Chicago White Sox

Why do people want Joc after last season?

Why is that out of curiosity?

I’m super nervous to see the AAV and what this means for other acquisitions.

Could be, but then again, hope they weren’t planning on a large pitching expenditure since they don’t exist anymore.

Sorry, I should have been more specific, I meant Leury’s track record. Yes, he had a really nice year in 2021, but I know I don’t expect him to replicate it again in 2022.

Instead of looking at just the latest year, how do their track records compare?

Depends on what else you get with Segura. Picking up Kimbrel’s contract to pay Segura $14.5M is a bad deal full stop. If you also get a young cost-controlled catcher in Marchan who can possibly be the backup this year, it suddenly becomes interesting. I still would have rather not picked up the option and pursued Gausman, but it may not be as simply as that when you think of the long-term implications.

While I agree, there isn’t much starting pitching left, so hopefully that wasn’t a big part of their plan. Just frustrating to hear they misread the market…if that’s true hopefully it doesn’t cost us.

I’m not against Schwarber and the power would be nice, but Conforto is such a perfect fit for what this team needs. Signing Kyle requires you to go with shitty OF defense or trade Vaughn / Sheets for a legit RF.

He may have, but people rip Conforto for a lack of consistency, poor batting average, poor platoon splits, and shitty defense and I’m sitting thinking that is Schwarber to a T. Again, I think people are greatly overreacting to one single year.

Just frustrating we’re not mentioned anywhere. If we’re going to have to wait two months to make some moves, it would be nice to know what the fuck the front office is thinking.

Why do you think Schwarber is a way better bat than Conforto? Michael has a career 124 wRC+ while Kyle is at 118. You ripped Conforto’s batting average, but ignore Schwarber’s? And prior to this year Conforto had a career wRC+ 128 to Kyle’s 112. Schwarber has never had a season like he did in 2021 and you’d be paying him off a career year. On top of that, Kyle hasn’t been able to hit LHP prior to this year and had a wRC+ of 75. Conforto had a 97 wRC+ against LHP leading up to season, making him more than a pure platoon guy. I think people greatly overrate Schwarber because of “The Babe” image and are ignoring the fact Conforto has a much better track record prior to 2021 and can actually play a solid RF.

Probably should cost similar. Unfortunately, we don’t have any top 100 prospects, but maybe they would take Burger as a centerpiece. We’ll have to wait and find out I guess.

Castillo is going to cost Vaughn+.

I gotcha and makes sense. Just feels like now would have been a good time to splurge on a starter since Keuchel will come off the books next year and we really have nobody waiting in the wings. Bassitt would be a fine addition, but a little nervous to speculate on what he might cost even as a one year rental.

But are they better than Cease & Keuchel?

Very true.

Inconsistent in what sense? Week to week, month to month?

I will never understand these Conforto takes. Low batting average, but strong walk rate and has a lot of power. I guess people still rely on batting average way too much.

So much for this being the Winter Meetings and trade deadline all wrapped up in one day…

Hold a grudge? I just said get out of here with that stupid “Jerry cut the payroll because a new playoff proposal” shit. If you want a good conspiracy go join QAnon.

Hope you ready to spend a combined $50M a year on Castellanos & Baez then!

@hi8is - When did you say that trade was happening?