Chicago White Sox

I would actually be mad if they signed Baez to anything but the most unrealistic team friendly contract in baseball history. The defense is nice, but do not like offensive fit at all and the dude is going to get paid handsomely.

Yes, we finally agree on something, but 5 - 2 or whatever Kopech gives you <> 5 ?

They lost five wins? Is Kopech worth nothing?

It would be a pretty epic fuck-up on their end. Like up there with trading Ray Durham to the A’s for Jon Adkins and not realizing you would have got a comp pick, acquiring Machado’s buddies for him not to sign with us, and trading James Baldwin to the Dodgers for the wrong player.

Taylor & Schwarber are getting big contracts.

If that happens, I will definitely be taking a long hiatus from Soxtalk.

But what if we sign four OFs like that? One of em bound to get hot and solve our RF hole!

I’m just asking who you have in mind specifically.

So fucking true

I’m guess I’m going have to lie to her about the timing of that massive Graveman signing!

I guess if you’re Hahn, what’s the concern about the fifth year? Regardless, what’s the backup plan if you don’t get a big-time corner OF bat like that. That’s the only area with impact talent left in our perceived price range.

Probably the worst part. I’ve clicked refresh so many times on this site that I’m probably going to have an aneurysm and I didn’t even get to enjoy one solid rumor (yet).

Then the Sox aren’t very serious about going all in IMO. If you’re afraid to overpay for your guy in free agency, you aren’t going to land a lot of impact talent, especially when our farm system might just be the worst in baseball.

You wouldn’t go 5/$100M for Conforto if push came to shove?

We don’t know for sure what they are doing.

It takes time for physicals / other administrative tasks so guys basically need to agree to contracts tonight.

Adam Eaton numbers? What the fuck are you talking about? He was one of the best hitters in baseball against RHP from 2017 to 2020.

All the corners outfielder types are still available, so why are we settling right now?

Yup, and as we saw last night / this morning, almost all the high end pitchers went in a short period of time. It’s very possible we see a similar pop with the corner outfielders tonight.

Where are these great deals and how do they offset a 5 win Rodon? Not trying to be a dick, but our record with free agents in that range is atrocious. Also, if a salary floor is instituted in the new CBA, the cost of the C & D free agents you are referring to will only go up. Let’s get impact talent while we have a core capable of winning a World Series.

I’ve never carried water for Jerry. He’s a shitty owner and has been my whole life.

Dude, just shutup and go away. These takes are awful.

I’m bummed about passing on Gausman & Ray at those prices. Sucks that Jerry is a cheap mothefucker, but nothing is going to change in that regard unfortunately. That being said, most of the positional guys of interest are still there outside of Semien, who I never bought into as being a serious target. Conforto, Taylor, Schwarber, and Castellanos are all still available. I do think Conforto is hands-down the best fit out of those four, but any of them would be big additions. Definitely not time to panic just yet.

Didn’t they try to sign Machado to a $30M/year deal? Where was the lie?