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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 11, 2018 -> 06:15 AM) Dodgers have never had problems adding players they wanted despite those tax issues. If they wanted him he would have been there This isn't true. Dodgers need to get under $197 million. They paid the luxury tax last year. By not paying it this year their tax bill resets. They will target players in 2019 free agency (Kershaw, Harper, Machado). They'll be going way over the luxury tax threshold but will only pay a 20% tax on the overage to do so. If they brought back Darvish this year and then spent heavily again next year, they'd be paying a 50% tax on the overage. It truly is about money and not wanting to be over the tax line. Yankees, Nationals and Giants are trying to do the same

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 11, 2018 -> 03:37 PM) Now that we’re two days away from pitchers & catchers reporting to Spring Training, I thought it would be fun to do some Opening Day roster predictions. We’ll start with the bullpen, which figures to be one of the more interesting areas in terms of competition. The rules are simple: list the guys who will be in our opening day bullpen and what role they will serve (CL, SU, MR, LR). CL: Nate Jones SU: Joakim Soria RHP: Jeanmar Gomez RHP: Juan Minaya RHP: Gregory Infante RHP: Danny Farquhar LHP: Luis Avilan LHP: Xavier Cedeno

Joe Brand who has been the Kane County Cougars PBP guy since 2014 has been added to WGN Weekend Sports lineup as well as former Cubs and Padres broadcaster Andy Masur. I wonder if either of these two guys will be part of White Sox baseball? It would be ideal in my opinion. Have one of them become the PBP guy next to Farmer or DJ as the analyst. The other can be the Pre/Post Game host. I'd love for them to find a young PBP guy for radio broadcast.

QUOTE (wrathofhahn @ Feb 9, 2018 -> 12:27 AM) I mean I'd love for them to bring a bunch of guys on pillow deals guys like Cargo, Morrison, and Tillman. Some people are focused on tanking and sure whatever but you can get better prospects via trade. Plus it's more interesting to watch real MLB players. It's one thing to not sign a veteran stop gap because you are worried about blocking them but are we really worried about blocking Davidson at DH? Moving shields to the bullpen? The Sox don't really care what you or I think is more interesting though. That doesn't matter. They need to find players that could be on their next playoff team that we aren't expecting. Guys like Chris Taylor and Marwin Gonzalez weren't expected. The Sox should be playing Leury, Tilson, Cordell, Palka etc to see if someone is decent and worth keeping around.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 8, 2018 -> 01:58 PM) If the 2nd round pick turns out to be as good as Mike Moustakas, you would be pretty happy with it. I think Boras being his agent kills it all, but I think he would make a lot of sense at a Frazier like discount. The Sox need some LH punch, and if you signed him for a few years, eventually he could probably move to 1B if Abreu hits the road. He would be set up pretty well at GRP. You could have just brought back Todd Frazier who has been the better baseball player. He's not left-handed but that Frazier deal was a steal.

Rob Scahill has like a 15% K rate for his career. He throws 94-95 but doesn't really do much else well. I think he's probably organizational depth at Charlotte. Cedeno, Rondon and Gomez have a much better chance at making the team IMO.

I wrote about the bullpen options yesterday that the Sox have signed if anyone is interested: https://theloopsports.com/2018/02/07/white-...reinforcements/

QUOTE (cjgalloway @ Feb 8, 2018 -> 01:08 PM) you only lose the pick if you sign him to greater 50 million That's not true. You lose the pick regardless. KC gets a 1st rounder if he signs a deal over $50 million. They get a 2nd rounder if not.

Bulls were going to waive Jameer Nelson. Instead of that, they get to swap 2nd rounders with Detroit in 2022 if Detroit is worse than the Bulls at the time. I've actually seen people upset about the pick swap.

QUOTE (Anderdale @ Feb 4, 2018 -> 02:06 PM) If that's the case why even put stock into him? Nobody outside of the White Sox has said definitively that he can stay at catcher. I'm high on the offensive profile but he needs to stay at C for it not to be fairly ordinary

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 07:41 PM) On paper this is a miserable bullpen. Nate and Soria are very bad and they are the best of the bunch. Sign Holland or lose 105 games They aren't going to lose 105 games. I'm not going to argue with you because your points are always the same but I will tell you why Holland isn't happening. The Sox would have to pay Holland a lot of money. They'd also have to forfeit the 45th or so pick in the draft and the slot money that goes with him to do it. The Sox are rebuilding. That would be incredibly short-sighted decision making and that's why it won't happen. Holland also doesn't really move the meter for this team.They can win 70-75 with or without him.

I actually think the bullpen is decent to start the year. They'll take a big chunk out of it though by dealing players. If Nate Jones is healthy, he'll bring back a lot in a deal. Soria, Avilan and some of these NRI's could be very tradeable as well. White Sox have a lot of relief pitching prospects as well that could be seen as high leverage types. This is exactly what they should be doing right now.

QUOTE (WBWSF @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 03:42 PM) This could turn out to be the worse bullpen in the history of the franchise. Trading David Robertson was nuts. I think they've had worse bullpens in compete years honestly

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 02:17 PM) I think only one of Gomez and Rondon make it to start, and they let Infante start out again. Maybe. I believe Infante is older than both of those guys though as well. I guess that doesn't really matter though.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 02:15 PM) I posted this elsewhere but interesting nonetheless, Baseball America said that Zevala was actually behind Collins in catching ability. Now that conflicts with Futuresox who said he's average, but fair to say that for as much as we talk about the work collins needs to do, so does Seby. Collins is also younger. Some similar stats this year though. Collins at High A: 130 wRC+, .367 wOBA Collins at AA: 166 wRC+, .414 wOBA 19 homers Zavala at A: 139 wRC+, .376 wOBA Zavala at High A: 145 wRC+, .387 wOBA 21 homers It will be interesting to see them both at Birmingham together.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 02:02 PM) I didn't realize until just now that Asik has a 2019/2020 player option that he's likely to pick up. Only $4 million guaranteed in 2019/2020. They'll have to pay him next year. Not the year after though.

QUOTE (steveno89 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 01:53 PM) Surprised he doesn't have Seby Zavala in there after the breakout 2017 he had. He's older than most prospects, but could end up being a solid catching option? If Law doesn't believe that Collins can catch then he definitely doesn't think Zavala can either

The White Sox have added a lot of interesting Non-Roster Invites and minor league guys to compete for bullpen spots. As of last week, I assumed the bullpen was pretty set with something like this: Jones/Soria/Avilan/Bummer/Infante/Minaya/Farquhar. A lot has changed since then. There are a few minor league signings that could very easily make this team. RHP Nate Jones Joakim Soria Juan Minaya Danny Farquhar Gregory Infante Chris Beck Dylan Covey Connor Walsh Michael Ynoa Thyago Vieira Jose Ruiz Gonzalez German Rob Scahill Jeanmar Gomez Bruce Rondon LHP Luis Avilan Xavier Cedeno Aaron Bummer Jace Fry TJ House Brian Clark I believe that Nate Jones, Joakim Soria and Luis Avilan are all locks for the bullpen. I could see any of Scahill, Rondon, Gomez, and Cedeno displacing someone from above. Vieira and Ruiz will be given a shot as well. If I had to guess, I would think they'll try and send down the "prospect" types and keep as many veteran flip types as possible even though that means creating roster spots. I could see this for Opening Day (Yes it's way too early) RHP Nate Jones RHP Joakim Soria RHP Jeanmar Gomez RHP Bruce Rondon RHP Juan Minaya LHP Luis Avilan LHP Xavier Cedeno. This allows Sox to send Aaron Bummer, Jace Fry, Jose Ruiz and Thyago Vieira to Charlotte for a 1/2 season if necessary. Obviously these veterans could all suck in spring training but I would imagine that we see a couple of them break camp with the major league club. What do you guys think?

John Paxson basically confirmed on 670 this morning that they won't be free agent players this offseason. They are taking their time with this rebuild.

Here is the review of system from Keith Law. Really good stuff. He has White Sox as 4th best system. Apparently he doesn't hate them anymore. http://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id...ntral-prospects He has it like this: 1. Eloy Jimenez 2. Michael Kopech 3. Luis Robert 4. Alec Hansen 5. Dylan Cease 6. Dane Dunning 7. Jake Burger 8. Blake Rutherford 9. Micker Adolfo 10. Zack Collins 11. Gavin Sheets 12. Spencer Adams 13. Carson Fulmer 14. Ian Clarkin 15. Luis Alexander Basabe 16. Luis Gonzalez 17. Zack Burdi 18. AJ Puckett Some notes: Expects more growth from Dylan Cease, sees Dunning as future mid-rotation starter, Burger is bat-first with position questions but should hit enough regardless, Rutherford the Sox bough low but he needs to hit the ball in the air more, Adolfo was a positive review. Plus-plus arm and plus pull power. RF profile. He doesn't believe Collins can catch, Sees Sheets as having the floor of a platoon 1B and believes in the power, Adams is a strike thrower that could be a back end starter, Thinks Fulmer is a reliever but a good one, blamed many of Basabe's struggles on the knee injury, and sees Puckett as a #5 starter.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 2, 2018 -> 09:20 AM) On my Big Board as of today, this is how I have the outfields: MLB: Cordell/Engel/AGarcia, 4OF: Delmonico/Leury AAA: May/Tilson/WGarcia, DH/OF Palka, 4OF Robbins AA: Fisher/Polo/Jimenez, DH/OF Hawkins, 4OF Gelalich A+: 4-rota of Call/Basabe/Booker/Adolfo with DH, 4OF: Schnurbusch A: 4-rota of Robert/Rutherford/Gonzalez/Dedelow with DH, 4OF: Taylor ***Rk/EXT: Destino, Frost, Garcia, Coronado, Brown, Staudinger, etc. Worth noting that Destino and Frost both saw some infield work time at the hitters' camp, so they may be working to get them into A-ball somehow. I don't know if Rob feels similar but after listening to people talk at SoxFest and just observing things, I feel like Rutherford is going to Winston-Salem. I think they want him in that ballpark rather than Kanny.

https://www.fanragsports.com/inside-basebal...-affect-others/ The White Sox are in the market for a DH, though at this time there is no evidence that they have any interest in trading for eminently-available Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp. There was a time many, many years ago that the Sox showed some interest in Kemp, but that was many moons ago.

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Jan 31, 2018 -> 04:46 PM) This can only hurt his trade value. That's not true. It keeps it the same. What could hurt it is him getting hurt in a meaningless game.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Feb 1, 2018 -> 07:57 AM) I agree. I know many people take the view of "just tell me what's going on in the game" view. For me it's too sterile. Baseball is entertainment. The weird and off the wall stuff between him and DJ adds to the entertainment, especially through the "rebuild" and bad baseball. They need an actual PBP guy on the radio. Farmer would be fine as the analyst. DJ would be fine as the analyst. Having both is strange though.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jan 25, 2018 -> 03:14 PM) Next year’s ballot, I would instantly pick Bonds, Clemens, Schilling, Mussina, Rivera, and Halladay. I’ve always been a McGriff guy, and even though I’ve never been an Edgar guy, I’d vote for both in the last year. Final two picks, I might be coming around on Rolen and Kent, but Helton has a strong case. Would you vote for David Ortiz?