Chicago White Sox

Finally some fucking news.

He won’t be, I’m hearing the Analytics guys will have give back that second monitor he finally got.

I would try to get tested if I were you.

Good fucking riddance. So glad that snake will finally be gone.

?...seems like I might have missed the mark on my previous post.

I would be ecstatic with a Newton addition.

Man that Hopkins-Johnson trade is so fucking terrible for the Texans. I’m honestly not sure I can remember a dumber trade in my life.

I wonder if Madrigal starts with the team now given potential season changes?

There are 15 teams in both leagues, don’t think your proposal will work.

No offense dude, but you are nuts if you think that many people have it right now. Coronavirus is some serious shit and way too many people are still taking it too lightly, but at the same time conspiracy theories like this is part of the reason I can’t buy fucking baby wipes or toilet paper.

That’s a bummer.

Thanks Jimmy, my assumption was that the “option to Birmingham” was simply a technicality as he was placed on their roster for minor league Rule 5 purposes at prior season end. There’s a couple guys I’m surprised wouldn’t start at AA next year, but he was far & away the most surprising to me.

Great stuff. A little disappointed with some of the placements at AA and above. Are you guys sure that Flores will be starting in AA again? He has almost 30 minor starts at AA and I can’t see any logical reason to not move start him in Charlotte next year.

I would probably avoid going to chess club for the peace of mind.

I could be wrong, but I think this is all relative to the minor league roster they were assigned to for minor league Rule 5 purposes. I’d expect Flores to head to Charlotte at a bare minimum.

That number is going to plummet after Robert, Kopech, & Madrigal graduate this year. We need some surprise performances at the full season ball level this year and also need to start hitting in the draft. Been way too many misses over the past half decade.

In all honestly, the Sox should have most of the core position & rotation guys already in place and cost controlled. Right now, I’d say RF & closer are our two biggest potential needs going forward. It’s very possible Bummer or one of the young RH relievers could handle the closer role, but if we have the money why not add an elite guy to anchor the pen next offseason and move everyone down a spot? I’d rather ease in guys like Burdi, Heuer, Johnson, & Hamilton and keep Bummer in a setup role if at all possible.

I will say @SouthWallace has done a tremendous job this spring. Has really made it much easier to follow these games.

Lol...thanks bro!

I fear regular season gamethreads based on how the spring training ones are going so far.

I don’t think it was a Devers or Basabe / Diaz. I think the Red Sox straight up rejected Devers ad the third piece and Hahn countered with a “I’d at least need Basabe & Devers” to get a deal done. I really don’t think that Hahn ever thought those alternatives were of equal value.

I honestly hope we move Rodon to the bullpen. I’m not sure it will make him any healthier, but I think he can be dominant as a pure fastball/slider guy coming out in short stretches. To go completely off subject here, but if you make Rodon a reliever and add one elite arm to serve as your closer you could see a bullpen like this next year: CL: Kirby Yates SU: Aaron Bummer* SU: Reynaldo Lopez SU: Carlos Rodon* MR: Zack Burdi MR: Codi Heuer MR: Fry*/Cordero/Hamilton/Johnson LR: Gonzalez*/Lambert/Flores* Holy fuck would that pen be nasty.

I love Dunning, but he doesn’t really have an ace like ceiling. To me, his best case scenario is a really good #3 starter. That being said, if healthy I expect him to be a rotation mainstay for years to come, hopefully as our #4 starter behind Giolito, Kopech, & Cease. I truly believe he will beat out Lopez, Rodon, Lambert, & Stiever for the last spot in the rotation next year. The kid just has that “it” factor.

Yeah, but my point is we overpaid a bit on the arbitration years to get two below market free agent years. Machado got $300M over 10 years and could have gotten substantially more in terms of AAV on a short term deal. Someone might honestly pay a legit star 3B $40M to $45M per season if it was on a two year deal during their prime years. Therefore, the savings we are getting is far more significant than the savings you are suggesting IMO.