Bob Sacamano

Player manager...they wanted Konerko to do that before they settled on Ventura lol

Someone who will listen to analytics when building a lineup.

Yup

Ah ok thanks.

He literally states in his 3rd sentence "I have no idea".....

He kept doing it all last off-season too.

I was going off Dallas Keuchel being listed as owed a buyout for next year. Doesn’t effect CBT (I think/if I’m looking at it correctly) so doesn’t really matter in the end.

Rick at the deadline said they wanted to add but couldn't because of what other teams were asking for is what I recall. Nothing about financials.

Basically just earned a promotion and needed a body. That's pretty much it.

Guessing Steve Stone wants to see Bochy.

Sorry, I meant for the current 2023 White Sox. But that doesn't count arbitration guys, which other than Cease and Giolito shouldn't be huge.

Interview Espada and the bench coach of the Rays who's name escapes me.

Right now, according to Spotrac, if they buyout Harrison's option and Pollock picks up his player option, they would have $151,656,666 on the books for 2023 but the luxury tax number is $137,156,667. That doesn't factor in arb numbers because I just don't want to guess those but will add them to my tracker when MLBTR does their predictions since they are usually really close. Some guys like Crick, Engel, Ruiz could be candidates to be non-tendered. It doesn't look like buyouts count towards the CBT number but they owe Jose $1 mill in deferred money which does.

They would satisfy that rule with former Sox minor league manager Willie Harris. Probably just a courtesy interview for Cairo since he has been here a couple years and was interim manager.

What is the exact rule?

We’re in a big market. Their budget should be the $233 mill luxury tax number. But it unfortunately won’t be.

Or a team that signs him just needs a DH or 1B. We already have plenty of those.

I do like Stone. Just think he’s awful on Twitter.

I like to think it was either sarcasm or accidentally switched LF and RF to say "Pollock in LF and Colas in RF."

Who are the most likely candidates? Miguel Cairo (obviously current interim manager), Willie Harris (managed in the Sox minors and a coach the past 3 years with Cubs), Bruce Bochy, Sandy Alomar Jr, Carlos Beltran? Add Joe Espada, Joe Maddon, AJ Hinch to the list? Edit: say no to Ozzie and AJ (but they would still be better than the current iteration of TLR)

Kolten Wong maybe if Brewers pick up his option?

Well said.

Agreed

He’s 67 and like 10 years younger than the when we hired the last guy. And less removed fromthe game.

Interview Bochy, Harris, Beltran, Alomar Jr, anyone else available. Courtesy one of Maddon he even I don’t care. Just cast a wide net.