Chicago White Sox

We have three more years of control with Vargas. Even if you can’t extend him, you hold onto him as long as the team remains competitive. If Prosek is the real deal with the bat, he could be ready to replace Vargas at 3B (if that’s where he’s still at) come 2030.

They could do something like this, but I also think they may feel compelled to trade for some pitching. There is very little minor league pitching outside of the guys already on the 40 man roster and the arms we took in the draft. And I think at some point they will want to add a TOR starting pitcher. Hopefully they do that in free agency, but you never know with Jerry still running the team.

Best two pitchers

I think extending both should be a priority. To me, they are hands down the two most important players for the offense. That being said, I do think you have to have a plan in place to convince them to resign. Some guys really hate being full time DHs, so it’s very possible one or both of them would want assurances of that not happening. Vargas also may not want to move off 3B for that matter. Good problem to have, but one that will require intervention at the same point.

As is apparent to most posters here, the Sox are going to have a logjam coming on the position side of things once Bonemer & Roch are ready. As shown below, the bulk of our positional core is controllable for three to six more years. The only two exceptions are Murakami & Benintendi, who will be free agents after the 2027 season. Conceptually, those two could go and make room for Caleb & Cholowksy eventually, but I think the Sox will push hard to resign Mune. Andrew will certainly be gone after next year though. The question becomes who is the odd man (or men) out and how do you fit all the pieces together. I think most would agree that Cholowksy will be the eventual SS for us. Right now, it’s probably safest to assume that won’t be until 2028. Regardless, that will likely push Colson over to 3B where he would likely provide elite defense. What happens to Vargas in that situation? Does he move to 1B? Murakami isn’t terrible defensively at 1B, so not sure how he’d feel about DHing. But an infield defense of Colson at 3B, Roch at SS, Chase at 2B, & Miguel at 1B would likely be amongst the best in baseball. Bonemer poses even more questions. He’s currently splitting time between SS & 3B, but clearly won’t stick at the former and hasn’t really distinguished himself at the latter and is behind a lot of guys there to boot. The spot most people talk about for Caleb is LF, but what do you do with Antonacci? Defensive metrics don’t like him in the OF so far, but I feel like he’s looked ok for a guy who has never played there before and think he could get better with more reps. Regardless, Sam is far too important as the leadoff hitter to not find a spot for. It’s just hard to find an obvious one though, especially with Chase looking like the best all-around 2B in the AL at the moment. Honestly, I’m not sure what the solution is going to be. I think Bonemer will be up early to mid 2027 and will ultimately knock Benintendi out of the lineup. My guess is they use a rotating DH to make all the pieces work in the short run, with Bonemer getting time at both 3B and LF. But come 2028, someone will have to be moved if we end up extending Murakami. And that someone definitely feels like it’s going to be an infielder. Gun to my head, but I kind of think the Sox will end up trading Colson for a high-end, controllable SP. Once you make the decision to move him off of SS, he immediately becomes more valuable for another team than the White Sox. Doesn’t mean that he can’t be extremely valuable at 3B or that we have to move him, but given certain flaws in his offensive game, I could see the Sox looking to cash in if they feel his offensive ceiling will be capped. Not sure this is what I would do personally, but a hard decision will have to be made and I could see Colson being the odd man out so to speak. What do you guys all think? Would love to hear everyone’s opinions on this as it’s going to be a fascinating couple of off-seasons for us. Base Lineup: 1B: M. Murakami | L | 26.5 | 1 Yr | 4.4 fWAR | 150 wRC+ | 37% OAA 2B: C. Meidroth | R | 25.1 | 5 Yr | 4.1 fWAR | 120 wRC+ | 92% OAA SS: C. Montgomery | L | 24.5 | 5 Yr | 2.8 fWAR | 99 wRC+ | 95% OAA 3B: M. Vargas | R | 26.7 | 3 Yr | 4.1 fWAR | 130 wRC+ | 6% OAA LF: S. Antonacci | L | 23.5 | 6 Yr | 2.7 fWAR | 124 wRC+ | 8% OAA CF: T. Peters | L | 26.5 | 5 Yr | 3.2 fWAR | 113 wRC+ | 97% OAA RF: B. Montgomery | S | 23.3 | 6 Yr | 2.4 fWAR | 101 wRC+ | 78% OAA DH: A. Benintendi | L| 32.1 | 1 Yr | 0.1 fWAR | 103 wRC+ | N/A CA: K. Teel | L | 24.5 | 5 Yr | 2.7 fWAR* | 125 wRC+ | -3 FRV Bench Pieces: IF: L. Acuna | R | 24.4 | 5 Yr OF: B. Doyle | R | 28.3 | 3 Yr BC: J. Bart | R | 29.7 | 1 Yr Other Key Pieces: SS: R. Cholowsky | R | 21.4 | 6 Yr IF: C. Bonemer | R | 20.9 | 6 Yr CA: E. Quero | S | 23.4 | 5 Yr UT: B. Baldwin | S | 26.0 | 4 Yr IF: W. Bergolla | L | 21.8 | 6 Yr

We play mostly below .500 teams after the Cubs series

Who starts for us tomorrow?

Massive win

Atta boy Huddy

No walks!!!!

@DoUEvenShift - where is the meme?!

And it’s free!!

Oh god it is Hudson…but why!??

Who is that? Hudson?

Did you pick up that drinking habit I recommended? Really does wonders with late inning stress & anxiety.

Who gets the 9th?

Woof

Imagine buying the White Sox for billions and then telling your organization that you are moving them to the 43rd largest market in Louisville because it’s going to be more profitable than Chicago. People would straight laugh at your face before exiting the organization for fear an insane person had bought the team.

Skin infection

Probably because of his performance the plate. Him tipping pitched is no beuno.

It wouldn’t…Nashville is tiny. I know this cause I lived there. And Nashville isn’t going to pay for a baseball stadium, so it’s a fucking moot point always.

🤣🤣🤣

I really hate loud uninformed people and my god are you one of them. Dude is literally spending millions upon millions of dollars buying real estate in the south loop for a future stadium and yet you still post this garbage.

But it’s much easier to simply call him a mortgage slimeball than have any knowledge of his background

Is that 4 LOB for Colson through three?