 2013-14.

TWO.

Moncada is not a bargain his last two option years unless he puts up 2019 numbers. Robert is never moving to RF for anyone...not even Yasiel Puig/Roberto Clemente in CF.