Chicago White Sox

Non-tendering Rodon & Mazara will get us down to 38 with Ruiz probably next on the chopping list.

And people called me crazy for saying I’d do the same.

There’s a massive difference between saying we can’t win in 2021 and saying let’s not go “all in” in the first real year of our competitive window.

I’d consider it if I was the Tigers or another rebuilding club. What do you have to lose?

I just asked how he got 16k followers. I’m not a big social media guy, but that seems like a ton of followers for a random White Sox fan.

I think it’s also the fact that he was a 1st round pick in a period we didn’t get much production out of. Burger magically returning stronger and better than ever and us losing him for nothing has a bit of a Tatis Jr feel to it. And yes, I know that’s completely irrtaironal, but I think it fuels some of desire for him to be protected (at least it does for me).

Are you serious? If so, that’s pathetic as hell.

Chisoxfanmike somehow has 16k Twitter followers, how exactly did that happen?

He’s almost certainly Not Steve Cishek

And the true test if this dude is full of shit or not.

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I think Al’s Cheesy Beef is a fraud and/or just a second Not Steve Cishek account, but need to keep this thread from falling onto the second page so here we are.

Sure, but it doesn’t have to be this year. In fact, I’d argue this is the perfect year to hold onto our chips and see what you have in your young arms unless you’re certain one of them is going to flop. Hopefully with a new pitching coach and normal season structure we get a better sense of what we have in Kopech, Cease, & Dunning. Go add a couple arms on one year deals like Paxton and Richards and revisit the need for a high end starter at the deadline. All that being said, I’m totally cool with trading for someone like Darvish at the right price. But I’m not eager to blow my prospect load coming off the mess that was 2020 when most guys are probably at reduced value.

Why is this even a question? Are you suggesting by not trading a core offensive piece for a pitcher we won’t win a World Series?

That’s a fair point.

I think the odds are incredibly high that Sheets & Johnson are protected. Burger is the real wild card IMO.

I still don’t get why the wouldn’t protect him. There is plenty of space on the 40 man roster to add him, Sheets, & Johnson.

Springer next Tuesday

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Imagine trading six years of cheap Eloy and the Burnes goes down with TJS!

Please stop with your trade Eloy campaign. I know you didn’t say his name, but that is exactly what you are implying and it’s insanity.

Why are we “just taking” Blackmon and his $21M salary when $25M/year probably gets you an immensely better player in Springer?

Fegan confirmed the Sox were high on him well before hiring La Russa.

Latest rumor had Boston returning, but nothing official yet outside of Cario as bench coach and Katz as pitching coach.

I’m just going to come out and say it, but the Sox better protect Jake Burger. Dude looks jacked as fuck in that second video.