Chicago White Sox

95% of the time guys go where the most money is and I have a very hard time believing San Diego will be that team when they have $75M+ locked up to Machado, Myers, & Hosmer over the coming years.

The BB & K rates have been fine all season and he’s been legit good his last 20 games, so I remain cautiously optimistic with him. The biggest concern with him is age as he’s almost 24 years old, so he’s really got to figure his shit next year in AAA.

I don’t necessarily disagree, but Sheets has been phenomenal since mid May and could easily be in the DH mix at sometime next year. And I wouldn’t be that surprised if at least one of the AA outfielders (likely Basabe) has a strong rebound in 2020 and quickly becomes a potential option.

I’m not discrediting those things, but I still don’t think was using subliminal messaging to tell us Cole’s a no go. He’s simply managing expectations and saying some shit is out of his control.

I mean, he basically confirmed they had discussions with Micheal Brantley this past offseason, but his focus was on winning a championship. I don’t think his comment was about anyone specifically, just moreso reality and what they’ve dealt with in the past.

It doesn’t, Hahn is just trying a little harder to manage expectations this time around, which he admitted he fucked up last offseason.

This applies to Soxtalk too.

lol...you know you’re nuts when you use Greg to confirm your macro suspicions.

Caulfield, I like you bro, but what in the fuck are you talking about. I really hope you were never in marketing if you think any of this makes sense.

I honestly don’t care too much where we pick as long as it’s in top 10. If the young guys perform and keep us in the back end then great. If the old / AAAA guys continue to flop and drive us down to five even better. I just want to be able to sign any free agent this offseason and not have to worry about losing our first round pick.

Is Walker confirmed for the AFL? I’d probably send someone like Luis Gonzalez over him. Also, I’m guessing we might see Vaughn as there’s a good chance it’s his only opportunity.

You’re really confusing your job experiences to those of the rest of America.

I absolutely loved Semien (and so did many others) and have never been a big Narvaez fan.

Marcus Semien is pretty damn good.

Looks like we finally agree about something ?

He called the Nate Jones trade!!

The median payroll is ~$125M and yes I fully expect that much minimum. If not, then it’s clear Reinsdorf is trying to profit off the rebuild (which I didn’t believe to be the case).

It’s really simple, just bring in several impactful players. There is no magic dollar amount or years threshold. I think Grandal will be one of the best players on the market and we might be able to get him for like 3/$60M. Do I really care if the total commitment is less than Abreu’s original deal? Fuck no. The more important item is sporting a league average payroll or better. If they do that, I will likely be happy wit the results of the offseason.

If they don’t spend big this offseason, then the fanbase should riot. Now is the time to be aggressive.

Lol at 2021 at the earliest. If this team is not contending by 2021 then the rebuild has been a total flop. The goal should be to compete next year. Whether the young guys take the necessary steps forward is a TBD, but wasting another year of Moncada, Giolito, etc. would be absolute insanity. The clock starts ticking this offseason.

A mutual option is basically the same as being a free agent.

Than a veteran if Collins or Sheets aren’t the answer?

Realistically, I’d probably do something like this long-term: Madrigal, 2B Robert, CF Moncada, 3B# Vaughn, 1B Jimenez, LF Veteran, RF* Anderson, SS Collins/Sheets/Vet, DH* McCann/Vet, C That’s a ton of speed up-top. I can’t even imagine dealing with those first three guys if I was an opposing pitcher. While I’d prefer Moncada batting 2nd, he’s able to break up all the righties by batting 3rd. That lineup would also have power across the board except Madrigal. I still hope they go hard after Grandal because he’d be an ideal #6 hitter in that lineup.

How does it tell us that? All I see from this random sidebar is these three guys are proof that young players can get better and injured guys can get healthy in a blink of the eye. So next year, we could see Eloy & Cease take massive leaps forward and Kopech be an impact player right out of the gate. And in terms of roster construction, we should have nine former top 50 overall prospects on our roster by mid April next year, all of whom will be 26 years of age or younger. Six of these guys were top 10 or 20 prospects to boot. Those guys represent the vast majority of our future core. Will we have to supplement via trade and free agency? Of course we will, but when you’re sitting on ~$45M in payroll commitments (most of which expire after the 2020 season), you should be able to plug a lot of holes in one offseason. A competent GM would be able to take the sum of our parts and create a contender for 2020 in a really weak division. I have zero doubts that Hahn will be aggressive this offseason, but whether he adds the right pieces remains to be seen.

No.