Chicago White Sox

What Kiley McDaniel is hearing means jack shit and yet you took it as gospel. That’s all you needed to jump off yet another cliff. At what point will you realize that you are selectively looking for things that reinforce your negativity?

Lol...I was going to say, when were the Sox interested in these guys in trade talks? Hill pretty much joined the Dodgers when we were rebuilding. This Kinander kid really seems full of shit to me. Anyways, you hearing anything Dave? I’ll take the smallest scrap of a rumor to wash the Parkman out of my mouth.

100% agree.

OMG...you are absolutely insane. Like only you could take a vague statement from Kiley McDaniel and draw some such ridiculous conclusions. Take your own advice and please stay away from the Sox for a while. I think it’s best for everyone.

If that were the price, we should sign him and Wheeler.

We are a second tier team, but what you are missing is Parkman said we are a bottom tier team...one of the least desirable in all of baseball. And candidly speaking, that’s just fucking stupid.

Who are all these teams Jack? Red Sox are looking to cut payroll. Yankees and Astros are already against the cap. The Cubs don’t seem eager to spend. The Indians seem to be pretty strapped. The Rays, A’s, & Pirates are never going to be big spenders. The Rockies are looking to cut payroll. The Tigers, Royals, Orioles, Mariners, Blue Jays, & Marlins, are all rebuilding. That’s half the league right there with some limitations or no interest in spending. Who is it you are scared of Jack? The Dodgers? The are probably the scariest “big spender” and have added as many seven figure contracts under Friedman as the White Sox have. Other than them and the Nationals, it’s mostly teams like us but they have far less flexibility than we do. We may ultimately fail in free agency, but it will because we make scared offers and not because there are too many teams in the mix.

Awesome post...the basketball comparison is fucking ridiculous.

Then maybe stop coming here and speaking in absolutes you fucking Sith.

There are certainly a handful of teams that are more desirable all else being equal (Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs, Dodgers), but after them the Sox more or less the same as most other clubs. They are definitely not one of the lease desirable teams to play for like Jack Parkman suggested.

OMG...please just stop!

This is one of the dumbest posts I have ever seen in my life.

Why do you even post this nonsense? I know, I know "it's how I deal with expectations". Just a terrible way to exist always assuming the worst.

OMG, prior year production <> future year production. Like this can't be your actual argument right?

He’s a DH with an opt-out after the 2020 season in his contract. I can’t imagine it would take a lot if they’re desperate to move salary.

What? There are no rumors connecting the Astros to Grandal and they clearly are in a tough financial spot, yet here you are making baseless arguments for why they’re going to get him. I honestly have no idea what you’re trying to accomplish other than being irrationally negative.

And yet here you are, placing the interests of a single player over the well-being of the team...

Reddick has no value and no one will take him off their hands without a prospect coming back with him or a bad contract going the other way.

Don’t think they’ll be spending $20M/per on a catcher.

I think we have as good of a chance as any with Grandal, but there will definitely be a lot of teams in the mix. Seems like it will mostly be small to mid market teams in the mix.

I’m not against Castellanos now that we aren’t tied up to José for 2+ years, but I still prefer Grandal and would definitely be pissed if Keuchel is our big rotation addition.

What?

Grandal fits the left-handed bat qualifier.

That would be such a pathetic offseason all things considered.

Yeah, this TOR starter talk is crazy. Is Wheeler an ace? No, but if you consider top of the rotation to mean a #1 or #2 starter then he most definitely fits the bill. There’s probably less than a dozen teams he wouldn’t be the #2 starter on and he’s still got some untapped potential. If he can stay healthy, he could be the steal of this free agent class. I definitely could see the Astros being all over him.