Chicago White Sox

Hahn has already stated the Sox are far from maxed out money wise...

Dude just looks beastly. I think 40 bombs is a minimum this year if he plays 150 games.

Very true, had no idea exceptions like that were even granted but lucky us.

Micker just needs to stay healthy. He’s shown real signs of progressing but has lost a ton of development time.

Paxson is going to need a few more years to evaluate this thing...

HoT fIrE!?!

This is how I feel. Puig is both terrifying and intriguing at the same time. I will say that Hahn has commented on our lack of depth claiming it keeps him up at night so I wouldn’t be totally surprised if we added him.

Here’s I’d see certain positions shaking out next year with the addition of Puig: RF: Mazara = ~105; Puig =~55 LF: Eloy = ~140; Puig = ~20 1B: Abreu = ~130; EE = ~20; Grandal =~10 DH: EE = ~110; Abreu = ~20; Grandal =~20; Eloy = ~10 CA: Grandal = ~120; McCann = ~40 Even without a major injury, he could get close to 75 starts next year. That’s a huge amount of playing time to give to Engel or Luery (or Mazara against LHP).

He’s definitely the ideal platoon mate for Mazara, but he’s still better against LHP than Nomar and his reverse splits do help in the event of an injury.

If Eloy or Mazara goes down, we’re looking at replacement level production or worse in one of our OF spots. I think that would be the main reason to add another OF, whether that be Puig or someone with less baggage.

Lou’s is the GOAT. Living in Nashville in fucking pizza hell. We legit have to get Pizza Hut on the weekends because we live in the burbs...

Gennett would still be a fantastic add, but he would probably a better shot at full playing time.

This question actually came up on the Sox Machine podcast this week and Jim Callis said he’d go with Micker or Basabe and ultimately chose Adolfo due to the higher ceiling. Also, his view was that LuGo is just a guy and wasn’t overly high on Rutherford given his complete lack of power (he cited Madrigal having more doubles last year than Blake had total XBHs).

Agreed, as long as he’s reasonably cuttable and Abreu has vouched for him I’ll ok with it.

Better not let Stone see this tweet! But seriously, not sure how I’d feel about this, but we could definitely use a better insurance policy than Palka / Delmonico in the event Eloy or Nomar goes down.

You are lucky man, I can home from college for game 1 but watched game 2 on TV. As cool as it was being at the first White Sox World Series game in nearly 50 years, there is no question game 2 is the greatest game in franchise history.

Woof...those INTL slots for relief prospects has not worked out for us.

What is his thing then?

Game 1 of the World Series Blackout Game (2008 tie-breaker) Cubs-Sox Pierzynski vs Barrett (5-20-16)

What tool is missing? Hit tool?

Basabe only has one option left and spent parts of two seasons with Birmingham, so he should definitely start this year in Charlotte IMO.

Gotta love the fluff portion of spring training!

That would be the dream. He has far & away the most upside of the four, but has lost so much development time. He needs a full season of at-bats to demonstrate continued improvement in his plate discipline. Plus seeing him in the field would be nice as his arm was plus plus before the TJS and it’s impossible to say where it stand today.

My vote right now is for Basabe. I think injuries, especially the hamate one, basically resulted in a lost season for him last year. If he’s healthy, I’m expecting a nice rebound in 2020 and moving from Regions Park to the IL juiced ball / BB&T will help make that more evident.

Alright, we’ve got four outfielders that will be in AAA & AA next year that are consensus top 15 prospects but are also coming off disappointing seasons. Which of these four, if any, is most likely to rebound in 2020 and present themselves as a major league OF option going forward?