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Yes he is. Start him at 2B with Leury in RF. When Robert gets here, we'll have a Legit MLB at every position. If Villar has a good year, you won't have to depend on Madrigal as much to contend next year. If Madrigal is good right away, move Villar to RF. Odds are he will out hit Leury. 10 million is cheap if it makes the Sox a playoff contender next year.

Ryu has pitched well in dodger stadium. will that continue in a hitters league and a slight plus hitters park?

Wow! If Wheeler and Hamels follow,2020 will be the start of something BIG!!!!

Sox protected YMercedes today. what does that mean for Collins and Grandal going forward?

I'll bet Ozzie wouldn't mind having a chat with him. Does any one remember him yelling at Frank to work on his 1st base skills instead of goofing around taking grounders at SS?

Ozzie 2021 rumors start here.

Sox have always been skittish about using rookies. They'll probably trade him for nothing and then sign an old bum for 50 million.

He was fine in the field the last 3 months. Lots of people struggle in a new job at first.

Don't waste resources via trade. Free agency is better if a team is smart enough. Oh wait, did I just say that?

I do.

I'd be OK with Wheeler, Hamels and Avi.

Avi Garcia won't cost a thing but a few dollars. The thing I see on this board most are clowns who say average players are terrible. Avi is a league average right fielder. He also won't cost you prospects or Major league talent. Give him 1 year with an option and then focus on pitching. Cole Hamels and Zach Wheeler would make us an above average team to start next year.

do any FA's available really mash RHP? I'd roll the dice on Zack Collins for LH DH if we had a guy who could handle lefties.

The question was about Hawk being in the HOF. The guy was a mediocre homer who would sit in the booth and kiss JR's ass. The best thing about him being gone is I'll never have to hear about Carl Yaztremski anymore.

Agreed

No offense intended, but the Sox let Harry go in his prime to bring Drysdale and Hawk in. Neither one was in Harry's league.

One mans opinion. He was as good an announcer as he was a GM.

Vaughn already is a solid defensive 1B. He'll be the starter there by 2021. Give Collins 60-70 starts at 1B in 2020. See if he can play there as a solid back up. An awful lot of things will have to go right to compete in 2020. 2021 we could be a World Series contender.

As for the original question. I'd take Strasberg. But this being the White Sox, I'd settle for Zack Wheeler.

If some one had told me not to have sex on my desk.....

He would be a big improvement over what we have now. With Eloy and Robert handling the other 2 spots, we wouldn't have any more black holes in the outfield. The fact that he'll be relatively cheap compared to other OF's leaves more $ to spend on Pitching.

Not right now it doesn't. I would hope our scouts know more than we do who has a better chance at a bounce back season. Of course this is the White Sox we're talking about, so maybe not. If I could do one thing for this organization, I'd steal every scout the Rays have.

I thinks it's pining. It doesn't really matter which name you use. Just a rehab guy who knows how to pitch. A large dose of HGH wouldn't hurt either.

Cole Hamels, Avisail and either Edison Volquez or Alex Wood.

I was there that night. 1 of about 8-9 teenagers who didn't go on the field. Actually it was a little scary at the time.