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Me thinks Kelly is going to be very, very useful in 23. Bullpen arms are fickle AF. He had a very goofy season in 22, has an incredible arm and certainly knows what he’s doing out there. The salary isn’t ideal, but especially if Liam gets moved, Kelly is going to be needed.

Don’t hate it, but I need a damn good pitching prospect in that Toronto deal. Losing Liam really shows on that pen.

Keep it to yourself then, man.

Care to elaborate on this? Must've missed this.

I thought the Sox were not signing anyone? No matter what the Sox did, you'd complain.

Where are all the chicken littles that said we'd never sign an OF? We just got the 2nd best LH option on the market.

Don't think so. This gets it by $2M guaranteed. Grandal's AAV was higher, tho.

PIllar maybe? Would make a nice 4th OF.

Hope not.

Kirilloff will play alot of 1B moving forward regardless.

Almost certainly now. But even so, still a strange fit. 2/3rd of their OF is now full and they need to give Larnach near everyday at bats. Kiriloff too. He can play some 1B. But also have Garlick and Wallner. Just a strange fit.

Gallo to Twins is a very strange fit.

The payroll was always going to be in the $190M range. Just a fan base that likes to get up in arms about anything.

Grandal has significant negative value. If you're paying him (say) $15M regardless (assuming most relief you could get is a few million), you may as well roster him and hope he pops back to 75% of the player he was prior to 2022. If he does, you instantly have have a 5 catcher offensively in the game. Dumping Grandal makes zero sense.

Wish Profar has played more IF lately. Honestly, just really liked the Frazier fit. Drury is another guy we could play in the IF and OF, but another RHH. Didn't hate seeing Jorge Mateo's name thrown about on twitter yesterday. Can't hit much, but he can field and is fast AF. Doubt O's in a hurry to move him tho.

You already know the answer this question.

I agree, fwiw.

Who cares about Eloys feelings. He’s lost that luxury. If he wants to get another decent contract after this one, he needs to hit.

Hendriks for Jansen and Biggio feels very White soxy. Really don’t like it, but if Beni is brought in whatever.

Eloy is a DH.

LFG

Are you going to mad if Sox sign Benintendi?

It shouldn’t be.

The Leury Garcia deal - while bad - is so overplayed by Sox fans. $5M AAV in literally micenuts for an MLB org. We're talking about like 2.5% of the payroll.

I was referring to coming off 2020. Carlos had made 7 starts in 2 years, his results when he did pitch were awful and he had just gotten done embarrassing himself out of relief in the biggest game the White Sox had played in 11 years. There’s a reason he took a 1/$3M deal.