Chicago White Sox

The rest of the offseason should be pretty simple IMO: Sign Conforto to a 4/$80M deal Trade Kimbrel to the Phillies for Marchan & Alvarado Trade Burke, Burger, Sosa, & Adolfo to the A’s for Bassitt & Kemp Trade Mercedes to the Marlins for a lottery ticket Sign Ryan Tepera to a 2/$10M deal Roster would be under the luxury tax and would look like this: Lineup: 1) Robert, CF | 2) Moncada, 3B# | 3) Abreu, 1B |4) Jimenez, LF | 5) Conforto, RF* | 6) Anderson, SS | 7) Grandal, C# | 8) Vaughn, DH | 9) Kemp, 2B* Bench: IF) Mendick | OF) Engel | UT) Garcia# | BC) Marchan# Rotation: 1) Lynn | 2) Giolito | 3) Cease | 4) Bassitt | 5) Kopech Bullpen: CL) Hendriks | SU) Bummer* | SU) Graveman | MR) Crochet* | MR) Tepera | MR) Alvarado* | LR) Lopez | LR) Keuchel* That roster is absolutely stacked and we’d actually have some depth in AAA with guys like Sheets, Collins, Gonzalez, Yogurt, The Basabe, Stiever, Lambert, Bilous, McClure, Burr, Foster, Severino, etc. Kemp is the biggest wild card there, but 2B upgrades should be easily attainable at the deadline. And I’m sure people will dislike the Phillies & A’s trades I’m proposing, but I think they allow us to build the most complete roster without disrupting the future too much.

Engel has proven he can’t be relied on to stay healthy over the course of a full season. He’s an excellent 4th OF and late game defensive replacement for Eloy and should not be used for anything more than that baring injury.

Those Sox teams had Scott Podsednik in LF his first three seasons and Dye’s defense was epically bad and value destroying. He’s a great comp for what we might expect defensively from a Vaughn/Sheets combo but a horrible justification for why they make sense for RF.

What makes it a “lazy” move exactly?

I mean, you trade Kimbrel for salary relief. And the thresholds will almost certainly go up once a CBA is agreed to.

Defensive wise and he’s right. I think with Robert you can easily hide one shitty defender in the corners, but flanking with him with Eloy & Vaughn/Sheets is a disaster waiting to happen. No need to get cute here, just get Conforto. Dude is a perfect fit.

Sox also need a left-handed bat. Conforto is a perfect fit for us.

Oh fuck yes

Just for discussion purposes, who might we target from Miami for Burger?

Just came here to make this joke! But seriously, hopefully Mercedes can now be traded for a lottery ticket.

Manfred may be a great negotiator, but he’s as unlikable as they come. For the love of god keep him out of the press to avoid angering your fanbase with his BS & lies.

Not sure about his health status, but Gallup is going to be the best mix of upside and value when it comes to WRs in free agency. I fucking love that idea. Draft another WR in the 2nd / 3rd round and sign a couple offensive lineman in free agency like you suggested and Fields might have the pieces needed to take a big leap forward next year.

Misael Gonzalez ranked 37th in the worst system is wild to me.

So what HC jobs are still open? Dolphins, Saints, & Texans? Pretty nuts that six roles have already been filled and not one has been black. At a bare minimum, Leftwich should get a job somewhere with all the offensive oriented hirings, but don’t believe he’s connected to any of the remaining roles. Flores is technically one of three finalists for the Texans job, but it would be a shocker if he got that job after the lawsuit. Sounds like Bieniemy will get an interview with the Saints, but who knows whether his past issues will be held against him. Honestly, McDaniel to the Dolphins (if it happens) might be the only diversity we get amongst the HC hires this offseason despite 28% of the total jobs being open. The NFL really not doing themselves any favors with that lawsuit…lol.

Oline and a legit WR should be the focus in free agency. I like Mooney as the next guy, but we desperately a #1 type in addition to a WR prospect in the 2nd or 3rd round. Good news is both free agency and the draft are pretty deep in that regard.

Huge momentum swinger and really stupid to not just take the points with five seconds.

I honestly don’t see how anyone could argue this a great hire on paper. The Broncos interviewed him because they desperately want to acquire Aaron Rodgers (and instead hired Hackett). Perhaps there is more to him than his resume suggests (which obviously I’d have no idea of), but nothing on paper suggests this is who a first time head coach who comes from a defensive background should hire.

I can’t comprehend going after a guy who worked underneath an OC who didn’t even call plays and making this dude the head offensive coach. I’d love Pep in some of QB coach / passing game coordinator role, but this Getsy is very unexciting at face value.

Agreed. Dude needs to bring in excellent offensive staff.

Look, I know next to nothing about Kevin Patullo, but hiring an inexperienced OC is the very reason I didn’t want a defensive-minded HC.

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Probably worded it poorly, but really meant that the Bills, Packers, & Bucs will be looking for OCs as well. And fully agree that being the head offensive coach would be a huge plus for us, but are guys going to be willing to pass up on opportunities while they wait to see where Quinn lands? The good news is it sounds like if he’s the guy a decision will probably be made in the next couple days and he can quickly build his staff. Just with nine openings there is going to be a lot of turnover and you don’t want to be the last one the party.

Really starting to seem like the following HCs will fall into place: CHI: Quinn NYG: Daboll JAX: Leftwich DEN: Hackett If we do go with Quinn, hopefully it happens soon, because there will be serious demand for offensive coordinators.

Oh I know that, but I think he’s simply looking at past connections and availability. Just an interesting list of names to discuss, especially since there is a reasonably high chance we hire a defensive oriented HC.

@bmags - Bevell listed as a possibility for both Quinn & Eberflus, with Brady listed as one for Quinn as well.