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Not as many good ones given all the extensions signed by a lot of top guys heading into this season.

I agree with some of what you say, there's truth to it. However the fact that Rick seemingly always strikes out of his free agent acqusitions is very concerning to me. His track record going back to Keppinger is bad. Now he's not totally at fault for this, he doesn't work in a vacuum. The Sox Major League talent evaluators are apparently poor at their jobs as well. Given that,it doesn't matter if the Sox weren't going to content this year or not, or if the money was there to be spent anyway. What makes you think say next off season that suddenly better decisions will be made on this type of talent?(assuming the Sox are ready to break out next year) The same folks will be calling the shots right? THAT'S what has to be concerning again given the historical track record. It's just not very good in this area.

Agree with this completely. And I'm assuming it is Cooper who is insisting on a certain amount of innings from his starters come hell or high water.

Wow...so much for them not wanting to continue to go into the Luxury Tax threshold. Those guys want to win and the hell with everything else. Have to admire them for that attitude.

Balta: How many times have you seen that backfire? It's a different mind set apparently. I just don't believe in taking that risk.

Bad series against a mediocre team. Today's pitcher wasn't exactly an All-Star yet he throttled the Sox. Three more errors today... inexcusable but the biggest mistake was using your closer in a non save situation. Bad mistake Rickey. Back to three under. Hopefully better results in Kansas City.

Right...anything you say. Please see Moan4Yoan's post directly above yours for a better explanation. In point of fact, Rick's overall track record is signing free agents has been dismal at best. He's been better with trades but that a low bar to clear in my opinion.

Poppy you are talking about a Hall of Famer, numerous All-Stars, guys who combined hit over 1,000 home runs, Gold Glove winners. Those are going to be hard to stack up against with this bunch. I understand your optimism but please.

Fortunately I already have forgotten about him.

If Rutherford or Adolfo don't develop the Sox are going to have to somehow get an outfielder with some pop since RF is a power position. That person plus Jimenez and Robert with a Tilson or Cordell for a fourth guy (late inning defensive replacement) should be fine.

Maybe, maybe not. Just off the top of my head: Mincher, Cash, Aparicio, Landis, Berry, Hershberger, Peters, Horlen, Locker, Romano, Latman, Battey, McLain. All those guys were signed and developed by the Sox. That's a pretty talented group who went on to have terrific major league careers and again that's just off the top of my head, I probably missed some.

Another guy who can't stay healthy. Another one bites the dust. What is the total now? Five guys lost for the season?

Give the guy a five run lead against one of the top pitchers in baseball and he coughs it right up. This is not the same kid as last year. Could he be tipping pitches?

The point is the guy was already an established late inning guy. It doesn't necessarily take a genius to discover those does it? And I don't get any pleasure out of calling out the front office... as I wrote individuals on this site have listed Hahn's free agent signings in detail here, maybe four of five of the large number actually produced when with the Sox based on WAR. That's bad now matter how you want to spin it. Give credit for McCann (a major thumbs up) now balance that against Jay, Alonso, Herrera and Santana from this past off season. Doesn't look very good does it?

They didn't "find" Colome, they traded for him. A guy who led the league if I remember correctly in saves a few years ago. Some "find." I certainly give them McCann but as others have posted here the organizations history of free agent signings the past several years has been dismal (at best...) starting with Keppinger and working from there.

You obviously don't remember the talent pool in the Sox organization in the 50's and early 60's do you? The Sox and Yankees had the two best farm systems in baseball during that time.

Just wondering for those who closely follow this, isn't Vaughn basically another Burger? A power hitting corner type infielder. If so, why take him? Not criticizing the pick just wondering the reasoning behind it if they already have someone like him in the system. Unless of course the Sox now have doubts about Burger because of his injury situation.

Would the Sox have the guts to release when all is said and done THREE of Hahn's off season signings? Santana, Alonso and Jay? Me thinks not. It makes it very plain to see how bad the front office is (and they don't like to be embarrassed that way). Not happening

I suspect depending on how things turn out regarding injuries, Jose' etc the Sox could have a need for a right fielder with power, a DH and certainly both starting and relief pitching in the next year or so.

CBS Sportsline with their story on Vaughn and why he is the most intriguing draft pick this year. Has great upside but also some limitations apparently: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-draft-2019-why-white-sox-draftee-andrew-vaughn-is-the-most-intriguing-prospect-in-this-years-class/

Well deserved

"Realists" look at life as it is, not as many "hope" it will be.

Maybe...maybe not: From tonight's MLB.com site: "Brett Baty, the Lake Travis High School (Texas) third baseman who is No. 17 on our Draft Top 200, is one of the best prep hitters in the class. He’s also, as has been well-documented, old for his class at 19 1/2, making it tougher to place where he might go in the first round, as some teams have models that don’t like older players. But there’s been some buzz for a while about Baty’s name in the top 10, mostly surfacing in talk of a deal with the Texas Rangers at No. 8 overall. It seems that the Rangers aren’t the only team up near the top kicking the tires on such a deal, with the White Sox, picking at No. 3, also discussing that possibility. Up until this point, most of the talk with the White Sox centered around the up-the-middle prep athlete in Abrams vs. the college bat in Vaughn (assuming Rutschman and Witt go 1-2 in some order). Chicago hasn’t taken a high school player since 2012, leading many to conclude Vaughn would be the pick. But the White Sox are still considering other options that include Bleday on the college bat side and a potential deal with Baty. That seems more like a backup plan if things don’t go well in terms of signability with other players, but stranger things have happened. -- Jonathan Mayo, June 1

According to multiple stories in the mainstream media, Gio went back to his high school coach this off season and they changed his delivery. His high school coach. Can't say I've ever heard one like that before and it certainly doesn't paint Don Cooper in the best light does it?

I have always felt under this ownership the Sox are usually in a "react" mode and just aren't "proactive" very often.