Jose Abreu

No

I am shocked that Reinsdorf is willing to let go of Renteria (who still had another year on his contract) and pay top dollar for a Hinch/Cora given the pandemic and his complaints about his finances. Today's news has made me much more optimistic about the Sox free agent spending.

Yeah, I don't really get that. Maybe people aren't too familiar with the details of the scandal, but Hinch is the one who was bothered by the plan and even destroyed a monitor to discourage them from continuing. It was really Cora's operation. The only move I would be opposed to the Sox making for moral reasons would be if they wanted to acquire an Aroldis Chapman or Roberto Osuna. If you ask me, that kind of character issue is what teams should really be avoiding.

Put me down as apparently the only person who would like this. He should absolutely be the hire.

That's a lot more likely than anything involving Ricky

Still a useful player, but much like Michael Brantley, I'm afraid he can't play RF regularly. Unless of course you want him to DH until Vaughn is ready with the occasional corner outfield start, in which case I could see a fit

Not to mention, is Cease's stock so low that you have to trade 5 years of him and even more for 2 years of Benintendi, who himself is far from his peak value?

He also seems like the kind of player who will age well, even if he's a 1B/DH during those last 3 years

I agree with this to an extent but I don't think he'll want to leave this soon in the contract. Especially after he made such a big deal about signing that contract with his long-term home in mind

Not great https://www.actionnewsjax.com/sports/ex-major-league/7H7GFSQOO5BYI5V42CEBCYL7JU/

Stroman, Benintendi, and Cruz would be a much better offseason than I'm expecting. I'll go: First transaction: Declining options on Encarnacion/Gonzalez, non-tendering Rodon/Mazara etc. Crazy trade scenario: trade Cease, Madrigal, and Stiever for Syndergaard (rental), Conforto (rental), and Seth Lugo (not expecting this exactly but Cease+ to the Mets wouldn't shock me)  Biggest signing: La Stella  2021 closer: Heuer  Bauer 2021 team: Mets

Maybe not Bummer, but Foster and Heuer are definitely used to it

Unless a reliever gets lit up or there's another injury, this is doable without Rodon/Cease. Bummer, Foster, and Heuer can all go multiple innings

For clarity's sake, the extension was with ESPN, not NBC Sports Chicago. Although I'm sure he'll be with the Sox for a long time too

Crochet (2) Dunning (3) Foster (1) Bummer (1) Heuer/Marshall (1) Colome (1)

This is ideal.

I think the deadline is 10:00 AM local time (so 12:00 PM CT)

Sox sweep (I'm only half joking)

A few interesting comments from A's fans that I read suggested that they're mad about the 12:00 PM (local) start time because apparently their ballpark at that time of day and at 80-90 degree temps plays favorably to righty power hitters, i.e. the White Sox

Yeah, Robert will be the key. My main concerns for the series are Oakland's bullpen (it's good and we tend to score our runs late) and us potentially getting off to a rough first inning and not bouncing back. It's baseball, and anything can happen, but this is definitely winnable