Chicago White Sox

Two years of Sonny Gray…he has a team option for 2023.

What are you talking about? The Padres have been looking for ways to dump Myers by attaching a prospect to his contract. Sox may be desperate to move Kimbrel, but worse case scenario we should be able unload all or most of his contract for nothing. They do not need to take on a horrible deal to do so.

But hey, let’s not worry about that hole in RF or the problem spot in the rotation.

Is that the move you had heard about?

To me, the Sox outlined what their strategic priorities were for this offseason and there’s one blatantly obvious need still unaddressed. Conforto has always been the best fit for what the Sox need and his price should be right in our wheelhouse. I get there are long-term payroll factors that must be considered, but signing this dude just makes too much sense from a logic standpoint. For now, I remain optimistic that Hahn wouldn’t spend all this money on relievers & utility men if it prevented him from acquiring the left-handed power bat he said he wanted earlier this offseason.

Which he did by leaking the Twins having interest. That seems like an obvious plant by Boras against the Sox.

At least since the Machado fiasco

Kimbrel is paid market rate more or less whereas Myers is an albatross. I don’t see how that makes any sense for us without a massive second piece coming back from the Padres.

But he’s literally linked nowhere…his market remains a total mystery. At the end of the day, Hahn said adding lineup balance was am importance offseason goal and that has yet to happen in any capacity. That alone keeps me optimistic there is a chance here.

And you don’t think Conforto happens simply because of these random Twitter insiders?

Focus on winning now and just trade some when the time comes. That being said, the Sox will need introduce some young players into key roles over the next couple years. Romy, Popeye, or possibly Yogurt will need take on the 2B and/or utility roles. Crochet might have to move to the rotation in 2023. And we need to develop some god damn relievers.

@fathom - If the Sox free up $16M from trading Kimbrel, what do you expect them to do with the savings.

What now?

There’s the death blow

Jerry’s accountants wouldn’t be leaking stuff on Twitter. I can’t stress enough how quickly they would be caught and fired for that.

He’s definitely leaving room open for Conforto.

At hitting though…he can still do that at DH. Weird timing nonetheless.

MLBTraderumors had Castellanos getting a 5/$115M deal, so this came in light than their expectations. Regardless, I think Conforto gets less Nick given their radically different 2021 seasons.

Wasn’t he projected to get the bigger contract this offseason?

Unrelated to the Cubs, but didn’t the Rays offer Glasnow for Kimbrel last year?

100% agree.

You aren’t the manager though. I think you might be giving Tony too much credit here…he starts Leury against RHP because he’s a “switch hitter”. If we sign Conforto, there is a real possibility that Sheets gets the majority of the DH at-bats. Tony is as old school as it gets.

Josh one time poised a really dumb question on Twitter about our minor league system and I called him out for it in a very respectful way. Instead of just saying “good point”, he responds “I wasn’t asking you…I was asking Jim Callis”. Knew he was total tool at that very moment. That and when he brags about “three beer Josh”…truly cringe worthy stuff.

Sorry, him, Merk, & Getz are prepping for the Michigan game tomorrow.

This fan base cracks me up. Kyle Schwarber is somehow the greatest hitter ever and despite his shitty platoon splits that are worse than Conforto’s no one seems to care if he cost ~$20M per year. It’s so fucking clear that many Sox fans are incapable of evaluating a player beyond just looking at their 2021 results. Hopefully Rick Hahn isn’t as narrow-minded.