Chicago White Sox

So during Hahn’s State of the White Sox update yesterday, he flat out said Renteria was their manager for 2020 but also implied there could be other coaching changes coming. I find this fascinating as I was fully expecting the whole group to be brought back. So here is the question: of the seven major league coaches who do you think will NOT be back in 2020? While feel free to state what you would if you were charge, please vote based on what you think the White Sox will do. Also, multiple options are allowed but please don’t spam this poll by voting for everyone as they aren’t going to gut this entire staff.

I don’t see how JDM fits with the Sox apparently wanting to keep Jose around for a while plus Vaughn a year out.

The other game is The Last of Remastered. That’s an insane PS+ month.

I haven’t seen much of Collins at 1B, but if he’s an upgrade I’m ok with him getting a lot of his playing time over there.

I’m saying no to that in a heartbeat. There’s a ton of starting pitching that will be available in free agency, zero reason to give up a guy who was a top 100 prospect just a year ago (plus Colome) for one season of Jose Quintana.

Collins may end up being a platoon DH, but with his power & eye he could still be plenty valuable. My plan this offseason would be to sign Grandal to serve as the primary catcher and to DH on off-days. Theoretically, Grandal would catch ~100 games and DH ~50 games. McCann would catch the other ~60 games, primarily against lefties and/or when Giolito is on the mound. That would leave ~110 games at DH for Zack, mostly against RHP. If he struggles, then either McCann picks up some additional playing time or you hope that Sheets quickly proves himself in AAA. Regardless, I think he’s shown enough to be in the DH mix next year.

Merkin did throw out Dickerson’s name for RF in a Q&A this week for whatever that’s worth.

Your “finished strong” is a hot five games. Get rid of Yolmer because he’s going to be overpriced and/or replaceable by Mendick, not because of a 22 year old who put up very ordinary numbers in the DSL.

It’s close to what I’d like to see done, assuming that bullpen warm is a closer or setup type. That being said, I think we’d need a 2nd starter with more upside than Nova, especially if Calhoun is the caliber of RF upgrade we’re targeting.

Was this really an awful year? Moncada, Timmy, & Giolito will combine for ~15 WAR. Eloy showed signed of becoming a dominant hitter. Bummer established himself a legit, left-handed setup man. Cease got 70+ major league innings. McCann looks like he can part of the catching mix going forward. Honestly, outside of all the injuries and Lopez regressing, there isn’t much to be that disappointed about this year. Who really cares if our record sucked because of a bunch of guys who won’t be back next year? The young core more or less took the necessary steps forward and that’s all that matters.

Yolbert barely hit in the DSL, we should be basing no decisions around him.

Feels like the Sox always win a bunch of meaningless games right at the end.

POTY

I’m not even suggesting he will get a multi-year deal, but I definitely think he will shoot for one. Gun to head, I think he gets like 2/$24M from someone, but a 1/$11M deal won’t be hard for him to find.

There is probably less than a 1% chance he takes that option. Moose is going to try and secure a multi-year deal.

Why are you lumping in Castellanos with Cole as if they’re the same tier of free agent?

100% agree. No way in hell are they banking on Engel being a starting OF next year.

This Joker movie sounds like it will be awesome...very excited.

I’d really like to see Moncada, Anderson, Robert, & Madrigal run like crazy next year. Not many teams have four stolen base threats like that and we should use that weapon accordingly to be as disruptive as possible.

Yeah, I could see that on the power front. The stolen bases would be nice too, especially since we should be trying to win in 2020.

My only request other than spending a fuckton of money this offseason is do NOT negotiate through the media. What they did last year was an absolute disaster and helped lure the Padres into the process. Go classic KW stealth mode and improve your chances of getting shit done.

What would you propose trading for him? 4+ win players with five years of control don’t come cheap.

StatCast has Yoan’s xwOBACON (quality of contact) at .490. For perspective, Mike Trout is at .532, Bergman is at .352, Cruz is at .544, Springer is at .463, and Canha is at .401. Basically, Yoan has an insanely good quality contact and while there is a little bit of luck with hit batting average, I wouldn’t expect that much regression next year. If anything, I think we’ll see his BB rate slowly creep back which would only make him a more valuable hitter.

Wow