Chicago White Sox

It’s really hard to get a read on Ozuna’s arm. All I could find was his shoulder was like 52% as of last spring training, but that wasn’t long after his surgery and there was still reason for optimism. However, numerous posters here claim his arm is shot, so I’m not sure what to believe exactly.

Probably Gus Fring

Thanks as always Jimmy!

5/$150M will not get it done in this market.

I don’t think Fulmer is getting any attention at this point. Collins might have some interest to them, but not as a headliner and I don’t see the Pirates selling Archer this offseason while his value is so low. He looks like more of a trade deadline type to me.

All good, just figured I’d post that in case forgot about his Wheeler rumors.

100% agree, but I do give the DR reporter a tiny bit more credence than the typical random Twitter insider.

Exactly. If you want to be a fake White Sox insider, at least pretend your source is someone in or connected to the White Sox’s front office.

Melky had an elite batted ball profile?

This Schins dude clearly knows nothing IMO. Pretty he was making up shit in regard to Wheeler.

He’s been historically unlucky in the Statcast era.

I agree, shorter duration with higher AAV would be better for me.

I’m not sure I agree. I could see many teams being very low on his defense and when combined with the loss of a draft pick getting the “no fucking way” treatment like Keuchel & Kimbrel did last offseason. I think he’s better off signing before Castellanos and not waiting for teams to find other ways to spend their money. I mean, this was a guy many felt should accept the QO. That usually doesn’t bode well for having a lot of leverage in free agency.

That’s why I was asking if it was extended family like cousins, cause immediate family should obviously know if he’s signing.

I see something closer to 4/$70M in a worst case scenario and could honestly see something closer to 3/$50M. FWIW, MLBTR has him getting 3/$45M, which admittedly feels light to me.

Aren’t you @bucketofsuck? If so, what you hearing?

He’s hit righties better than lefties in two of the last three seasons. Whether that’s the start of a trend or just small sample size I don’t know.

Throw in Vaughn come 2021 and that lineup could hit 250 HRs.

Come on man, KW & Hahn can throw temper tantrums over the Wheeler miss and it won’t matter in terms of Strasburg. That all comes down to Reinsdorf. Also, 6/$180M is unlikely to be enough after the Wheeler deal.

That’s absolutely hilarious, but he actually looks pretty fluid out there blunder be damned.

I don’t see that happening. More likely we go out and get a LH bench piece or someone like Gennett who could fill in at both 2B & RF at times.

Yeah, I recall that article, but seemed like an agent based plant. I just don’t see him having a huge market given some of the defensive concerns and the comp pick being attached.

Most of that group also needs another couple years. Rutherford, Adolfo, & Walker will all be starting in AA next year. Basabe is the only guy who could maybe be an option in 2021 and he’s still got a lot left to prove.

He’s definitely a guy who would be impacted by it.

If real, what’s your guess fathom?