Chicago White Sox

Nice work Kopech! How about our position players get their 4th RBI of the series now!

Jack is a great dude, but it’s just funny that as soon as he gets super negative about something the opposite usually happens.

Basically anytime @Jack Parkman predicts the end of the world, the Sox come out gangbusters

Well deserved!

Rowdy looks like he could be Lynn’s little brother.

Holy fuck!?! Suck a fat you know what Woodruff!

And NL baseball is such a joke. Sucks we have a rally going only to have Lance Lynn have to bat. So dumb...

Let’s fucking go!!

The Mariners seem like the only other team looking hard for a 2B and it sounds like they’d like a controllable guy. If they land Merrifield, then Escobar’s market should be pretty limited and a trade could happen quickly.

Yup, and this Marcano kid has put up some really interesting numbers at AAA as a 21 year old after skipping AA. My guess is he’s gained some real value since the pre-season rankings.

I fucking love Lynn

Agreed

I will say this is a good sign that rentals should come dirt cheap. Even if you really like Marcano, he’s not a blue chip prospect by any stretch and the rest of the package doesn’t appear to overly interesting.

On paper it looks that way, but I’ll admit I don’t know shit about any of these guys.

I must say, it’s nice having the Guardians & Tigers as our biggest threat

I think so and I could totally see him traded this week as he’s probably one of the more attractive arms in the system.

But I’m guessing you mean Engel. Either way, that’s putting a lot of pressure on Sheets IMO. Escobar will help some, but he’s definitely better again LHP. Still feel like we’re a bat short against strong RHP.

I’ve got bad news about Eaton ?

We won a playoff game last year with Keuchel as our #2 starter. You’ve legit done lost your mind son.

The biggest thing we should have learned from this series is that the team needs another bat or two that can hit good RHP. Jimenez will help to some extent, but adding a legit LH power bat would do wonders for this lineup. Schwarber makes a ton of sense if we’re willing to gamble on him coming back from his hamstring injury. Obviously that means a lot of Vaughn in RF, but I think I’d be ok with with Engel & Hamilton on the bench.

The Pirates have Hayes, so doubt they’d be looking for a near major league ready 3B as their primary piece back. Honestly, I’m not sure we have the bullets to pull off a trade for both of them.

Simply because of the pandemic. Look at how we sold international slot to pay off buyouts a few years back, kind of felt like Jerry would prioritize using the 5% overage to helping the major league roster. Obviously maxing out in the draft is a no brainer and the ~$300k shouldn’t be a big deal, but again, this is a team that didn’t spend all its international slot.

We don’t need to trade for a starter and in this market it would cost us significantly. Focus on the pen, 2B, and the OF if a guy can be acquired at a reasonable price.

Anything can happen if you make the playoffs, but no doubt we should be looking to make upgrades.

New October Roster: Anderson, SS Moncada, 3B# Abreu, 1B Jimenez, DH Schwarber, LF* Vaughn, RF Grandal, C# Robert, CF Escobar, 2B# IF: Garcia# IF: Mendick OF: Engel OF: Hamilton BC: Collins* Lynn Rodon* Giolito Cease CL: Hendriks SU: Kopech SU: Bummer* SU: Bard MR: Givens MR: Crochet* MR: Heuer LR: Keuchel*