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Get Bauer and then trade for Benintendi or another LH hitting RFer.

Dude (pickle) : Can you change your avatar? It scares the sh1t out of me.

Absurd amounts of wealth concentrated in the hands of a few is becoming a bigger problem. Socialism isn't the answer but SOMETHING and probably more than one thing (like increasing taxes on the wealthy)will have to be done. Same goes for a health care system based on employer based health insurance coverage. It is not a sustainable model for the future. When redneck republicans realize that many of them are on the short end of the stick in this country, the GOTP (grand old Trump party) will see their numbers drop from 47%. Some of them are starting to realize that they were conned and lied to by Trump and Fox News. Nobody likes that.

LaRussa is the Manager. Get over it.

Billionaires have the big bucks because they don't throw it around.

I am sure they do, but they also suspended him for violating Covid rules by partying with friends when the Indians were in Chicago. I have read that his uncle Dan Plesac likes the White Sox and maybe Zach would rather play here than in Cleveland (who wouldn't, especially for this team?) This would be a costly trade...Perhaps Kopech PLUS Dunning or Cease and maybe Collins thrown on top.. or something like that. The thought of losing our prospects quickly makes me less excited about possible trade scenarios. We just don't know how good Kopech and Vaughn will be so how is their trade value determined ?

An outfielder in his thirties has regression written all over it.

I would like to see what the Indians might want for Zach Plesac I would also try to find out what Boston would take for Andrew Benintendi, ,,,depending on the prognosis of his rib cage injury. It might be worth buying low on him.

He would fit well in the WSox outfield. Too bad the Rays don't make stupid trades.

Abreu will regress slightly with age, but his fundamentals and approach at the plate are rock solid. Pitchers cannot figure our where to pitch him and when they make a mistake, he almost always crushes it. If you re-sign McCann and bring up Vaughn to DH, you have the best of both worlds---a young hitter who is not under pressure because the Sox have a veteran RH hitter that can fill in or take over if Vaughn goes into a prolonged slump.

Madrigal isn't going to be traded. I doubt Kopech or Vaughn will be either. Stand pat. Hold on to your cards.

Will "stretching put" Crochet's arm in the minors possibly make it less likely that he will need TJ surgery (than if he pitched in the majors) ?

Maybe stand pat during hot stove and see how things go around the league given the Covid situation. If Kopech and Crochet are impressive in ST and look like they have the stuff to eventually make the starting rotation, maybe we don't need to trade for a TOR starter. The Sox are not going to trade Madrigal. He fits our line-up like a glove and is worth more to us than to other teams. Vaughn is somewhat of an unknown quantity . Right now Burgur and Vaughn look like they have a similar upside. Both can hit but they can't field any position very well or run the bases. Perhaps Sox scouts got too enamored with Schwarber before making those picks.

Sox really don't need to make many moves. Don't create a hole at second base by trading Madrigal who is a perfect fit on this team. If Kopech and Crochet make a starting rotation that already has Giolito and Keuchel that would be awesome. Sox would still have Cease/Rodon/Dunning/ ReyLo for the fifth spot or the bullpen. I would like the Sox to sign McCann and then hold their cards unless they get blown away with some trade offer.

Extensions were Jerry Reinsdorf's idea and his money. Reinsdorf met with Abreu and guaranteed he would be with the White Sox long term. Many posters here disagreed with Reinsdorf about that and thought Abreu should not be extended. Abreu was key to the sales pitch to the other Cuban nationals to sign on with the White Sox. .

Hahn does not share in the blame for poor management, decisions and trades...just the ones that work out.

I am glad that throwing at batters is not as big a part of the game as it was. Intentional injury shouldn't be part of any game.

Despite earlier indications by Jerry that he would prefer that his son Michael Reinsdorf not take over his ownership interest in the White Sox, I think that might be precisely what happens, just like the Halas family ownership interest in the Bears. Anyway, how much demand would there be for another Billionaire or ownership group to own the second team in the second city ? Any rumored offers for the team in the last decade ?

For all of his bad deals , Theo is a historically great GM because he put the finishing pieces on the Red Sox and Cubs World Series teams. Hmmm... If I was JR , I'd interview Theo and see how much he wants on a three year deal. No Rick, , EE , Mazara , Gio Gonzalez Kuechel, and Grandal, Cishek.. were not going to do it. Rick grew up a Cub fan and that job is now open, so this might be a perfect swap.

I am interested in finding out more about this. If you or anyone else has a link to a site with a story about it the ownership structure you describe please post it.

Jerry tried to do the right thing in his mind by hiring LaRussa. It was a mistake, but who hasn't made mistakes? Rich Fuking Hahn?

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White Sox statement: “As Tony La Russa’s attorney said in his statement, Tony deserves all the assumptions and protections granted to everyone in a court of law, especially while this is a pending matter. Once his case reaches resolution in the courts, we will have more to say. The White Sox understand the seriousness of these charges.” End of story for now. The best LaRussa could hope for would be to Manage with a zero-tolerace policy to drinking any alcohol. and that might be stretch. Tony will likely enter a plea of guilty to the misdemeanor charge and accept probation and a fine. Then the Sox will hire another Manager and all of us can STFU about this mess.

One the day prior to the announcement that he would be Manager, was Tony convicted or were charges just brought against him ?

The DUI case was filed on Oct. 28 -- one day before La Russa was officially hired by the White Sox. It is quite possible that Tony did not mention the possibility that he might be charged for DUI ( for an incidental that occurred 8 months previously) when he interviewed with the White Sox . Obviously LaRussa hoped that Maricopa County would not charge him after all that time went by. I would wait for the Sox to make an official announcement before drawing any more conclusions.