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Then why pick up the option? Either they trade him for some prospect or they hold until the deadline. I think a worst case scenario is us not eating any money and getting a post hype prospect like Acuna in return. I don’t think that will happen, but would be very disappointing.

I figure if I keep saying it, it’s bound to eventually come to true right? That money we’ll save in a Robert trade has to be redeployed elsewhere.

We really need some White Sox action. Hopefully things are just slow because Getz & Boras are working out the final details for Bellinger and then the rest of the dominoes will start falling.

I need this dude on the South Side tomorrow

Nope, and please don’t think about waking me up right now!

So what we all thinking? Robert + cash to Mets for Ryan Clifford? Quero to the Phillies for Crawford? Use the savings on Robert to sign Bellinger per Boras riddle? Meidroth, 2B Teel, CA* Bellinger, RF* Vargas, 3B Montgomery, 3B* Clifford, 1B* Sosa, DH Baldwin, LF# Crawford, CF* Now we fucking boys!

That’s the type of dumb petty bullshit I could believe. It also doesn’t mean Jerry isn’t willing to eat some money for other teams. When it comes to insiders, I will always place Ken Rosenthal’s info above all else.

That’s nothing but speculation and likely related to Jerry’s direct beef with Cohen.

Did Heyman actually say this? You actually read the article?

Direct quote from this Rosenthal article in the Athletic:

Yes, 100% I do.

The not willing to eat money has already been disproven though no?

No!

Justin Ishbia?

Based on the riddle it sounds like they might be

You mad we’re going after studs now?

You expected the number one prospect in baseball for two years of Crochet?

Scott Boras riddle links Cody Bellinger to White Sox? https://www.chicitysports.com/chicago-white-sox-potential-destination-cody-bellinger

Steamer 600 doesn’t really take advantage of platooning and there are ways to get more with less obviously by doing so. For example, Sosa put up a 121 wRC+ against LHP in the 2H of last year, but was basically league average against RHP. He can certainly be a valuable role player, but his performance against RHP as a 1B/DH leaves a lot to be desired. Adding someone like O’Hearn who has put up a 122 wRC+ against RHP over the past three seasons vastly improves our production at that spot. To me, that’s the most obvious spot to add to enhance the offense without blocking a kid’s long term growth. Bleday is a tough one to crack and I have no strong feelings on his outlook for last year as I candidly haven’t seen much of him. That being said, I do like the idea of adding someone that can push Benintendi out of LF and possesses some level of upside. I full acknowledge Braden Montgomery shouldn’t be too far out, but you just never know if development will go as planned. And our OF depth is super thin even with the trade for Pereira who really feels like a weak side platoon option more than anything. That being said, of all the OF options in free agency I feel like Bleday makes the most sense for us given his price, age, & potential team control.

All fair points, but I don’t think regression for Colson is that far fetched. His power numbers were insane last year and he may struggle to maintain a 90th percentile barrel rate as the league adjusts to him. Personally, I think he regresses some but nowhere near to the levels that Steamer is projecting.

What stands out when you see the above? Who do you guys think will exceed their projections? Personally, I think it’s fun & interesting lineup for a team when expectations of competing next year. With the addition or two in free agency, I think this group could really surprise next year.

Given the slow offseason, I wanted to start looking at protections for next year and see how the team is stacking up in current form. For this exercise, I am taking the projected 26 man roster from Fangraphs’ Roster Resource and summarizing the Steamer 600 projections for each player. To start, I’m going to look at the starting lineup: Lineup: Meidroth, 2B | 108 wRC+ | 3.2 fWAR Teel, CA* | 106 wRC+ | 1.9 fWAR Montgomery, SS* | 98 wRC+ | 2.6 fWAR Vargas, 3B | 107 wRC+ | 2.0 fWAR Benintendi, LF* | 103 wRC+ | 0.7 fWAR Robert, CF | 96 wRC+ | 2.0 fWAR Quero, DH# | 104 wRC+ | 0.8 fWAR Sosa, 1B | 93 wRC+ | 1.0 fWAR Baldwin, RF# | 101 wRC+ | 1.8 fWAR Key Takaways: The model is assuming significant regression offensively from both Colson & Teel next year, but material improvement with the bat from Meidroth Colson put up a 129 wRC+ last year with his wOBA only .015 points higher than expected; despite that, Steamer does NOT believe he can maintain his .290 ISO from last year which ranked 13th overall and project it to drop by ~.090 points Teel put up a 125 wRC+ last year with his wOBA only .012 points higher than expected; despite that, Steamer does NOT believe he can maintain his .273 BA from last year as it was driven by a high BABIP (8th overall in MLB) and expect it to drop by ~.025 points Meidroth remains an analytics darling with the highest projected fWAR on the team; Steamer expects his wRC+ to improve by 21 points next due to gains in both his BB rate (+2.2 % pts) & ISO (+.042) while maintaining positive defense value in the middle infield The model is expecting Robert’s wRC+ to improve by 12 points next year but still well short of his 126 wRC+ in the 2H of last year Despite projected improvement with the bat, Quero’s expected fWAR remains fairly low due to below average defense at the catcher spot The model see improvement for Vargas & Baldwin offensively next year, but feels Sosa will regress some due a drop in both ISO & BABIP

Way worse than the White Sox IMO.

You’re looking for reasons to be negative it appears

Probably four or five