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Because Collins isn't get 500 at bats if he is the backup catcher.

Sox should say no to that. I'd love to get Q, but I am not giving up Dunning to get him. And frankly, we could use Colome next year as well.

Grandal, Wheeler, Calhoun (or Dickerson), Abreu, Wood and top 5-7 available pen arm would be a very nice offseason. I do feel like Hahn is likely to plug RF via the trade route though.

This all sounds great and dandy. But it is really only a realistic scenario if Grandal is brought on board.

McCann is controlled through 2020 as is.

Nice post. Though I still would love to see the Sox replace Ricky. Mainly because I just hate his in game managing decisions and lineup construction. But I know he'll be back.

Does it really matter?

We're on the same page, my friend.

Madrigal is our 2B for the next 7 seasons. Don't really see what trading him solves as it just creates another hole we need to fill. No thanks.

Legitimate in the size. There are a lot of them.

Yah. That's just not going to happen, nor should it. We didn't rebuild to trade half of our young core players for a guy with 2 years of control.

Conforto is great. He'd likely also cost a fortune to acquire. They'd probably want Robert or Kopech. Which obviously is a non starter. But realistically to get a deal done, definitely one of Madrigal/Vaughn would be included. Definitely one of the next tier of prospects Dunning/Walker/Stiever. Then a couple more guys we'd rather not part with. I just don't see it as very realistic, thought I do agree he'd be a fantastic fit, albeit 2 years is a little less than I'd want to acquire when giving up what it would require.

Nimmo is literally exactly what this team needs in RF. Very high OBP. Controlled for 3 years. Plays above average defense. His warts are his injury history, but without that, he would't be available.

Potential 2021 lineup maybe. I'd put Adolfo in RF over Walker at this juncture though.

Yah...it has been discussed ad nauseam and not really a great fit for a Moncada thread. But what we need in RF, this FA market does not provide.

I think it could get done without any of our top 4 prospects or any major pieces already at the MLB level. I've previously suggested Steiver + Rutherford + Cody Heuer. I think that gets you close, if not there.

There is actually a legitimate contingent of White Sox fans on twitter that want to trade for 1 year of Mookie Betts. People - the Sox may find themselves in contention next August. But they didn't go through this process to trade Madrigal, Vaughn or Cease ++ to acquire 1 year of an impending free agent in first year of expected decency. Just pure lunacy. That is a deal the Sox maybe could consider another year or two down the line when the impending FA is the actual difference maker in what could be a legitimate WS contender. But not now.

FIFY.

There is as close to a 0% chance as humanly possible than the Sox go into 2020 without a RF that is not currently on the roster.

This. There are some tax considerations that may come into play on some offers as well, but 95% of the players are going to take the deal that gives them the most take-home pay. Its really that simple. Everything else is primarily noise. Sure, there may be a few later in their career players that will make a decision based on preferences if the difference in pay isn't significant (say $1-2M or less), but that is rare. I have no doubt that if the Sox offered Cole, Rendon, Strasburg or whomever the most amount of take home pay after taxes, they'd get the player. There is no inherent disadvantage the Sox are up against and that is just another narrative that overly negative Sox fans love to hang onto.

Peralta would be a nice fit. Struggles to stay healthy but is a pretty good stick when he is. Also a much needed lefty.

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Kind of a fun exercise. Only really looked at top 4 rounds...I think argument could be made for top 5. Tough to beat Bellinger, Judge and Bryant though. 1. Cory Bellinger (124) 2. Aaron Judge (32) 3. Kris Bryant (2) 4. Tim Anderson (17) 5. Austin Meadows (9) 6. Sean Manaea (34) 7. Hunter Dozier (8) 8. Marco Gonzalez (19) 9. Clint Frazier (5) 10. JP Crawford (16) / Hunter Renfroe (13)

A tradition unlike any other - Sox fans pining to acquire Cubs players. There are 28 other clubs gents! Also, Ian Happ sucks.

I like Calhoun much more as a FA. Trading a prospect for him and then paying him $14M seems kinda brutal. If LAA buys him out, I'd be more interested in a 1 year $7-9M type deal and spend that extra $5M on a reliever. But as others have said, I really only like that move if he's like the 4th or 5th most significant player added this offseason.