Chicago White Sox

Thanks raBBit. Any specific names you’re hearing on the trade front?

Nunez is gone if you’re referring to Amado. I think Mieses & Comas to A+ is incredibly aggressive, but at the same time if the goal is to get all these guys playing time then some will have to be stretched to your point. I’d also expect Delgado, Weaver, Curbelo, & Abbott to see full season action somewhere.

@raBBit - Maybe I’m reading this wrong, but you seem to be implying that the Sox might make another big trade? If so, what position would they be targeting? The only thing I can think of is a SP like Musgrove. Every other hole could be filled with cheap, semi-interesting options.

We’re giving Giolito $28M in the first year of an extension?

Agreed. If Grandal goes down for an extended period of time, we’d probably be in big trouble regardless of who the backup is. I think people were spoiled last year with McCann in that role and that’s nowhere near a realistic expectation of what a backup catcher should be, especially one behind a guy who should play all the time in Grandal.

Fully agree. We need to continue to find spots to insert youth and given the strength of our roster there aren’t really a ton of spots available to play young players. I totally get if Grandal went down it would be a bit terrifying handing an everyday role to Collins, but the reality is we brought in Yasmani to start 120 to 130 games beyond the plate. You can still bring in a veteran backstop to park at AAA, but I’d really like to see what Collins looks like if given 30 to 40 starts behind the plate next year. If it’s not going well, a backup catcher will be easy to come by at the deadline.

So are you saying they should give Collins a shot? Because the poster you are quoting is arguing something much different.

It may be risky, but they have to decide if he’s an asset worth investing in. If they don’t give him a look now, it’s but over for him with the Sox.

I really think they want to give Collins a shot. It’s really now or never time for him.

Got to love the tools and advanced approach at the plate at such a young age, but it’s so hard to really to know much at this point given he still hasn’t made his stateside debut. I personally hope they push him to Kannapolis next year, but that would be aggressive and I’m guessing it’s going to be a packed OF.

If we don’t draft a QB in the 1st, we should be prioritizing O-Line above all else. Definitely need WR help though, but should be able to get a nice talent in the 2nd and possibly 3rd if need be.

He’ll 100% be statewide, whether they send him to full-season ball is another story.

No doubt the game has changed and I bet there were a lot more sinker-ballers back then. But how does it look when you only include closers? Looking at the Fangraphs leaderboard, there were several closers with big K/9’s such as Gagne, Nathan, Dotel, & Lidge. These guys still existed back then, even if not as commonplace. My point still remains that Koch was never as dominate as Hendriks currently is and multiple metrics would agree with that.

Billy Koch’s best K/9 was 9.18 whereas Hendriks has been around 13.14 the last two seasons. There is nothing comparable about the two other than they both have been closers.

Kannapolis should be a ton of fun to follow.

100% agree. We’ve wasted tons of money over the years on B & C tier guys. Let’s finally stop throwing away money and just sign arguably the best reliever in baseball while the rest of our relief corp is dirt cheap. Hendriks is potentially a game-changer for us, especially come October.

Kluber is getting a one year deal.

Jerry is not going beyond 5 years for a game-changing SP, so outside of Springer this is the next best option IMO.

I don’t think this is true.

Thanks for sharing James!

At this point I’m expecting something around 4/$50M getting agreed to next week.

I’d assume Kannapolis. With most minor leaguers missing a year of development and Great Falls now eliminated, I’d expect a pretty loaded Kannapolis roster next year.

Not as good as last year’s insane class, but this should be a really good draft for WRs.

Just my opinion, but I think there is a difference between Chris Getz hyping up prospects in a random interview and people like James getting intel from people in the know.