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Sox should have traded for Edwin Jackson. Jays only gave up cash.

Yah, its going to be one of those three (or Fulmer). Though we'll likely see a 40 man bullpen arm (Ruiz, Frare of Vieira) up for the weekend before Flores, Lambert or Detwiler get the call on Monday. Or maybe we see some sort of minor trade / waiver claim over the weekend. Rodon can be moved to the 60 day IL to make room for any of those options.

Avi Garcia is not good, was not a part of the future, and I am glad the Sox are not wasting more at bats on him. Yes I would rather watch some combination of Cordell, Tilson, Leury and Delmonico over Avi.

Suspect an IL stint is upcoming. Hopefully we get to see Lambert or Flores. No one in AAA has pitched well enough to get the call. That said, I suspect we'll see a pen arm up on Thursday for the weekend, and then Fulmer up to take Banuelos spot in the rotation next Monday.

I am as excited about Cease as anybody, but the guy has pitched over 5 innings in just one of his six starts. He isn't going to come up here and magically solve the pitching issues.

We can't send him down. Its DFA or bullpen. Though it may be IL based on him being removed.

He reminds me of the left handed version of DJ Carrasco.

Not really something thast has changed in the last decade or so, but going back further than that, long term contracts is what has changed. Guys used to play for 1 year deals, so they'd play through just about anything as their next season's paycheck depended on it. Now a days teams are more cautious because they have guys locked up long term, players are more cautious because sitting out more often keeps them fresh, and unless an impending FA, shouldn't affect your pay down the line that much. etc., etc.,

Yah, trading Rodon last July wasn't really much of an option.

I don't think so. I think he'll be back next week. He's able to go into concussion testing today, which I believes lasts a minimum of 5 days. Zavala is back today, though.

If someone wants to give up a backend top 100 prospect for Abreu in July, you definitely do it. I probably don't trade him if the return is a AAAA type. I think the offers will be somewhere in the middle, but there should be a handful of teams in contention that Abreu would really help. So you never say never.

Mr. Boras isn't going to have much bargaining power. Its in Carlos' best interest to stay with the Sox right now. He'll make a little more money AND he gets to rehab somewhere where he is comfortable and knows the training staff. I think 3 year extention (which really only buys out 1 FA year) plus a series of team options makes a bunch of sense for both sides. From Carlos' perspective, if he is unwilling to discuss a somewhat team friendly extension, he runs the risk of signing either a minor league deal, or simply rehabbing next season without the benefit of a major league training staff and facilities. Hahn has a great deal of leverage here.

Alonso still in the clean up spot though...that I can b**** about.

Moncada was quoted recently (yesterday maybe?) as saying he was tired lately. I am totally OK giving his legs a day.

He was down to one (next season). Hahn said today that due to his injuries the Sox will be granted a 4th option year. Sox now don’t need to add him to MLb roster until OD 2022. Actually a very significant development. A chance? Of course he has a chance. His injuries the last couple years are super unfortunate. To say you don’t care about retaining a guy like him is asinine.

This is kind of a bad take.

per fegan via Hahn, the Sox will be granted another option year on Adolfo due to his missed time. That is fairly big news. Only expected to miss 4-6 months of baseball activities, so sounds like a relatively minor operation as far as elbow surgeries go.

Yah, its not good, but comparing a basketball players knee operation to a fairly simple elbow operation is a bit of reach,

Worth noting that Adolfo will be down to his last option season next year. 2020 is going to be make or break for him, as he'll either be on the 2021 MLB opening day roster, or in another organization.

This is fairly typical around all organizations not something only the White Sox deal with.

No, just arthroscopic surgery.

Is $16M over two season he can actually pitch with three team options thereafter really much of a risk in today's game though? That isn't very much money. Its definitely a risk, but its a calculated risk that could have a fair amount of value if it works out.

Right elbow surgery. Gahhhh

Welp. As discussed in another thread, its either extend him (with several team options) or non-tender. No point in going through the arb process twice more.

Wellington is a career .287/.349/.479 hitter against LHP. He serves a purpose on this team while they're paying him money.