Chicago White Sox

With all this movement, hopefully Hahn can finally do something in the next couple weeks.

I’m simply trolling Harold…I too do not want Madrigal back

Other than he’s historically been a quality defensive OF where Sheets ranked as one of the worst.

What if we trade Lopez to the Cubs for Madrigal to solve 2B? Would that help or hurt?

Early polling results suggest a 9.8 excitement level which is impressive!

Now we got Guillens talking about it ?

Figure this deserves its own thread

He’d a perfect 4th OF for us, but will probably cost $6M or $7M which may be too rich for our blood

Hopefully they bat back-to-back-to-back frequently to keep to help make gamethreads even more entertaining

If only this were real ?

I will say this, 75% of Sox fans will hate Joey Gallo

Gallo plus trade for a LH 2B like Lowe. I’m ok with Gallo (would prefer Conforto) but we’d need to pair him with a serious 2B upgrade IMO.

On his podcast or via Twitter?

Agree

I just wish he didn’t talk to the press until he actually made a move. I get it’s part of the job, but he’s got to know when he says this same s%*# every year it’s going to rile up the base.

Did we lose anyone in the minor league portion?

At $100k/pop that might have a sizable portion of our remaining financial flexibility ?

I like it! I hate Hahn a little bit less now!

What would you recommend doing assuming we’re capped out?

I think you may have to do both potentially.

Yolbert might not even be here come 4:30pm. I think if the Sox felt he could play any prominent role they would have added him to the 40 man roster. And he’s really not a great option for SS defensively, at least not an everyday basis.

Trading Hendriks alone doesn’t, but if moving him can allow us to solve a different hole while also freeing up cash it might. We can not go into next year with Eloy or Sheets expected to play prominent roles in the OF and we could probably use a LH bat for 2B as well. Not the ideal way yo do this, but I don’t see another option and Liam should command real value given the insane prices relievers are going for right now.

How else are you improving the team?

100% agree. I actually believe our core guys will improve a ton under Grifol, but you can’t bank on that alone making us a playoff team next year, especially not after losing our best hitter. Either tap into our prospect cupboard and acquire impact talent or start selling off pieces. Can’t half-ass this s%*# like the Sox love to do under Reinsdorf.

The Sox really need to trade Hendriks.