Chicago White Sox

If he keeps this up in AA, he’s going to shoot up the org’s rankings. Kid has had a hell of a year and the scouting reports back up the improvement.

That’s not exactly a huge bonus. He wasn’t even our largest signing that period.

Is Adolfo injured? He hasn’t played in a few days it seems.

What is your point here? Are you suggesting Gray is not a major league quality pitcher?

Lol...I knew that would come up and probably warranted an explanation. I’m assuming he’s traded for prospects that have no impact on the rest of the 2019 roster. In this highly unrealistic scenario, we can’t afford to pay Yolmer $5M or so to backup three guys who should start 150 games each.

It’s a steep price to pay, but I think it’s realistically what it would take. And I’m not suggesting I would execute this plan if I could. I strongly believe we should remain patient and not trade from our cupboard until the offseason before the 2020 season when we should have a better idea of our needs. Also. I think one of the more interesting aspects of this exercise was realizing just how few cost-controlled talents are going to be available in the coming years. So many of these impact types are already on contenders. I’m not even sure if Gray would be available, but the Rockies seem like a team that might change directions in the not too distant future.

Gray has a 3.10 FIP and has put up 2.5 fWAR in half a season. That fWAR total would rank 13th best starter in baseball this year. But hey, if you want to suddenly use ERA to evaluate pitchers and completely ignore peripherals, then more power to you.

Alright, with so many posters here upset with how the team is currently performing, I thought it would be a fun exercise to theoretically construct a roster for the 2019 season that could potentially win it all. There are only two rules. You can NOT trade the entire farm system to improve the major league squad. We should remain a middle of the pack system after all moves are made. Second, the projected 2019 payroll has to be $150M or below. Go ahead and sign as many free agents as your little heart desires. Below is my theoretical plan. And for the record, I am not suggesting we should execute the plan below, I'm saying I believe this team could be a serious World Series contender in 2019. .

Bringing in a different front office is an entirely different debate. We are losing lots of games right now which is part of the plan. That has been communicated to our fan base by our front office. It will take a couple years, which has also been communicated. This is no different than what the Cubs said & did and I don’t recall anyone calling their rough years as embarrassing. Sure, a lot of fans temporarily lost interest in the team, but that’s only natural. But for some reason, a relatively large group of fans here despise the rebuild but can’t help watching it anyways. Our 2018 season is exactly what a 1st/2nd year rebuilding year looks like. If you guys can’t handle it, please take some time off. Developing multiple young players at once is not always going to be fun and right now we’re still trying out a bunch of fringe major-leaguers. Take a few weeks or even months off and come back when some of the ugliness has passed. It won’t make you any lesser of a fan. I can fully appreciate how enduring it is to watch this team on a daily basis.

God help us all...

In Greg’s alternative reality, it really comes down to celebrities to hold our sports teams accountable for strategies he doesn’t like!

Were the Cubs an embarrassment to Chicago when they were tanking? If so, it’s too bad Bill Murray and other famous folks didn’t call them out, because maybe they would have abandoned their rebuild and never won a World Series.

This.

They wanted developmental guys on the major league coaching staff.

You think the package the Blue Jays gave up for Donaldson was very similar to what we gave up for Shark? I would say you are very off with that take. We didn’t give up a single top 100 prospect in our deal. The Blue Jays gave up a young player that still had a ton of value at the time in Lawrie, a top 100 & ascending talent in Barreto, plus two arms (one who was a top 10 prospect in a strong system). As big of a fan of Semien I was at the time, we gave up far less in talent. Sub out Anderson for say Ravelo and maybe you’re closer.

Is player B Javier Baez?

Yeah, I’m not optimistic the Bulls will be able to pull off a Melo trade that nets us a late 1st round pick and allows us to dump Felicio’s contract, but I have no idea why else they’d be trying to open up cap space right now. Using their available space now to avoid being burdened by Felicio in the coming years would be a win for us. Still can’t believe they gave that guy that contract in the first place.

Fathom, how in the world did you uncover this tweet? I mean, this kid is like eleven years old.

RealGM believes to take on Melo’s salary and hopefully dump Felicio’s contract in the process. Would also likely get a pick in the process. I guess we’ll see if the Bulls truly have the appetite to take on a shit contract.

I’d love him on a short-term deal, but I can’t but help think he’ll get four years at least. Cutch is the guy I’d really wanted a year or so ago, but I doubt he can play a solid CF anymore. Adam Jones would have been ok on a one year deal, but his defense has completely deteriorated. I just can’t come up with a perfect option.

Moncada is definitely pressing cause of his offensive struggles and it’s affecting the other areas of his game. I know it can be painful to watch at times, but once his offensive game starts clicking again the rest of his game will follow.

This is pretty much my plan for next year at the moment. I really hope they can find a short-term, CF option that can hold down the fort for one or two years. I have no idea who that might be, but adding a veteran would be nice.

He needed a game like this.

Keep proving me wrong Avi!