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Glad to hear about Mendick.

The Sox always hold off on announcements until as late as possible. This isn't out of the norm.

The White Sox should have no price ranges they cannot play in this offseason. Nick fuckin' Castellanos certainly isn't out of it. That being said, he's a very meh fit.

I definitely want to aim higher. But I don't think he's an awful stop gap in the OF on a 1 year deal if the options A, B, C and D don't work out. I would definitely prefer guys like Nimmo, Polanco, Tapia, and Mazara via trade than Gordon. I don't find guys like Castellanos and Ozuna to be great fits unless they are OK DHing multiple times per week - and then you STILL need a RF.

I think Alex Gordon needs to be on the list. He makes a lot of sense on a 1 year deal if acquiring someone like Nimmo via trade is too expensive. I certainly won't be mad if the Sox sign Ozuna, but our OF defense just became shockingly horrible, and the lineup SUPER right handed. Also makes resigning Abreu not super realistic. If they resign Abreu and sign Ozuna, it makes finding a LH masher for DH paramount. Ozuna definitely would be an OK plan B.7, but any plan involving him would be a little ways down my list.

By my count these guys all have very little chance to on next year's roster and are currently on the 40 man and providing little or no value on the MLB club: Detwiler, Osich, Tilson, Palka, Jay, Banuelos, Castillo, Santiago and Skole. Those guys could easily all be DFA'd/released today. Guys like Covey, Medeiros, Engel, Cordell and Vieira are at best a coin flip to remain on the 40 man through the offseason, but probably aren't candidiates to get DFA'd today. Then you have guys like Nova, Yolmer, and Goins who are providing some value on the current 25 man and the Sox most certainly would not remove them from the roster this September. But all three guys are probably unlikely to be on the White Sox next season. That is 17 guys on the current 40 man. Not too hard to make some space for guys like Mercedes and Mendick who deserve a shot, but I don't expect to see either guys name called today.

Would Mercedes be a minor league FA if Sox don't add him to 40 man? If not, by adding him to the 40 man, they lose that spot, and perhaps feel they have better chance of retaining him by not adding him to the 40 man and no one taking him in the rule 5, as opposed to adding to 40 man, DFA/outright off 40 man after this season and someone else claiming him, but not having to carry him on 25 man roster. Or, more likely, the Sox just don't think much at all of Mercedes. I too don't see the harm in giving him a shot, but I'd be a little surprised if we hear his name later today. Same goes for Mendick.

Guessing Ruiz, Covey, Collins and Vieira. One of Tilson or Palka. Hoping Palka, guessing Tilson.

Thank you for responding is my absence.

Yes. A lot of dinky seeing eye singles until the 2 solo shots. But yes, it was ugly.

He needs to do that more. His hit tool has been borderline nonexistent.

I love the "Sox fans" on Twitter thrashing Cease and saying he needs to be sent down / shut down. They're the same people that were screaming for his promotion in June and early July, and would be complaining daily if he wasn't promoted. Comical stuff. He's here. Let him work through his shit.

They better be! They have 2 SP, and one isn't good!

Not really. Twins have like $85-90M committed to next years payroll. They have enough money to add some tertiary pieces. Which they did very well doing this past offseason. Chances them hitting on every guy again are pretty low. The Twins are most likely going to be better than the White Sox next season, but I suspect that will be the last season for quite a while.

It is a good core - I agree. But pretty much all of those guys outside of Buxton and Sano played at their ceiling this season. And they legitimately have 2 SP under control for next season - Berrios and Perez. They also have a lot of the same issues the White Sox have with attracting top FA. They're a good team, but just about everything has gone right for them this season except Buxton not staying healthy (surprise, surprise). The clocks on all of those guys are ticking away as well. Their time is right now, and 2020. Pitching wins in the playoffs. The Yankees also absolutely own them, and have for years, they're simply just not as good as the Astros. It will be a quick stay in October.

Not really. Kopech's velo was way down. Cease hit 100 a couple times today. Was sitting at 98-99. The wild pitches were bizarre, but I don't think its an arm injury.

Ehh. Coaching most definitely. Talent-wise - I mean, they're good. But they're also pretty stop gappy and have very little pitching outside of Berrios. Buxton is really good when he's healthy. Rosario and Kepler are really nice OF. Sano is a great DH. Other than that - they're a giant pile of meh that has wildly overachieved this season.

The Twins will almost certainly lose in the first round of the playoffs.

There is also no chance he evens gets that AAV on a 1 year deal. WOOF

That will be me if they make the beyond idiotic decision to call these guys up in the month of September. They cannot possibility be that dumb.

Donation made. Sorry to hear about your dog, man. Been there. Praying for Frankie!

Yah, I mean, I think I've been the lead cheerleader on Nimmo. He makes too much sense. Just really tough to pinpoint what he'd cost. If the Sox could get him without giving up any of their top 5 or so prospects, and perhaps even trim some of the 40 man while doing it, that would be great. Perhaps something like Rutherford + Hansen + Pilkington or Lambert gets it done. Not sure. Assuming the obvious are off the table, I assure Mets would want Rutherford/Walker + Dunning/Stiever as the first two pieces.

For sure. I'd love for it to be Cole or Strasburg, but even if the Sox are interested, they can't make those guys sign with Sox. Even if Cole and Strasburg sign elsewhere, that does not mean the offseason is a failure. One of Wheeler, Ryu, Bumgarner, Keuchel + one of Wood, Odorizzi, Gibson, Pineda would certainly be a step in the right direction. A lot also depends on how much they plan to ease Kopech into MLB action. 1 SP may be enough if they take the kid gloves off, but I think he opens in AAA - meaning 2 SP are needed. Get a big stick in RF and/or 1B/DH, and you have a pretty good team once the young guns arrive in late April.

The difference is - he hasn't repeated himself 3,707 times like you have. Having the opinion that the White Sox aren't going to sign Rendon and/or Cole (a very fair take, mind you) is not the same thing as stating that since Manny Machado signed elsewhere, the White Sox will never again sign a free agent of note and will be relegated to signing the likes of Jon Jay, Ivan Nova and Welington Castillo for the rest of time. While also completely ignoring the context of when said signings were made. You consistently lack the ability to comprehend that the White Sox have not been trying to fill gaps with top tier players since they began this rebuild. Things change next season - and this is abundantly obvious. They took a shot at boosting things by getting a premier talent in Machado before they were really ready for him. He signed elsewhere. That doesn't mean the plan changes. There, I explained it to you yet again.

I (and many others) have gone over this with you a countless times. When your points are disputed, you just ignore them and don't respond and go back to repeating the same whiny shit. Its exhausting.