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THE WHITE SOX WILL NEVER SIGN BRYCE HARPER OR MANNY MACHADO THIS OFFSEASON!!!!!! C'mon Rick....prove me wrong!

The teeth gnashing over Moncada on this message board is crazy. If he is still a below average hitter and leading the league in strikeouts at the end of 2019, I will start to be concerned. Until then, just give the kid some time to figure it out.

As would 95% of players....

Seems like a Tom to me! Maybe a Todd..

Lol, I gave you a heart Sir because you deserve it! I am now also convinced that Tom@gmail now has a burner account he uses only to heart his posts about hating Moncada!

Unrelated to this post, but I wonder how many of your +53s are from the eye raised emoji. I wish it said!

Yes

If someone claims Shields, I don't think the conversation with Rick will be very long... Hahn: "Hey Jerry, let me get that Kyle Lewis kid for Shields, or we'll just pull him back." DiPoto: "How about no." Hahn: "Ok, how about Cesar Izturis Jr? Maybe that will make some of my fans on Soxtalk a little less pissed about Tatis Jr." DiPito: "Nah. How about nothing". Hahn: "Deal!"

Thanks man

No one is claiming Shields. I'd happy wager a bet on it.

Strange that Hahn couldn't find anything interesting enough to pull the trigger on Avilan. I guess controlling him for 2019 makes it less necessary to take whatever the best offer is. But he isn't going unclaimed on waivers, so it really means the Sox will only be negotiating with 1 team for Avilian in August.

No on is claiming Shields off waivers because they'd owe him his full contract amount. He'll be put on waivers tomorrow and clear, and be free to trade with any club.

What happened to Andre Davis, LHP Sox acquired in the Melky deal last year? I remember thinking he was fairly inteersting, but he hasn't pitched at all this year. Thanks for the info!

No. They can sign guys next summer.

Strange deal here. Looks like Twins took on Forsythe instead of including some $$.

Curious to see what the return on this one will be.

Me thinks it worked out OK for the Sox....

Right. Things can and do change. It's very conveivable the Sox have different ownership in 2025. But where I sit right now, I have a hard time seeing Eloy resign with the Sox if he reaches his ceiling. That's all I am saying.

Yes, I was being gentle on the "we need him to be able to field his position" comment.

I'll believe it if the Sox are serious contenders for Machado or Harper this offseason, or Arenado the following. Until then, the Sox have given out exactly 3 deals above $55M. Eloy may make 75% of that per year in 2025 if he ends up being Manny Ramirez.

I've got the entire operating history of the White Sox organization as support. Look, obviously Eloy may end up being the next Manny Ramirez and the Sox back up the brink truck and sign him to a $400M deal in the FA absolutely crushing their next highest contract given out. But I highly doubt that is going to happen.

Eloy may play some OF early in his career, but I don't think he is going to be an OF long term. That is based purely on what I've read and watching him play on shitty minor league feeds. But he doesn't look particularly good out there.

If Eloy comes even close to his ceiling, he is never resigning here anyway. The whole "he's going to be mad and hate the White Sox" angle is really dumb for multiple reasons.

I am getting there too. I really do want the Sox to keep him in AAA until middle of next April, but he really is "forcing the issue". He keep raking like this, they can't keep him down there, despite it making a ton of sense to do so.

I know. I was kidding. But seriously, trading Rodon makes no sense unless someone overpays. There may be a time to trade him in the next few years, right now is now that time. I also think he does fit into the front half of the contention window. I think all had hoped that would start in 2019, and that's looking very unlikely, but this team should be respectable by 2020, and having 2 years of a front of rotation LHP is quite valuable.