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Do you think 7 AL teams should have higher median outcomes than the White Sox? Hendriks is a big upgrade on Colome. It’s not just about the ninth inning. Hendriks put up a 4 fWAR season in 2019. Multi inning weapon capable of 3 wins as a reliever. Lynn is exactly what they needed. Some areas of possible regression but lots more of significant upside. ALC will be a battle with Twins and Sox but the Sox are one of the top teams in the AL. Covid and no minors basically tainted the data sample so the Pecota projections are pretty much useless for a team with as much potential variance as White Sox. I think Vegas is more in line with what’s expected and those who agree with Pecota should be running to pound the under at betting sites

Angels, Indians and Astros for sure.

Project whatever win/loss record you'd like. There shouldn't be 7 AL clubs projected to have a better median record.

Projection systems that have the White Sox as the 8th best team in the AL can be disregarded. What a bunch of nonsense.

Josh Norris of Baseball America joined Mike Rankin and myself this week on the podcast. We discussed the White Sox's top 30 list. He had some interesting things to say about Gavin Sheets as well as some scouting info from instructional league. https://www.futuresox.com/2021/02/06/futuresox-podcast-ft-josh-norris-of-baseball-america-2/

I wrote about the top 5 corner infielders. This is a pretty good list with all five players ranked in the top 30. https://www.futuresox.com/2021/02/08/top-white-sox-prospects-corner-infielders/

Rodon is on the team. That’s 5 starters. 8 relievers easily. If Folty struggles, he’s out of options. Cant be sent down. It’s just not realistic on a big league deal. Not here.

They couldn't though really. He can't be optioned. Who would be on the roster instead of?

Probably still starting I'd imagine. I think Bilous is too but we put him with relievers. Probably in Winston-Salem. Isaiah Carranza is interesting as well

I was told it'll be official next week

This is the deepest this list has been in awhile. We didn't rank Vera yet because he hasn't officially signed but he'd slot in near Thompson and Dalquist. https://www.futuresox.com/2021/02/05/top-white-sox-prospects-starting-pitchers/

They don't have a choice. There isn't going to be a DH spot open.

That was before Rodon signed though

I don't think he's stealing info from me

Is be stunned at Hamels. Sox aren’t handing out a major league deal.

Nah he’ll make it. They’ll keep 3 catchers

I’ll guess Brewers for Folty

I think Collins is a much better catcher than Yermin

Well I don't think any of us believe that Yermin can actually play catcher in the big leagues. He won't be in our top 30. It's tough to rank 27-year-old DH's

This is a super interesting list packed with info. We aren't including Collins, Heuer or Foster at FutureSox. BA disregarded the 45 days on an active roster portion apparently and they're the only ones that have done that.

I just don’t think you can trade guys like that when the owner refuses to spend $$. I think Kelley will have more value a year from now and he has a lot right now. They aren’t trading Crochet, Kopech or Vaughn. I’ve said that every week it seems

Which prospects? They don't have any prospects to trade right now. NO minor league season killed their system and they didn't share data for whatever reason. I'm glad they kept mostly everyone. They'll have ammo for the deadline.

Probably won't happen unless he's willing to take a minors deal

I never said he was signing with the White Sox. I said he was waiting to sign.

He’s waiting and likely gets $2.5-$3 million