Chicago White Sox

Isn’t the 40 man full? Unless this means what we all think it means with Rodon and he’s going on the 60 day DL.

I’m guessing Frare gets one of the spots. Is Vieira even eligible at this point?

Callis did have the Sox taking Abrams in his most recent mock.

He’s likely toast because of one bad outing in AA? You really are nothing but doom & gloom bro.

He is 63 years old, he’s got to be getting pretty close to retirement. I appreciate his past contributions, but it definitely time for him to go.

Four of these guys have now been promoted with Hansen getting the bump to Birmingham. Assuming it’s a good one, I think today may be Varnell’s last start in Kannapolis.

I really wish Ricky would have pulled Lopez after five. Any positivity from this start just got thrown out the window.

Excellent rebound by Lopez. Outside of a rough 1st, seems like this was another excellent start.

Yup, him and to a lesser extent Manoah are who I was referring to.

The best pitcher in the next draft is genuinely rated in the 7th to 9th range. That would be a huge reach at #3.

I said I think that rotation could easily put up 15 WAR and that’s based on its talent level. By no means am I suggesting that’s a guarantee (could <> should), but you can’t wait until all your young guys break out before adding via free agency or you’ve likely wasted a crucial year of your core. You’ve got to take some chances and next year is when the window needs to be ripped open one way or the other.

The White Sox offered Machado $250M, why wouldn’t they be willing to spend $200M on three important pieces? And again, what is your payroll expectation for them next year exactly? The lack have almost zero payroll commitments. Also, I think a rotation of Wheeler, Cease, Kopech, Giolito, & Lopez could easily combine for 15+ WAR next year (when you have quality backup options like Dunning & Lambert in place for any missed time). Therefore, to get to 88 wins (which should be enough to be in the mix for this shit division) we’d need 25 WAR from our bullpen and positional group. With Grandal & Ozuna in the fold, that really shouldn’t a huge stretch. I’d put those two plus Moncada, Anderson, & Jimenez at around 19 WAR next year. That leaves about six WAR needed from CF, 1B, DH, 2B, and our bullpen. That seems very much within reach, especially if someone like Robert is even semi decent as a rookie.

No offense, but this is ridiculous. Just because we missed out on Machado doesn’t mean we won’t spend at all. We won’t be rocking a sub $70M payroll next year which is what you seem to be suggesting. Give me Wheeler, Grandal, & Ozuna (which would be well within our budget) and we’d have a great shot at winning the division next year IMO.

We’d be crazy to punt on full seasons of Moncada, Anderson, Jimenez, Giolito, Lopez, Cease, Kopech, potentially Collins, and partial seasons of Robert, Madrigal, etc. Starting next year we need to begin supplementing our talent in free agency and/or trade.

Another must win game tonight!

Let’s not get carried away here. Rodon makes up nearly 40% of that 10 fWAR you’re forecasting. It would be great if Giolito & Lopez could turn into mid rotation pitchers, but that’s still not a guarantee at this point. That being said, I’m far more optimistic on Giolito than I’ve ever been and I’ve always believed in Lopez despite his slow start this year. IMO, we need to go out and sign the best starter we can next offseason. Ideally that’s Cole, but I’d happily take Wheeler. I think a rotation of Wheeler, Cease, Kopech, Giolito, & Lopez could be playoff caliber, especially with Dunning & Lambert waiting in the wings. I’d still love to bring back Rodon for as these past 12 months has taught me you can never have enough pitching depth.

His stuff looks good enough now that back of the rotation should be his floor. He can clearly be more than that if he can maintain his command more consistently.

I have no idea what Reinsdorf has to do with Cease starting the season in the minors. I’d wager large sums of money that not a single GM would have started the season with Cease in their opening day roster given our current situation. It would have been a damn right fireable offense unless he agreed to extension beforehand. That being said, Dylan will likely be up by sometime in June if not sooner.

You could work out some extension with him that gives him a small guarantee next year but extends our team control through the 2021 season. That’s what I’d be shooting for. Whether Carlos & Boras would be game for that is another story altogether.

So you’ve actually watched all the episodes in the series? Because it’s very hard to take your opinion seriously right now if you happened jump in at the start of season 8.

Sorry, I meant with the White Sox. I’m assuming he can come back from this, but the most we’ll get out of him now is one year and by then hopefully we’ve moved on by then.

Consider this Rodon’s death sentence.

James “Big Game” McCann with the HR!!!

Rick doesn’t get a free pass when he knew the financial limitations and still decided to act all cocky all offseason.