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Why exactly would we want to take on Cano's bigger deal....while simultaneously making our pitching staff short yet another starter? Maybe just go with Julio Franco or A.Soriano instead...

KW Special.

KW Special.

Don’t forget Cespedes and Colas…

https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/mets-rape-accusation-spring-training-1991.html

Frazier was nearly Cesar Hernandez bad last year...plus the jump to the AL, and you're also having to pay for All-Star performance for a team that wasn't going anywhere. Starling Marte seems like a real possibility, even moreso than Conforto. Ketel Marte would require trading Vaughn, Jimenez and/or Crochet...Burger/Sheets/Collins won't be enough. Semien is a pipe dream.

Shades of Hawk with the Salvy love...

Merrifield is already on the age decline...which is never a good thing when speed is one of your primary assets. Then there's the premium for trading inside the division or with Cubs. Strike that, CLE must have been deliberately sabotaging the Sox with Cesar Hernandez.

And no GM would be smart enough to take that into consideration…? Why haven’t we seen a steady progression of hitters trying to do the same for almost thirty years?

Because he’s just two season removed from a 3.6 fWAR. Because he will cost a closer to Eaton’s 2021 salary than Conforto’s projected 2022 salary. Because he’s likelier to sign with the White Sox than most other teams at even slightly less salary…the Luis Robert discount to play with Abreu and Moncada. Because he’s super familiar with the AL Central pitchers already. Because it’s my birthday so one added rebuttal point.

Can Vaughn be expected to hit even 30-35 homers next year?

Because we only need one, perhaps? In fact, that’s all we needed since TWO years ago, when Mazara and then Eaton and then Leury/Engel/Goodwin/Vaughn/Sheets were the best answers they could come up with. We simply needed one 2.5 fWAR outfielder. Not four.

No. You will destroy baseball in the bottom 12-15 markets…

What’s Mazara’s average fWAR the last 4-5 seasons? The three Braves’ players have had legit seasons. Soler led the AL in homers two years ago. Mazara might not lead the the AL in homers even if you placed the ball on a tee.

If we had $1 for every time we've heard that we would be able to afford Leury Garcia's 2022 Sox contract at least... At GRF in 73 career at-bats, 6 HR'S and 15 RBI's. That would be 49 HR's/123 RBI's at that same pace for an entire season of 600 at-bats. https://southsideshowdown.com/2021/10/27/chicago-white-sox-jorge-soler-make-great-addition/

That's ALWAYS the reality for pretty much any TOP 3 or TOP 5 June amateur draft pick for the following five seasons...until they become more suspect than prospect.

Yet he used to be able to play CF pretty regularly...I think Vaughn's highest throwing velocity this season was around the mid 80's.

Do you have to be under age 30 or 35 to be defined as a "woke" person, just curious?

That said, Rosario has played out of his mind defensively this post-season, and never noted for his defense. Is Soler actually worse than Sheets or Vaughn or Burger out in RF??? That would be hard to believe. And how does he stack up against Eloy?...because we already know Jimenez doesn't have the arm or the ability to actually hit cut-off men, either.

Plus, no Verlander and Greinke 2-3 years since he was still really effective...

Just waiting for the panic to set in when we lose Conforto....what are options B/C/D for RF, actually?

That said, you need to have a great/abundant farm system to replace guys like Soroka and Ynoa and Folty....an ace in Fried....and a REALLY strong and deep bullpen. Riley became an MVP-caliber player this year, they already have Freeman....and Albies/Swanson both are very dynamic MI talents to go along with Acuna.

Brewers at that number are pretty shocking....especially with those top three starters in their rotation. Would have to look more closely at FO/GB and K numbers to see what value those numbers provide...as well as infield defense (Adames, Arcia, Urias, etc.)

And yet they're probably letting Gray go with nothing in return and/or attempting to trade Marquez???

Obvious (initial) overreaction to a potential World Series-winning homer (and not going as far as arguing for Rosario/Joc/Duvall, haha)... Jorge Soler to RF, screw the issues with hitting against RHP, just bomb other teams out of the park at home like the 2000 and 2006 first half offenses. You can certainly dominate the AL Central again for at least one more season (barring catastrophic injuries again), then make another go at fixing weaknesses at the trade deadline (which is right back to classic KW philosophy, right?) Will cost no more than $10-12 million for Soler, compared to Conforto's bigger ask per year and total numbers of years. Plus, you'd have to think Soler would be motivated to play alongside countrymen, so you could get a slight discount if he's already won a WS with the Braves...plus, there's the whole ex-Cub/vanquished prospect angle to consider. Won't go as far as Schwarber at DH (ex-Cubs theme again) and then adding the LHH/RHP-killing 2B with average to above average defense (Escobar, Segura, Didi, converting Andrelton Simmons if you want to shore up the defense and hope for an offensive rebound). Or perhaps they can afford to give Romy a shot for 2-3 months and see what he can do...that's the other option, with Leury as the fallback. I am thinking that they really need to start going 100% all-in over the next two years, because the future is never guaranteed...and we already "wasted" this year of Lynn, Grandal, Abreu, Hendriks, Rodon and Kimbrel with nothing much to show for it. And then they really need to decide between Eloy and Vaughn (both are at less than peak value, so holding on makes sense, but it's hard to see how they can keep both with Abreu part of the picture for the foreseeable future), Sheets, Burger and Collins (part of DH platoon if you don't sign someone, PERHAPS). Just can't see waiting another two years until Cespedes (25%???) and/or Colas (50/50???) are big-league ready. (Yes, there are a LOT of names here, and obviously many angles to consider...and certainly no easy decisions to make at this critical/crucial point in the window.)