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He throws 100 mph but he walks lots of guys. I’d think Sousa gets first crack.

I mean they have one of the best teams in baseball so I'm going to enjoy that. I wanted an upgrade in right field but they don't really need a "major" transaction do they?

No. The White Sox just don't have the players to even get close. The rumor is that San Diego would move Robert Hassell, Luis Campusano and Jackson Merrill potentially. That's an absolute haul.

I got the same DM as Dave a few weeks back. So weird

I think Gavin Sheets as the headliner for Sean Manaea made lots of sense if the White Sox then signed Conforto or added a different LHH outfielder. I'm not sure they can trade Sheets right now without doing that because they have to get more left-handed. It's imperative. Also from what i've heard, Sean Manaea would love to be with the White Sox and likely returns to the midwest in free agency regardless. This trade isn't up to him though obviously.

I’m assuming that teams will still get a pick for losing free agents, they just won’t forfeit one. Could be wrong though.

No but when I do projections I'm not going to factor in possible injuries. On paper, I'm not sure anyone is better than them in the AL regardless of how bad I think they handled this offseason.

Are you assuming that Jimenez, Robert and Grandal miss large portions of the season again?

2nd baseman stats? He didn't hit for enough power but he put up a 4.f fWAR season. He was the third best 3B in the entire sport last year.

In theory, this should help the White Sox attain the #1 seed which would be significant. Also, I'm not sure Houston is definitely a tier above. Carlos Correa is a huge loss and McCullers is hurt.

The White Sox would lose their 2nd round pick. There’s no chance they give Conforto a short term deal imo.

Not as confident as I was earlier but rostering him makes very little sense. I’m not sure honestly. I’d imagine he gets moved still.

They’re pretty solid. I think the Sox would mash their pitching though.

An absolute haul. Why would they move him though? Stellar defense and the 3rd highest OBP in the AL last year. I’d prefer more power but 4 WAR 3B are tough to find

The front office has had a very underwhelming off-season. It wasn’t good. With that being said though, who in the AL is definitely better than the White Sox?

The White Sox were never trading for Marte. Completely unnecessary.

Yes of course but I factored that into my thinking. With this college pitching class, I hope they continue to take younger players. They generally have more upside, are more tradeable and have a lot more margin for error. If a college position player is the top guy on their board, that's probably who they should take but I think the best way to sustain success is to continue getting younger in general.

The Mets want the late 2nd rounder for Conforto though. They could get Kimbrel right now if they wanted him for very little in return.

No idea

This has definitely been an issue for multiple clubs. It's not even just about Toronto either. What if in a worst case scenario, restrictions come back in big cities and he's not allowed to play? Clubs are definitely taking it into consideration and some have ruled him out because of it. I'm just not sure it makes sense for many teams. A big market contender isn't giving up a 2nd rounder, the pool space and $500K while also paying him $18 million plus this year and then letting him walk after the season. It could make sense for a small market contender that would only give up their 3rd round pick. I just don't know who that team is. Man it's so long this year. That would be July 17th due to the draft being much later.

My early thoughts are that I hope Sox take prep outfielders with first two picks. Last year’s strategy again but with outfielders.

I doubt the Mets are interested. They really want the draft pick. Please, give us your best offer!

Nah this isn't true. This is very surprising. Sox very rarely go to arbitration.

To do what though?

I doubt it. I just don’t see when they could justify letting him play in the big leagues. Who would be sitting so Micker Adolfo could try to not strikeout over 40% of the time? He’ll likely be traded. It’s unfortunate but he just ran out of time.