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I didn't realize that Steve9347 was a Yankees fan. He's been posting here a long time.

I'm not an insider by any means. I hear things occasionally. It makes it harder to tweet out opinions though.

From what I understand, the White Sox had a 5 year $125 million offer on the table for awhile. Wheeler wanted to be on the East Coast. He told the Twins that. He didn't tell the Sox that because they needed the Sox bid to get a good offer from the Phillies. The Sox got played again. He was never coming west.

A nothingburger? Can you explain what that is exactly?

Our opinions are our own on our personal twitters. They don't represent the thoughts of FutureSox.

Just my opinion but I've heard nothing about them being linked to him.

There is good stuff in here. The Benyamin Bailey write-up is really promising. Cristian Mena is a 16-year-old RHP from Dominican Republic as well. Athletic, projectable frame, easy delivery, and feel for 3 pitches. 91 MPH FB with a power breaking ball already. High spin rate curveballs.

Strasburg is going to get like 7 years and $225 million minimum IMO.

Talking about pivoting to Rendon, Strasburg or Cole is a giant waste of time. The White Sox aren't involved on those players. There's really no reason to even ponder it.

I hope they add Kevin PIllar to platoon with him.

If someone claims him, they’ll have to deal with the arbitration themselves.

It’s definitely possible that the actual transaction hasn’t taken place. If that makes sense .

It’s a great question. I assumed a move was imminent. Apparently that’s not the case. They’re obviously trying to slide Burr through waivers and off the 40 man for whatever reason. He won’t pitch until late 2020. The timing is definitely curious

We had the Burr news on Monday morning at FutureSox. You just can’t always report everything you hear. I’m pretty sure Lombardo got it once Burr wiped the Sox affiliation on his social media.

Of course the post wasn't me. I never typed that.

I never lied about anything. Also, I've never claimed to be an insider. I blog about my favorite baseball team. That's pretty much it. This is funny though.

Collins could absolutely be traded. If he's not though,I think he's the DH vs RHP.

I think Collins will be as currently constructed. Having the extra RHH doesn't really make sense. Vs LHP they can go: McCann at C, Grandal at DH and Abreu at 1B. Vs RHP: Collins at DH with Grandal at C and Abreu at 1B.

Did I say that Wheeler would sign with the Sox by Thanksgiving?

Yes.

Zack Wheeler put up 4.7 fWAR in 2019 and 4.2 fWAR in 2018. Dallas Keuchel hasn't done that since 2015.

I have a feeling that Zaleski will become the Minor League Pitching Coordinator.

Omar Vizquel was definitely more concerned with advancing in the profession than doing anything on the Player Development side for the Sox. He now gets the chance to that elsewhere.

Alex Speier of the Boston Globe released a book recently on the Red Sox called Homegrown. Detailing the end of Theo through the DD era. Lots of info on Moncada/Kopech in there and an entire chapter dedicated to the Sale trade. Hahn was asking for Benintendi ++ at the deadline. The week of the meetings, Hahn called and said they'd probably be trading Sale. He asked for Moncada. Then he called back the next day I believe the day for the meetings and asked for Kopech. They were in discussions with other teams too. Hahn pushed for Devers as 3rd piece. Dombrowski wouldn't do it because he knew nobody could offer Moncada/Kopech as headliners. When Hahn called back the night before the trade and asked for Basabe/Diaz, DD agreed basically instantly.

I wrote about Zack Wheeler today if anyone is interested: https://southsidehitpen.com/2019/11/12/picks-to-click-free-agent-starters/